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well, have you started sweeping tracy off her feet yet? I wouldn’t have pegged you and scott baldwin as texting buddies. Stop doing that. What? Using his full name. Sorry. What’s the deal with you two? There is no deal. He texted me the other day, out of the blue, to ask me about my new year’s plans. Naturally, I assumed it was meant for someone else. Then he texted me again. Then I responded, and now the floodgates are open, apparently. Well, if you don’t want him to contact you, just tell him to back off. Or better yet, why don’t you block him? Unless lucy was right and you really are lonely. Lucy coe is never right about anything ever. Look, it’s no big deal to have a friend who you text with every now and then. This is a lot more than now and then. Wow! Scott texts you a lot. See what I mean? Floodgates.

[ Laughs ] What are you laughing at? Granny, scott’s flirting with you. So, uh, I’ve been, uh, texting with tracy. You know, when I ran into her at the home & heart show. And I must tell you, it — it’s been going very well. I think I’m actually flirting with her. Aren’t you going a little bit fast maybe? I thought you’d be happy. Well, yeah, but, you know, we kind of agreed to go slow, woo her slowly so she’s not suspicious. And you build into the suggestion of going to vegas, remember? ‘Cause you want to entertain her with the lights and the water fountains and the gondola ride through the venetian. And then maybe a really elegant dinner, a nightcap, and then shots, edibles. And the next thing you know, elvis is officiating, and what’s hers is ours.

[ Sighs ] Lucy, luke spencer tricked tracy into marrying him on a drunken lost weekend in las vegas. I doubt that tracy’s gonna fall for that again. I’ve know tracy for decades. She has a habit of making the same mistakes. Well, I guess we have that in common. How’s lucas? Well, he’s shocked and he’s devastated. Just like you. But I told him — I told him that I would use my contacts to help bring your mom back with as little red tape as possible with customs. Okay? Thank you. Yeah. I just — I just really wish that there was more that I could do. Oh, my god. What? My mom, she hated to fly. She almost never did it by herself. And now she’s gonna be alone. There’s no one to be there to hold her hand in case the plane hits bumps, right?

[ Sobbing ] I keep saying “her.”

[ Sniffles ] But that body coming home to us… that’s not my mom anymore, is it? Sonny, I am so, so sorry. At least you’re not denying it. What’s the point? Willow: W-wait, wait, wait. This is actually true? You’re the one who turned carly and drew in? You? You put this whole nightmare in motion? I can explain. Well, at least I can try to explain. Do not come near me! Okay, okay, okay. Sonny, I need you to understand that I was on my way here to tell you ev– I don’t want to hear any excuses. I just want to know why. Why, nina? Do you hate the mother of my children so much that you’d want to send her to prison out of spite? Type 2 diabetes? I did not tip off the sec out of pure spite, sonny. You didn’t? No, I didn’T. Maybe that was part of the reason, but not fully. Do you remember how sick willow was last spring when all of this happened? Yeah. We almost lost her. And the whole time, carly knew that I was her mother. And if she would have come forward sooner, aunt liesl would have been able to donate her bone marrow even earlier. Don’t you dare make this about me. No, the fact is, I spent years, years searching for my daughter. And at that moment, I thought I was losing you when I first found her. And that made you angry. Angry! I-I get it. But it doesn’t explain why you roped michael and ned into the situation. What? I’m sorry, michael. No, no, no, it’s — it’s okay. You knew? Yeah. Oh. For how long? I found out when we were in puerto rico at their wedding. That was months ago. I know. And you said nothing?

[ Scoffs ] Uh…I can’T. I can’T. Willow. No, you’ve done more than enough damage, don’t you think? Your mom’s not in her body anymore, no. She’s everywhere, which means she’s always gonna be with the people that she loved. I th– I need to call michael and josslyn before they hear it from someone else. God, they’re gonna be so upset. They are. They’re… they’re gonna be upset, they’re gonna be devastated, but they’re gonna have you to help them get through it and you’re gonna have them. Okay? And as far as letting them know, I spoke to your brother, and he said that — that he’s only gonna talk to family and he’s gonna let everybody know that you haven’t had a chance to reach your kids yet. So if you — if you want to take some time, take a few hours just to let everything — what you’re feeling, let it process. Process what I’m feeling. I… I don’t even know what that is. And that’s okay. It’s gonna take time to let it all sink in. I don’t want it to sink in.

[ Sighs ] I’m so sorry. My mind just keeps racing and racing, and I just keep thinking about the past few months, questioning everything. Wait, what do you — what do you mean? Like what? Like — like — like what if I had done something different? Anything different that my mom would still be here with us? Yay! You’re back. Mm. Mm. You want to finish that bottle of champagne with me? Or we could even open up another one. Uh, we could just stick to the first one. Mm. Is everything okay? They called you in on new year’s eve. Yeah. The, uh, senior detective on duty had to go out on a call. They needed someone to fill in. Oh. All I did was sit in the squad room and fill out paperwork. Wish I tagged along with you instead of staying here. It was that bad?

[ Sighs ] I love my ma. You know that. I do. She’s awesome, but she’s not perfect. Awesome and perfect are two different things. She just — she gets caught up in being right sometimes that it crosses the line into being righteous. I think that happened twice tonight. Could you have stopped her? No, I didn’t even find out about both situations until after. But let’s face it, the only reason why my ma is here is because of me. Here is what I know about your mother. Nobody tells lois cerullo what to do. She makes her own choices and her own mistakes. Seems like she made one or two of those tonight. But that is on her, not you. Yeah, I know. I just feel bad. Well, would it make you feel better if we snuggled on the couch and finished off that bottle of champagne? Definitely. Let’s do it. I’m not on call for another two days. Oh, wait. Granny’s in there flirting with scott baldwin. Baldwin’s here? Yeah, well, flirting by text. Scott is not flirting with me. Read these. That is the second time tonight! Scott is not flirtingwith me. Read these. That is the second time tonight! Is there no privacy?

[ Door opens ] That was quick. I’m almost done here and we c–

[ Door closes ]

[ Gasps ] I know what it’s like to perform through pai nikolas. What are you doing here? Surprised? Yeah, I’d imagine you would be given the last time we saw each other, you knocked me unconscious and left me for dead. Well, I knew from laura that you were alive and well, withdrawing and depositing all over europe. Good trip? You sound angry. I am so far beyond angry. You? I’m the one you almost killed that night. If anyone has a right to be livid, ava, it’s me. Well, you know that sonny’s guard is right outside that door. So? If you try to get your revenge or whatever the hell you’re doing here, I’ll scream. Let ‘er rip, ava. No one will hear you. What do you think? He’s flirting. Thank you. How do you know? It’s the exclamation points. There’s too many, too often. Scotty b’s got a thing for you.

[ Laughs ] Yeah, the only thing scotty b has a thing for is a money clip. Didn’t I hear that you guys had a romance back in the day? Ooh. If by romance you mean a, um, brief, regrettable dalliance, then yes, it — it was one for the ages. Whah. Okay, we can all agree that scott is an acquired taste. Understatement. But let’s just say for the sake of argument, that he’s interested. In me? In you. Would you be interested back? My standards are exponentially higher than scott baldwin. Oh, yeah. Mitch, gino, paul, anthony, luke. Do not mention luke’s name in conjunction with those other men. Look, despite our differences… of which there are many. …I really do want you to be happy. And I’m not saying that you should lower your standards. I-I just — it wouldn’t kill you to get out there a little bit and have some fun once in a while. Says who? Are you kidding me? What? What did I tell you about exclamation points? You’re supposed to be playing it cool. You know, act interested but not too interested. Available. Not too available? Exactly. You don’t want to appear desperate. What else have you been texting tracy? I know — let’s take a picture. What? My wife’s into selfies. Who knew? Well, jordan was telling me I should up my social-media presence, so I don’t know. How about a picture with my husband and my favorite brother? Only if you get my good side. Well, squeeze in. Here, squeeze in. Alright. Yeah, that’s good.

[ Camera shutter clicks ] Great.

[ Laughter ] Can I see? Mm-hmm. What do you think? Let’s see. Oh, nice. I’d say that’s perfectly postable. Oh, well, unfortunately, you are gonna have to forgive me. I already warned lucy I have to make a-a business call. Got a client in singapore where it is already tomorrow. So I will say good evening. Happy new year. Happy new year. Happy new year. Hmm. It’s never a good sign when lucy and scott have their heads together. Mnh-mnh.

[ Cellphone rings ] Lucas jones. That’s strange. Hi, lucas. Why? What’s wrong? Do you not know what that means? Well, I thought it was just a colorful emoji. You’re absolutely hopeless. Well, thank you for letting me know. Yes. And again, I’m so sorry. Okay, bye. Laura, is something wrong? Yes. That was lucas jones. Scotty, I’m so sorry, but bobbie died. I know this is gonna sound ridiculous. Well, tell me anyway. When my mom told me that she was gonna leave, it was right after michael and willow’s wedding. And I can’t explain it, but I just knew that she should not be going to handle luke’s affairs on her own. I mean, she has a medical condition. But you know my mom. She always talks with such confidence. And you believed her when she told you that she was okay? Yes. Everything was okay for a while, and I was happy when tracy showed up to help her. But she kept coming up with excuses to stay. I mean, she was gone for months, and I — I just accepted it. I should have told her to come home. I should have told her that her family needed her. Carly, bobbie died peacefully, in her sleep. She had no pain. She died knowing that she was loved. Look at me. You shouldn’t have any regrets. But I do. I do! Willow’s gonna be fine. Will you? When I found out about the insider trading and I tipped off the sec, I regretted it immediately. Immediately? Yeah? Before or after you got carly arrested? Donna’s mother could have been sent to prison. Scout’s father

went to prison. She got her father back. And you ripped him away from her again! I-I wasn’t thinking about all that. No, you weren’t thinking. Drew almost died. I know. Got beaten up an inch from his life. I know! I know! An innocent man. And — and — no, hold on a second, okay? What I — what I did was wrong, no question about that. But carly and drew

did commit a crime. Oh, so you’re saying he deserved it? No, I’m not saying that. I’m just saying they weren’t innocent. Anyone could have reported them. Anyone didn’t, nina.

You did! I know. I know. I did. I reported them, and this is a lot for you to process, sonny. But like I said before, I was on my way here to tell you everything. I don’t believe you. I have activ willow, willow, just give me a chance to explain. Explain? Explain what? That you knew my own mother was lying to everyone and decided not to tell me? Oh, not only that, you let ned take the fall for what she did. Michael, how could you? Willow, I was trying to protect you. Oh, my god. You’re as bad as nina. Stop making this about me! It’s true! Well, guess what. I don’t need your protection. I’m not in isolation anymore. I’m not some wilting flower you need to shield from the world. I am healthy and strong. And I deserve your honesty, no matter how difficult it is to hear. No, you’re right. You should have told me the truth right from the start. Like you told me the truth about your cancer diagnosis? I guess, you know what? It doesn’t matter ’cause you did what you did. You ruined people’s lives in the process. Sonny, everyone’s fine. Physically, but not mentally. Drew came back from pentonville, he wasn’t the same. How could he be? I-I didn’t mean for that to happen. You keep saying you didn’t mean for that to happen! I can’t even — I can’t even look at you right now. Sonny, please. Don’t touch me. You said you’d never lie to me. I know never is a long time. But you cracked pretty quick, didn’t you? And I hated every second that I kept you in the dark. Right. But not enough to come clean, right? Sonny… don’t throw away our life together because of one stupid mistake. I am so sorry. We’re stronger than — stop saying you’re sorry! But I am sorry. Deeply. Truly. That’s all well and good. But I’m not the one who needs to hear it. When was the last time that you talked to your mom? Uh… christmas eve. I had donna call her so that she could… wish her a merry christmas. But we were late for the G.H. Party, so, um, I’m sure I rushed her off the phone so we could get out the door. Drew: How did you end the call? What? Well, when you — when you got off the phone, what did you say? I-I, um, told her to hurry back so we could, um, ring in the new year together. And before that? Donna told her that she loved her and, um, I said, “that goes ditto for me.” Carly, that sounds like a beautiful phone call. I-I’m sure you left your mom knowing that she was valued, that she was loved. Yeah, but if I knew that was the last time I was gonna talk to her, I would have told her how much she meant to me. I would have told her how much I respected her and looked up to her. I would have told her how much her love and acceptance changed me. She knew, she knew. But if I would have known, I would have never gotten off the call. I would have stayed on that phone forever. I just don’t believe it. Um, you know, lucas called me because he was trying to get lucky’s phone number. Um, I probably shouldn’t have said anything because I promised lucas that I would, um, let carly tell her kids first. Don’t worry. I-I won’t say anything. No, I promise I-I won’T. I won’t say anything, either. You know, bobbie and i may have had our differences. But she loves her family. And I always respected her so much for that. It’s a very sad day for anybody who loved bj. I know you did. Thanks. Uh, would it be okay if I… never mind. It’s very silly. What? I was just wondering if maybe I could give you a hug and…maybe I could get one back. Bobbie and I had our differences, too. I mean, way, way, way back in the beginning. But then, you know, out of that, something really kind of special grew. Something I will cherish forever. Thank you for being here. I don’t know what I’d do without you. Hey, we’re family, and we always will be. Bobbie was a sister to me. Luke or no luke… I loved her. I loved her, too. I still do. This room is soundproof.

[ Laughs ] You’re the one who told me that. But I’m not here to hurt you, ava. Stealing my daughter wouldn’t hurt me? I was angry. You sided with spencer, gave him leverage to take my child. And I wanted you to know what that felt like. Mm-hmm. But you know I wouldn’t have gone through with it. Do I? I’d like to think so. We’ve both been through the wringer since that night, haven’t we? Oh, you’ve been keeping tabs on me. Of course I have. I’m sorry austin lied to you. Did you kill him? What? Don’t look so surprised. We both know that you’re quite adept at eliminating threats. So tell me, did you kill austin? No. Were you behind the notes and the gun and the offer on wyndemere? Ava, I don’t know what you’re talking about. And shockingly, I actually believe you. So why did you come back? Well, when I heard that austin was dead and mason was in prison, it dawned on me that you weren’t being watched anymore. Ah. I could approach you. Another grand plan to get what’s yours. I do have an ulterior motive, but it’s a sincere one. See, we haven’t had a chance to hash things out since the truth came to light. And I wanted to tell you that I’m sorry. I caused you a lot of hurt and pain, and I regret it. Why do I feel like there’s a massive “but” coming? Okay, but even you have to admit that we were both played by austin and his boss that night. Yeah. And sadly, that wasn’t the first time we were played. You didn’t liv well, like most things in my life, it can all go back to ryan. It makes me sick what he did to us. Sending his daughter to — to seduce and manipulate spencer. He used my son to hurt the woman that I loved. And I did love you, ava. And I loved you, too. But even though ryan and esme were playing mind games with us, our real problems had nothing to do with them. So you don’t think we’d still be together had ryan and esme not interfered? I think we were always headed for heartbreak. Maybe sooner, maybe later, but I… I think it was inevitable. I disagree. Come on.

[ Laughs ] We lied to each other. You cheated on me! Because of them! Oh! What they did. Oh, please. Would you take some responsibility?! And then you did the unforgivable. You threatened to take my daughter from me. And that, there’s — there’s no coming back from that. Ever. So yeah, we loved each other, but it was a sick and toxic love that never stood a chance because it — it was rotten at its core. What are you doing to my phone? I’m downloading the gram on to it. Great idea. The gram? Oh, yes, of course. I have gone this long without succumbing to social media. Best I start now. That’s the spirit. I was being facetious. So was I. See? I followed some people that you know — alexis, felicia, laura. Look at their posts. They’re all out having fun on new year’s eve while you’re watching the ball drop at home. Alone. We do not besmirch the memory of dick clark in this house. Wasn’t besmirching anyone. I think what brook lynn’s trying to say is it might be a good idea to…get out more. You know what would be a good idea? If you get out. Of this house. My house. It’s monica’s house. Alan — oh, stop. Don’T. Forget it. I’m tired. You want to go home? Let’s go. Okay. Happy new year, granny.

[ Laughs ] Happy new year, brook lynn. We don’t know how much time we have left. Any of us. Might as well use the time we do have to live a little. We all loved bobbie. Actually even me. But not the way I did. I mean, all those starts and stops. When we were great, we were really great. I just couldn’t make it last. Why, scott baldwin, if I didn’t know you better, I’d think you just paid me a compliment. Well, I did. You’re beautiful. I haven’t had this much fun since, um… I don’t remember when.

[ Laughs ] Well, guess what. Me either. Maybe it was a love that wasn’t supposed to last. Or maybe it was something even deeper than that. You know? A bond that can’t quite be put into words. Your forever friend. Yeah, yeah. My forever friend. Right. Yeah, that sounds like bobbie. Yeah. It does. And I told my mom that I loved her all the time, but… was it enough, you know? What else is there? I put my mom through hell. I mean, I came into town just wanting to destroy her life. Carly, you — you have more than made up for that. But she had every reason to never speak to me again. And she forgave me. Because you earned it. You — you earned that forgiveness. No, it… it was bobbie. You know, she just loved unconditionally. Yeah. And that is — that is very powerful. She taught me so much. You know, she taught me how to be a good mom and how to be a good person, and how to love and — and be loved. Well, then I owe bobbie everything. I know I owe willow an apology. I’m not talking about willow. And you do owe her an apology. I’m talking about carly and drew. Now, I know drew’s away. But carly’s home. You’re not suggesting that I go to carly’s right now? Why not? Because it’s the middle of the night. So what? Oh, I see. You s– you see what, nina? You don’t want me charging over to carly’s because it’s the right thing to do. You want me to go over there because you know that carly will have no qualms tearing into me. Because you can’t bring yourself to do it… because you still love me. Don’t tell me how I feel. I know I’m right. You know what? I can’t — I’m not gonna do this right now. Alright? I’m not. This isn’t the end of us, sonny. Sonny! I won’t let it be. (Vo) if you have graves’ disease to qulipta. Most common side effects are nausea, constipation, and sleepiness. Qulipta. The forget-you-get migraine

medicine. Willow: I can’t believe you would throw that time in my face. I-I didn’t mean it like that. Well, that’s how it came off. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. What I’m trying to say is… I didn’t tell you the truth about nina because I was trying to protect you the same way you were trying to protect me when you found out about your diagnosis. Michael, you can’t even compare the two. I think you can from the — from the perspective that we were trying to prevent each other from getting hurt. I mean, now that you’ve gotten so much closer to nina, I knew how much it would hurt you to find out what she did. So I guess I was just trying to spare you. Except I’m not a porcelain doll! In fact, I have survived more than most people. You’re right, you’re right. And what is this? You’re acting like nina and i were snuggled up with all this mommy/daughter time. We didn’t get all that close.

[ Scoffs ] We couldn’t, not with her constantly canceling plans and avoiding family trips. Half the time she couldn’t get close enough. And the other half she couldn’t be bothered. And every time her name would come up, you would get that look on your face. Not angry. Just cold and unreadable. Because this wasn’t just about protecting me. There’s another reason you kept nina’s secret. Isn’t there? Wish things were different. So do I. And I’m sorry I was so easily manipulated. I’m sorry, too. But unfortunately, we’re the only ones left to blame. Ryan is dead. And esme is here physically, but her memory is not. What are you thinking? Ryan chamberlain got what he deserved. Did he ever. So what if we made sure… esme gets hers, too? Tracy: What do we have here? Gotcha. To barbara jean spencer. The heart of port charles. Heaven got a little more special tonight. Till I see you again, bobbie. To bobbie. To bobbie. To bobbie.To bobbie. I’m gonna go call the embassy. Okay.About bringing bobbie home. Okay? Thank you.

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Knock on door ]

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Mm. Oh, my god. I thought this was gonna be a horrible new year’s eve, that I was gonna be all by myself, but here you are. We are gonna ring in the new year with the good stuff. Great. Let’s go.

[ Chuckles ] Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing? I thought the plan was to get the bottle and get out of here before anybody else shows up.

[ Cork pops ] Too late! Cork’s off. You know my motto. Better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Uh, or we could not get on ned’s bad side. Aww, look at you trying to score points with your future father-in-law. Trust me, dad will get over it. I’m just saying that there was champagne at the club. Yes, it was great to see blaze perform, but that place is a dive bar. It is a well-respected dive bar where many a future rock star has appeared. It was a solid booking. And blaze did amazing. Yes, she did, but that champagne was swill. I wouldn’t know. I stuck to the ginger ale. Oh, lucky you. I need to cleanse my palate. And tonight is our first new year’s as an engaged couple. What’s a more special occasion than that?

[ Cellphone chimes ] Whoa!

[ Door opens ] Mommy, I had a bad dream. Mm.Mm. Ah. If this is any indication of what’s to come in 2024, whoo, this is gonna be a damn good year!

[ Laughs ] I couldn’t have said that better myself. Oh, my gosh, you just got off a plane from australia. How are you feeling? Are you jet-lagged? Do I seem jet-lagged?

[ Both laugh ] I am a little hungry, though. Oh, okay. Well, I have tons of food in the kitchen. I can make you something. You know, if you don’t mind, I’ll take the lead on that. I know how you are in the kitchen.

[ Gasps ] I want you to know my kids think I make the best brownies on the planet. They do.Yeah. Those brownies from a box, those are — those are really good. I love those. Come in. I-I took the chance that you might still be here. I remember us mentioning that we both had to work on new year’s eve. I’m sorry. Did I catch you on your way out? No. You were just in the nick of time. I thought you’d be at the savoy at the new year’s eve party with michael by now. Yeah, that was the plan. But then it hit a snag. Oh! Literally. I-I changed clothes at the hospital, but then I decided to check in on a patient before I left. And then my skirt got caught on the door and I thought maybe you could… help me out. Of course I can. I don’t know why you’re making a big deal about this. I know that ned turned carly and drew in to the sec. So what? Everyb– no, it wasn’t ned. He’s only letting everyone believe it was him because it works to his advantage. Why would it work to his advantage? Why would he take the fall? Maybe you misunderstood what you heard. No! Trust me. Sonny, I’m the only one with her head on straight. You know what? If you don’t believe me, ask your son. I-it’s my dad. Oh, no. Did gregory get hurt? Do we have to go to the hospital? Just the opposite. He sent me photos of him… skydiving. What?! How crazy is this? Oh, my god. Look at gregory smiling. He’s so happy. He really is. I mean, the way that he looks in this photo, that is who my dad is to me. That’s who he always was when I was growing up. I thought that when he started using a cane that I would never see him like this again. I’m really happy he was able to jump out of an airplane.

[ Chuckles ] Chase, what’s wrong? It’s just before the als, it never would have occurred to him to go skydiving. He really is making the most out of the time that he has left. Hey,

honey, you know, uh,when I was your age, if I wasn’t feeling good, my mom would give me ginger ale. It always did the trick. Do you want to tell me about your dream? I had a dream about going to my new school. My teacher was a monster. I tried to get away, but I couldn’T. It was — it was too fast. Oh, sweetheart. Come here. Come here, come here. It’s okay. You know what? You don’t have to go to that school if you don’t want to. Daddy will get mad at me. No, baby, he won’t get mad at you, I promise you that. Because he and I, we just want what’s best for you. But I thought he said the school was the best. It is a good school. But the best school, that’s the one where you feel comfortable, where you enjoy learning. So I don’t have to go? Is that what you want? I want to stay with my friends. Then no. No, you don’t have to go. Thanks, mommy. Come here, honey. Oh, that hit the spot! You got to thank josslyn for the leftovers, please. What are you talking about? Her name wasn’t on that box. Were they yours? No. Donna’s? No! I rest my case.

[ Laughs ] If she complains about it, tell her I owe her a yummy meal. Okay, okay. Here. Oh, are we toasting the new year? No, we already did that. We’re toasting your return. Okay. What happened? I thought you were extending your stay so you could negotiate more joint ventures. Yeah, I got a little…impatient with some of the board members at the company I was dealing with. Wasn’t quite as skillful as I thought I would be. Figured it’d be best to let a colleague finish the deal. Oh, wow. Drew cain lost his patience, huh? Well, it was more I kind of got out of there before I lost my patience and told those board members what I really thought of them, you know, and just…blew up the deal altogether. Wow. That’s not like you at all. Michael: What’s going on? That’s what I’d like to know. I told sonny that it wasn’t ned who pointed the sec at drew and carly. Lois, stop it! He deserved to know. Michael, olivia, and ned all know who’s really responsible. Lois is right, sonny. I didn’t go to the sec. I wouldn’t hurt carly that way. What about drew, ned? He and I have had our issues, but I would never expose him to federal scrutiny.

[ Sighs ] Ned is telling the truth, sonny. He’s not the one that tipped off the sec. You’re awfully quiet over there, michael. Is what lois saying is true? Did you keep this from me? Sonny: I love her, you know? I want this to last forever, like you and willow.

[ Exhales deeply ] Yeah. I’ll let you get back to work. Yeah, hey — didn’t you — we have the time. Sorry, but you had to tell me something? No, it’s fine. You know, it’s just something I realized that I can — um, I can handle on my own, but, uh, I-I appreciate that. Thank you. All right. You know you can come to me for anything, right? I love you, my son. I know. Yeah. I did. The virus that causes shingles is sleeping…u know what? I’m not gonnabring our whole night down. I’m not a doctor. My dad could be around for a long time. Okay.

[ Clears throat ] Here you go. To my incredible fiancé, the best man I know. Okay, it’s your turn to toast something amazing about me. I-I don’t know what I would toast about you. Wow. Thank you. No, I mean, there’s just so much. I don’t know where I’d start. But… start with your beauty… …your kind heart… …your generous spirit. You’re wildly talented. And the way you make me feel like I can do anything. So how about we just toast to all the above? I love you, brook lynn. I love you, too.

[ Cellphone rings ] Okay, you really need to just turn that off. Detective chase.

[ Sighs heavily ] No. You were right to call me. I will be right there. I’m sorry. I have to go. What’s the matter? Uh, police business. I-I’ll see you at home. Okay. No sense in wasting good champagne. I just checked on scout and she is out like a light. Poor kid. Like, she is really stressed out about that school. Yeah. It’s heartbreaking. To be so afraid of changing schools and feel like she couldn’t say anything about it. Yeah. So what are you gonna do? I don’t know. I mean, I didn’t press the issue with drew because I thought scout was warming up to the idea of going to westwood, but clearly she was just saying what she thought he wanted to hear. Come here. It’s tough. You know? I mean, you want to get them out of their comfort zone so they can grow, but at the same time, you got to respect their feelings, too, right? Yes. And that’s what I’m doing now. You know, when he first brought the idea of going to westwood to me, I was totally worried about scout going there, I mean, transferring her away from her friends that she had at her current school and then right in the middle of the school year. Now that I see how upset she is, I’m not gonna make her go. Well, I respect and I understand your position and your decision. But how do you think drew’s gonna react? Don’t you think there’s something about a new year that makes you want to make changes in your life? No, I’m not good at new year’s resolutions. I’m not. If I make a big sweeping change, it usually blows up in my face and I backslide by february. Yeah, I just had A… I just had a lot of time to think about things when I was in australia, you know, some things that I’m happy with, and then… some things that I’m not. Okay. Like what? I just kind of fell into a role that I am not comfortable with. Uh, okay. I was just so grateful to be home after — after being held overseas that I fell into this role of peacekeeper with the quartermaines. I felt it was somehow my duty to get along with everybody, calm the waters at elq. And… that’s just not working for me anymore. I mean, where was ned’s loyalty to me? He’s the reason I got sent back to prison. I know. I-I understand what you’re saying about ned, and I agree with you, I do, but the rest, I-I don’t know. I love how kind and generous and forgiving you are. I’m just saying I’m not a choir boy, carly. I’m a grown man. And I’ve got my limits. And I’ve got an extended family that just knows how to play dirty. I mean, where has that forgiving nature got me? What has it got me? Other than months in pentonville. Sonny: Michael. You knew? I think we’ve done enough damage for one night. Hey, sonny, I hope you know I only wanted to help. Let’s give them some privacy. Lois.

[ Sighs ] Dad, I’m sorry. I don’t want to hear your apologies. Why didn’t you come to me as soon as you found out who turned carly and drew in? Dad, there’s — there’s no clear-cut answer. It’s clear-cut! It’s very simple! Just tell me the truth! All right. It was best for everyone involved if ned took the fall, and in the end, ned agreed. Why would he do that, michael? Because we made a business arrangement that worked out in his favor. Look, it works out for ned, yeah. He wheeled and dealed. And you kept your mom in the dark? I-I did my best to do right by everyone, dad, including you. How is lying right by me?! Because sometimes the truth can do more damage than a lie. How long have you known? Since october. I found out right after you and nina got married. You look lovely. Well, your crimson closet of dresses sure came in handy. Okay. What do you think? Is this a good look for new year’s eve? It’s almost perfect. Almost? You need a necklace. Here. Take mine. Okay. Here you go. Yeah. All right, let’s see.

[ Gasps ] Hold on. Yes. Much better. This is so generous. Thank you. Well, anything for you. I knew I could count on you. Nina? Oh, my god. W-what’s wrong? I was stuck. Drew is just gonna have to accept the fact that scout is not going to westwood academy, because this is about what’s best for our daughter, not what he wants. Well, look, he’s a reasonable guy. He’s gonna understand your decision, and if he doesn’t, he’ll come around to it when he hears your side. Yeah, I know. He’s a terrific dad. I just think I’m going about this all wrong. Well, how so? Well, I mean, didn’t I just do what drew did? Make a unilateral decision without consulting the other parent? Eh… you saw how upset she was. I don’t know what else I’m supposed to do. We haven’t talked much about your time in pentonville. What’s there to talk about? Well, for one thing, you’re different. I’ve noticed a change since you got out. You’re coming down much harder on ned. Whereas before you would have tried to keep peace in the family. Is that unreasonable? I didn’t say unreasonable, I said different. Then there’s the whole situation with scout’s school. Did sam tell you that I got her into westwood academy? She told me that you announced it to her and scout without a discussion. Yeah, well, she’s gonna have a lot more opportunities at that school than where she is now. I’m not saying whether it’s good or bad if scout goes to that school. Well, then — then what are you saying? I’m saying that I love you and I’m concerned about you. ‘Cause I want my daughter to go to an excellent school? Because you went through hell. And it’s changed you. And I just want you to know that whatever you’re going through, you don’t have to carry it alone. And I’m here. It’s nothing really. I know we’re still figuring out our…relationship. But I hope that one day we get to the point where we’re able to tell each other anything. Yeah, I do, too. I need to t-tell you so– suddenly looking at you, I realize how we were robbed, all the moments that we didn’t get, like me brushing your hair before school, and taking a million pictures at your prom and helping you pick out your wedding dress. The list goes on. You know, I was so happy when I found out that I was pregnant. And I dreamed about all the things that I would do if I had a daughter, and I had a daughter. But we never got to do those things. The important thing is that we have each other now. And there will be lots more moments for us in the future.

[ Door opens, keys jingling ] Brook lynn, what are you doing here? Um, I was just picking something up.

[ Door closes ] How was blaze’s show? Oh, it — it was phenomenal. She was great. Everyone loved her. She’s gonna be a huge star. I, uh — I thought you were spending tonight with your fiancé. We were. Chase got called into work. So how was your night? I think you can direct that question to your mother. Ma, did something happen? I’m sorry, brookie, but, uh, olivia and i need to talk privately. Sorry. Something obviously happened.

[ Whispering ] Tell me everything. Vivi, I know you’re upset. You’re damn right I’m upset! What the hell were you thinking? I was thinking that sonny is my good friend. Yeah? Well, congratulations, lois. Or should I say she who knows everything. You just ruined your good friend sonny’s life! You’ve known for over two months who tipped off the sec about carly and drew? Yeah. So you’re telling me… that you found out after my wedding? Do you know how much it meant to me to have you at my wedding? So the reconciliation is a lie? Is that what you’re saying? No, no. Come on, dad, that’s not — I love you. That’s not — yeah, you love me! But why didn’t you tell me the truth?! Dad, I tried. I tried. I-I-I went to you to tell you. And you just — you were so happy. The happiest I’ve seen you in a long time. I didn’t want to take that away from you. And I also thought if I told you the truth, that something might be broken, I don’t know, maybe between us. You know I love you. I would never let anything be broken between us. Dad, if the truth came out… I knew it would hurt you more than anyone else. Look if, um — if you want to leave what happened in pentonville in the past, that’s fine. I just want you to know that I love you. And I’m here for you. And if you ever need me, all you have to do is ask. I just want you to know that I hear you, and I appreciate you and everything that you’re saying. I just appreciate it so much. Mm. Just knowing that — that you love me and that — and that you’re here for me, that’s — that’s all I need. Look, but if you change your mind ever, it’s okay. I promise that if I ever need any kind of support whatsoever, I’m coming to you. Now… what do you say I get in the living room, make a nice fire? We can finish that bottle of champagne… all right. …Make some new year’s resolutions that we can actually keep. Okay. Like what? Like taking long walks together. Like leaving our phones at home. Oh. I could do that. Saturday morning doughnuts. Ooh, I could really do that. Way less time with business. Way more time in bed. Oh, my god, these are some resolutions I could definitely get behind. Better get started on that fire.Yeah.

[ Sighs ] He’s gonna be okay. He’s gonna be okay.

[ Cellphone rings ] What the hell? I mean, this is all relatively new to me. I’ve basically been a single parent to both scout and danny, and I’m used to making all the big decisions on my own. Well, I’d say you’ve done a pretty awesome job ’cause you have two pretty awesome kids. Thank you.

[ Sighs ] You know, when he first came back to port charles, we were basically in lockstep about how to parent scout until drew came back from pentonville. Maybe he’s just trying to put it all behind him too fast, you know? I know I did the same thing. Just probably wants to prove to himself and to scout that he’s still a good dad. And, you know, maybe he thinks, what better way than to get your kid into some elite school? But why didn’t he just come to me first, you know, so we could talk it over and see if it was appropriate for her? Hmm. I know westwood is just one decision. But it’s a big one and there’s gonna be so many bigger decisions the older that she gets. Right, so that’s why it’s important you got to get on the same page now so down the line you can — you can make these decisions together. Right. But I just told scout that she didn’t have to go to the school without including drew in the conversation. Did I just make a big mistake? You can’t guilt me, liv. Sonny had a right to know. But I told you, I told you in confidence. You didn’t tell me anything. I figured it out on my own. Oh. Whatever. I begged you not to say anything because this affects so many more people than just sonny. No, it affects ned’s deal with michael to get control of elq. Yeah, but it affects more people than just ned! But while we’re on the subject of ned, why don’t we talk about ned? Okay? Elq is his family company. He loves it, lois. It means something to him. Just because you can’t stand it, you had no right to mess this up for him! What can I say? If I see something, I say something. And you want to know something funny? You used to be the exact same way. I thought that you were my friend. I am your friend. I am also sonny’s friend. How could i ever trust you now? I begged you not to say anything. You just had to go run your mouth and ruin everybody’s life! Oh, is that so? Yeah. Let me tell you, the way that I see it is that you know better than anyone what it means to keep secrets from sonny. Oh, wow. Olivia. V-vivi. No, no, no. You said — you said because I — I kept it secret from sonny that my child was his son so that when dante grows up, becomes a cop, and goes undercover, he doesn’t realize he’s going after his father? And then when sonny finds out and he doesn’t realize that the cop that he’s shooting is his own son? Is that what you’re talking about? No, no, no. Is that what you’re throwing in my face right now, my “good friend”? Look, dad, I didn’t — I didn’t want to hurt you. Especially after getting you back. The only way this would hurt me is if whoever turned carly and drew in to the sec is somebody I care about. Now, I know you didn’t do it ’cause you wouldn’t do that to your mother. It wasn’t me. So you must have good reason to withhold this information from carly and drew. What is it? Dad, the — the informant wasn’t close to mom or drew. But exposing them would hurt someone else that I love very much. Willow? It’s new year’s eve. How did we get talking about such a heavy topic? Tonight is all about new beginnings, right? That’s what people say. Then you and I, let’s head over to the savoy. I think we’ve kept our husbands waiting long enough.

[ Both chuckle ] Okay. Okay. Oh, I’m not sure what to do with this dress. Oh, that’s easy. Crimson has a person who does alterations on the model dresses. She can make sure that that is as good as new. That would be amazing. Thank you. This was a brand-new dress. I was gonna wear it for the first time tonight, so it’d be great if it didn’t go to waste. Yeah. I’ll just, uh…

[ Chuckles ] You know, it just occurred to me you could have gone to the quartermaines’ to change, but you came here. The quartermaine house is so far away. Why go all the way home when I have… a mother who works in fashion? And…thank you again, nina, for loaning me the new dress, for fixing the ripped one. Really means a lot to me. Shall we? After you. Head & shoulders is launching someth my frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long it seems to me the only mistakeyou’d be making is forcing scout to go to a school that she strongly says she doesn’t want to go to. I know that drew didn’t mean to put her in a rough spot, but she does feel like she had to change schools because that’s what he wanted. Well, look, I think drew’s a great dad, but I think he put scout in a rough spot. I think he also put you in a tough spot. And I think you should trust your instincts and try to make it right. Thank you for having my back. Well, you’ve always got my back. It’s what makes us so good together. Happy new year. Happy new year. Let me see if I have this straight. You let everyone think that it was you who tipped off the sec about carly and drew’s insider trading? Actually, I was on my way to tell drew who was really to blame when I slipped and fell and lost my memory. And then when you got your memory back, you made an agreement with michael to keep quiet in exchange for his stock proxy? That’s right. Oh. People wonder why this family scares me sometimes. Olivia! Olivia, wait! No, you — you got some more helpful advice, huh? You got someone else’s secrets that you feel entitled to announce to the entire world? Olivia, I went too far, and I know it! That day that sonny shot dante was my worst nightmare coming true. The memory of that moment, it haunts every quiet corner of my mind. Just tell me, how long have you had that locked and loaded and ready to throw in my face?! No, olivia! Liv! Olivia! Liv, wait! Mom, what did you do? I opened my big mouth! And I may have started the new year by losing my oldest friend. What about willow? Oh, come on, dad. D-drew’s out of pentonville. Drew’s out of pentonville. M-mom’s happy running kelly’S. She and drew are happy together. We can just let this go. I don’t want to hear that! Who is it? Come on, dad, I — who — who is it?! Who turned your mom and drew in to the sec?! It was nina! Fire’s lit. What do you say? Carly? Carly, what is it?

[ Hoarsely ] That w– that was the embassy in amsterdam. My mom’s dead.

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merci beaucoup. Je reviens tout de suite. Okay. You said thank you, and she said, um, something right away. Hey, there we go. Very good. Yes. She said that she would be back right away. That’s very good, trina. Thank you. You’re picking it up already. Thank you. Wow, this place is incredible. This is one of your favorite spots? So, actually, I have never been to this restaurant before because I wanted to try a place that was new to both of us as part of our new beginning together. Mm, I love that. I love everything about paris so far, except tonight, considering that you have completely left me in the dark about what you have in store for us. So let’s hear it, cassadine. Oh, what, and spoil the surprise? No. No, no, no, no.

[ Monitor beeping ]

[ Door closes ] He’s asleep again. I should have been here when he woke up. How are his vitals? The same, dr. Robinson. He’s been in and out. Why don’t you speak to him? Let him know that you’re here. Okay. Kevin, honey? It’s me. I’m here. I don’t know if you can hear me, but… I-I really need you to wake up. Can you do that? Can you open your eyes for me? Hi. Oh, thank you for coming back to me, sweetheart. Thank you. Hey. Port charles police. I’m detective falconeri. This is detective chase. We were told you were coming. Any updates? We’ve been monitoring the apartment for 24 hours. No one matching ms. Prince or the nanny’s description have exited. So the apartment’s still occupied? Well, thanks for holding off, waiting for us. This, uh, could be trouble. Police. Open up! Ben: Do you feel that? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I felt a pinch. So far, so good. The surgery confirmed that your body is capable of healing from your injury. To what extent, we’ll find out. Yes, we will. So I’m guessing physical therapy is going to change now that I have feeling in my legs. Yes, but keep in mind, we still have a long road ahead. How long, exactly? Each patient is different, so it’s hard to say. Okay. Fair enough, fair enough. Why don’t we see if I can stand? Give it a shot? Oh, no, you won’T. Take it court is in recess? Finn: Diane just rested her case. So you’re up next. No, no, she already called me as a witness. My time on the stand is done. Sorry I’m late. How’d it go? Finn just told us that he was called as a witness for the plaintiff. And? Uh… that good. It was bumpy, but sam may have saved the day. Sam? Where is she? Chasing down more information. Pertaining to…? Muldoon saw an oncologist weeks before he came to see me. How can an oncologist miss late-stage cancer? He didn’T. To 50 years with my best friend and my soulmate.[Clanking]

[Gasping] Nooo… aya…

[ Alarm ringing ]

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Theory is, after losinghis shirt in the market and cashing in a life insurance policy, muldoon finds out he has late-stage cancer, not much time left. Rather than bankrupting his family with medical bills, he goes after finn for malpractice. Total con job. What do you think? The reasoning is sound. What kind of circumstantial evidence did sam uncover? Proof that muldoon went to the medical pavilion where the oncologist had their office before he ever went to see finn. But there are other offices in that building. So it’s far from conclusive. And even if muldoon did set finn up, we don’t know if the wife had any knowledge of it. But isn’t it enough for the judge to just throw out the case? Correct me if I’m wrong. If we don’t have hard evidence of muldoon’s cancer diagnosis, we’ve got nothing. So put her back on the stand. Make her crack. Make the attempted fraud public record. Hello, ben. I-I am sorry to interrupt like this. Ms. Henry. As you see, we’re in the middle of a therapy session. Aunt stella, what are you doing here? Just peeping in since I was here at the hospital. Is this your first session since your surgery? You know good and well it is. Auntie, you don’t have to check on me. I got this. That’s what you’ve been saying since you were a little boy. Always getting ahead of yourself. I need to grab a few more towels. You don’t need to check on me, and you don’t need to worry. Oh, it’s too late for that. I’ve been doing that all your life. Do you remember when you insisted you could play basketball with the neighborhood teenagers? You were 8 years old. Yeah, I know that tommy made those kids let me play. Mm-hmm. And how many times did you limp home with a skinned knee or a bloody nose when a elbow went wide? Yeah, and you always patched me up, and I lived through it. Auntie, I didn’t give up then, and I’m not going to give up now. I just want to assess how the surgery went. And you need to do that today? Well, isn’t that the point of physical therapy, to get me to walking again?

[ Sighs ] And they call me stubborn. Uh, hey, ben? How long does it take you to get a couple of towels? You got enough yet? Yeah. Okay. Look, I — I can’t tell my nephew what to do, but please — um, that would be a first. Hush. Please tell us, isn’t it dangerous for curtis to try to push himself to stand so quickly? Since coq au vin is a classic, I think I’ll try that. What type of vin do you think we should drink with it? Rouge or blanc? Monsieur cassadine? I’m sorry? What’s on your mind? Oh, they have, um — they have black gold caviar here. When I was younger and a little bit more — cute? I was going to say pretentious, but I once went to a restaurant with my father, and they had black gold caviar, and I asked him if we could get it, and he said no. And so I asked if we could have it at home. And I asked, and I asked, and I asked, and I asked, and eventually he gave in, and he had it served, and I loved it. You had caviar? How young were you? Young enough to be served black beans and believe it was caviar.

[ Both laugh ] Um, I really hope that ace grows up a bit more grounded than I did. Well, I’m sure your father has learned a lot since you, maybe even from you. We don’t have to talk about them. I don’t want to ruin our night. What? You’re not ruining my night by telling me your feelings. I want to hear your stories, share your troubles. That’s what couples do. I guess I’m still getting used to being in a healthy relationship, so you’ll have to be patient with me. Of course. I love you. And I love you, mademoiselle robinson.

[ Chuckles ] Can you tell me where we are? Uh, general hospital. I assume on the 10th floor. That’s correct. And what about what year it is? 1912?

[ Laughs ] 2023 — no, ’24. Sorry. I’m still getting used to saying it.

[ Laughs ] Oh. Kevin, who did this to you? It was esme. Ms. Fitzgerald? What do you want? These are american law enforcement officers. They have questions for you. I don’t have to answer them. I’d cooperate if I were you. You’re an irish national, ms. Fitzgerald, not a canadian citizen. If american law enforcement’s looking for you — hello again, detective falconeri. Hey, maggie. Can we, uh, come in and talk to you for a minute? How’s your lovely lady friend? Oh, uh, sam. She’s, uh — yeah, she’s doing great. Um, thanks for asking. I’m doing well, too. Shortly after you came to see me in devon, I started a new position with a family here in toronto. Things have been quiet for me. I’d like to keep them that way. Well, we’ll make this quick, uh, maggie, and… we’re not here to cause you any trouble. We’re just looking for esme prince.

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When we found youon the floor of alexis’ office, we assumed that it was esme. Is she in custody? No. No, esme is gone. But chase and dante got a lead that esme traveled to toronto. I guess she has an old nanny there that she was going to see. They’re looking for her now. Kevin, do you have any idea why she attacked you?

[ Sighs ] I found her in the office. We were talking. I thought I was getting through to her. We were seated. Then she started pacing when she was talking about her hopes for ace’s future. Then the world went black. Okay. And that’s probably enough for — for right now, you know? You should probably get your rest, right, portia? Actually, I’m kind of hungry. That’s a good sign. Oh? I’ll let the nurse know. Um, laura’s right, though. Get some rest. What else am I going to do in here?

[ Chuckles ] Don’t look so worried. It was so scary finding you on the floor like that, unconscious. And I couldn’t wake you. Well, I didn’t survive ryan all these years just to be done in by his daughter.

[ Chuckles ] But all that concern isn’t just for me, is it? I’m really upset about esme. I believed in her, you know? I-I really believed that her love for her baby ace was going to be the thing that gave her the strength to turn her life around. And it did. She was doing so well. She was a good mom. And then she got her memory back. You know, I think it’s almost that she didn’t have the opportunity to reconcile her two identities before nikolas came back, and he took her son. Ace is a very grounding force for esme. I think losing her son just pushed her over the edge. Love is a powerful motivator, both for good and ill. Are you in pain? Mm, oh, no. Uh… I’m bothered by the assumption that esme went to toronto to see her nanny. I think she’d go after nikolas. Yeah, I know. I know. Me, too, but I-I think she just doesn’t have anything to go on. She doesn’t have the resources, and toronto is not very far. It doesn’t put much strain on her credit card to travel there. Esme’s credit card? Yeah, I forgot to tell you. The pcpd found out that esme charged a bus ticket to toronto. Something’s off. Uh… it’s like something happened in alexis’ office that I can’t quite remember. You say you don’t want to cause trouble, but there are three police officers from two countries in my apartment. And what are those two doing? Uh, like I said, maggie, we’re not here for you. We’re looking for esme. Well, you’re looking in the wrong place.

[ Object clatters ] Don’t go throwing things about. Okay, wait. If you — if you’re saying esme isn’t here, you got to come clean. You got to tell us where she is. How would I know that? Because we have reason to believe that she came here to see you. That’s pure rubbish. I haven’t seen esme in years. I think I’ll try every coq au vin to see which one’s the best in paris. Mm. That’s a good idea. Considering the fact that I don’t know how to cook, I’m sure that we’ll be doing a fair amount of dining out. But if you only have coq au vin, then won’t you miss out on a lot of other fantastic french food? Yeah, but I think I’ll have plenty of opportunities to try other tasty dishes. Mm. There’ll be a lot more to this trip than just food, trina robinson. Like what? Studying? Sure. Yeah. Very important. Dancing? I’m sure that we’ll wander into a club or two, yeah. Starting tonight? Are you going to tell me what you have planned? Mm… well, you’ll certainly be getting the vip treatment. You’re enjoying the secrecy a little too much. Yeah, maybe. Okay, fine. I don’t mean to drag it out. I’ll tell you if you really want to know. No! And ruin the surprise? How dare you?

[ Laughs ] Well, you certainly keep me on my toes, trina robinson. Aunt stella, it won’t be dangerous. Ben is right here. I suppose there’s no harm in trying. I will be with him, and curtis will have the parallel bars to stabilize him. Alright. Let’s get it.

[ Curtis grunts ] Ben: Okay, okay. Now align your hands right above your hips and use your arms to push your weight up, okay? 3, 2, 1.

[ Grunts ]

[ Panting ] You’re good. You’re good. Back down. Hey. Great work, curtis. Good going. You wanted a gauge, and now we know. What do you say? Do you want to get back to work or…? No, that’ll be it for today. Are you sure? There’s still 20 minutes left in our session. Ben, can — can we have a moment, please? You were right, aunt stella. It was a mistake to try to stand so soon. Curtis? Did you make your slam dunk on the first try? No. So why did you think this was going to work on the first try? Alexis is right. At this point, the first step would be to compel the oncologist to disclose that muldoon had a cancer diagnosis prior to a visit with you. That would establish intent from muldoon. But to accuse his wife of complicity with circumstantial evidence, that’s risky. We got no way of proving she had prior knowledge of his condition. To point the finger at her and start ranting about fraud, that would be a complete hail mary on our part. But isn’t that what lawyers are supposed to do? Throw out alternative possibilities? At least if the accusation is out there, the G.H. Lawyers can run with it, especially if I have anything to say about it. Finn? What do you think? Uh… what will happen to mrs. Muldoon if we accuse her of fraud? Oh, who cares? Alexis: Tracy. I could use some water. Tracy, will you come with me? If you insist. In answer to your question, she’d be charged with fraud. If those charges are proven, she’d be looking at jail time. If she knew her husband was lying. That’s the question. But how do we know if mrs. Muldoon was in on the fraud or not? I got one idea.

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so tuesday will be non-stop, but I think I can meet you for a quick dinner. Trina. Believe me, I would love to spend every single day with you if I could, but I understand that you’re here first and foremost for school, so if you need to prioritize your classes, that is okay. You don’t have to worry about me, alright? I’ll keep myself busy. How? Well, I’ve been giving that a lot of thought. Um, you know, you’re so passionate about art and the way that you talk about it and live your life for it. And I’d like to figure out what that is for me and what my passion is. And maybe I’ll figure that out here in paris. Well, there’s always le cordon bleu. Yeah, I don’t even think

they could help me with my cooking skills, but maybe. Maybe. It’s a good option. I think that there’s a lot of things here for me to explore, so we’ll just have to see. I just hate that I wasted so much time when I was here, you know, before, being angry with my father and planning to get back at ava and — well, you had help. Esme stoked your anger, and she did everything she could to manipulate you. Mm-hmm. Yeah, first esme, and then uncle victor. But I’m just very glad that we can finally put that all behind us. I’m very sorry that I dragged you into all of that. You didn’t deserve it. And neither did you. How do you do that? You’re so supportive. You’re so sweet. And you’re so hot.

[ Chuckles ] You make me want to be better. Well, I think you’re pretty amazing. Thank you, but I think that there’s still plenty of room for improvement. You’ll get there. Esme hasn’t reached out to you? Called you? Texted you? Mailed you a letter? I wrote her with my address here in toronto. But that was months ago. Esme never wrote back. I haven’t heard from her. Okay, we got a letter that you wrote to esme, inviting her to come here to see you. Did you have the handwriting analyzed? Because I never extended any such invitation. The family I work for now are very private, very security conscious. Esme’s a troubled girl with a criminal record. I feel terrible for her, but… I don’t want to jeopardize my current employment.

[ Sighs ] Writing letters is one thing. Seeing esme face to face? I’d never do it. There’s no sign of esme. Nothing to suggest that she has ever been here. Yep.

[ Sighs ] I know you’re disappointed, but you have got to be patient with yourself. I’ve been nothing but patient, auntie. I feel like I’ve been beating back this feeling of powerlessness forever. Doing everything I can to make things better. And — and, I mean, I was at that point of acceptance, but… this procedure, it’s renewed my hope. Now that it has, I want to move forward. But you are moving forward, baby. Just slower than you’d like. Yeah, so slow, I’m standing still. Oh, my bad, I can’t even stand.

[ Sighs ] Well, now you’re feeling sorry for yourself. And that’s not like you. Listen. Listen to me. You’re going to keep at it, and you’re going to get this one effort at a time. What — what’s the alternative? Giving up? Well, weren’t you the one saying that pushing was a bad idea? I’m always offering my two cents when it’s not needed. But the last thing I wanted was to undermine your belief in yourself. That wasn’t you. My legs did. No, you have always exceeded people’s expectations. Weren’t you the only freshman to make varsity basketball in high school? Yeah. Coach didn’t even want me to try out. Mm-hmm. But you proved him wrong, didn’t you? I guess all those skinned knees playing street ball eventually paid off, huh? You proved everybody wrong. What if my streak is over?

[ Sighs, chuckles ] It’s not, baby. You just need to pace yourself. You’ll get there. I believe that. And I believe in you. Stella. Stella, I’m glad you’re here, too. Kevin collins, he’s awake, and he’s doing better. Oh, praise be. Good news. Where’s ben? Is your physical therapy session over? Is it?

[ Sighs ] Ah, I needed this. Thanks. Anything for a friend. Is that what we are? Well, I only allow friends and family to manipulate me, so I guess so.

[ Laughs ] I really did need the water, but you have to admit, you weren’t exactly helping. Yes, I was. This is no time for finn to be noble or selfless. He’s losing patients because of this groundless lawsuit. And he’s such a good doctor. No argument here. I’m just glad finn has you on his side. My kids haven’t only lost a father. Dr. Finn has jeopardized their future. Without dennis, how am I going to pay for their schools, their college? I’m doing everything I can to win a settlement that will meet the needs of your children. Forgive me, ladies. Counselor, could I have a word? Of course. I’m going to go confer with mr. Grey. I will be right back. Take this moment for yourself. Do some deep breathing. It sounds trite, but believe me, it does help. And whatever you do, do not engage the defendant. What — what do you think? Should I let martin accuse mrs. Muldoon of fraud? Um, heads up. She’s coming. If you had a shred of decency, you would change your plea to guilty, and you would end this right now. Excuse me, mrs. Muldoon. You shouldn’t be speaking to dr. Finn — it’s okay. It’s okay. I want to hear what she has to say. Go ahead, mrs. Muldoon. Let’s talk about decency.

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I’m just taking a break. Auntie, would you tell ben that I’m good to go, and we still have work to do? Be happy to.

[ Sighs ] What did I miss? I messed around and pushed too hard. But don’t worry. Um, nothing was hurt but my ego. Oh. I’m really glad that kevin’s okay. Uh, have you heard anything about esme? No. Nothing yet. I’m hoping that dante and chase find her in toronto, and they apprehend her and put her in prison where she belongs, because I’m done. I’m absolutely done with her. I never, ever want to have to worry about esme prince again. Well, uh, looks like she played us. She, uh, gave us a false lead.

[ Chuckles ] If esme didn’t come looking for maggie, then where did she go? Maggie, uh, I don’t know if you know, but esme has regained her memory, and she just assaulted a man and put him in the hospital and nearly killed him. So any insights into esme would be greatly appreciated — you know, places she would go, people she would want to see. I’ve been trying to tell you, I don’t know. I did my best by esme, tried to steer her right, but she — nothing would sway her. She was dead set on reuniting with her family. Her family. Maybe that’s the key. Bennett: So walk me through what happened when you arrived on the scene. I came into alexis davis’ office. Esme was already there. She was seated. She had her laptop open. And she startled when she realized I was there. It was — it was like she thought I caught her doing something. Kevin: Esme? Laura, you said that esme used her credit card to purchase travel to toronto. Her own credit card? Yeah. Then what was she doing with

the invader’s corporate card? She had it in her hand. I saw it when I came into the room. Uh, we better call alexis. Mm. I should get the check. I don’t want us to be late. Late for what? Oh, you’ll see. I would like to add someone to the witness list. It’s a little late in the game, counselor. It is. And I apologize for the short notice, but some new information has suddenly come to light. Who’s the witness? Dr. Powell. What, doesn’t ring a bell? No. Should it? Well, I guess you’ll find out. What are my children going to do?

[ Cellphone chimes ] We have to sell our home. Our futures were all planned. I have to deal with a minor emergency. My husband went to you… good luck. …And now he’s dead. Was he just another faceless patient to you? None of my patients are faceless. Not ever. I’m very sorry for your loss, mrs. Muldoon. But I did tell your husband he needed to do follow-up testing and… he failed to do that. That’s not dennis. You’re wrong. He would have taken proper steps if he would have understood that something was seriously wrong. He would never risk leaving me and the children. Even at the very end, all he could think about was the kids. That’s why he told me to sue. He wanted to make sure that his family was taken care of. So the malpractice suit was your husband’s idea? Yes. That’s how much he loved us. And when he was in terrible pain, he didn’t worry about himself. He was worried about his family. It’s just not right that a man that loving should die so young. No, it isn’T.

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I can’t stop thinking about that parents’ night where dennis talked to you.No, no, no, no, no, no. God, I wish he hadn’t — no. I thought I asked you not to talk to dr. Finn. What did you say? Not much. Your client, however, said plenty. Okay. Let’s go. What’d she say to you, son? Yeah, I’d like to hear the answer to that question myself. A lot of accusations. Doesn’t matter. She’s in pain. Um, how’d it go with diane? Diane miller’s got the best poker face I’ve ever seen, but I honestly don’t think she had any idea why I’m calling a late witness. I mean, I mentioned the oncologist’s name, and there was nothing, no indication of recognition whatsoever. Did you mention that he was an oncologist? Do I look like an idiot? Well —

[ Clears throat ] I didn’t think that diane would be an accessory to fraud. I don’t think mrs. Muldoon is, either. I-I didn’t get the feeling she knew. Yeah, neither did I. That’s for her lawyer to prove. If mrs. Muldoon goes to prison, what will happen to her kids? Oh, I think the question you should be asking is, if you don’t win this case, what will happen to your kid? Sorry, maggie. Excuse us for just a minute. I — w-we got to explore the family aspect. What family? I mean, esme’s mother is in pentonville, and ever since she attacked her uncle kevin, that pretty much rules out any support she’d get from kevin and laura. Who else is left? Her son. Alexis should be here any moment now.

[ Cellphone ringing ] Oh. And this is dante right now. Dante, hi. I’m here with kevin and detective bennett, and you’re on speaker. Hey, kevin. How you doing? My head hurts. Otherwise, I’m okay. Oh, good to hear. Have you found anything in toronto? Uh, no. It’s a dead end. We think esme was just trying to buy some time. But we’re thinking, you know, maybe, uh — h-have you heard from nikolas? Uh, as far as I know, the last person to speak to him was spencer. Why? Well, we’re thinking maybe esme is trying to track down nikolas so she can reclaim ace before she goes into hiding. I’m sure that’s what she’d like to do, but she has no means of tracking nikolas. However, we might have a new lead on our end.

[ Knock on door ] Actually, oh, here. Alexis just walked in right now. Alexis, I have chase and dante on speakerphone from canada. Did you find anything? I had my assistant e-mail every charge made on the invader corporate credit card in the last 72 hours. Were you aware your corporate credit card was stolen? Alexis: No. But esme as my assistant had authority to use the card, and she routinely used it. Hold on one second. Ah, alright, here’s the e-mail right now. Give me a second. Whoa. Wow, what — what is this here? Et voil. Shall we go? Mais, oui. Merci, monsieur. Where are we off to? The rest of our lives. As much as I hate to say it, tracy has a point. If you don’t push this fraud angle, you could lose this case and your position at G.H. I could — I could always go back to research. Really? Here in port charles? Or would you and violet have to move away from everyone who loves you? Is that really what you want to do? No. No, of course not. But I-I don’t want to see mrs. Muldoon go to prison for fraud. I mean, those kids, those kids, they already lost their father. She’s all they have. And believe it or not, I can almost understand the desperation that dennis muldoon was feeling, alright? He was in an impossible situation, and he made the only choice he thought he could to take care of his family. Yeah, okay, I get that he was an impossible situation and he was just trying to help his family. But for mr. Muldoon to use you as a scapegoat, someone who was only trying to help him, and make you pay for his misfortune? Is it any better to throw a grieving widow under the bus? It seems like no matter what, someone’s going to get hurt.

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good work today, curtis. Thanks for letting the session run over. Glad we got it all in. See you next thursday? You bet. Alright. Ladies? Thank you, ben. Looks like you got a pretty good workout in, huh? He sure did. Mm. His first step to a first step. I see what you did there, auntie. You know, I will be walking when trina comes back home from paris. Bailiff: Court will reconvene in five minutes! I’m going to go splash some water on my face. Okay. Are you sure you don’t know a dr. Powell? No. Alright. My assistant is drawing up the subpoena to have the oncologist testify. I’ve got the motion to add a late witness. Already? Well, if we’re going to do this, we got to get the ball rolling. Now, we got less than five minutes here. How would you like me to proceed? I’ll support whatever decision you make. I don’t want to risk mrs. Muldoon going to prison. Well, you may have to to clear your name. I need a word. My attorney advised me not to speak to dr. Finn or any of his supporters. That’s okay. I’ll do all the talking. Everyone please take your seats. Where did tracy go? Alright, doc. It’s go time. What are we doing? There’s an airline charge on the corporate credit card, and esme’s name is on the ticket. Ticket to where? Kevin: Paris. She was booking a flight to paris. He’s right. Esme’s ticket was to paris. Oh, my god. She’s going after spencer and trina. You are cute, you know that? You’re beautiful. Take it all in, trina. It’s all for us. I can’t believe that this is really happening.

[ Chuckles ] You’re so cute. Yeah, it’s happening. You ready for your next surprise? I don’t need a surprise. I’ve got you. That’s all I could ever need.

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What do you guys think? Too much or not enough? Oh, well, if my mom were here, she’d say there’s no such thing as “too much.” Yes, well, your viewers may not agree. So you think we should ease up on the cowboy props? I’m all for a little western flair, but I don’t want it to devolve into kitsch. Sasha, what do you think? I think the art department did a great job. Sure, it’s a little over-the-top, but isn’t that the point? We’re selling a fantasy, right? And if you’re lucky enough, sometimes fantasies come true. Usually with a lot of hard work and some money. Not that lucy coe would have any idea about that. She’s a spendthrift with the attention span of a gnat. My fantasy is you and lucy not going at each other’s throats. I’m just glad that I missed the fireworks. Though I’m so sorry I was late. Oh. It’s okay. You were there for most of the meeting. Sasha, you never told us where you were. I was with cody. We lost track of time. Really?! Has something changed between the two of you? Yes, I need you to ask for volunteers to work on new year’s eve and new year’s day. Hopefully we’ll get enough…people in that we don’t have to call anyone who asked for the time off. Yeah. What’s next on our list? Mmm! Something smells so good! Oh, yeah. I finally got around to making that post-christmas turkey soup, so… oh! I said I wanted to help you with that. Oh, that’s right. You did. I’m sorry, honey. It totally slipped my mind. I’m sorry. But you know what? It’s done. What’s done is done. So I — you know what? I actually got to make sure that it’s on the low burner. Livvy. Yeah? Why does it feel like you’ve been avoiding me since christmas? No, honey, honestly. I’m really — I’m happy to have you here in the house. Okay, if I’ve done something to upset you, I want to know. No, no, it’s not that. Honestly, honey, it’s not you. It’s me. I-I just — whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What about you? It’s nothing. It’s — honestly, it’s not a thing, I just — I really — you know what? I do — I really have to check the soup on the — olivia! Not until you tell me what’s going on with you. Did I betray you when I married ned? What brings you by, alexis? I need a favor. You never ask me for favors. This is an exception. I need you to tell me I’m wrong.

[ Knock on door ] Hi, tj. Molly’s not with you? No. Uh, just me. Come in. Come in. This was actually molly’s idea. -To come over here by yourself? -Yeah. She thought it would be better if you and I talked privately. That sounds ominous. Wait. Is molly okay? Your sister’s fine. She just — she told me about the conversation that you two had with alexis. Oh. “Conversation.” It was more like a lecture. Legal ramifications and some obscure law that only applies to surrogacy with a donor egg. It made me realize that you and i need to set some things straight. Have you changed your mind about me? Okay. Okay. So, you remember the plan, right? Yes, yes — I pick a fight with you, tracy overhears. But it’s not much of a plan as far as I’m concerned. It’s just step one. Okay? Yeah, well, let’s circle back to the part where I marry tracy. What’s in it for me? Just shh! Keep your voice down. Just focus on the task at hand. We have to make tracy believe that you and I, we’ve had this huge falling-out so then she sees you as an ally, and you’ll get a chance to charm her pants off. Well, now, wait a minute. I’m not sir laurence olivier here. No, you’re not, so just focus on a goal, and the goal is our satisfaction when we knock tracy down, down to size, and we take her for everything she’s worth. I love when you get in full scheming mode! Yeah? Well, get ready — ’cause I’m just getting started.

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We’ve known each other a long time. I don’t think you’ve ever asked me to disagree with you, but I’ll give it my best shot. Don’t get used to it. I assume this is about kristina. Are you aware that she is now going to be the egg donor as well as the surrogate? Kristina filled me in. Yeah. That’s it? What? That’s the reaction?

[ Stammers ] How can you be so calm? You don’t see how this could tear the girls apart? How so? Well, for starters, legally speaking, there is no contract between tj, molly, and kristina that’s legally binding, which means that kristina, at any given point, can change her mind after she becomes pregnant. And there’s no legal remedy because it’s her biological child. I talked to kristina. She thought long and hard about it. She knows it’s a huge responsibility. You think otherwise? Yes! I mean — yes! I do think otherwise. Because she has never been pregnant before. She doesn’t know what it’s like, and I’m concerned that it might be harder than she expects. Like it was hard for you to give up sam? Well, that’s vastly different circumstances… but yes. So this could not only be problematic between kristina and molly, but for the entire family, because it would put us in a position where we would have to pick sides, which is impossible. This could be a nightmare. Is this where you want me to tell you you’re wrong? Yes! I’ve underestimated kristina in the past. So tell me — am I doing it again?

[ Knock on door ] Yeah. Hey. Enter at your own risk. I saw you upstairs coming out of the O.R. Seemed to be in a mood. Something happen in surgery? No. Everything was by the numbers. No complications. Then why the mood? Why the mood? I guess it’s because dr. Juarez had to waste her valuable time watching over me. She didn’t assist me. She just stood there watching. Because apparently, after 25 years of doing this, I can’t operate without having someone supervise me. And I guess I’m just tired of having this lawsuit hanging over me. I know. And I know it’s beyond frustrating having your every move monitored. I have dedicated my entire professional life to medicine, to healing people, and amy just told me that three of my patients would like their files transferred to other doctors. We haven’t even gone to trial yet, haven’t a chance to defend myself, and already my reputation is taking a hit. Okay, but remember monica and the G.H. Board are behind you. I appreciate that. I do. If I lose this case… my insurance will pay out the damages and then they will drop me as a client. If that happens, I… I will be unable to get malpractice insurance elsewhere. And at that point, the hospital will have no choice but to let me go. Finn, you need to remember — you did nothing wrong. How do we make a jury believe that? Oh, come on, lucy! This is just a sales appearance! You don’t need the deception lawyer here. Besides, I’m very important. I got a lot of high-end clients. Oh, you’re so important! Stop! Look at you! You know what? I pay you a lot of money, and you come showing up in an outfit like that, all scruffy?! What’s wrong with this outfit? It’s kind of like business wrinkled! No, this is a whole fash– excuse me! Would you please…zip it! If you have to talk, modulate your voices. Try to act like professionals. Sasha. Cody. I can take you to your dressing rooms now. -Cool. -Okay. -Hi, honey! -Mom. What are you doing here? Oh, wait. Let me answer this e-mail really quick. Julie: Mr. Bell? Please follow me. Oh. Uh, yeah. Where on earth did that come from? I-I’m just sayin’. I knew that ned was your husband when I came to port charles, and I fell for him anyway. Yeah. That was like six years ago! You’ve been married most of that time. You broke up. You got back together. I mean, why is this coming up right now? Lois’ reluctance to leave doesn’t bother you? At all? Why would it? She’s my oldest friend. We grew up together. And it doesn’t bother her that you… married her former husband? Look, I know that you came to port charles because you read the article about brook lynn being fired from deception. And she’s your daughter, and that’s your priority. Yeah. Of course she is. But you’ve been here since before thanksgiving. I mean, that’s a long time. A-and you’re my best friend. And we’ve never talked about the fact that — that I married your ex-husband?! I mean, I gotta — I gotta wonder. Is there a reason for that? Are you asking me if I have thoughts about my best friend marrying my ex-husband? Yes. You bet I do!

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Are you underestimating our daughter? Maybe. Maybe not. The way I see it is, I’m proud, uh, that kristina’s willing to carry her sister’s baby. And I think kristina’s proud. That’s even more important. All those years that we saw her struggling with her self-esteem. Makes sense because she has parents that are driven and successful. I mean, look, I always… I always felt that… kristina was kind of lost, personally and professionally. And I think things have changed now. You may be right. I mean, I-I have noticed that since she started developing the youth center that she is more focused and more mature. That’s because she’s gotten past the self-doubt that has held her back in the past. I think it’s wonderful that she has this newfound confidence. I do. And I — and I know that her intentions are good, but sometimes life has a way of upending your intentions. Look at us. I mean, it’s not like we planned on having a baby together. Plans change.

[ Sighs ] Right? No. I’m just saying. They change. Okay. That’s my point, though, you see? When she agreed to be the surrogate, I was concerned, but I thought, “okay. That’s doable.” But now that the baby is gonna be biologically hers, it just makes the whole thing a lot more complicated. Can you imagine a life without kristina? Regardless of how she got here? No. Of course I can’T. You know why? Because babies change everything. See, this is exactly what I was so afraid of. You never really wanted me to be the surrogate, not really. You only went along with this because it was what molly wanted and it was what my sister wanted. And now that my mother has announced that there’s no legally binding contract, you’re having second thoughts. Kristina, can you stop telling me what I think long enough for me to actually talk? Yes. Sorry. G-go on. Part of me loves the idea that if we use your egg, molly and I will both be biologically related to the baby. On top of that, it’s a huge relief that you and molly have reconciled and gotten past your differences. It makes me happy to see molly this happy. Okay, so then what’s the problem? Thank you. In many ways, you are the ideal egg donor. But alexis is right about the legal situation. So I need to hear for myself from your lips that molly and I will be the parents of this baby and you will be the aunt. Nothing more. Nothing less. Can you honestly live with that? You have been very distracted since you got that call from chase. Gregory was taken to the hospital. Why? What happened? He took a hot yoga class. So chase said they’re hoping it’s just dehydration. Maybe it’s his als. Gregory’s been admitted to the hospital. He’s spending the night. So they’re gonna check everything, make sure everything’s okay. Julie. Yeah. Hi. Can you, um, give the director a note from the deception team? Mm-hmm. When the models come out and are on stage, can you please tell him to make sure that the products are all featured in every camera angle? I know that sasha and cody are very good-looking people, but we are selling products, not models, okay? I’ll pass on the note. Thank you. Good note. Very astute. I appreciate the support, mom, but I also know you don’t stop by my work for no reason. Are you still on the… “cody is mac’s son” train? Maxie, I’m really proud of you. I think it’s great that “home & heart” booked deception as a repeat performance so soon after the last one. Our last appearance here, we sold out in 20 minutes, and I have a feeling this is gonna be just as good, if not better. I think it’s safe to say deception is back. Ah! Yes!

[ Laughs ] Felicia’s only hanging around because she’s suspicious of me. Or you could see it as felicia wanting the husband she loves to know that you’re his son. Yeah, I already told you why that can’t happen. Not only does mac deserve a better son than me, but I already signed a document saying that I’m taub’s son. It’s fraud and perjury. I can’t risk that coming out. Hey. Try not to worry. I promise I’m gonna help you keep an eye on felicia. Hairstylist: Cody? Uh, yeah? I’m ready to start working on your hair. Okay. Right here?

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So…dennis muldoon. Mm-hmm. You guys were chatting at a school function. He mentioned he was having symptoms. You suggested he come see you as a patient. Yes, uh, mr. Muldoon had been a patient here at general hospital for several years. I think we’re in-network for his insurance. And before he came to see me, I went over his entire history, and he seemed overall in pretty good health. But the man had stage iv colon cancer. He must have had

some symptoms. Hm, we both know people that have ignored physical symptoms for months, right? I mean, sometimes it’s people that they’re — they’re too busy to see a doctor. Other times they’re too afraid to see a doctor. Unless he — unless muldoon saw a doctor out of network. You mean like when he was overseas? It’s possible. I was thinking maybe something closer to home. You know, I remember him mentioning something about having a vacation home in beechers corners. He used to try to juggle his schedule so he could spend at least a month there in may or june. Do you think he might have seen a doctor at beechers corners? Well, if he did and he paid for it out of — out of pocket, I mean, that — that wouldn’t show up in his chart here at G.H. And if he did see a doctor within two or three months of seeing me for the first time, that means there’s another doctor that didn’t detect the cancer, either. This isn’t a closed adoption where kristina is not gonna know what happened to the baby. She’s always gonna be in the child’s life as the aunt. She’s gonna watch that baby grow and thrive with terrific parents like tj and molly. And you and jordan. Don’t you think that would make things worse, possibly? I mean, how hard do you think it’ll be for kristina to stand on the sidelines and watch somebody else raise her biological child? And what if she doesn’t like the way molly and tj are parenting? Like how? Molly’s a vegan. Kristina is not. How long do you think it’ll be before she slips the kid a cheeseburger at charlie’s? What if i slip the kid a cheeseburger? I mean, biologically, I’m the grandfather, right? No, you’re not! That’s just my point! You’re not the grandfather. Y-you’d be the great-uncle. Because molly — you’re molly’s uncle. Right? You see how confusing this is? I mean, if it’s this confusing for us, think how confusing it’ll be for them! This is gonna tear the whole family apart. I love ned. He’s the father of my child. And we have been through so much together. But I am not… in love with ned. I haven’t been in love with ned for years. For years and years and years. And I only want what’s best for him. And you, my friend… you are the best. It does my heart good to see how happy you two are together. It does? Really? Yes. Of course it does. Thank god. I don’t — I don’t get it. I mean, you thought that I would have a problem with you being married to ned? That I, lois cerullo, who you have known your whole life, would sit on my feelings? Come on. Does that even sound like me? Okay, okay, I get — I don’t know what I was thinking. I was a big dummy. Alright. Okay. So then what happened at christmas that got you so freaked out? Tracy. Tracy. Mm-hmm. Of course it was tracy. What did tracy say? Well, it’s not so much what she said. She insinuated that I should be very eager for you to leave because of your history with ned.

[ Laughs ] Oh, olivia. Oh. Think about it. Come on. Of course tracy wants me out of this house, because, like oil and water, we do not mix. And we both have major differences of opinion about what’s best for brook lynn. I get it. Okay, okay. I know. I’m sorry. I can’t believe that I fell for all of tracy’s nonsense. Nah, nah, nah. Don’t beat yourself up about it. You know, tracy excels at getting into people’s heads. It’s a typical quartermaine trait. For what it’s worth… mm? …Honey, I’m so happy to have you here. And not just for brook lynn’s sake, but for me, too. Ohh, well, you know, you could just think about it like it’s payback. Well, you know, back in the day, growing up in the neighborhood, you were the coolest chick I knew. And when all of those mean girls started coming after me, you’re the one who had my back. Uh, that’s not exactly how I remember it. I remember you being plenty tough, and you learned very quickly how to take care of yourself. Ha! Yeah. Well, that is true. But you — you have always been way tougher than I’ve been. I mean, this — this proves it. You’re living with the quartermaines.

[ Scoffs ] I couldn’t do it. But, honey, you can. Hey, sasha, can I talk to you for a second? Sure. Yeah. What’s up? I just wanted to see how it was going working with cody. You guys look great together on camera, but I know it’s probably a strain for you working with him because you have feelings for him. Cody has been great. I really enjoy working with him. Maybe too much. That’s good. I know you’ve had a tough year. I trusted the wrong people. One more reason why I really need to work on myself before I can even think about starting a new relationship. But that’s for me and cody to figure out. Professionally, we’re great. Good. Because you guys are becoming one of deception’s biggest assets.

[ Chuckles ] Uh, where did your mom go? Alright. You’re ready to go. Appreciate it. Excuse me, but I heard the producer was looking for you. I’m sorry, cody. I lost track of felicia. Oh, I need to take care of something right now. Cody, sasha, we are ready for our spokesmodels. Yes. And, by the way, you look awesome, but… I don’t know. Something’s missing. Something’s not quite right. Okay. I got it. Ha ha! Kind sir, we will place that on your head — and voil. Look at that. You are definitely a romantic, rugged cowboy image we need. No, no, no. It’s all wrong. Casts a shadow on his face. You can’t see his beautiful eyes. I think tracy’s right about the cowboy hat.

[ Chuckling ] What? Really? Did I ask for your input? You’re the only one that’s allowed to have an opinion here? Well, you’re an attorney. What do you know about fashion?! Obviously. Well, I’m just trying to give you a guy’s point of view here, lucy. Well, obviously, scotty, you don’t know the female perspective. No wonder liesl dumped you.

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So if another doctor or even multiple doctors missed muldoon’s colon cancer, then that could be good for your case. Martin stressed how difficult it is for juries to understand medical complexities in malpractice suits. You know, from the jury’s standpoint, this man came in with a simple stomach ailment and somehow ends up dying of cancer, leaving a family behind. Since I found the tapeworm but I didn’t discover the cancer until later… they assume that must be negligence on my part. So if we can prove to a jury that another doctor also missed the cancer… it might help them to understand how difficult it is to make a diagnosis based on muldoon’s symptoms. I don’t know. What do you think? I think this could work. Tj, I get why you’re asking these questions. I do have A… a well-earned reputation for leaping before I look. But I can assure you, I have really done a lot of soul searching about this, and I — I don’t want children of my own. At least not right now at this point in my life. You’re sure? I mean, I’m pretty sure. And I’m excited to be pregnant and to go on this journey, of course. And I’m going to love this baby. I mean, it’s a little more intense now that we’re using my egg, of course. But it’s gonna be special. And maybe i will even have a special connection to it, right? But once this baby is born, I am more than content to step back and let you and molly be parents so that I can just keep being a cool aunt. You have no idea how good it is to hear you say that. Look, I’m so happy that I can help you and molly finally have a baby. And I’m also happy, after the baby is born, to focus on running my center. I promise you, I know what I’m getting myself into. Lucy, I know that you can fight dirty, but this is an all-time low! You know what? I’m not gonna be your lawyer anymore. Find yourself another top-drawer attorney. I quit! Fine! Fine, fine! Good! I’m glad you quit! I’m just gonna find another attorney tomorrow! So…about the hat. I haven’t changed my mind about the hat. Neither have I. Um, if — if you don’t mind hearing from one of the models, I have an idea that might be able to make both lucy and tracy happy. What’s your idea? Okay, so how about — if I may — um, we start off the hat on… and then we take it off. Okey-dokey. I guess that might work. Let’s try it. Felicia. Are you enjoying yourself? Yes! [ Chuckles ] Being backstage is always so fascinating. So much goes into making a tv show. Rehearsal is starting soon. Do you want to watch?

[ Gasps ] Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Life here is definitely more difficult with tracy in the house. Oh, you say it like she’s the exception. Quartermaines have been bickering about everything all the time — even my own brookie. Don’t tell her I said that to you. Oh, your secret is safe, but, you know, ned can be reasonable. Really? Unless he’s going against drew and michael, right? Yeah. True, true, true. Okay. To be clear… all of the quartermaines have their good points individually. I just hate to see what it does to ned when he’s around his family. You’re living in the past, lois. Ned has — ned has changed. He’s really become his own man now.

[ Chuckles ] Really? Yeah. Oh, olivia, I know he’s your husband and you have to defend him, but, I mean, can you really say that ned is his own man when he ratted out his own cousin to the sec? What did you say? What? Ned turned his family in to the sec. Okay. You don’t understand. Well, no. I understand that — that drew is ned’s cousin and that carly is michael’s mother. If somebody had turned my mother in to the sec, I’d never forgive them. So — so michael should forgive ned? No way. Okay. Ned is not the rat! Ned is allowing everyone to think the worst of him for the sake of the family.

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Oh, hey, tracy. Glad you’re here. I thought you quit. Well, I did, but I-I wanted to apologize to you for the other night. You know, those horrible things I said about luke. I know that you really loved him, and it was very disrespectful of me. Thank you. I guess. Why the change of heart? Well, that stuff lucy said about my ex-girlfriend, liesl. It — it really hurt me. So I thought, you know, I probably did the same thing to you, and that’s why you threw that martini in my face. Yeah, well, apology accepted. But you do it again, I’ll do it again. Never. And you were right about that cowboy hat. I don’t think lucy pays attention to all the little — the little details. Not a good trait in the head of a company. No, no, but you’re here to keep her in line. I’ll catch you later, tracy. Say something. You raised two strong, intelligent women, not to mention compassionate. But I want them to stay that way. If kristina is not able to keep her promise to molly, molly will be devastated. And on the other hand, watching somebody raise your biological child might be too painful for kristina, and maybe she’ll just have to leave town. If this were court, you know the judge would overrule your speculation. I know that I’m worrying about things that haven’t happened yet. Tell me that I’m wrong. I’m not gonna say you’re wrong ’cause I’m — I’m a little worried, too. Lucy, does everything have to be a battle with tracy?

La la, la la I do not take behavior tips from a traitor. Fine. Lucy, this has to stop because I cannot take the constant fighting. I’m sorry. Okay. I will do better. I p– I promise. I-I’m sorry. I probably did overreact a little bit. I will. For you. I will be better with tracy. Okay. Good. Because none of us like it, but right now tracy is our cross to bear. Yeah, I just can’t wait till tracy gets what’s coming to her. Are you saying that ned wasn’t the one who turned in carly and drew to the sec? You know what, honey? Don’t listen to me, alright? I misspoke. It’s not a thing. It’s not a thing. And I didn’t know what I was talking about. So — so why — why — why is everyone saying that it’s ned?

[ Sighs ] You know what? Ned denied all the accusations at first. Then he had his accident and he turned into eddie. And eddie couldn’t have cared less. Eddie didn’t have any of ned’s memories, and eddie could not be bothered. So, wait.

[ Chuckles ] Are you saying that when ned got his memory back, he also remembered that he wasn’t the one who turned in carly and drew to the sec? Then — I mean, does he — does he know who the real rat is? I mean, why is he taking the rap for somebody else’s bad deeds? There’s got to be a reason! You got to remember — carly is my second best friend, but she did commit insider trading. She bought up all the aurora stock after michael told her that elq and aurora were gonna merge. No, no, no. But they didn’t merge. And the sec would have never gone after carly unless someone else provoked them. Let it go. Okay? Just let the sleeping dogs lie. So who turned in carly and drew to the sec?! Who are you protecting and why?!

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No, I’m not gonna tell you who the real rat is. I don’t understand why you won’T. Because — because it was ned’s choice. And you’re not gonna explain to me why? The only thing that I can tell you is that ned and i both agreed that it was the best for the whole family for us to both keep the identity of the rat a secret. What could be more loyal than that? Whatever happened to telling it like it is? I would think that, by now, the two of us might have learned that sometimes it’s best to just keep our big mouths shut. You know? Sometimes the truth can hurt. And right now it would really hurt some of the people that we care the most about. And they’ve been through enough these last three years. I just don’t want another disaster, okay? Not right now when there is finally hope for a little bit of joy. Honey, please. Please promise me that you’re not gonna say anything. I don’t know anything! But fine. Fine. I vowed long ago to stay out of quartermaine business. Really? What? Why the hell were you pushing back so hard if you agree with me? You asked me to talk you off the ledge. I did my best. And all of a sudden you’re being cooperative? If it’s — if it’s hard for me to accept not being the grandfather, can you imagine how hard it is for kristina to accept not being able to feel like the baby’s mother? Yeah. So what are we gonna do about it? Well, there’s nothing we can do. She says she knows what she’s doing. I’m gonna take her word for it. Well, I don’t think she’s lying to us. I-I just worry that she’s lying to herself. You’re worried. I get it. But, ultimately, it’s — it’s kristina’s decision. We’re just gonna have to stand by and love her no matter what. Right. Because I’m so good at standing by. You did the right thing by not going to kristina and venting and coming to me and talking to me. Thank you. And thank you for being here so you could listen. Always. I appreciate you talking this out. Really. You wouldn’t be a good dad if you didn’t ask the tough questions. And I can already tell that you are going to be a fantastic father. Thank you. Thank you for loving my sister and for supporting her through all of this. I really — I-I admire both of you. Then it’s mutual because we both admire the hell out of you for doing this. You know, y-you’re making mine and molly’s dreams of becoming parents come true. Well, I love that I’m stepping up for her. She’s done it for me countless times. Can’t wait to see who your child grows up to be. We’ll see you then. Is your dad up for dinner with us? In his room? Yeah. Yeah. He — he pulled the old “I don’t want to be a burden.” But then he slowly came around. Are you at all concerned about violet seeing him in the hospital? Yeah, I’ve been thinking about that. I think I’m gonna tell her the literal truth, that grandpa overdid it in hot yoga. Never thought I’d say those words. And that he is staying in overnight so the doctors and nurses can keep an eye on him. Perfect explanation. And while we’re there, we can — we can celebrate. Celebrate what? Well, I reached out to a couple nurses I know in beechers corners, and it turns out muldoon did see a doctor there… about a month before he came to see you. So, how is it — being the male “face of deception”? Well, I-I still think I’m an odd choice as a spokesmodel, but, uh, you know, if it makes sasha happy, I’ll muddle through. You guys make a great team. I think so, too. Thank you for getting here so quickly. Make sure this goes straight to the lab. Expedited testing.

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Hi. Well, there they are, my pride, and most of the time, my joy. Oh!

[ Laughs ] Come on in. Hand me your coat. Hi, mom. Thanks for coming. I know it’s early in the morning and you’re busy. Can I get you some coffee? Uh, no, thanks. I’ve already hit my limit today. Yeah. Me too. So, what is so important that you needed to see us before work? Yeah. Your voice sounded really tense on the phone. Come on in. Sit down. I’m really, uh, sorry tj couldn’t make it, but it’s probably best we speak first, just the three of us. Why do I feel like we’ve been called to the principal’s office? You’re not in any trouble. Yet.

The role of maxie jones is temporarily being played by nicole paggi. Where is that shot of the adorable little alpaca in the foreground? I love that shot. Lucy, do you do anything quietly? Tracy, would you like me to get you some coffee before our senior leadership meeting? Oh, you know what? I say let’s just dive right in. Oh, wait. We can’t because the leader of our leadership meeting isn’t here. I am sure brook lynn will be here any second. Hmm. Some company you and your granddaughter are “running.” Lucy, I lightened your workload by 51%. Which means you should have 51% more time to rifle through photo proofs and wrangle your spokesmodel. Hmm. Well, you shouldn’t even be in this office, much less breathing our rarefied deception air. And yet, here I am. As if I could miss you. Like most of port charles, I sure would love to try. If my grandmother finds out that the reason I am late for this leadership meeting is because I cannot find my — your bag’s over there. Oh, thank you, thank you. I’m just gonna grab a coffee on the way. Brewed in your travel mug. Are you a psychic? I don’t have to be. I know your routine. You’re the best. What do you have planned for your day off? I am trying to find wedding venues that can accommodate guests with mobility issues. I want my dad to have the time of his life at our wedding. Gregory: Time isn’t exactly on my side here. So… my christmas wish is that you and chase… don’t wait too long for the wedding. I want to live to see my son, who I cherish, marry the love of his life. You and me both.

[ Siren wails ] Oh. Dad. One of the nurses told me you were in here.

[ Sighs ] Okay. What — what’s going on? I’m fine. I just got a bit overheated. Dad, this is for aggressive fluid replacement. They don’t just give it to people that are “a bit overheated.” You want to tell me what’s going on? Just coffee. Thanks. Alright. Coffee only? Nothing to eat? I’m not — are you feeling okay? I’m not hungry. Oh, yeah. You’re probably full ’cause you already ate with diane. You didn’t bring me here to discuss my personal life. I didn’t know that was an option. Oh. You’re right. I’m sorry. We need to talk family. Oh. It’s mac? Something happened? No, mac is fine. But there is a mystery that I want solved before he comes back, and I need your help. Cody? You in here? Hey. Oh, hi. Uh, wow. You look like you had a busy morning. Oh, yeah. I was just hammering out one of comet’s bent horseshoes. I figured I’d save the q’s the farrier’s fee. Pretty sure the quartermaines can swing it. Yeah, yeah, t-that’s true. But comet likes me better. But I always have enough time for you. So what’s up? Thanks. You know, I wasn’t sure I would beat comet in a contest for your attention. You? Yeah, totally. Nobody else. What brings you by? I, um — I came to warn you. You’re in trouble.

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Beth: Good morning. Hiya, beth. How are ya? So, I understand some people eat their feelings. I think I’m gonna be that guy ’cause I got a lot of feelings. Okay. What can I get you? Everything on the left side of the menu. Alright. Okay? And — and a cup of coffee. I’ll be at my table. You got it. Why are you still on about this cody bell thing? My instincts tell me that cody lied about those dna test results. If that’s the case, why is my brother saddled with this jerk? Mac has a right to know if cody is his son. I know cody is no choirboy.

[ Laughs ] You think? Come on. He hadn’t been in town five minutes and he almost drowned britt westbourne. Yeah, well, there wasn’t supposed to be somebody in that pool when he parachuted into it. Let’s say, for instance, that he came through the front door and proffered his hand and said hi, like a normal person would do. It was a publicity stunt, a job that he was contracted and paid for. It was reckless endangerment. And he got — he got arrested. He apologized to britt and she got over it. Why can’t you? Because I know a con man when I smell one. Which exactly proves the point that I was going to make. Cody came to our house over the holiday, and he brought all of these gifts for all of us. The kids adore him. He just fit right in. Did he bring receipts for the presents? Robert! Ah, sorry. He cares about our family. I could feel it. I-I could see it. And there’s this undeniable bond between him and mac and james. Let’s say I believe you. But if you’re right, why would cody lie about being a part of a family he’s come to care about? How am I in trouble? After spinelli made you leave mac and felicia’s on christmas — he didn’t make me leave. Hey, spinelli was rude, out of line, and just completely wrong. After you left, felicia said that she… hates not knowing the truth about you and mac. Yeah, but she knows the truth. I mean, it’s a truth. She was at the hospital when I got the dna results. I know. But you never showed her the printout, and she thought it was strange. Yeah. I mean, felicia is… pretty invested in me being a part of the family. I guess it makes sense that she wouldn’t accept the results. Cody, I don’t think it’s just a case of being disappointed. I think she’s genuinely skeptical. Yeah, I mean, she was a P.I. She’s married to a cop. She’s kind of conditioned to be suspicious. Well, maxie didn’t buy her theory, but you and I both know that she’s right. You did lie about the dna results. You are mac’s son. And now felicia is wondering why you would pretend to be the son of leopold taub. About the wedding. You haven’t changed your mind, have you? Not on your life. Then what’s up? Well, if we are going to do everything in our power to make sure that your dad has the best time on our special day, it’s gonna need to happen a little faster than we anticipated. I was doing hot yoga on an empty stomach. Dumb idea. Yes. Very dumb. Yes. Since when did you start doing hot yoga? You don’t need to hover. The fluids are already working. Okay, professor chase. What daredevil stunt did you get up to this time? Hot yoga. They don’t call it hot for nothing, obviously.

[ Laughs ] But I already have my next quest lined up. Ah, that’s great. Can’t wait to hear the details. And you shall. How are you, finn? Yeah. I’m fine, matt. I just want to make sure my dad’s okay. Well, I’m about to examine gregory right now, so if you’ll excuse us. Yeah, of course. I’ll be right outside, dad. No need. I’m fine. I just saw you come out of gregory chase’s room. Is he okay? Yeah. He’s, uh — he’s fine. I’m sorry. How do you know my dad? I’m his yoga instructor. I’m so glad he’s alright. I have never had anyone collapse in my class before. Mom, I can’t take any more bad news. You know it’s been a rough few months. I know that you’ve been through a lot, and this isn’t necessarily bad news. You know that I’m really happy for you that you and tj are soldiering on through this journey to have a baby. I know it’s what you really, really want. And, you, I mean, offering the most extraordinary, generous gift. And you know how grateful I am. Yeah, of course. I’m honored. I just wished that the commitment that you two have made to each other was legally binding. And it’s not. Your surrogacy arrangement presents what could be a really big legal problem.

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I thought we agreed on a summer wedding. It’s not too far away, but it still gives us time to plan. Too much planning is overrated. Who says that we need this whole elaborate production? You did. You — you said that. Well, what do I know? Lois said you used to sketch your wedding gown in your school notebook. Well, dreams change. I don’t want to rush this. I had a quickie wedding once, and we know how that turned out. We both know why you had that quickie wedding with willow, and all those reasons have nothing to do with why we want to be together. I know. But I’m only doing this one more time. And I’m doing it with you. So I want it to be special. What’s going on, brook lynn?

[ Sighs ] When your dad pulled me aside on christmas eve, said his christmas wish was to see us get married. Well, doc? At the moment, your vitals look good. I’m not surprised. I’m feeling better already. And you do seem to be recovering from the dehydration. So I’m guessing your prescription for a full recovery is plenty of rest, lots of liquids. It is. And I’d like to admit you for observation.

[ Scoffs ] I know you two have done your homework on the medical side of things, and you’re clear about that. I just don’t know that you’re clear about the legal implications. Well, this baby’s mother is a brilliant lawyer, so… yes, she is, but she’s not a specialist in family law. True, but I know how to draw up a contract. And I can sign it. So, lawyer, contract — we’re good. I’m not certain that’s entirely true, because there is no binding agreement that you can sign that would make that baby molly’S. Everyone needs time to adjust to our new corporate reality. Reality, lucy. You know, the opposite of what’s going on in your head. But we do have to be professional. Oh, why start now, huh, lucy? You know, blackmail, I know that’s your go-to, but really, technically, blackmail is not professional. This is a critical time for deception. A lot is at stake for everyone who works here. For people who have rent and kids and have to go grocery shopping on the way home. Bottom line, we need to make this work. Maxie, you are so right. But you know what’s not working, is tracy’s powers of manipulation. ‘Cause judging from the fact that brook lynn’s not here, your powers are a big fat flop. You’re well acquainted with big fat flops, aren’t you, lucy? From marriages to business ventures. You just can’t seem to stick the landing.

[ Chuckles ] I know where I’d like to stick — okay, that’s enough! I cannot believe I have to talk to you like I do my children. But five minutes of silence, both of you. You don’t really care about deception at all. You are just bored and you need a distraction. Doesn’t work on my kids, either. I can think of a thousand distractions more appealing than listening to you. Well, none of them would work to distract you from the fact that you have nothing to live for since luke died.

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I know the whole taub necklace scam wasn’t the only reason you lied about the dna results. Mac’s a good guy. He doesn’t deserve a son like me. That couldn’t be further from the truth, cody. But listen, felicia is a good P.I., And she is gonna dig and keep digging until she discovers the truth. And the fallout from that could be massive in ways you can’t possibly expect. Trust me, cody, I speak from personal experience. Oh, that — that whole nina reeves thing, right? Look, my situation was the complete opposite of yours. I was hired by valentin cassadine to claim that I was nina’s daughter. But looking back, I realized that I could have mitigated a lot of damage if I had just come clean. The fact that I stayed silent and I got busted made the fallout so much worse. Maybe I should just move to bolivia or some other country that doesn’t extradite americans. Because coming clean is not an option. And if felicia finds out that I’m mac’s son, I’m going to pentonville. I was hoping that you and your extraordinary skill set could help me figure out why cody would lie about those dna test results. Because you’re right. It doesn’t make any sense. Take some advice from the man with the extraordinary skill set and leave it alone. No, robert, if you think I can do that, then you understand me even less than you understand cody. Look, I understood all too well what kind of a grifter he was when I walked into britt’s office and found him fighting over taub’s necklace. What about leopold taub? This time last year, I went to seize taub’s necklace, the one that victor wanted. I go into britt’s office. They’re both there fighting over the necklace, both claiming ownership. Did they ever get it sorted out? No, I don’t think so. Well, not since it was destroyed. I wonder if cody ever contested taub’s other assets. Be a good question for a lawyer. Ah! Indeed it would. Indeed it would. I can see my dad would be worried about his stamina, but talking about death seems seriously premature. I’m just telling you what he told me. He doesn’t want us to wait too long. You think he’s holding something back? I don’t know. What are you doing? I’m gonna call the office. I’m gonna stay home with you today. I gave you a lot to deal with. No, you don’t have to do that. I-I’ll be fine. You should go to your meeting. The last thing we need is tracy coming around here looking for you. That’s a good point. Okay. Look, we’re gonna make sure that we do what’s best for everyone, okay? Promise. Yeah, whatever that is.

[ Sighs ]

[ Cellphone rings ]

[ Door closes ] Hey, I’m glad you called. Brook lynn just told me something, and — hey, look, uh, dad’s here at the hospital. I’m on my way. I should have known you’d have done your research on the child-parent security act. I’m familiar. I haven’t studied it. Well, because it’s new, which means it can be easily challenged. I’m aware, but the child-parent security act does allow surrogacy in the state of new york. It does, but the surrogate has to be using a third-party egg donor. Okay, does it really make a difference? A big difference, actually. In your case, you’re not using a third-party egg donor. You’re the donor and the surrogate. This is called a genetic surrogacy. And the contract for a genetic surrogacy is not enforceable in the state of new york. Okay. Well, I mean, if genetic surrogacy isn’t enforceable in the state of new york, then we’ll just get pregnant in a different state or we’ll find some other workaround. Right, molls? There are always loopholes. But as molly will tell you, regulations exist because there are precedents. Mom. Precedents and regulations and loopholes — you’re talking to us like we’re your court case and not your children. I’m talking to you this way because you are my children, and I want to make sure that your best interests are protected. I-is it for our best interests, mom? Or are you really just trying to protect molly from me?

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Don’t you say luke’s name ever again.

[ Scoffs ] What? You don’t own luke’s name. Just like you never owned luke. Don’T.

[ Chuckles ] You know what? Luke had many, many women in his life, and you were just one of them. And you barely cracked the top 10. Lucy, don’t go there. Why? Why can’t I just tell the truth right to your face? You know what? Luke was your great, true love of your life. But you know who luke’s great, true love of his life was? Laura. In fact, you’re probably just an also-ran to holly. Where’d you do your research? Wikipedia? Are we just naming exes now? Because two can play that game. The great love of your life, kevin, so happily settled down with laura. Guess he doesn’t miss being burned by you. Well, I happen to be in love with martin now. I’m with martin. And you know what? None of my loves married me to extort me. And they didn’t stay married trying to escape from me all the time. The fact is, you and luke? You were in totally different countries when he died. You know what I need to know? I need to know why you have done all this! Why, tracy? Why did you steal deception? Is it because, you know you have more to look back on than to look forward to? Or because your family just barely tolerates you? And when you stand there looking around, you have nothing, nobody, you don’t see anything. Is that it? ‘Cause you can keep doing it. You can keep scheming and using your sarcasm as a distraction. But you know what? You’re gonna die just like you’ve lived, unloved and completely unlovable. Who the hell are you to speak to my grandmother that way? Hot yoga? Hot yoga is a challenge for people in the best of health. I did it once and it almost killed me. But you think there’s more to the story? Dad’s yoga instructor came with him to the hospital. She said he wasn’t just a little woozy. It seemed like he lost consciousness. Come on, doc, I know I overdid it, but is a hospital stay really necessary? Well, your collapse may have been the result of a simple temporary fluid loss. Or? Or this could be a new symptom of the disease. Even if mac could arrest you for lying about the dna results, I don’t believe that he would, cody. He wouldn’t have a choice. Thanks to the lawsuit that scott cooked up. Legally, I’m on the hook. Where you were suing the wsb for the value of taub’s necklace? I thought you dropped that lawsuit. I did, I did, but only after I’d been deposed and signed an affidavit swearing I was taub’s son. And that is considered fraud? Worse. That’s perjury. I could do time for that. But you may not. I mean, you broke the law for me, and that turned out okay. Yeah, I was willing to risk myself, but I can’t risk mac. The potential scandal could impact his reputation on the force. Mac’s a good guy. He doesn’t deserve what I’d do to his life. What do you think that mac would want for your life if he knew that he was your father? Hi, scott. Sorry to interrupt. Oh. Hi, felicia. Do you have a minute? Yes, I have a lot. Sit down, sit down, sit down. Your breakfast companions may not feel the same. What companions? I’m alone, as usual. Did you try again with liesl?

[ Sighs ] Yes, I-I did. I-I-I presented my heart to her and… she threw it right against the wall. Oh. So we’re done. Finished. I’m sorry. I respect you for trying. I think it was really brave of you to put yourself out there. Well, I won’t be making that mistake again. I don’t know what went wrong with liesl, but it was the last nail in the coffin of love for me. I’m really sorry to hear that. Yes. Well, I just wanted to ask you a question, and then I’ll leave you to, uh, whatever this is. It’s breakfast, felicia. And what is your question? Cody bell? Don’t bring up his name. Why? I thought the two of you had a great relationship. I have no problem with him. He just kind of goofed up my chances of, uh, getting back with liesl a little bit. How so? He cost me a big payday. I’m trying to look out for both of my daughters’ best interests. But really, you’re just focusing on the contract part of this, and that is because you think that someone is going to violate it, and “someone” being me. So, what, mom, do you just not trust me that I’m going to abide by the terms? Of course I trust you. I’m just trying to look at all the possible outcomes. Look, I appreciate you reminding me of the current statutes, but your concern really isn’t necessary. I’ve done research. You didn’t have to go to the trouble. It was no trouble at all, really. Did you know that you could avoid any potential legal conflict between you by establishing parenthood after birth via adoption? I’ll look into it. You don’t have to. I’ve already done it. The first step is for you to stipulate that you have no parental or proprietary interests — mom! What? She said she’d look into it. I can go over this. It’ll be so quick. No. No, not for nothing, but molly is the lawyer here, mom. Not you.

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I have no idea what mac would want when it comes to me. I can guess. Mac is a good guy, and I can’t see any world where he wouldn’t forgive you, and he would never do anything to jeopardize your future. Yeah, well, what about mac’s brother, robert scorpio? The D.A.? Not a fan. That’s because he doesn’t know what I know. What’s that? How much has changed since you signed that affidavit. You put yourself on the line for me. And I know you hate to hear this, but I will forever be grateful. We’ve been over this. Gratitude, no. Friendship, yes. Okay, well, speaking of friendships, you’ve been a really good one to dante and sam. No, they’ve — they’ve been better to me. To maxie and all her kids, especially james. That little boy hero-worships you. He’s too young to know any better. Or maybe he knows you better than you know yourself. You’ve changed a lot, cody. And the only way to prove that is to come clean. Today. So, you and cody were going to sue the wsb over taub’s necklace? Yeah, but hush, hush, felicia. Nobody really knows about this, and I’m hoping he’s gonna change his mind. So it was cody who decided not to move forward? Yes. A-after all the legal filings and the depositions, all the dirty work was done. Why? I don’t know why exactly, but the wsb blew up his asset, and I felt that he should be compensated. So being taub’s son would pay off big for cody? Huge. Huge windfall. Why do you ask? You know nothing about my grandmother. You’re just sulking because not only did she take deception, but she’s running it way better than you ever did. Oh, and by the way, you are sadly misinformed. Tracy angelica quartermaine is greatly loved by her whole family, a love that you couldn’t possibly understand how we express, because you are nothing but a gold-digging outsider who managed to trap my great uncle into marriage for, what, 10 seconds? Hanging around for — for years, trading on your single share of elq? Which my grandmother managed to get from you, by the way. So now you are out on the street, exactly where you belong.

[ Scoffs ] You really have nothing to say. Oh. You have no — and by the way, luke spencer was the love of my grandmother’s life. She accepted him for exactly who he was, fought for him with everything she had, and stuck by him until the very end. Meanwhile, you, lucy, have thrown away every man who’s ever loved you with both hands. So do not lecture my grandmother on love, because she understands it way better than you ever will.

[ Scoffs ] You can hold this meeting without me. Brook lynn. Grandmother. Thank you. Meant every word. But you’re still late. So what was more important than the meeting we had scheduled? Something happened with chase’s father. Now, I want to run some tests overnight. It could be that you’re no longer getting nutrients from food and water intake alone, or the collapse could have been the result of your lung intake level falling below 50%, which an fvc test will show. If it has fallen below 50, we’ll have to discuss options. I’ll give you 24 hours to do anything you need, but I have plans for new year’s eve and nothing is going to stop me from making good on them. The yoga instructor isn’t a doctor. She doesn’t know what actually happened to dad. Okay, look, I just — I thought you should know, alright? I left you out of the loop once before, and I promised I’d never let it happen again. If dad believes that he overdid it, don’t you think that we should just trust that? Dad’s not a doctor, either. I know, and I get that facts are important, but so is faith. Yeah, I don’t remember seeing that on the curriculum in med school. Doesn’t a patient’s state of mind impact their health? Yeah, of course it does. Then a little positivity can’t hurt. Look. Why don’t you come on in with your dad and me? I have an update. Well, when you’re right, you’re right. It’s tough to know when to take off my legal hat and put on my mom hat. But either way, I will defend my daughters with everything that I’ve got. And that includes you. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to dismiss your legal expertise or your concern for your daughters. But you think I’m overstepping. It’s just that for tj and me, this whole journey has been about hope. And now, with kristina as our surrogate, it’s also one of implicit trust. The bond between krissy and me is stronger than all the legal protections in the world. We’re sisters. Nothing is gonna ever make us forget that, mom.

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So, it looks like my concern for my daughters has been outmatched by their belief in each other. Well done. Congratulations. Just the truth. I’m not gonna say another word about it. And what I did say was not because I don’t believe in you, because I do. With all my heart. And I’m very proud of the way you two stuck up for each other, even against me. I love you both. And I love the way you love each other. Kristina: Come on.

[ Door opens ] What are you doing here? Finn called me and said that you were in the hospital. Where else would I be? Your brother didn’t need to call you. I’m fine. Is he, matt?

[ Sighs ] They’re going to admit me. They’re just gonna run a couple of tests. 24 hours. That’s it. And then I’m out of here. Doc, tell my boys not to worry. An overnight stay is just a precaution. Precautions are good. I’m — I’m all for precautions. Good. I’ll go check on your intake paperwork. Thanks, doc. Oh, and, uh, take good care of my dad. He promised my bride a dance at my wedding this spring.

[ Door opens ] Wait, y-you two decided on a date? We did. I didn’t think it would happen so soon. Brook lynn and I decided that we didn’t want to wait another minute to make it official in front of the whole family. I can’t wait to marry brook lynn. I’m so happy for you, chase. Thank you. Yeah. I just have to follow her orders and stay out of her way.

[ Laughter ] Got a call from the office. I got to go. Your conversation with baldwin, was it useful? And how. So you still think that cody is mac’s son? More than ever. Without giving me any details, just answer me this. If cody chose not to be the son of a man like mac scorpio, does mac need to know? Mac has a right to know. Well, what’s the plan? You’re gonna get cody to fess up to lying about the dna results? He’s held on to this secret for a long time. So…no. I’d move on. It’s gonna be hell to prove. Not for me. I can’t just come clean. Alright, well, I guess that is ultimately up to you. But if you do decide to admit that you are mac’s son, I’ll be right by your side. And if you don’t, I’ll keep your secret forever. Thank you. That doesn’t mean that the truth won’t come out. Yeah. Just won’t come from me.

[ Chuckles ] Oh, I gotta go. Uh, I am beyond late. I’m sure lucy’s having a full-on meltdown. I bet. Hey, sasha, um… thanks for being such a good friend. You deserve nothing less.

[ Door closes ] Is gregory alright? Yeah. Things are just complicated. So, given the circumstances, that is an acceptable excuse for your tardiness. But if you are going to take the helm here, you have to follow my example and act like a leader. If I’m gonna give you this company, you need to start taking it seriously. Oh, I am, granny. Very serious. Lucy: Keep that up and you won’t make it through the year. Ah, who cares? Oh, come on. Buck up. I have a way that both of us can end up on top. Well, that sounds physically impossible, but I’m willing to give it a shot. No. Stop. Focus. And not on these plates of food, please. What I– what is this all about? What do you want? Okay. [ Sighs ] I am proposing a plan where I am restored what I lost and you — you could land a big, fat chunk of change. I’m listening. We’re gonna be big winners in 2024. Big winners. And tracy quartermaine is gonna lose big-time. How do I fit in? As a groom. Could you repeat that?

[ Laughs ] Did you just say the word “groom”? Yes, I did. You’re gonna marry tracy, and then we are gonna take her for everything she’s got. <

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oh, what a great christmas eve. It never gets old, seeing how magical it is for the kids. Yeah, I know. I feel exactly the same way. And this year was even more special for me ’cause I got to see ace see it all for the first time. Oh, yeah. Where does the time go? You’re telling me. Josslyn’s in college. When did that happen?

[ Laughs ] I know, it’s crazy. Great job. I-I think I enjoyed your reading more than the kids did. Oh. Well, thanks. Yeah. Rumor has it that you are the one, uh, funding the hospital festivities this year even more generously than before. Rumor has it. And a lady never reveals her sources. But thank you. It’s just a shame that nina wasn’t here to see it all. I remember the year that she headed up the committee to plan for the party, so obviously it means something to her. Yeah. You said she was coming. Yeah. Willow said she’s staying at the church for a little bit. She’ll be here. Nina: I’ve never come to confession before, father. But something has happened and I need help. I don’t know where else to turn. I hope it’s okay that I’m here. God is eager to help all his children. Go on. I acted out of spite, and it’s spiraling out of control. I knew the second after I did it that it was wrong, but I had no idea that it would hurt so many people this much. And who did you hurt? Well, people who may not be saints, but they didn’t deserve what happened to them because of me. Who are these people to you? Friends? Family? Does it matter? To truly advise you, I-I need more information. Just let go. Open your heart. God wants to hear everything. I don’t think that I’ve ever seen ace fall asleep that fast. He was out before his head hit the pillow. Well, he was probably exhausted from all the excitement from the christmas party. Yeah. He was just so happy being around all those people fussing over him. Not half as happy as I was. How did I get so lucky to be able to spend christmas eve with both you and my little brother? Oh, well, it was very generous of esme to let you have him for tonight. Yeah, maybe this is part of her whole… turning-over-a-new-leaf thing. Maybe. Or there could be another explanation. What do you mean? Maybe esme wasn’t being generous. Maybe she just had plans. Doing what? Maybe esme had a date. I’m calling to report a case of revenge porn. I know who uploaded the sex video of josslyn jacks and cameron webber. I refuse to take the blame for what you did to your supposed friends. That is enough. Let’s go! No! Spence, I’m not gonna stand for it anymore. Mark my words, trina. The next time you lie about me, there will be consequences. Esme: You’re doing all of this

[Laughing] Because you think that you can win trina over? I clear her name and she’s all yours? Oh. Who is delusional now, spence? You drove away your daughter just like you drove away nikolas. Only, the problem is, when you drove away kiki, she didn’t just skip town. You drove her to her death.

[ Growls ]

[ Yelps ] No matter what happens, no matter how scary it gets, just remember that I… …that mommy is with you. Womb to tomb.

[ Fire alarm beeping ] Maybe this wasn’t such a brilliant plan after all.

[ Breathing shakily ]

[ Cellphone rings ] Hello? Man: Ms. Jerome? This is crosby home security. We received an alarm signal on spoon island. We’ve alerted the pcpd, and they’ll be arriving shortly. Okay. Thank you. But that may be too late.

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Police! Don’t move.

[ Breathing heavily ] Dante. Ava, what the hell are you doing here? Who would esme be on a date with? She doesn’t know that many people here. And the people that she does know, they’re all well aware of her history. Well, I mean, esme’s circle isn’t as small as it was. She’s got a new job, a new apartment. Maybe she met someone who only knows the “new” esme, like a coworker or a neighbor. And you think that she’s on a date with that person? It’s possible. Would that bother you if she was? No, no. Come on. No. Absolutely not. Esme’s a grown woman. She can do whatever she wants. I — the only thing that — if esme were to start dating, the only thing that I would worry about is how that person would treat ace. As long as they’re good to my little brother, then no, esme should feel free to go off and have a life of her own. Good answer. Especially if it affords us more nights like tonight where, you know, ace is asleep in the other room and you and I are all alone, got the place to ourselves. Oh. Whatever will we do? Yeah. I wonder what we’ll do.

[ Cellphone ringing ] Speak of the devil. Okay, I’m gonna get us something from the kitchen. Hello? Spencer, I’m so glad you picked up. There’s — there’s something I need to talk to you about. Something wrong?

Look, I get it.

This is your first night away from ace

after moving into the new place, and, um, you’re naturally

worried about it, but you don’t have to be. He had an amazing time at the party, and now he’s fast asleep in the other room, dreaming about all the presents that he’s gonna unwrap tomorrow, so… I’m glad, but… that’s not exactly what I’m — trina: Hey, I’m making eggnog. I like mine plain, but do you want a little bit of cinnamon in yours? You know, I think this is the first year I can remember being at this party without bobbie being here. It’s taking her so long to settle luke’s estate. I know. I thought she’d be home weeks ago. Yeah. Estates can be complicated. You know, knowing luke, I’m sure he left bobbie a few surprises. Well, I did talk to her earlier on the phone, and she sounded cheerful. But when isn’t she, right? She did say luke’s affairs are a mess, but she is making headway. Well, I guess we’ll hear all about it when she gets back. If I had one wish, father, I would turn back the clock. I would tell the truth. And I would undo all of the damage that I have done. This spiteful act, did it cost someone their life? No, not their life, but something almost as bad — his freedom. Someone went to prison because I reported him to the authorities when I didn’t have to. And he suffered. Terribly. And so did the people who love him. I’m also letting an innocent man take the blame for reporting that crime. ‘Cause I’m a coward. People were so angry with him when they should be angry with me. I understand. Go on. I wish I could change it, but it’s too late. I can’t make it right. It’s never too late. You really think so? Because I would do anything to fix it. Then you need to confess not only to me here in this confessional but to the people you hurt. I can’T. I wish I was strong enough to tell the truth. But if I tell my family what really happened, I could lose them. I could lose everything. If you don’t, the guilt will continue to eat away at your conscience. And it’ll destroy any chance you have at future happiness. The truth will always set you free. To be free of this worry, this pain. If only… anything is possible. Be courageous. Have the strength to right the wrongs you did. And remember, you don’t walk alone. God is always with you. God is with me. Thank you, father. I won’t forget. Neither will I.

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What are you doing here, ava? I thought you and avery moved into nina’s place. Yeah, we did, but I haven’t sold wyndemere yet. This is still my property. Well, I guess I can’t stop you from wandering around your house with a loaded weapon. So you’re not taking me in, then, detective? For defending myself in my own home after a break-in? You defending yourself, or you, uh… you’re looking for an intruder to shoot? Carly: I could not get over watching those kids’ faces while you were reading. It was so adorable. They were all sucking on those candy canes. There you are. I am so, so sorry. What’s going on? Oh, my gosh, I can’t believe I missed everything. How did it go? Hi. Laura: Oh, it was absolutely amazing, due in no small part to your husband’s generosity. Yes. The man I married is pretty great. Did you take a lot of pictures? Uh, no, but took a great picture of donna. Can you send it to me? Sure. Laura: Oh, could I see? Oh, yeah. Oh, there are so many good ones. I was — I was so worried. Well, didn’t willow tell you where I was? Yeah, you were at the church, but I thought you’d be here sooner. Well, you didn’t have to worry. Frank drove me here. I felt totally protected and safe. Did you get everything you needed at the church? Yeah, I think so. Willow says you were thinking of nelle? Yes, nelle. And others. Look at that. This won’t take long, I promise. It’s fine. It sounds like there’s someone else there, so I’ll make this quick. I just wanted to tell you that — what is she calling about? I don’t know, just — this isn’t gonna take long, okay? Hey, esme, you still there? What do you want me to know? I just wanted to let you know that I am not gonna be picking up ace tonight. He can wake up with you on christmas morning, and I’ll pick him up later tomorrow. Really? Wow. Okay. Um, yeah. That’s great. I’d love to be able to celebrate ace’s first christmas morning with him. Uh, are you sure that you don’t want to take him home? Positive. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. Okay, what was all that about? I’m not sure, but I’m starting to wonder. Maybe esme does have a heart after all. Sonny, I really needed something tonight. And I found it at all saints. I-I left with a new understanding. About what?

[ Cellphone chimes ] Well, it m– it’s probably a bigger c– hold on, hold on, hold on. Uh, it’s ava. What? Something wrong? There’s been a-a break-in on spoon island. Carly: What? Laura: What? Tell her to call the police immediately. I’ll back it up right now. Well, the police already know. Dante’s there. Ava probably just wants me to go ’cause dante’s my son, and I can keep it unofficial. But you can’t do that. I might be able to help you. I should go with you. It’s not a — I don’t think it’s a big deal. No, I-I really want to go. It’s — it’s just that it was my son’s home. And if this break-in is somehow related to him in any way, you know, for some reason he might be back, I-I just want to be there. Okay. I understand, I understand. Um, can you tell donna I love her? Merry christmas. Yeah. Um, don’t worry. I’ll take care of avery. I wish I could go with you. No, no, no. It’s okay, but thank you for picking up avery. Yeah, of course, of course.

[ Sighs ] Um, I’m gonna go grab donna and go home. Hey, carly, can you wait one second? I have something to say to you. I stayed at the church today b-because I wanted to ask the priest for guidance… about you.

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Ace didn’t even flinch when I stubbed my toe, and I said a word that my grandmother would definitely disapprove of. So I think it’s safe to say that he is out for the night.

[ Sighs ] Okay, well, um, I should get home because my mom is planning a whole breakfast and opening presents… no. No, no, no, no. …Tomorrow morning, and it’s sounding like it’s starting early. But don’t you think that, um — that’s a bad idea,

[Laughing] And you should just stay here, because it’s so much harder to be away from you, especially after our trip to new york. I know. I feel the same way. Something wrong? Um, no, I’m — I’m sorry. I’m just… I-I can’t stop thinking about something else. Oh. That’s just what every man wants to hear right after he kisses the woman that he loves. It’s esme. Of course it is. Do you really believe what you said about her? That she has a change of heart? I don’t know. I’d like to. She put my grandmother and ace first tonight. And I think that that’s a big step for her. It is. So, yeah, I-I’d really like to think that she’s turning a corner here and that she’s becoming a better person. But we can’t know that, so… don’t you think that we’ve talked enough about esme for one night? We’ve talked enough about esme for a lifetime. Okay. So then maybe we should just stop talking altogether, huh? Dante. Do you think I’d be reckless enough to go after a burglar all on my lonesome? You really want me to answer that?

[ Knock on door ] Excuse me. I have a visitor. Hey. Oh, sonny. Hi, laura. Hi. Uh, I decided to tag along with sonny. Yeah. Sure. Come on in, please. Great. Thanks. Hello, dante. Laura. Hey. Wow. Whoever did this wasn’t looking to hide themselves, were they? And everybody knows this place has a security system, so whoever did it was willing to risk being caught. Let me take you home. Let dante do his job. No. Absolutely not. I am not leaving here until I find out who broke in here. Why don’t dante and i take a look around and see if we can find anything? Uh, laura, I don’t think that’s a great idea. I mean, this is a crime scene. The house hasn’t been cleared yet. It’s not… you know, I used to live here, and my son owned the property for many years. I’m very familiar with this very large, very confusing home. I’m happy to show you around if that doesn’t, I don’t know, interfere with your procedure at all. Yeah, it would probably fall under some kind of gray area. Great. Then let’s do it. Let’s do it. Okay. Just — we don’t know if the house is empty. Please stay behind me. Sure. What was I thinking, almost telling you the truth? What? D-did I believe I would just open up and you’d forget about all the things that I did to trina, and, w-what, you would congratulate me, say, “oh, my gosh, that’s great news,” and you’d forget about trina and all the things that I did? And you, me, and ace would just have this — this happily ever after?

[ Crying ] You only care about her and — and protecting her. And if I told you I remembered what I did…

[ Doors opening, closing ]

[ Footsteps ] You think whoever broke in here is the same person who sent you photos of dead austin? It’s possible. There’s no way to know. I’m sure the intruder is long gone by now. You asked for guidance about me? I-I did. You know, carly, whenever we’re together, we’re always snapping at each other or we’re arguing. But since it’s christmas eve, and in the spirit of christmas eve, I thought it would be nice if we spent some time talking. Talking about what? Well, when I was sitting in church, I realized that after all the pain, after everything that I’ve been through in my life, I am so blessed right now to be able to spend christmas eve with my family. Never thought I’d be able to say that. With my daughter and her children… you’re a lucky lady. Yes, I am. I’m so thankful for all of my family. And you and I, we have a lot of them in common. Then I started thinking about you, carly, what you’ve been through this year — the accusations of insider trading and then, um, financial problems and drew going to prison — is there a point to this? Because I have to go get donna. There is. I’m sorry. Yes, there is a point. There is. I’m sorry. And I’m trying to ask for your forgiveness. Forgiveness for what?

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There’s just — you know, carly, there’s something about the holidays that get you thinking about your life and everything in it, and all the people that have meant a lot to you and all the mistakes that you have made. The church tonight was beautiful. It was all decorated for christmas and it was so peaceful, and I just sat there. I sat there and i thought about my life, what I’ve been through, the good and the bad. I let myself think about nelle, my daughter. And I let myself grieve for what could have been. And I realized blaming you for nelle’s death, that’s what led me to seek revenge. My pain was so great, I wanted to hurt you. I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t suffering alone. I’m aware of your need to lash out. Yeah, and it’s not pretty to realize that about myself, that it’s my need for revenge that drove me to hurt you by not telling you that sonny was alive in nixon falls. You’ve said this to me before, nina. I shifted tonight. Something shifted. I want to be a better person. I want to be the kind of mom that willow brags about. I want to be the kind of grandmother that wiley and amelia, they — they’re so proud of. And sitting in that church, maybe it was because I had this love around me, this support, this peace, I realized that there’s still a part of me that’s broken. I lie. There’s a part of me that still wants revenge for my daughter. That’s why I’m talking to you — I’m gonna stop you right there. I know what you’re gonna say. Anyone could have broken in here tonight. Maybe some kids playing a prank. On christmas eve, ava? Well, why not? There’s no neighbors on spoon island. And look at the break-in. It’s not exactly a professional job, right? Like something kids might do. It’s possible, but not only is there, you know, somebody out there sending you pictures of a dead guy, leaving a gun in your apartment, now he’s broken in here. So you think that would be kids or somebody playing mind games? I’m just so sick of the whole damn thing. Sick enough to do something reckless? That’s not gonna happen. ‘Cause I’m gonna do whatever I can to keep you safe. Well, thank you, sonny, but I think you know that I can protect myself. What if you’re not the real target? What if I am?

[ Indistinct talking in distance ] The turret door is open. I’m gonna go check it out. Not without me. Okay, but like I said, laura, please just stay behind me, okay? Sure. My skin has been so much smootherso much more hydrated. It’s olay!

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Did you see anything? Nothing. I don’t know, maybe forensics can find something. Oh, yeah, I’m sure they can. I mean, this person wasn’t very concerned with hiding their footsteps. Well, whoever was here didn’t leave by jumping off the turret. But can we even be sure that the intruder was actually up here? It is possible that ava left that door open before she even moved out. No, I don’t think. I mean, it’s freezing out here. If ava had left the door open, it’d be colder in the sitting room, right? Someone must have left the door open more recently than that. You’re right. And it is cold. I’m going in. You know, I think I’m gonna go check on ava. She seemed really shaken up by this. Yeah. Okay. I’ll be down in a minute. Wait. The cops never found the gunman who put curtis in the wheelchair. Now, the target could have been anna, but it could have easily been me. So you think maybe whoever took that shot at the metro court pool is sending me pictures of dead austin and breaking into wyndemere? Could be, if it’s cyrus. So maybe cyrus is stalking me to get to you. I cannot rule anything out. Well, sonny, as much as I would love to blame you for my current situation, I do have enemies of my own. Whoever hurts you hurts avery. I cannot allow that. So that’s why I’m taking a personal interest in your security. You know? Yeah, it’s really not that hard to figure out what’s going on here. It isn’t? No. You went to church and you got caught up in the emotion of it all. Maybe it was the glow of the candles or the way the priest looked at you, I don’t know, but your guilty conscience started to get to you, and now you feel the need to apologize. Well, that’s part of it, but — but what’s really going on is that you feel that forgiveness is the last gift under the christmas tree, and you really, really want to open it and enjoy it… no, that isn’t — …which makes sense, because you’ve gotten everything else you’ve ever wanted, right? You got sonny, willow, your grandchildren, and the metro court. Yes, I admit that I have been very blessed this year. Great, well, at least you’re not going to insult me by pretending like you don’t see it. So why not feel entitled to ask for forgiveness, too? Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you, nina. You’re gonna have to seek redemption somewhere else.

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Excuse me. Is there something wrong, father? I was supposed to hear a confession, and I was unavoidably delayed. Did you happen to see a woman waiting? As a matter of fact, there was someone here, but I — I saw her leave. Well, I’m sorry I missed her, but hopefully she’ll be back soon. Thanks for your help. You know, I-I’m curious. How do you do it, father? Do what? Well, when the lost come to you, struggling to unburden the heaviness from their souls, h-how do you help them? Sounds like you’re asking for someone in your own life or for yourself. You’re very perceptive. I am asking for someone I know, but I-it’s not me. I’m thinking about a friend who’s feeling lost and alone tonight. The holidays can often affect people in that way. Well, I felt that way a time or two myself. But tonight I want to help them, and I would appreciate any advice you might have how best to do that. Your friend is lucky to have you looking out for them. Confession is good for the soul. Merry christmas, my son. Merry christmas to you, father. Confession is good for the soul. But if nina doesn’t do what’s good for her soul, I might have to do it for her. Carly, carly, carly, please. It’s christmas eve. It’s a time that people are supposed to come together. And you still won’t give me an inch? I’ve given you more than an inch. I’ve given you more than a mile. I’ve invited you to family gatherings and stood there while wiley gives you a hug and a kiss, and I bit my tongue till it bled. And I tell myself over and over again that for his sake, I have to make things work. And then I remind myself that sonny’s happiness affects donna and avery, so I keep things pleasant. But that’s not good enough for you. You helped yourself to my husband and my hotel, and now you want my forgiveness on top of it? And you assume that you’re entitled to it, that a sappy smile and a saccharine speech is gonna give you everything that you want? You don’t get to demand forgiveness. It’s a gift, nina. And I’m not giving it to you. You know what? I’ve come to you with the best of intentions, and you’ve decided to stomp all over them. You’re not even listening to me. So much for peace on earth, goodwill to men. What do you want to do next, carly? You want to kick over that christmas tree? You’re unbelievable. You don’t get what you want, and you’re so put upon. Man, you love playing the victim. You know, I don’t want to fight with you. I didn’t come here to fight with you. I came here to try to make peace, to tell you my truth. I have been sincere. I’ve had a really long day. I want to grab my little girl and go home with my family and enjoy what’s left of christmas eve. Tell your mom that you couldn’t get a rideshare because of just all the holiday parties, and they were just all so busy, so you just had to stay just a little bit longer. Spencer, we’re trying to get my mom to like you, remember? Right? Mm-hmm. So keeping her daughter away from her on christmas eve… mm-hmm. …It’s not a good idea. That’s true. And I-I stayed longer than I planned. And I promised her and curtis that I’d open one present at midnight. Okay, fine, but if I had it my way, I would spend this entire holiday with you. Oh, how are you so sweet? Must be the spencer side of my dna.

[ Laughs ] Okay. What did I say about leaving? [ Laughs ] That it was a dumb idea.

[ Cellphone chimes ] That’s my car. Okay, well, fine. I’ll let you go. But as long as you promise that I get to see you in the morning. Well, yeah, I still got to give ace his present. Okay. Then it’s a date. Merry christmas, trina robinson. Merry christmas, spencer. I don’t even really know what I’m doing here. It’s not like you’re some great father who raised me from birth and it hurts to live without you. You’re about as far from that as possible. But I can’t tell anyone else that I’ve got my memories back. And somehow I think you and crazy heather webber are the only people who would understand me keeping it a secret. I mean, how — how messed is that? My parents would be the ones telling me to lie. And, you know, I guess it’s true, what they say, that christmas eve is the loneliest night of the year. Because here I am talking to a serial killer who just happens to be my dad. Talk about desperate. But why is it so hard? I mean, I-it should be easy to be a good person. I-I should want to take that path. But you never showed it to me. I had to learn it all on my own. And even then, it’s really only because I-I lost my memory. But I have made a good life here in port charles. I — I have a good job and an amazing child and my own apartment with — with ace’s stuff scattered all around the place. It really feels like home… …our home, and I’m happy. At least I think I am. I-it’s hard to know because that feeling is so, so new to me. But there is another path, too. The crooked one that you showed me, and… …it would be so easy to go back. But what if I don’t have a choice? Maybe it’s out of my control and I’m just supposed to be bad because it’s in my dna. That is the legacy you left me, dad. Dante: Recognize this? I don’t know, maybe. Do you think maybe it’s nikolas’? Uh, look, laura, I know you’ve been looking for him, but I don’t see anything that would indicate that nikolas was here. And this isn’t a man’s glove. This wouldn’t fit him. Yes, of course you’re right. Uh, I’m sorry. I’m not thinking rationally, am I? I, uh — I guess ’cause it’s his house. And I just thought that… maybe, uh… I don’t know. It’s okay. I understand. Uh, maybe someone with smaller hands. Maybe — maybe it’s ava’S. I don’t want or need your goons following me around, sonny. You know what it’s like trying to get anywhere with them in tow? Very well, actually. I can handle whatever this world throws at me and you know it. I always come out swinging. But sometimes you need a little help, ava. Just like the help you got from dante and dex when you were kidnapped by mason. You were grateful to them. You had to bring that up, huh? Maybe think of this — I have to do what I need to do. It’s not just about you. What do you have in mind? I don’t like this any more than you do, but avery will. Why? Until we figure out what’s going on… you’re living with me.

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I can do both. It’s not too late to change your mind. I can’T. Of course you can. No, I can’T. I told you, I gave him my word. I-I’m doing it. And I-I need to do it for my grandchildren. Especially scout. You know, girl power. Of course. Grandma needs to show that she’s brave like her parents. What is wrong with the two of you? Something happen to scout? And what to my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. You’re not required to be off book, you know. In fact, those kids are gonna want to see the pictures. Everything okay? Yeah. Yeah, just… reading this, you know, it makes me… think about family and… past christmases. And how this might be your dad’s last one? How many times are you going to read that book? Alright, maybe I’m being a little bit silly. I just don’t want to disappoint the kids. As if you ever could. Spencer, is there any way that we could convince you to bring ace over to the hospital party tonight? I really wish that I could. I just don’t want to push my luck…

[ Knock on door ] …Especially after esme agreed to let me come over and watch ace tonight. Hi. Hey, esme. Uh, come on in. I thought that I was meeting you guys at your place. Oh, this is perfect. That way we can all go over to the hospital party together. I appreciate the offer, but I can’t stay. Wait, what? You promised me that I was gonna be able to spend tonight with my brother. That’s why I’m here. Um, I was gonna drop ace off with you so you could enjoy christmas eve together. Oh, okay. Alright. Thank you. You’re welcome. What about you? Where are you gonna be? Oh, my goodness, you look so nice. Thank you. I’m guessing you didn’t get this dressed up to go see santa, huh? Well, if that’s your way of asking if I’m going to see spencer later, no. He’s spending time with his little brother at esme’s house, so… but thank you, by the way. For what? It wasn’t lost on me that you included spencer. And I know that he appreciated it. And so did I. Well, you know, I’m not completely sold.

[ Chuckles ] But in the spirit of the season, right? I’ll take it. Okay. Good. Where did you and aunt stella disappear to earlier?

[ Clears throat ]

Hark! The herald angels sing papa now.

[ Both laugh ] Yeah.

‘Tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la-la la-la don we now our gay apparel

[ Dramatic music plays ]

[ Elevator bell dings, doors open ] You shouldn’t be here. Merry christmas, grandma. I love you. Oh. Here. And that goes ditto for me.

[ Laughs ] Oh, please hurry home so we can ring in the new year together. I miss you. I love you. Merry christmas, mom. Bye. I don’t want to be late for story time at the hospital. I don’t want to be late, either. But we have to wait for your big sister. Josslyn: Ho ho ho! Josslyn!

[ Laughs ] Hi. Oh, someone’s super eager to get to gh. Hi, dex. Hi, miss. Spencer. Adam, right? Yeah. Nice to see you. I’m glad you could join us. Thank you. Merry christmas, father. Merry christmas to you both. Merry christmas. And this is, uh, for your collection plate. Yeah. Your generosity is much appreciated. Remember what we said? Best behavior. Best beha– this guy’s always well-behaved. You should have been at the house when we were putting on our dress socks. Ooh, fun times. Oh, yeah. You have a beautiful family. Thank you, father. We are truly blessed. Aren’t we? Yes, we are.

[ Chuckles ]

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Thanks for being there for me. Always. You know that. You know, I’m not gonna let what’s hanging over me rob me of the joy of what’s right in front of me. Sounds like a plan.

[ Elevator bell dings ] Hey! Look at this festive bunch. Is it true? Are you reading the christmas story today? Yes, with the mayor. I don’t know. Benign storyteller? I think you make a better scrooge. Funny, and that’s not the first time I’ve heard that. You’re gonna be great. Daddy’s almost as good at reading stories as grandpa is. Thank you, sweetheart, I think. You know, I just love this time of year. Everything’s so cozy and beautiful and sparkly. Not as sparkly as your ring. What, this old thing? Speaking of… here we go. Here we go. If I’m gonna be the flower girl, I have plans to make. You two better set a date. You saw scout. She’s full of christmas joy. Yeah, what I saw was the two of you look at each other when I mentioned her name. What’s going on? Um, under normal circumstances, it would probably be good news. Drew got scout into westwood academy. That’s great. It’s a great school. The girls love going there. Yeah, I guess scout isn’t that interested in it. No, it’s — it’s more than that. She actively doesn’t want to go. Does drew know that? He’s got blinders on. It’s like he — he decided selfishly that this is where our daughter was gonna go, and he refuses to see anything else. It’s not that surprising. I think it is. Drew is normally really sensitive to other people’s feelings, but he didn’t even ask scout if this was something that she wanted, let alone he didn’t ask me. Well, that isn’t right. But drew has had a very challenging life, and I think he just wants the world for scout and a better world than he had, anyway. And I think this is his way of doing that. Kristina. No, no, no. Just — just hear me out. Just think about it. Don’t say no right off the bat, please. What you’re offering to do for us is beautiful. But… but it’s too much responsibility to put in my hands. No. You just think I’m gonna screw it up somehow? That’s — that’s not what molly’s saying. No, but I-I wouldn’t blame her if it was. But, hey, molls, just think of all the advantages, right? You know my medical history. We’re obviously in contact every single day. And if you use me as the donor, then you’ll have a biological connection with your child. I mean, those davis genes will be all up in there.

[ Chuckles ] I can give you guys the thing you want more than anything in this world without having to wait. Kristina, do not say it. I think I kind of have to. You really don’T. Well, I think I do. It’s me. Hi. I’m the donor. It’s me.

[ Laughter ] For the kids who are hospitalized over christmas and their families, this celebration isn’t just a party. It’s an act of courage. So can’t you honor that and go away?

[ Laughs ] You could be more charitable on this holy night. After all, you’re the one who fabricated the evidence that sent me to prison. I-if I can forgive you, why can’t you find it in your heart to do the same? I will never forgive you. There may not be a way to prove you ordered tj’s kidnapping now that mason gatlin’s been shipped off to prison. But one day, you’ll slip up. And when you do, I’ll send you right back where you belong. Merry christmas.

[ Chuckles ] Adam, this is my little sister donna. Nice to meet you, donna. Adam goes to school with me at pcu. Why didn’t you go home for christmas? Not everyone goes home for winter break. Hey, I, um — I brought you a present. It’s outside if you want to see it. I’ll — I’ll go with. Great. Okay. Thanks.

[ Laughs ] Come here. I understand why you invited adam. I do, especially after everything we talked about. Nobody wants their friend to be alone at christmas. But it is christmas. Shouldn’t he be with his family? I want to thank you for joining us. We’re family. And we’re — we’re very grateful that we could all be together. I’m very, very grateful. Are we gonna miss the party? No, we’re not gonna miss the story at general hospital. But we — we got to do what we came here to do. I’m gonna show you what we’re gonna do. Come here. We’re gonna light a candle, okay? You know — you know why you light a candle? Hold my hand. You light a candle… to remember the people that we love that aren’t here, like your uncle morgan. Okay? And… uncle jason. You’re thinking about nelle, aren’t you?

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yes, I-I try not to dwell on it, but, uh, on a night like this, your sister’s definitely on my mind. My sister. That still sounds so strange. Yeah, I’m sure. All I knew about nelle was the pain she caused michael. I can’t help but think… if nelle was given a chance, would she have been able to turn her life around? That would have been a big change. But not an impossible one. I guess we’ll never know. We’ve come a long way, huh? Yeah, yeah, we have. A year ago, we were at each other’s throats. I hope we can put that all behind us. Yeah, so do I. So, wiley, we have one more candle to light. Who’s it for?

[ Sighs ] Grandpa mike. The holidays always get me thinking of the patients who have helped me over the years. Isn’t that the other way around? No, I, uh — I think I know what she means. Trust me, the mike corbins of this world have given me far more than I ever gave them. Well, I don’t think mike would agree.

[ Chuckles ] Then there’s the family members I miss every day. Thomas. Irene. Uh, is anybody hungry? I’m always hungry. Oh! Marshall: Oh! Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness, I am so sorry. Oh, my goodness. I’m so sorry. No, no, no, no, no, no. It’s fine. We have plenty in the kitchen. It’s absolutely fine. No, d-don’t you dare. I made the mess, and it’s on me to clean it up. Stop it. It’s okay. It’s okay. Pop, are you picking up strange vibes? From who? Aunt stella. She’s just not herself tonight. See? We got this. Thank you. No worries. Oh, my goodness. I just need some time to myself is all. Everything okay? Yeah. You know, it’s hard this time of year. It’s all peace on earth and goodwill to all. But people still see the old me, and I guess I don’t qualify for grace, so… look, I’ve made my fair share of mistakes. I can’t change that. It’s what we do moving forward that matters.

[ Gasps ] Look, ace. Isn’t that a beautiful ornament? You like that one? That’s grandmother’s favorite, too.

[ Both laugh ] You’re right. It’s what we do now that matters. Take good care of my boy. You know we will. Alright. Um, I’ll pick him up later. Bye, ace. “Bye, mama.” Mommy loves you. Oh. Adam’s afraid to go home and face his parents. I couldn’t leave him in the dorms alone on christmas eve. No, no, of course you couldn’T. And I get that you want to help your friend, and I love you for that. Maybe it’s not the help he needs, though. What do you mean? Well, you said he’s afraid to face his parents. Maybe you’re enabling that fear. Adam wrote a song for me. It’s my christmas present.

[ Laughing ] Oh. Do you guys want to go meet santa? I hear he’s passing out candy canes. Candy canes are alright. Let’s go find him. I think he was spotted in the cafeteria. Come on, let’s go. You doing alright? Yeah, can we get you anything? Or maybe you want to rest until the party starts. What I’d like is a moment with my future daughter-in-law, if you don’t mind. Well, you heard the man. Scram. Scoot. Skedaddle. Let’s skedaddle. Skedaddle. Buy you a cup of coffee. Thanks. You want to sit? Sure. Sorry if that was a bit forward. I’m an italian from brooklyn. Nothing’s too forward.

[ Chuckles ] Good to know. So, um, is this about your christmas list? Because chase did get you something, but I don’t know. Actually… oh, so there is something special you want. Something only you can give me.

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Chase doesn’t want to facewhat’s happening to me. He wants me to live forever. Of course he does. We all do. But you and I know that isn’t reality. I hate it so much. Me too. Now, the last thing I want is to add to the pressure that violet’s already applying. Is she ever. But, uh, time isn’t exactly on my side here. So… my christmas wish is that you and chase… don’t wait too long for the wedding. I want to live to see my son, who I cherish, marry the love of his life. I think everything that drew went through, you know, just gonna mean a lot of change for him. Like maybe this is his new normal. I’m gonna go help scout ice cookies. Alright? Bye. Go that’s one smart boyfriend you got there. I know. Look, new normal I get. I just wish drew was home so we could actually talk about this together. Say something, anything. Please just don’t say no. Anything except for that. Not yet. It’s a lot to process. It was one thing when I was sharing my dna with a stranger. I felt removed from that person. Grateful to them. But it was like somehow they weren’t involved. But this, creating an embryo with your — with your sister — it’s a serious step that could complicate things for all of us. Christmas. It’s a tough time. Even for those with a close family, sometimes because of a close family. On the one hand, you’re — you’re surrounded by joy. On the other hand, you’re — it makes you even more aware of the ones who — who aren’t with you. You told me about how — how you — how you — stella and — and irene and irene and stella. Two peas in a pod. How they worked together to make — make christmas special for you and your brother. I imagine that stella is missing irene tonight. I know I am.

Heavenly peace are you feeling okay, aunt stella? Yeah, I’m fine, I’m fine. Oh, my goodness. Ooh. Let me see. What? No, no fever. I’m not sick. It’s just — that’s the thing about christmas. It’s never just about the one you’re celebrating now, but it holds the memories of all the other christmases and the people you shared them with. Like your grandmother. We really should be heading over to general hospital. Did esme seem weird to either of you? Huh? Weird how? I don’t know. I just think it’s very unlike her to just drop ace in my lap. I would hardly call that dropping him in your lap. And “needs time to herself”? Since when? Since becoming a single mother. On christmas eve, of all nights? I thought she seemed sincere when she said she wanted you to spend some more time with your brother.

[ Knock on door ] Maybe she’s had a change of heart. Cyrus.

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Mommy. I know, I know. You want to get to the party at gh. Come on, I’ll take you. Let your granddad take you. Come on. You ready? Are you coming? Uh, can — can you tell sonny that I’ll meet him at the hospital? We’ll tell him. Okay. Come on, can’t keep santa waiting. Please, one more time? If we don’t leave soon, we’re gonna miss story time. Hey, how about this? I’ll send a recording of the song to your sister, and then she can share it with you whenever you want to hear it. That sounds like an excellent idea. Carly: Great. Come on. You guys coming? I think we’ll hang here, hold down the fort till you get home. Alright. Say hi to santa for me. Okay. We’ll be back soon. Uh, do you need me to set the table or anything? Already done, okay. Have fun, donna. Come on. Come on, come on, come on. Let’s go. Fire’s getting low. Hey, do you want me to grab more wood? No, I got it. Thanks, dex. That was really sweet of you, the whole song thing for donna. Yeah, she was pretty excited about it, huh? Yeah, I’ll say. Um, in the spirit of the holiday, I have something for you, too. Like a present? Yeah. You didn’t even know if I was coming until like an hour ago. How do you got a present? I just had the idea. My dad created a fund for me for traveling. I have free reign over the money as long as it’s used for flights. Okay. I know you said it was too expensive to go home for the holidays, but I found a flight that can get you home before midnight. You’ll be able to spend christmas with your family. No, joss, I can’t ask you to do that. Okay, you didn’T. I’m offering. And I know it’s a bit over the top as far as gifts go, but I’m not traveling anywhere, so why not put the fund to good use? Do you not listen?! I said I didn’t want to go home! Jordan: Sorry I’m late. Oh, we’re just glad you’re here. For dessert. Well, thank you so much. So, how’s our favorite couple doing? There’s been a bit of a setback. I think that tj and i need to talk. Yeah. No. Copy that. Krissy, whatever we decide, whenever we decide, we are incredibly grateful. What molly said. I love you, both of you.

Born the king of angels that was — yeah.

O come, let us… it’s christmas eve. You know, we don’t have to think about this right this second. True, true. Yeah. Yeah. But will you be able to think about anything else? No. No way. Me neither.

Christ the lord are you sure you want to be there when we say “I do”? After all, I’m the girl who was all wrong for your son. Oh. You’re never gonna let me live that down, are you? Nope. Yes. I want to be there when you and chase get married. More than anything. Then we’ll make it happen. Hey, how was santa? I mean, it was not really him, but his helper was good. Okay. When’s the story gonna start? Well, as soon as the mayor gets here, which I’m surprised wasn’t 10 minutes ago. Wonder what’s keeping her. We were just heading out. I-I won’t keep you. I just wanted to drop off a christmas present for the newest member of the family. For ace. Hopefully I can get to know him a bit in the new year. Thank you. I’m sure he’ll love it. I hope so.

[ Laughs ] We really are going to be late. A blessed christmas to all. You too. Okay, who wants to do the honors? Not it.

[ Handle rattling ] There’s no way out unless I grow wings or am willing to risk falling into the lake again. Let me go, nikolas! I’m the mother of your child! I deserve to be treated with respect!

[ Breathes shakily ] I can do this. I have to do this. Nikolas cannot keep us locked up in here.

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that deliver excitement. So does everyone think this is a bad idea? It doesn’t matter what we think. I hate when parents say that. But it’s true. The only opinions that count are molly and tj’S.

We wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas everyone in the loop? Uh, kristina told us about her offer. Her loving, kind, and very generous offer. Absolutely. So, did you guys decide yet? Not that there’s any pressure or rush. Yes. Yes? Yes as in, yes, y-you decided, or yes as in, yes — yes? Yes? Yes, we accept, yes. Yes! If you would like to be our egg donor. Oh, my — yes, of course! We’d love it. Thank you, kristina. Thank you.

Now bring some out here good tidings we bring who wants to see the decorated cookies? Oh, wow! We do! Alexis: Look at that. Oh, my goodness. Can I have that one? Oh, yep, I want the green. These look so good. I call the green one. Dante: I actually already called it. You called it? Wow. Pop, remember when I told you that mom used to say her best christmas present was the smiles on our faces? She meant that. She meant that. She was always happiest when she was making her loved ones happy. And I know she would want the same thing for you. She would want you to be happy this christmas. And to think of her… with a smile. Yeah, you’re right. That’s — that’s what irene would want. And, uh, that’s what I’m gonna do. Yeah. I wish I could have known my grandmother. Oh, you’re a lot like her. She saw the beauty in things. She loved art and music. Th-that’s what attracted her to marshall at first is music. They’d go out dancing, stay all night long. Wind up closing down the club. Oh. But I am doing my sister a disservice, because she was never one to live in the past. If she was here, she’d tell us to enjoy the christmas we got and the time we get to spend together. Speaking of which, we — we got to get out of here. We’re gonna miss the whole thing.Oh! Oh, oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. Come on, come on, everybody. Let’s get to moving. Oh, yeah, auntie. Okay, we’re coming. Babe, would you grab my coat? Portia: Yeah. Finn: Oh. Thank god you’re here. I thought I was gonna have to be a solo act. Oh, rest assured, I wouldn’t miss this evening for the world. Where’s violet? Oh, she and leo are — are decorating gingerbread houses with the other kids. I just dropped off amelia and wiley. Oh, good. I think every inch of leo’s house is covered with candy.

[ Laughs ] Madam mayor. Oh, come on, now. We’ve known each other too long for you to call me that. I know. I was just joking.

[ Laughs ] How you doing, laura? I’m doing well. Your bride didn’t accompany you? She’ll be here soon. She just wanted to light a candle. You alright? Yes. Thank you, father. I’m fine. I’ll leave you to your thoughts, then. Actually… father… is it too late to make a confession? It’s never too late. Give me a few minutes. Thank you. Yes, of course.

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Daddy, it’s time. Oh. Um… you heard the little lady. You know what? Let’s do this.

[ Laughs ] Alright. Ready to hear the story? Yeah. Okay. Let’s see, now. “‘Twas the night before christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” I was just trying to help. But you’re not helping, okay? Okay. You don’t get what it’s like at my house. Everything is so oppressive. It’s — it’s hard for me to even breathe there. So if you can’t even understand that… please just stay out of it. Tell your mom I said thanks. I can’t stay for dinner. What was that about? I don’t even know.

[ Door closes ] “Now, dasher! Now, dancer! Now, prancer and vixen! On comet, on cupid, on donner and blitzen.” Laura: “To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall. Now dash away, dash away, dash away all.” Spencer. Hey. Say hi. Hi, trina. Hi! You look fantastic. Thanks. What are you doing here? Uh, ace was having a little bit of a moment, so we decided to take a little break, give him a chance to calm down. Aw. Well, you having a moment? I don’t believe it. He is doing a lot better now, aren’t you? Yeah. Well, I thought you were gonna be at esme’s tonight. Yeah, so did I. It’s bad enough that you have half of port charles blaming me for josslyn and cam’s sad little sex tape. Oh, only half? I better step up my game. Even though all of the evidence points to you. Spencer: Everything that josslyn had been saying and trina had done her best not to say, it was all true. You are the one who made that video, and you are the one who distributed it to the world. It was you all along! I just spotted a fugitive. Esme prince is on pier 55. Give me that!

[ Crash ] I survived the drop once before, and I’ll do it again. Finn: “He had a broad face and a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, and I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.” Laura: “A wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work and filled all the stockings and then turned with a jerk. And laying his finger aside of his nose and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.” “He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, and away they all flew like the down of a thistle.”

Hark! The herald angels sing forgive me, father, for I have sinned.

Glory to the newborn king “but I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight, ‘merry christmas to all and to all a good night.'”

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I thought you found… the terms of my last offer acceptable. Let’s review. Alright, I’ll tell you what. Uh, tonight we open, uh, whatever I want and then open whatever you want. And then we open the rest tomorrow. Yeah? Alright.

[ Knock on door ] Dante. What a wonderful surprise. Come in. Thanks, nina. Hey, dante. Hey. Hi. Hey. Everything okay? Uh, yeah. Yeah. I’m sorry. I just, uh, wonder if I could have a word with you in private. Uh… ava: On christmas eve? Yeah. Uh, this — this can’t wait. Family for the holidays, am I right? I hope you’re enjoying your time with yours and I can’t wait to see you when you’re back. Merry christmas, blaze. Dr. Belson told us we’d basically be starting over, beginning with an egg donor. And we’d be at the bottom of the waitlist. The bottom? That doesn’t seem fair. Right? After everything the two of you have been through, the last thing you should be doing is waiting any longer. I’m honestly not even thinking about us right now. What happens next depends on kristina. Will you look at this place? Maxie, you have outdone yourself. Maxie’s always been great at decorating. Yeah, well, I had to get a little creative this year because of the whole deception situation. Fortunately, I am no stranger to decorating on a budget. Maxie, I am so s–

[ Knock on door ] Were you expecting anyone else? Well, it is christmas eve. Ho! Oh, my gosh. Ho ho! Hey, sasha.

[ Door closes ] I just feel so bad for monica. It was just her ankle. Could have been so much worse. Yeah, I warned her. Be careful in the driveway. It’s a sheet of ice. Does she listen to me? No. I’m sure you were happy to tell her you were right, huh? See? You get me. Willow: Oh, my god. Leo and wiley are so adorable. They absolutely love these antlers. What’s not to love? Willow, how long are you planning on wearing those antlers? I mean, it’s one thing for children, but don’t you feel a little self-conscious being the only adult in antlers? Lois: Oh, don’t you worry, tracy. I brought enough for everyone. Of course you did. Ned knows that I’m the one who tipped off the sec. Okay, but wh– what does that have to do with me? Well, he wants information on aurora to use against you and drew, and if I give him that information, then he will keep taking the blame. Alright, michael, what do you have to say to me that you can only say in front of the horses? I want a truce. This ought to be good. Yeah. Like it or not, ned. We’re family. It’s christmas, and I want to move on. So as a gesture of goodwill, I have a gift. What’s this? Everything you ever wanted.

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Oh, come on, loosen up. Join the fun. Lois, what you call fun… I call torture. Tell me something. Do those three ghosts still visit you every christmas eve, or did you finally scare them off? Tracy, come on. There are three children in this house trying to enjoy the holidays. Would it kill you to put on a pair of antlers? Those three children are inundated with gifts and treats. They will not notice my lack of headgear. Well, this is a gift, tracy, so just take it. Lois, your being here would be gift enough. Except that I already live with a bridge and tunnel chick, and I don’t need another one. Okay, everybody, it’s christmas. So before we say or do anything that we can’t take back… oh, we moved way past that. Why don’t you take these antlers and your attitude and shove them where santa’s reindeer are afraid to fly? And why don’t you take the “a” train back to bensonhurst? Do not mistake this with the christmas spirit. I’m just trying to get in good with my new boss. Oh, I’ll let you know how you did, but prepare yourself. My kids can be tough customers. I live to be judged. And you? I have your present wrapped, ready to go. Uh, I just didn’t know you’d be here tonight, so I’ll drop it off later? I can’t wait to see what you got me. Hope you like it. Okay. Uh, let’s see, uh, one for you. Oh. And I got, uh, one for — for mac. Well, thank you. Tell me, do you usually buy presents for your boss’s parents? Well, no. You and mac have been good to me, so… where is mac, by the way? Argentina. Ah. Well, since you’re not with him, it’s clearly not on vacation. Nah, it’s more of a fact-finding mission. All very hush-hush. That’s a shame. It’s too quiet. That means the kids are up to something. Like what? Well, yesterday I found james making a booby trap to catch santa. And georgie, being the good sister that she is, was teaching him how to camouflage it. So I’m gonna go check on them. If I’m not back in five minutes, send help. Okay. Greetings. You. What are you doing here? Michael: I am giving you… the voting proxy on half my elq shares. I had my lawyer draw up the agreement and have yours check it out. And is there a catch or is this an out-and-out trap? I knew you’d never agree to a truce without a bribe. So…there it is. I know it hasn’t been that long since I recovered my memory, but I wasn’t born yesterday. I don’t understand. Do you want the proxy? What I want is to know why you’re doing nina’s dirty work. So I’m guessing you heard what happened at the docks. There was a shooting. You and anna stopped the gunman. You want to tell me why it had to go down that way? Well, it was about anna and it was about you.

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When you offered to be our surrogate, we all thought this was going to happen within the year, but now… realistically, it’s going to be another six months at least, just to get to the fertilization and implantation. Not to mention the pregnancy. This is going to take a lot longer than any of us thought. It’s — it’s okay, I understand, and I’m still on board. But you have your lgbtq+ center and everything that’s coming up with it. I’ll make it work. Kristina, I appreciate your devotion to this, but please don’t decide until you’ve thought about it. Molly, I have thought about it. I mean, really, really thought about it. Because none of this has been easy or gone remotely according to plan. Facing yet another setback after getting our hopes up… we’re just not sure how much more heartbreak we can stand. Mom…what’s with this brochure? Are you doing an article on skydiving or something? Uh, no. Not exactly. Well, it’s not a christmas present, is it? I would never encourage my daughters to do something so insanely dangerous as jumping out of a plane. Wait, this is a liability waiver with your name literally on it. Please explain. I don’t think that I can. I can’t get you to show up at pilates, let alone go skydiving. I can’t actually see you planning to jump out of a plane unless someone was pushing you. Or dragging me. This doesn’t make any sense. Since when were you interested in going skydiving? Never. And I don’t want to go now. Then what…? I have to. Is it just me, or have sonny and dante been out there a long time? What’s going on? Why are you worried? Come on, nina, you and I both know that somebody’s trying to set me up for something. And now one of pcpd’s finest shows up at sonny’s doorstep. His son on christmas eve. Yeah, well, trust me, those two aren’t out there swapping eggnog recipes. So this brennan guy, he has ties with pikeman? Yeah, that’s — that’s why I’m here. Look, the government is coming down pretty hard on pikeman. Right. And if if you had any business dealings at all with them, I’m just letting you know that you could be getting a visit from the feds. They’re not gonna find anything. Okay. Speaking of the feds, what are they gonna do about brennan? You think he has anything to do with the metro court shooting? He’s denying it. What a surprise. Yeah, but he might actually be telling the truth this time because, you know, you’re the director of the wsb. Are you gonna hire a shooter with a gun that could be traced back to your own organization? And if the shooter wasn’t working for brennan or cyrus renault… whoever was targeting me and anna… is still out there. Oh. The “a” train doesn’t even go to bensonhurst. Don’t care. Oh, yeah? Well, there’s a whole lot of bridge and tunnel people trying to get to and from the city that care a whole lot. Not that that should matter to you. You’re right. It doesn’T. Oh. Do you have any idea how long it takes to get from bensonhurst to jfk? It’s not that far as the crow flies, but the train… it’s a nightmare. Oh, my god. I mean, you either got to take a cab or you got to take a rideshare. But if you’re gonna take the train, it’s got to be the “D.” I am never gonna need this information. I mean, you could take the “n” and the “R.” What? The never and the rarely? You have been out of brooklyn way too long. I’m not saying it’s efficient. I’m just saying that it is possible. No, you cannot take the “r” because it terminates in bay ridge. Oh, my god, you’re right. I have been away too long. Yeah. Maybe it’s time to move back. Couldn’t you take the “f” and transfer to the bus? Both: The bus?! Oops. Ugh!

[ Laughing ] The bus. Willow, hello. Don’t you need some help with your kids?

[ Clears throat ] Please tell me you need help with the kids. Uh, actually, I was just wondering, uh, how long do you think this is going to go on for? 12 days of christmas, right? Okay. In that case, I’m going to have to sneak out with michael. We’re spending christmas eve at sonny’S. Go. Love you. Stop! You win, both of you. Well, was there a prize attached that we are unaware of? This endless digression about transportation in the outer boroughs. You were doing it to badger me into submission, so you succeeded. Give me the damn antlers. Okay. I’ve conformed. Now that I have, I have one request, please, that we have a civil, peaceful, tasteful christmas. Is that too much to —

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Monica, I’m so glad you’re home. Um, given that you are recuperating from an injury, don’t you think it would be a good idea if lois found other accommodations so you can have a peaceful home while you’re convalescing? Well, tracy, I like a full house. Yes, well, there’s full, and then there’S… overflowing. Tracy, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there are lots of bedrooms in this house for family and guests. If you do find this house too crowded for you, you can spend the christmas season elsewhere. Lois, on the other hand, you can stay as long as you like. What is your problem with cody? Spinelli and I got off on the wrong foot. Okay, that is a heinous oversimplification. I don’t — I really don’t want to get into it, because, frankly, I’m — I’m not proud of it. But let’s just say that when I first came to town, I wasn’t the nicest person to him — to — to you. But honestly, I thought that we had worked through all of this. And what instilled that delusion? When we teamed up to help sasha? Yeah, I was pleased to provide assistance to sasha. Sasha: And I appreciate it. And obviously, so does cody. I really do, man. Well…man… I think you can agree that christmas eve is for family. Yeah, absolutely. And, uh… my family’s here. And I’m not a part of it, so I’ll… yeah, I’ll — I’ll see myself out. Felicia: Cody, it’s not necessary. No. Uh, really, I just meant to stop by for a minute anyways and drop off the presents and go, so… what are your christmas eve plans? You know, the q’S. The q’s have invited me to join them. And honestly, I’m probably gonna be late if I don’t get a move on. So, uh, merry christmas, everybody. And, uh, that does go for you, too, spinelli. Okay. I realize that you and i don’t know each other that well, but you were completely out of line just now. I love that you want to commit to this, but it is a complicated process with a lot of steps and a lot of waiting in between. We can’t even say for sure when we’ll settle on an egg donor. Hey, molly, can we try the game you gave me? What game was that? It’s called “conspiracy,” a game so fiendish, it makes grown men cry. Yeah, sure. Let’s go play, scout. Tj, I’m sorry. This must be brutal for you guys. It’s a lot. It’s not like our lives stopped while we go through all the steps. Molly has a big case coming up. I’ve been offered a fellowship. What? That’s great. Yeah, but I think I’m going to have to turn it down. Ned: You and I both know that nina was the one who turned in drew and your mother into the sec. And I told nina that I would need some compensation in return for keeping quiet. And now, here you are, essentially giving me control of the company. Temporary control, ned, contingent on your continued silence. Right. What I don’t understand is if you now have the power to drive nina out of your family for good, what’s stopping you? Willow: Michael? In here. Oh. Hi, ned. Hi, willow. Everything okay in here? Yeah, yeah, just — just talking shop. Well, I was thinking now might be a good time to head over to sonny’S. Yeah, I’ll be right there. Okay. I’ll get the kids ready. Okay. Now, where were we? If it were up to me, nina would already be gone. But that would devastate my father and willow. And exposing nina won’t bring back all the time that drew lost in prison or the time my mom spent blaming herself. So you know what? Nina gets to stay, and, ned, you get to benefit. Look, I’m the single largest shareholder in elq, and I’m giving you the voting proxy on half of my shares. Merry christmas, ned. Michael. Yeah. [ Sighs ] I hope you know what you’re doing. I wouldn’t trust nina if I were you. Anyway, I’m sorry for interrupting your christmas eve. You’re never interrupting. I appreciate you telling me this. And you don’t want to say goodbye? No, I got to get out of here. Alright. Merry christmas. I just don’t get it. You know, whoever this person is has gained access to where you live. Just tell sonny. Absolutely not. Why? Why? You told him about mason and austin when they were causing trouble. And he helped you solve the problem. Nina, if I went to sonny every time somebody was threatening me, I’d be moving in with the newlyweds. No, no, I can handle this myself. Handle what? Nothing. Nothing, I got it. Some creep left ava a gun.

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Nina, can you give me and ava a minute? Of course. I will go check on pilar and avery. Thank you. Okay. I want you to tell me everything and do not leave anything out. Right. The first envelope was mailed to wyndemere, and there was a picture in it and it was austin, dead, presumably at the house in pautuck and a note that said. “You’re welcome.” Why am I only hearing about this now, ava? And then, on the day that I was moving in to nina’s penthouse, there was another envelope. Somebody had slipped it into my handbag and there was a picture again, austin dead. And this time the note said, um, “don’t tell anyone.” And then after the movers left, there was a gun, sonny, a gun, and a third note that said, “you never know when you’ll need it.” Where’s the gun? It’s in a lock box in my apartment. Bring it tomorrow. It’s christmas. That’s not very festive. I’m gonna have brick trace the gun. Well, I’ll bring it as soon as I can. Tomorrow. I know you think fondly of cody for reasons which utterly escape me. For starters, cody risked his life, his freedom, his… alright. He has been heroic… thank you. …On occasion. But even you must agree that he has a duplicitous streak. Yes, cody may be the new face of deception, but forgive me, but I think that moniker is meant to be ironic. Cody is literally deceptive! If it weren’t for cody, I wouldn’t be here. Not celebrating christmas with friends, not free to go about my life. I wouldn’t even be breathing. So cody may literally be deceptive, but he also literally saved my life. He’s earned our trust. At least mine. I’m gonna go see if maxie needs help with the kids. Spinelli, no one is saying you’re not entitled to your opinion about cody. Thank you. But whatever he may have done wrong, he’s done a lot that’s right. What sasha said is true. If it wasn’t for him, she may not be alive. So while I will not forget cody’s previous misdeeds, I-I should be more accepting of who he purports to be in this moment, at least until incriminating evidence proves otherwise. I can’t tell you what to do. But you’re strongly hinting at that course of action. I’m glad you picked up on that. Alright.

[ Sighs ] Perhaps I should go see if I could catch up to cody.

[ Sighs ] Maxie will be disappointed to see that he didn’t say goodbye. And then when she realizes that it’s me, the reason that he left, yes, you are — felicia, you are as right as ever, as always. I didn’t say a word. Even so, clarity is one of your many gifts. I just…I don’t understand how I’m the only one that knows cody has something up his sleeve.

[ Door closes ] You’re not the only one. What do you mean? You have to go skydiving? Gregory is determined to skydive, and he would like me to go with him. Just because you told him you would go doesn’t mean you have to go. I want to. Mom! Okay, I want to want to. He’s a very nice person. He’s a very dear friend. And he’s been very helpful to me at work. Cool. So you’re going skydiving? And I gave him my word, and now he has it. You don’t seem very excited at all about this. It’s jumping out of a plane. The only thing that separates me and certain death is twine and some poofy fabric. And an instructor strapped to your back. They’re certainly not gonna let you jump on your own on the first time. It’s so funny that you think that I would ever do this a second time. Okay, then back out. You have the perfect excuse built in. Just say it’s your osteoporosis. She doesn’t recommend it. See? She doesn’t forbid it. Maybe she can lie and say that she does. I can’t lie to gregory. Oh, okay, mom, I understand that gregory is a dear friend of yours, but I’m sure if you told him you didn’t want to go skydiving, he would understand. Well, like I said, I gave him my word, and besides, I would like to prove to myself that I can do this. Hey, sorry I’m late. What’s this? Skydiving. Who’s going skydiving? I am. Really? It’s amazing. You’re gonna love it. You’ve done this before? Yeah. Yeah, I’ve done it a few times. It’s awesome. I mean, you get up there, it’s like you can see the curve of the earth. I mean, the first time I did it, the instructor, he kind of messed with me, like, he told me the chute wasn’t gonna open up or something like that, which isn’t that cool, really, when you think about it. But, you know, you’re traveling 120 miles, hurtling towards the ground. It’s getting closer and closer. You start to see people, you know, like… was it something I said? Thank you, though, for sticking up for me, monica. I mean, listen, I don’t want to overstay my welcome. So if you want me to go, all you got to do is say, “beat it, lois.” I will pack my bags. No hard feelings. No, no, no, no. You are welcome to stay as long as you want to. I happen to enjoy your company and your energy. And most of all, I enjoy watching you stick it to tracy. Oh, yeah!

[ Laughs ] Olivia, I — I want to apologize for calling you a bridge and tunnel chick. I shouldn’t have said that. Well, did you mean it? Now, be honest. Of course I meant it. I just shouldn’t have said it. Well, at least you’re consistent. Well, you accept my apology? I don’t know. Did you apologize to lois? No. Well, are you intending to? Why would I? I’m not sorry I said it to her. Like I said, you are consistent. Yes, tracy, in the spirit of christmas, I accept your apology. Thank you. Mm. I would like to point out that I was standing up for you. How do you figure that? Oh. You mean lois’s reluctance to leave doesn’t bother you at all? Why would it? She’s my oldest friend. We grew up together. And it doesn’t bother her that you married her former husband? Oh, my god. What? After all these years of being married to ned, you and lois have never hashed this out? What’s with the antlers? Where is santa right now? I’m sure he’s on his way. Once we’re settled, we’ll check the santa tracker, okay? Hi. Merry christmas. It’s nice to see you. Come in. Hi, honey. You look great. Thank you. You too. Come on in. Something smells wonderful. Yes, that’s hot cider for the adults. And then hot cocoa for the kids. What if I want cider, too, grandma nina? Okay, I think I can arrange that. Are you sure you want hot cider instead of hot cocoa? Oh, no. But just in case. Okay. Alright, so why don’t you guys hand me your coats? And don’t you look super handsome and festive? And guess what, wiley? While you do that and give me that, I think you should go check underneath the christmas tree. Go check there. Where is everybody? Oh, ava and sonny, they’re in the kitchen with avery and pilar. They’re making cookies. Can I go see? Of course. Okay, I’m going to get these things off of amelia. See if she needs a change. Be nice, you two. Always. Hello, precious. Well, I took care of the ned problem. Thank you. No, I don’t need your thanks. I did it for my dad and willow. I just hope I don’t live to regret this. To 50 years with my best friend and my soulmate.[Clanking]

[Gasping] Nooo… aya…

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Did spinelli run cody off? What am I saying? Of course he did. You know, spinelli might be staying here, but that doesn’t give him the right to kick anyone out of my house. I like cody very much, and I know he’s been great to you, sasha. But? But I — I think that spinelli might be right. Something seems off. Okay, mom, I think I know where this is coming from, but this is not a peter situation. Cody freely admits that he used to be a con man. He’s not trying to paint himself as too good to be true. And bonus, he’s not a sociopath. If anything, cody is too hard on himself. I just keep thinking back to when we thought he might be mac’s son. When the dna results came back at gh, I lied right to his face while I was holding in my hands the test results that said that mac scorpio is my biological father. I know the test result proved that he wasn’T. Or at least that’s what cody said. Wait, you think he was lying? I don’t know how I could know. He wouldn’t show me the results. He wasn’t lying to you, mom. Cody was just disappointed. And who wouldn’t be? Who wouldn’t want to be mac’s son? Spinelli, are you here for riding lessons? What makes you presume that I’m not already an accomplished equestrian? Are you? Not remotely. But the point is, one should not assume.

[ Groans ] Which brings me to the reason for my visit. I’m all ears. I simply wish to say I regret my behavior towards you at maxie’S. Not exactly hearing an apology. Nor will you. Fair enough. Look, you don’t need to pretend to be my friend. Nor will I. But I will attempt to refrain from outbursts objecting to your presence. I appreciate that. Okay. I’m here because it is clear to everyone that you’re becoming closer to maxie’s family. Yeah, well, you know, they’re good people, and they’ve been good to me. But it is important that you bear in mind a certain set of facts. I am georgie’s father. Yes. Yes. And you are a part of maxie’s business, which is a big part of her life. And I understand and accept that. And as such, we will eventually cross paths, especially since I will be staying at maxie’s for as of yet indeterminate amount of time. Okay, well, I don’t really spend a lot of time at maxie’S. Okay. Even so, you will be around. So I wish to extend a truce if just to keep the peace. I gratefully accept. Okay, but just be warned. If you step out of line, any misbehavior, any malfeasance, and you shall find yourself prey to the jackal. Okay. Hey, why — why don’t you step away… I’m sorry. Are you — are you threatening violence? Because despite public opinion and my general appearance, I assure you that I can defend myself. And that’s great. But, uh, you might want to — ow! I’ll get the first-aid kit. I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were that nervous about the skydiving thing. Well, now you know. Yeah. Actually, you helped me make a decision. Oh. Gregory is really embracing this challenge, and I admire that attitude. And while I would like to think of myself as a brave person when it comes to jumping out of a plane, I’m not. I’m a coward. Okay. I mean, you could just change your mind, right? Thank you. Yeah. On the other hand, you can’t show courage if you aren’t scared in the first place. One, two. How did — how did you do that? It’s all about strategy, right, scout? I think you’re just lucky, aunt molly. I think so, too.

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So do you have a nice chat with monica? Yeah. You know, I mean, she’s mellowed a bit since the last — since you were married to ned? Well, I was gonna say since brook lynn was a baby, but, yeah, same diff. And you know what? She invited me to stay longer. Well, that’s great. Are you gonna take her up on it? Um, yeah, maybe. But, you know, I don’t want to cramp your style. Please, honey, my style is uncrampable. If you want to stay, you got to stay. Yeah? Yeah. Mostly I want to stay just so I can continue annoying tracy. Well, she annoys everybody else. It’s only — only fair that she should get hers, right? Yeah, I don’t know. I just — I just want to make sure that I’m not overstaying my welcome. Because you know what they say. The best part of getting out of brooklyn is… both: …Is going back. Yes. No, no, no, no, honey, if you want to stay, I want you to — no, no. Scratch that. I want you to stay whether you want to stay or not. Okay? Oh, okay. Okay. Are you sure? I am sure. You know, I don’t think until you showed up, I realized how much I missed the old times, so, yeah, I mean it. Aww. Eggnog anybody? Yeah. Here you go. I figured the sooner we finish off the child-friendly batch, the sooner we can break out the adults-only stash. Hear, hear. A man after my own heart. Oh. Mmm. Mmm. Your tree is bigger than ours, grandpa. Michael: Yeah. We, uh, we cut our own tree down this year, so it’s something on the smaller side. The reason the tree is big is so we can fit all the presents underneath, and a lot are your presents. Go look at it. Go check it out.

[ Clears throat ] Who put coal in your stocking? No, it’s not– I just had another conversation with michael. That’ll do it. You know, he will never stop blaming me. Yeah. Aw, well. What can you do? Wait. It sounds like you’re siding with michael. Mm. Trust me, I will never side with michael. Thank you. But that doesn’t mean that he isn’t right. Ava! Nina. You did hurtful things to people that he cares about. You wouldn’t take that lying down. Why would you expect him to? Okay. Oh, no, I get this, I get this. You’re upset with me because I told sonny about the gun. No, no, I’m just frustrated because you constantly seem surprised that the people that you hurt don’t just…forgive you. Well, look, I’m your friend. I got your back. But I can’t wash away your sins. No one can. Cody: Sorry about comet. That horse should be named jaws. Yeah, he’s kind of protective of, uh, yours truly. Keep your distance. Your equine minion has done more than enough damage. I’m just gonna clean the wound so it doesn’t get infected. It’s just a bruise. I’ll be fine. Well, still have it checked out. Okay? Your concern for me is touching. If only it was sincere. Look, look, spinelli, I am sorry about everything I did to you. All of it. And you coming here and…not apologizing, I appreciate it. Shows me what kind of man you are, and that we both care about maxie’s family. And I want you to know that I’d never do anything to hurt them. Your word means nothing to me. So just remember, from this moment forward, cody, from here, from there, from everywhere, I’ll be watching you. It would be one thing if the test revealed that cody was leopold taub’s son. Then it would make sense for cody to lie and claim that mac was his father, not the other way around. That’s kind of my point. Can’t you see why cody wouldn’t want to share the bad news? I’d say he went out of his way to hide it. Cody can be very guarded. And you on occasion can be a professional busybody. Even so, it doesn’t add up. And I hate not knowing. And I can’t stop thinking about it. Sam: Okay, I’m gonna make this easy for you. I’m gonna call gregory, and I’m gonna say I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I’m a concerned daughter, and I am gonna exercise my veto. Oh. That’s very thoughtful of you. And I certainly can’t think of any reason why you shouldn’t do that. Thank you. It’s not like you’re getting any younger or anything. I mean, who is, right? So even if it would be a life-defining experience that you would look back on with pride, knowing that you were frightened but did it anyway, I would just have to put my foot down. I went too far, didn’t I? Subtle. Alright. Fine. I will jump out of the toy plane. You’re gonna have the time of your life. I hope I live to tell about it. I need you both to hear me out. Can you do that? Sure. I’ll try my best. What if you didn’t have to find an egg donor? What if there was someone you knew who loves you both and really wanted you both to be parents? Kristina… what are you — what are you saying? What if I wasn’t just the surrogate? What if I was the donor, too?

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 felicia: Oh, that’s fantastic. Great. Hey, maxie, why don’t you call mac and show off our engineering skills? Wait. I want to change into something with less frosting on it first. Ah, okay. Uh, georgie, would you check on bailey? But don’t wake her up, okay? Okay. Sweetheart, you seem so distracted. You’re missing out on christmas eve with your kids. Mom, I’m trying to get into the holiday spirit, but this year, the holidays just remind me how fast life changes. You know, this time last year, deception was such a success. I was riding high, even though I had just broken up with austin. I still can’t believe he’s gone. Mm, sweetheart… I don’t have any lingering feelings or regrets for breaking up with him. It just awful how he died. You have a lot going on. But keep the faith. I have a feeling that this time next year, things are going to be looking up for you. I hope so.

[ Doorbell rings ] Are you ready for your first christmas with my family? I’m going to need you to guide me through. I just have to grab my stuff. I really need this break, from classes and studying and…adam? What are you still doing here? Grandma, kevin, when did you guys get here? Oh, hi, sweetheart. We haven’t been here long at all. Merry christmas. Merry christmas, sweetheart. Um, your dad, uh, needed to step out for a minute, and you were taking a nap, so he asked us to come over. But it’s christmas eve. What could he possibly be doing? Aiden, how are we going to get all this done tonight? Don’t worry. I’m a professional. Yeah. I’m not. Alright, you just keep doing this…

[ Doorbell rings ] …And I’ll get the door. Hey. Hi! Merry christmas eve! Hi, baby girl. Merry christmas eve. Come in, come in. Hi.How are you? You look beautiful. Thank you. Hey, sweetheart, aren’t you gonna wish aunt elizabeth a merry christmas eve? Merry christmas. Joyeux noel, maximista. I, uh, require your urgent assistance. You look deep in thought over here. Just admiring my blessings. Look at my beautiful family. All happy and together. And since we are… everyone? I have something to tell you all. Something… …life-changing.

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I was surprised to get your phone call. Listen, can we, uh, make this quick? I’m missing christmas eve with my daughter. Yes, of course. How’s charlotte? Please tell me she’s doing well. She’s got a long road ahead of her, but she’s much better. Listen, I wish I’d told you the truth from the start. You owed me the truth. But I owe you the same. Your dad was hoping to be back before you even woke up, so I’m sure he’s going to be here any minute now, hon. I hope so. Papa promised we spend christmas together, since last year, he was…away. Well, I for one, am very happy to be home for christmas. I’m very grateful to get some extra time with my sweet little granddaughter. I’m very happy you’re here, both of you. Well, thank you. Now, does anyone know how to make a ribbon all squiggly?

[ Chuckling ] It’s ridiculously easy. Yeah? Prove it. Okay. Aiden’s over there making cookies, and we’re going to sing some christmas carols. Wow. What do you think? You think you’re up for doing some singing? Maybe. Can I go color now? Y-yeah, sure, yeah, you can go color, if that’s what you want to do. Um… what’s going on? I don’t — I don’t know. Uh, leo quartermaine told her santa wasn’t real, but chase swore he handled it. I-I thought maybe she was just tired, but she’s been like this all day. Well, that doesn’t sound like her. Oh, anything else happen? I asked her, but she — she won’t — she won’t tell me. I don’t know what to do at this point. Alright, well, just lay low, and let’s give her some time. Yeah. Maybe we’ll get a christmas miracle. I thought you had an early flight this morning. Uh — uh, no, not — not exactly. Okay, then what, exactly? I’m not — I’m not going home. Since when? You didn’t mention this when we were studying last night. Yeah, technically, I, um — I didn’t decide until this morning. Wait, so you chose to stay in the dorms alone on christmas? Some people enjoy the peace and quiet. See? Okay, but what about the dining halls? They’re closed. What are you gonna eat? I’ll just call a food delivery service. And there’s — there’s so much ramen in my room. That’s pathetic. Come on. Dex and I can give you a ride to — look, I can’t go home! Curtis: First, let me start by saying how absolutely grateful I am to share this holiday with you all. It’s been a challenging year, and I can truthfully say that I wouldn’t have made it through without the love and support of each of you. Amen. Amen. We love you, too. Now spit it out.

[ Laughter ] Okay, auntie. Uh. Lovely portia has been researching clinical trials for people with paralysis. She found experimental treatment that could restore my ability to walk.

[ Gasps ] Oh, that’s wonderful! You — you did apply for participation? I’m already under consideration. What? Oh, my god. Okay, when will you start if they select you? It could be as soon as, uh, january. Right, babe? That’s exactly right.

[ Doorbell rings ] Oh, let me get that.

[ Chuckling ] Oh, that’s amazing. Oh. Merry christmas, dr. Robinson.

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So, we now know for certain that jameson forsyth was responsible for setting the fire at my house. Thank you for the confirmation. It was a relief to know that charlotte wasn’t responsible for the arson, but it’s good to know who was and why you were targeted. Brennan…the director — you’re lucky to be alive. Luck, and, uh, an assist from dante. I should have warned you the moment I knew that charlotte was targeting you. Maybe then none of this would have happened. Charlotte was collateral damage in a conspiracy targeted at me. And I apologize for that. No. No, I apologize. I just wanted you to hear it from me, now that this whole sordid business is over. Are you sure about that?

[ Sighs ] Thank you for the shower and for the spare clothes. Well, it’s a good thing I still had that box of mac’s clothes we were donating to the shelter. They’ve been in the car all week. They definitely came in handy. I would say. So, are you going to tell me what happened? Oh, yes. Do tell. Well, uh, yes. Uh, a pipe burst in my apartment, and, uh, my super was able to shut it off before it affected other units, but not before mine was rendered uninhabitable. What happened to your computers? Oh, I managed to salvage most of it, put it in a storage unit. Some of it is still in my trunk. Aw, you poor thing. And that’s why I showed up here looking like a drowned rat. I-I didn’t mean to impose. I-I just — I needed a place to dry off. Oh, come on, you were coming here for dinner anyway. This was perfect. Right. And while I would love to dine with you, I suppose I should away and figure out my lodging. I mean, the metro court is booked, as are most of the other nice places, but I suppose I could venture further out to sawyer or greenfield — you’ll do no such thing. I mean, it’s only temporary until I find another apartment. Absolutely not. You’ll move in here. Are you upset cam decided to go skiing with his new girlfriend this christmas? Not gonna lie, I felt a little twinge about it ’cause obviously I miss him, but I’m not surprised. He seems to really like this girl. Are you upset? It would have been nice to see him. But I get it. Do you feel a little left out now that both of your brothers have girlfriends? Actually… there’s someone I like, too. Want to help me make paper snowflakes? Okay. You just have to cut along where I drew the pattern. See those lines? Cool. Careful with the scissors. I know how to use scissors. So, um, did you visit santa? Think you’ll get everything you want this year? You don’t have to talk about it, but it might help if you do. My daddy’s going away.

[ Gasps ] Spencer! You made it! Was there ever any doubt? Alright. These go underneath this beautiful tree. Wow. Yeah, well, I’ll tell you stories about the ornaments. There are a few that I might have made. Oh, is that right? Yeah, I’d like to see them. Spencer, welcome. Thank you. Nice to see you. Hi, everyone. Ms. Henry. Mr. Ashford. Hello, spencer. Young mr. Cassadine. Good to see you. Likewise. You know what we need? Maybe the two of you could put some christmas tunes on. Hey, hear, hear. There we go. Okay. Let me put it on real quick. Let’s get it going. I almost forgot. One of the, uh, light strands out front went out. Curtis: Thank you. So, did you know that spencer was coming over? Oh, honey, maybe, uh, trina just forgot to tell us. Mm-hmm. Well, welcoming unexpected guests, it’s all a part of christmas, right? Honey, my love, you’re entitled to how you feel. Now, are you sure you want to start this next year off at odds with the young man your daughter loves? Right. [ Sighs ]

One horse open sleigh jingle bells

marshall, what are you doing out here in the cold?

Jingle all the way

you sound like irene. I’m fine. Just needed a moment, that’s all. Are you okay? Oh, I am beyond okay. Last year, I was amazed to be celebrating the holidays with my son and my grandson. And this year, I get to do it all over again with a brand-new granddaughter. You know, it’s overwhelming, stella. I never — I never thought I deserved all this after the — after the way I walked out on him. Oh, marshall, let it go. Come on. It’s in the past. You can’t keep beating yourself up over it. I know, I know. I had a conversation with irene just the other night. Right here. She, uh — she told me to count my blessings and get over myself.

[ Chuckles ] And no, I am not hitting the sauce. I talk to my sister all the time. You know, they say that death doesn’t mean the end of a relationship. I feel her presence around me just as close as I did when I was helping her raise your boys. You know, I am beyond grateful that you took on my family the way you did. And you did a wonderful job. It was my honor and my pleasure. You always had my back. You… bridged the gap between me and curtis when I came back. You kept my secret. And you bridged the gap between me and curtis when I didn’t tell him trina might be his daughter. I appreciate that. Looks like we’ve been there for each other. Unlikely, but true.

[ Chuckles ] You’re a special woman, stella henry. And you are kind and loving man, marshall. And I’m sorry for all you have endured, including losing the two women you loved. Irene and epiphany. You — you deserve all the happiness you can hold. And I’m sorry you gave up that gentleman you were going to marry for irene and my boys. Of course I would do what I could for my sister and my nephews. I loved them. Irene and i were two peas in a pod. Yes. But you were always the feisty pea.

[ Both laugh ] Get out of here.

Deck the halls with boughs of holly aw… alright, now. Come on. I love this song. Hey-hey! Oh. Uh-huh.

[ Both laugh ] Come on, now. Gimme that hand, girl. Alright, alright. There we go. Come on, now. Ah. -Uh-huh. -Yeah. Hello. Oh, shut that. It’s on papa now.

[ Both laughing ] Yeah. [ Laughs ]

La la la la fa la la la la, la la la la fa la la la la, la la la la

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I’m sorry, I, uh — I got a little carried away. Yeah, just — just blame it on the music. Yeah. Oh, you know what? I left the stove on. Okay. I’m just — oh.

Glory to the newborn king adam: My parents, they would ask a million questions about my grades and what courses I’m taking next semester. And they would just — they — they’d get in my head. So I told them that I had an internship over winter break. This way, I’ll have more time to just get my head straight, and I’ll do better in class come january. So you lied to them again? This is becoming a pattern with you. I panicked, okay? I just didn’t want to disappoint them with my grades. Adam, your grades are excellent. My parents won’t think so. Besides, the flights are way too expensive now, so there’s no way I can go home without telling them the truth and just begging them for cash. Trust me. It’s better this way. I, um, hope you guys have a good christmas. What was that about? I should invite him over to my mom’s house for christmas, right? Not to stay over, of course. He can stay here, but just so he’s not alone the whole time. I’ll check with mom. And that is the last of them. I still have unwrapped gifts in my room. Of course you do.

[ Laughter ] Maybe after we’re done, we can watch “christina comes home for christmas.” Ah, yeah. There’s no avoiding that one, is there? You know who I used to watch that movie with? Your mom. That’s why we should watch it together. It’s a movie date, then. Well, then I guess it’s time for me to rustle up some movie snacks! I’ll go get the gifts. Okay. Oh, dear, dear. Sweet lulu. Oh, honey, your daughter’s growing up, and she needs you. And I will find a way to get her through this. I just wish we were doing it together.

[ Grunts ] My first battle wound. Anything for family. Jameson is dead. Brennan is in custody. I believe that I’m no longer in any danger. Besides, I-I feel as if I did the bureau a service, by rooting out a corrupt director. If you’re hoping for a fruit basket, I wouldn’t hold your breath.

[ Chuckles ] No, I think I would be happy if they reinstated my pension. Interest accrued. I would be remiss in saying that there are still enemies out there. You and your family would do well to keep your distance. Never stopped me before. I’ve got plenty of enemies. You’ve always stood by me. We were a great team.

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The christmas lights go out when spencer crashes our family christmas. Bad omen or… hey. Can I help? Oh, you know what? Thank you. We’re good. Oh, okay. Uh, it is cold outside, and three sets of eyes… I’m just saying. Um, yeah. Thank you, spencer. We’d appreciate that. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[ Humming ] I really hope that, uh, we get the chance to get to know each other a little bit better this next year. Yeah, no, no, I’m — I’m happy to hear that. As long as you make trina happy, we’re happy, so… oh, I definitely intend to make her happy. She loves you both very much. And I love her, so… yeah, but what do you really know about love, though? What’s wrong?

[ Voice breaking ] You already know. I want to hear you say it. This is so easy. You know, being here with you, it’s just… so easy. Now that all the secrets are out, and the dust is beginning to settle, I can feel us again. But I close my eyes, and I am back in that doorway with the dark apartment, and the gun goes off in my hand. And charlotte is crumpled on the floor. We can’t go forward, as much as I love you. And I do love you, valentin. And I love you. Your responsibility is to your daughter. She’s in so much pain. She has to process this whole trauma of the shooting. Charlotte needs you. I can no longer be part of your family. Haven’t you heard of knocking? Door was open. Sorry. You just startled me. I apologize. I just came to find out if you’d like peppermint or regular hot chocolate. Peppermint would be lovely, thanks. Would you like me to carry that bag of presents for you? No, I’ve got it. Thank you. Well, that’s an interesting necklace. It’s a family heirloom. It was helena cassadine’S. Grandfather victor left it to me in his will. I was thinking of wearing it, but I don’t think it’s giving a christmas vibe. Mm. Well, I’ll leave you to it. I-I couldn’t impose. Spinelli, I got this house so that my family would have room to spread out. You’re family. You could take the guest room. You’ll have plenty of room for your computers. Sounds ideal. Oh, I don’t know. Oh, come on, it’s not forever. Just until your apartment is ready. You know how everything closes down during the holidays. Okay. But only if I can pay you rent. No. You’re georgie’s father. I can’t charge you rent. Besides, you’ll be like free in-house childcare. Okay, georgie’s care is my blessing, not my burden. And that goes for all the kids. No, truly, I must insist. I mean, your utilities are going to skyrocket. I use a lot of electricity and water, and — and I — I require top-speed internet. Oh, hey, look, the gifts didn’t get ruined in the flood. Oh, oh, they must have been in the car already. That’s a good thing, huh? How fortuitous.

[ Chuckles ] Hi, dad! Hey, sweetheart. You’re late for our christmas eve celebration. Are those for us? Mm-hmm. Wouldn’t it be great if you could spend the night? That way, we could open them tomorrow morning. Oh, I’m not sure about that. Please, mom, convince him. Go ahead. Tell your dad what you just told me. You got this. I heard you and uncle chase last night. It sounded like you did something bad. He said that you’re going to court. That’s where people go to jail. I am so sorry this has been bothering you all day. I’m not going to jail, sweetheart. Then why have you been so sad? You are too perceptive for my own good. Uh, the thing is, I’ve been a little sad lately because… some people think I made a mistake at work, and they are doing an investigation. But I know I didn’t do anything wrong. And we’re going to work it out. Why are you going to court? Just to make everything official. That’s the way hospitals do things. So you’re not going away? No, sweetheart. Not ever. Pinky promise? Pinky promise. It’s you and me together forever. That’s what jake said. Yeah? He’s smart. So… you were saying that you like someone? Yeah. I would love to hear more if you want to tell me. They’re in my science class. They’re really smart. We got to talking about how there’s a lot of science in baking. They asked me to do some demonstrations for the science club. Oh, so that’s what you’ve been doing after school. Well, they sound really nice. His name is tobias.

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I think I remember tobias from the science fair. Did he make the wind turbine? He’s really into renewable energy and the environment. Yeah, right, I-I remember. I thought he should have won. Me, too. I’m sorry I said that. That completely came out wrong. No, no, it’s a good question. And until I met trina, I wouldn’t have known how to answer it. I realize that I’ve made a lot of mistakes, and even though trina and i are in a better place now, it’s not lost on me what I’ve put her through. And I know that I still have a lot that I need to prove to you guys. But I will, because I love trina more than I’ve ever loved anyone else in my entire life. And she makes me want to be so much better. And that means earning your forgiveness… and I hope eventually your respect and your trust. Let there be light. Well, how about that? We would have found it. You know what I mean. Didn’t what he say move you at all? Ah, you’re back. And you survived. Yeah, barely. Your mom is tough. Mm. She’ll come around. Yeah, I’m not so sure. I love you for trying. It’s your dad’s choice whether he stays or not. Oh, come on. Dad, it’ll be fun. You know, I might stay longer than one night. See, my — my apartment is waterlogged, and I-I have no idea how long it’ll take to repair it. Wait, wait, so you’re going to move in? We are discussing it. Well, what is there to discuss? My sentiments exactly. We are defining terms, to wit — whether or not I’ll be a guest or a tenant. All that matters is that you’ll be here. Please, mom? I’ll be extra good. And I can clean my room, and james and i can even cook dinner and — you guys can’t use the stove. Have you been using the stove? Wouldn’t it be nice to have dad here for a little while? You’d be doing a good deed for your daughter’s father. Okay, fine. Fine. I will agree to your ridiculous deal. Yay! And you, little miss puppy eyes, can help me set up the guest room. Come on. Okay. I think she bought it, don’t you? Yes. Kevin, what’s wrong? Did something happen with charlotte? Uh, n-no. Um… when I was in her room, I — I heard her talking to herself. She’s very proud of her — her wound. Her first battle wound, she called it. Wow. Um… well, okay, I’m not the expert here. You are. But, uh, could that be a-a way of coping with her ordeal? Or — or maybe — maybe she feels victorious because she broke up her father and anna. I mean, either way, I don’t think we should underestimate the damage that victor has done to her. Well, that’s likely, and I’ll keep examining this in our sessions. She seemed so much like her normal self earlier. Well, yes. When she’s around you, she relaxes. She becomes more herself. She’s spontaneous. In her room just now, she was wearing a necklace that she said victor left to her in his will. That’s helena’s.

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[ Gasps ] Oh, my gosh.

O christmas tree these earrings are so gorgeous. Thank you. Of course. So are you. I hope you like them. Well, I love them because they came from you.

O christmas tree, o christmas tree are we all ready for our tradition? What tradition is this? I’ll, uh — I’ll make some more cider. Um, it’s, uh, already done. The p-pot’s warming now. O-okay. Great minds. Yeah. Well, every year, we make an ornament for the tree. Okay, well, I will get out of your hair, and I will let you, uh, enjoy your family tradition. Do you have somewhere more important to be? Because you’re on glue gun duty. Come on, everyone. -Whoo! -Alright. I get to pick the first ornament! I’m so excited!

[ Laughter ]

[ Stella speaks indistinctly ] And here you go. Be careful. Oh. Thank you. Ready, babe? Merry christmas eve, everybody. -Merry christmas eve. -Merry christmas eve. Can you hold that for me?

[ All speaking indistinctly ]

[ Knock on door ] What’s up? Josslyn: You’re invited to my family’s house for christmas eve — well, the part of my family that’s going to be at my mom’s house. A-are you sure it’s cool with everybody? We’d love to have you. Right, dex? The more the merrier. Okay, uh, let me grab my coat. I’ll — I’ll meet you guys outside. Maxie seemed to believe you. Showing up wet was a bold move. I thought we discussed mold. I wanted to go with a strong visual. And a great save with the bag of gifts, by the way. Oh, I can think on my feet. Yes, you surely can. This was a really great scheme to help maxie through her financial struggles. Thank you for looping me in. Maxie is too stubborn and proud to accept money without feeling like it’s a charity. This way, it’s a win-win. Okay, your room is all ready. I’m really sorry your apartment is underwater. But now that you’re staying with us, this is going to be the best christmas ever. Oh!

[ Both laugh ] Batch number three and four in the works. Thanks for helping me, mom. Thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about tobias. Love you. I love you, too. Do you think charlotte values the necklace

because it was helena’s? She seems to be proud of that fact. But so many people have told her so many things about helena. Why would she ever want to emulate her? Off the top of my head, I would say she’s looking for role models. People that she feels are powerful. Survivors. Unfortunately, helena, victor — in other words, the darker figures in the family, certainly qualify. She may be using them as a way to cope with her trauma. Sort of like an — an emotional crutch. Oh, my god. I-I can’t believe it. All the years that I spent worrying about nikolas, trying to save him from the darkness that he inherited from the cassadines.

[ Scoffs ] I never dreamed that charlotte would have to battle the same demons. I can’t bear to lose her, too. I’ve got to find a way to get through to charlotte. Valentin: How do you expect me to let you go? If I’ve made anything of myself in this life, it’s because of you. I don’t know where I’d be without you. You accepted me. All of me. I never felt more seen than when I was with you. I’m very grateful for our time together. I’ve loved you my whole life. I don’t know how I’m going to stop that. No, let’s not do that. Let’s just accept that. A part of me will always love you. A part of me will always love you. If love were enough, then we’d probably be together, wouldn’t we? But… it’s complicated. Yeah.

Peace sleep in heavenly peace

[ Sniffles ] Let’s call it, okay? With as much respect and dignity as we can.

Silent night holy night

[ Crying ] I always knew if I could ever have you, I could never keep you.

At the sight glories stream from heaven

goodbye, anna. Goodbye, valentin.

Heavenly hosts sing alleluia christ the savior is born christ the savior is born

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Hi. Lucy. Mwah. It’s good to see you. You — you, too. Thanks. Oh, thank you. Um… oh — oh, thanks, I-I — I got it. Okay. Oh, uh… hey, no wine? Uh, well, I thought I’d wait to order until laura and martin joined us. Oh. Right, right. Well, you know, I just don’t think that martin and laura, uh, would mind, deny us a pre-dinner cocktail. So, uh, you know, I know I could really use one. It’s been quite a rough day… week, month, year. That’s a long time.

[ Chuckling ] Yes. Yeah, looks like, uh, scott’s had a bad day, as well. Before you say it, I know the decent thing to do is to invite him over. Good god, no.

[ Exhales deeply ] I miss you so much, luke. I saw you looking at that snow globe, tracy. But don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone we saw you showing some christmas spirit. Brook lynn, why have you not responded to my texts? I was christmas shopping with chase and leo and violet. Oh, yes, that’s right. Of course, your phone doesn’t work in the proximity of small children. I stop looking at it when I’m celebrating the joy of the season. Well, you and I have a business meeting tomorrow morning to figure out how this arrangement with deception works. But tomorrow’s christmas eve. I am well aware. But now that you’re gonna be my business protégé, you’re gonna have to change your priorities. What’s that? It’s true, dad. I’m going back to work at deception. But this time, it’s gonna be different. This time, brook lynn’s gonna be the boss. Lois, did you know about this? Yeah, I did. And I think it’s great.

[ Knock on door ] Oh. Hi. Nina, what — what are you doing here? I thought we were meeting at rice plaza to watch donna and avery in the living nativity? No, I know, I know, I just needed to see you in private because, um, I needed to see you without sonny and the girls. Oh. Why? Well, ava, my dear friend, I need your help before my whole world comes crashing down. Daddy, do I look okay? You look amazing. Hey, dad. Hey, donna.

[ Chuckles ] Are you here to watch me and avery? Of course I am. You’re going to be an amazing lamb. Avery’s a shepherd. Well, I can’t wait to see you both. You excited to be part of the living nativity? Cyrus: I am, too. Is that the guy you’re investigating? Yes. He is the new head of the wsb. Really? Because he told me he was a security consultant. Wait, do you know him? Yeah. John brennan. I mean, he’s been here in the diner a few times. Matter of fact, he was here a half hour ago. Did he say where he was going? No, no, he got a phone call, and he took off. So, my interpol contact’s going to be here in 20 minutes. You sure you can trust this guy, huh? What? Yeah. Absolutely. No, I’m confident that whitney’s on the up-and-up. It just, uh, wouldn’t be a stretch for the head of the wsb to request interagency cooperation and make all that evidence disappear. Not this time. Brennan’s been trying to ruin my life for months… …but that all changes tonight. He’s going down.

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[ Sighs ] Sorry. Um, it’s just scott’s been pushing me to travel with him, um, to florida at christmas to see serena and the manatees.

[ Both chuckle ] Christmas with your daughter. What’s wrong with that? Oh, nothing. Nothing. I’m very tempted. It’s just that scott didn’t bother to tell serena about his plans, and, um, I found out she has a brand-new boyfriend. You know, first christmas and all. I just — the two of us go — fortunately, for me and serena, scott saw reason and decided not to make the trip. Ah, well, I’m sure it’ll be nice for you and martin to spend the holidays together. Yeah. Yeah. Together. Oh, wait. Ned is blackmailing you, too? Yeah, it’s like a line is forming.

[ Chuckles ] Okay, so if I don’t tell ned information on aurora, he’s going to go to sonny and tell sonny that I’m the one who reported carly and drew to the sec for insider trading. Ugh. Well, then I guess you better find some information that ned would find useful. Ava, ava, I don’t have access to the inner workings of aurora. And let’s just say in the perfect world, I magically come up with something and I tell ned and then michael finds out, he’s going to retaliate and tell sonny. See? This is an impossible situation. Yeah, it is. It is. And I feel for you. I really do. But, nina, I have problems of my own, you know?

[ Sighs ] I’m going to be one of the wise men. Melchior, I believe, though we won’t be wearing name tags. I-I’m just on my way to pick up my crown and robes. Yeah, you’re not coming anywhere near my little sister. It’s alright, michael. I’m taking care of it. Y– but you knew about this? Yeah. I’m watching cyrus like a hawk. No robes or crowns for you today. Sonny, be reasonable. It’s a christmas pageant. Michael, do me a favor. Can you take donna to the nativity, please? Let’s go. Okay, I don’t understand. What is the harm in me participating in the celebration of the holy season? Celebrate on your own. You’ve already been replaced.

Et tu, brother? The name is melchior. Hey, hey. Please don’t make a scene, okay? No, I-I’m — I’m just surprised. I mean, martin’s been averse to christmas pageants ever since, what, second grade when you tripped on the robe and knocked over the manger.

[ Chuckling ] Oh. I’ll make sure I watch my step this time. Cyrus, will you do this for me? I’m asking you not as the mayor but as your sister. I wish you all the joys of the holiday season. That’s what I call a christmas miracle. Let’s just be grateful he decided to play nice for whatever reason. Thank you, laura, for making the wise man swap. Yeah. Well, looks like the other kings are gathering over there. Perhaps you should join them. Yeah, let’s all say a prayer that I don’t trip over something and this is over before we know it. Remember, lucy and kevin are waiting on dinner for us. Yeah. Hey, do you think cyrus really knew that donna and avery were in the living nativity, or is it just a coincidence? I’m not sure, but I’m not taking any chances. Like I said before, I don’t think cyrus killed austin, but I’m not going to trust him anywhere near anybody I care about. Oh, this looks…

[ Buttons beeping ] Ava jerome, you bought another gun? No, I didn’t buy it. It just — it appeared. I found it in a drawer the day I moved in, along with an ominous note saying, “you never know when you’ll need it.” So someone’s stalking you. Yeah, or trying to frame me. And they’re getting bolder. Brookie, what are you thinking? You know, tracy, I am going to need brook lynn all day tomorrow for last-minute christmas details. Unless, of course, you would like to help. There are cookies to bake, there are presents to wrap. And then of course, I got everybody matching P.J. Sets. And I hope I got you the right size. I can move the business meeting to december 26th. The pajamas — that’s a hard pass. Aw. Matching P.J.S? Really, ma? Got rid of tracy, didn’t it? Lois, have you lost your mind? How can you, of all people, be happy that our daughter is giving up music to be a corporate executive? Oh, ned, use the good sense that god gave you. Obviously, there’s an angle. What angle? Well, brook lynn isn’t going back to deception to work for herself. She’s going back so she could try to outsmart tracy and make things right for her friends. Wait, did brennan say why he was in port charles? He just said that he was a security consultant here on business. He never said he was the head of the wsb, but, I mean, why would he? Did he say how long he was planning on staying? He said he’d be here for a little while. I mean, he was a little bit flirtatious, and he seemed harmless, but do you know different? Um, look, I don’t have all the facts, but if you see him again, keep your distance and call dante.

[ Sighs ] You know, if forsyth hadn’t come after that report, I don’t think I would have even realized I still had it. It had been stuck in that trunk for decades. But brennan sending forsyth is — is kind of like he dug his own grave.

[ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ] We’re closed. Got time for one more?

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You are too compassionate for your own good, and…you always have been.

[ Chuckles ] Okay, I’ll bite. What do you mean by that? Um, well, you really don’t understand that we are completely surrounded by cutthroats and thieves. And sometimes, just sometimes, you really need to look out for number one. Just an observation, but it seems like you’re talking about something specific. Care to share?

[ Chuckles ] Quartermaines. Mm. You realize they never change their spots.

[ Chuckles ] In fact, you probably know tracy stole the company from me. But now guess what she’s done? She’s given brook lynn a job at my company. A job. Brook lynn. This is — this is the very woman who stole all the proprietary information on my deceptor so she could give it to her grandmother, which allowed tracy to file this pernicious lawsuit against us. Is

it possible that you’remore hurt than you are angry?

[ Sighs ] I’m angry. Oh, doc, I’m so angry. I’M… but you’re right. I’m also very, very hurt at the whole betrayal. I trusted her. I — I let brook lynn in on the team, and she turns out to be worse, really worse than her grandmother, even more than I imagined. Well, I’m glad that you’re getting these feelings off your chest rather than keeping them bottled up inside. How do you do that? You’re always… such a good listener. And thank you for letting me vent. You’re welcome. It’s what I do.

[ Laughs ] Uh, you know…

[ Sighs ] Just a thought, but isn’t it better if brook lynn is in the office every day, rather than you having to deal with tracy day in and day out? Ah, good point. I guess — I guess I could rise above it, sort of. Maybe try to make the best of a bad situation. Wow.

[ Sighs ] Can’t believe my ears. You’re gonna roll over and let tracy win? Do you really think I would be encouraging our daughter to work in an office instead of following her dreams if there wasn’t a hidden agenda? Ma’s been nudging me for weeks to pretend to give in to tracy. Once tracy hands over the company to me, then I can hand it back to maxie and make things right. Mm-hmm. If you think your grandmother will make this easy, you are in for a very rude awakening. I know exactly what I’m in for. I either have to convince granny that I am totally on board by making her completely comfortable enough to give me controlling interest, or, due to our close proximity, I’ll have to dig something up in order to blackmail her with. Hm. Spoken like a true quartermaine. Not that that’s always a good thing, but, in this case, she would be blackmailing for a worthy cause. As long as your grandmother doesn’t figure it out and turn the tables. Ned, are you doubting our daughter? Absolutely not. So, do you still think it’s nikolas sending you these notes and that? Well, who else? I left him for dead, nina. He’s not gonna let that go. But why would he send you a gun if nikolas’ plan is to attack you? Oh, or — or to frame me. For all I know, this is the gun that killed austin. So you think he’d go that far, that he would come all the way here to kill austin just to frame you for murder? I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know what to think anymore. I mean, for months, I thought that — that nikolas was dead, and I thought that I was the one that killed him. And then I thought that I could trust austin, and that was clearly a big, fat mistake! Okay, you know what we need to do? We just need to calm down a little bit. I know, nina. I just don’t have anybody to talk to about this, and my head has been spinning since austin died. I know. Okay, I think you need a distraction. Why don’t we go to rice plaza? Yeah, no, that’s a good idea. I think seeing avery in that living nativity would make me feel a whole lot better. Yeah.

[ Chuckles ] Alright, you’re all set. Thanks for fixing it. Yeah, of course. Will I get to see wiley and amelia on christmas? Yeah. Can we hang stockings together? That’d be great, but, actually, I think you’re gonna be at mom’s on christmas eve. Daddy says you’re going to church with him and mama nina on christmas eve. Yeah, yeah, uh, me and, uh, wiley and amelia and willow and, yeah, dad and nina. Daddy says this is gonna be the best christmas ever now that mama nina’s a part of the family. So, how are you holding up, laura? Uh, still worried about charlotte. You know, physically, she’s on the mend, but, emotionally, she’s struggling. I think she’s old enough to, you know, benefit from therapy. Oh, yes, I agree. What about anna? Have you spoken to her? She’s very hard to get in touch with. She blames herself for what happened with charlotte. It was a terrible accident. Yeah, we know that, but anna, she just blames herself. Anna: The irony is that brennan had covered his tracks so well, nobody even realized he was implicated in the report. He’s kind of just brought this on himself, you know?

[ Cellphone ringing ] Sorry. Yeah. I should take this. Sam, what’s going on? Sam: Brennan’s in town. Carly saw him at kelly’S. He must have come into town to take care of anna himself. I’m here with anna right now. Can you call the pcpd, tell the desk sergeant what’s going on? Okay, I will. Dante, be careful. Always. We got to get someplace less exposed. Look who’s back. Apologies. Uh, that call pulled me away before I could even put in an order, and now you’re closed and I’ve missed my chance. You can stay. You sure? Yeah, yeah, the, uh, cook has gone home for the night, uh, but I can heat up some meatloaf. It won’t be fancy or anything. That’s okay. Simple works for me. You’re very kind.

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Do I have to explain it to you? I took tracy’s deal for maxie and for sasha’s sake. And besides, 49% of a viable company is a whole heck of a lot better than 100% of nothing. Yeah, but you gave away your elq tie-breaking vote. I did no such thing. I did not. It was extorted out of me by tracy. If I had not given up my precious share of elq, she would have blown the whole deal. And then maxie, sasha, and I would have all been completely bankrupt. So you’re just going to let tracy trample over the — the company that you built? Absolutely not. I have just begun to fight back. It doesn’t seem like it, lucy. No, what it seems like is you rubbing salt in the wound, so maybe it’s time to head home, scott. Alright, kevin, I’m not gonna have to justify and take flak for doing my job. I don’t even know what that means. I’m not gonna apologize for representing your wife’s criminal brother, cyrus. Or for representing elizabeth. I just don’t know why liesl — she just won’t give me a second chance.

[ Exhales slowly ] Lucy. Stay. But aren’t you gonna go after scott? I don’t care about scott. I care about you. Besides, I want to watch this. Dirty martini — top-shelf vodka. No such thing as too dirty. Go away. Well, well, tracy, as you can see, my coat was here. So if I’m going to bother you, then I suggest you vamoose. Nothing you do has any effect on me at all. Fine. Fine.

[ Scoffs ] Alright, I’m gonna go and see avery, and I’ll catch up with you later, okay? Okay. Hi, sonny. Oh, hey. Laura, it’s nice to see you guys. Rice plaza looks amazing. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I’m very proud of our town.

[ Chuckles ] It’s really good to see you, but I have some things that I need to attend to. Oh, yeah, yeah. Alright. Hi. Why are you so late? Well, ava and I, we had some girl talk. Why? Did you miss me? Always. Mm. Martin, I understand you’ve had to learn your wise man duties on the job. Well, I was a last-minute substitution.

[ Chuckles ] What is that monster doing here? I don’t want him anywhere near avery. Don’t worry. My dad already took care of it. Good, ’cause I don’t believe that man’s conversion for a second. Don’t be ridiculous, sonny. Austin is not responsible for what his cousin did. Mason was just following orders from his mysterious boss. His boss is cyrus renault. I know cyrus is as dangerous as he ever was. Well, I’m glad you’re okay with meatloaf, although it’s going to take a while to heat up. Well, I hope I’m not putting you out. I should just come back another night. It’s okay. It’s okay. I mean, I haven’t finished closing down the kitchen yet, so I’ll just be right back. It’ll just take a minute. Oh, my phone. Uh, is this it?

[ Sighs ] I see you know my secret. Hume: Devane, there’s no way out. Give me what I want, nobody else gets hurt. That’s not brennan. Are you willing to add detective falconeri to your long list of collateral damage? I want to talk to brennan. I’m here to help you before this all gets worse. I hear your latest shooting victim is out of the hospital. Charlotte cassadine? A child? Really? All because of something that happened in the ’80s? Let’s end this now. He’s right.

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Dad, I can’t let granny push me around. The only way to deal with tracy is to face her head on. Uh-huh. Sadly, it took me a lot more years before I learned that particular lesson. Look, and I know that working back at deception will temporarily take me away from my music career, but I will not let down my clients, okay? I will work 24/7. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that granny is out of maxie’s company. Maxie’s company? Yes. What about lucy? Lucy has made it perfectly clear she won’t work with me. Oh. Well, it sounds like you’re facing an uphill battle. I’m not scared. Nothing is going to stop me from making this right. Anna: Don’t shoot. I’m coming out. Okay? Putting the gun down. I-I know where the evidence is. Alright? It’s in a safety deposit box, and I-I have the key right here. Slowly. Yeah. Super slow. Toss it to me. So, you know, brennan’s just tying everything off right now. Forsyth’s dead. Don’t you think you’re gonna be next? I’m not worried. I earn my keep. Oh, I’m sure that’s what forsyth thought, too, but brennan only keeps people that are useful around him. Everyone has a sell-by date. Don’t you think yours is up? Okay. Dante, you got him. What are you doing here? I’m checking on you. Are you okay? Yeah, we don’t know who this is. His name is roman hume. Works for pikeman. Really? Okay, where’s brennan? Wait. Wait. Make me a deal. Not a chance, man. No, we need to find brennan before he realizes we’ve got his lieutenant. I think I may know where he is. Guess we should clear the air. Not really. If you would have told me you were the director of the wsb, I would have thought you were a liar and crazy. I’m curious how you figured it out. I looked it up on the internet. There’s many john brennans, but only one director of the wsb. I clicked the link, and your picture popped up. Anyway, I’m gonna go heat up the meatloaf. Hume said that your former son-in-law was involved. It’s falconeri, right? The connection’s in there somewhere. How do you know dante? Well, I’m the director of the wsb. If there’s something that I want to know, I know it. Just as I made it my business to know all about sonny corinthos, his operation, people he holds dear. There’s just one thing that I don’t know. What am I gonna do with you? Michael. We need to talk. In private. Avery looks adorable. I know, doesn’t she? Yeah. Oh, she has been talking about her costume for weeks.

[ Chuckles ] Ah. And she’s taking her role so seriously.

[ Both chuckle ] I-I-I know this is a difficult topic for both of us, but, um… do you have any more information about nikolas’ whereabouts? I don’t, unfortunately.

[ Sighs ] Do you think you’ll keep looking for him? I wanted to stay in europe and keep looking, but then I got that call from valentin about charlotte, and I knew I was needed at home. And also, kevin convinced me that nikolas will come home when he’s ready to face the people he left behind. Alright. What do you want? Well, ned knows that I’m the one who tipped off the sec. Okay, w-what does that have to do with me? Well, he wants information on aurora to use against you and drew, and if I give him that information, then he will keep taking the blame. You don’t know anything about aurora. What was ned thinking? Well, he thinks that I will find a way. That is why I’m talking to you. You need to help me get ned off my back. Okay. Why would I do that? Because, michael, think about it. This is like blackmail 101. If ned tells sonny, you will have nothing to hold over my head. If you want me to continue keeping my distance from my daughter and my grandchildren, you will help me out. See, I only kept quiet to protect willow. She’s gonna be devastated when she finds out what you did, but you know what? Maybe it’s just best to get it all over with. Alright, alright. I’ll play your game. If ned tells sonny the truth, then guess what. I’ll tell carly the truth that you knew that I was the real informant this whole time. And you never said anything.

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[ Laughter ] Why are you so jumpy? Do you really need to ask me that question? First of all, we still don’t know who killed austin. And then there’s the fact that nikolas is alive, and he’s out there somewhere. I can only assume he’s plotting his revenge against me. Wh at are you not telling me?Something else happened? Donna: Did michael come back with the cookies? Uh, not yet, sweetheart, but he’ll be here any minute. So, donna, are you having fun with avery? You girls aren’t too cold, are you? No, we’re having a great time. But only one thing can make this christmas even better. What’s that, sweetheart? I want to open presents with avery for christmas, but avery has to be with her mom. Can ava and avery come over to join us? That’s a stiff one, tracy. How come you’re drinking alone? Why do you care that I’m drinking alone when you’re clearly doing the same thing? Well, I don’t know. I just figured that you’d be at the mansion with the servants and your family. ‘Course, they don’t like you any more than I do. Have you been overserved?

[ Sighs ] Maybe you should go home before you embarrass yourself further. Alright, tracy, I’m gonna raise the white flag right now. You know, I-I-it wasn’t that long ago, tracy, that I was your lawyer, and I got you out of that mess. They thought you killed that guy. But his assistant had done it. And then, remember, we got hot and heavy. I don’t know what you’re talking about. That doesn’t sound like something I’d do. I…can’t believe you’d forget the — the look on lee and gail’s face when they came in, they caught us going at it on top of my desk. That look was priceless. The only thing I remember was them asking me why I was slumming with you?

[ Sighs ] So you do remember. Correction. I’m trying

not to remember. What’s with the high hat all of a sudden? You’re the one that was married to luke, that no-good criminal jackass.

[ Sighs ] You have seriously miscalculated. If anything happens to me — I know all about your mobster ex-husband. I’m talking about the navy seal boyfriend. But sonny will kill you, too. Oh, yeah. You know, I was really starting to like you, carly spencer. Now that I’ve seen how you operate under duress? I like you even more. Sadly, we seem to be the victims of rotten timing. Get the hell away from me! Freeze! Hands where we can see them.

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Donna, sweetheart, I know that you want to be with your sister on christmas, but — but your family is so big, and — and holiday gatherings can be tricky, you know? Yeah, that — that’s a great idea. Uh, why don’t you go ahead and let the grown-ups talk? Go try to find avery at the nativity? Yay! Yeah?

[ Chuckles ] Oh. Sonny, I-I know that the girls want to be together on christmas morning, but — but I-I know that the situation is prickly. And, please, don’t — don’t do this for me. Oh, I’m not doing it for you. I’m doing it for my daughters. Oh. Right. Yeah. Of course. Well, we won’t stay long. Right. ‘Cause I know this is your first christmas with nina as — as husband and wife. And I wouldn’t want to intrude on that. Oh, I-I really don’t think nina would mind at all. I mean, we’re gonna have so many christmases ahead of us. I can explain to my mother what I did and why, but can you do the same thing with my father? Okay, okay, I’m sorry. I-I shouldn’t have said that. Listen, it doesn’t have to be this way. Michael, willow and sonny, they don’t need to know. Can you just make up something about aurora so I can pass it on to ned? It helps both of us if sonny never finds out. Okay. Fine. I’ll take care of ned. Our marriage may not have worked out, ned, but we sure did raise one hell of a daughter. Agreed. Hm. What’s going on? What did I miss? Mm. Um, you didn’t miss anything. Your mom and I were just having a nice conversation. Nice conversations and quartermaines do not go together. Ah, but I am not a quartermaine. We were just talking about how much we love you, brook lynn. Aww, is that all?

[ Chuckles ] Mm.

[ Police radio chatter ] Dante, how did you know to come here? It was sam. She told me about the conversation you had about brennan. Thank you so much. Yeah. Of course. I’m just glad we got here in time. This is the evidence that brennan’s been desperate to get hold of. What’s the significance of the wallet? Okay, if you pull back the lining, and you look in there, there’s a sequence of numbers. Could be a swiss bank account. Yeah? Thanks. Long time, huh? You think they’ll invite frisco back to clean up your mess, ex-director brennan? Well, at least you’ve been exposed as a double agent. Now everyone knows who you really are. That’s right. But my past can’t come back to hurt me anymore. You almost killed a child. What have you got left? I have myself. Good luck, then. You’ll need it. Rotten timing. Uh, so, back there, you, uh, looked like you were ready to risk your life for mine. If it had come to that, I would have. Brennan’s right about one thing. I won’t allow anyone else to get hurt because of my mistakes. As if on cue. Scott baldwin can get under someone’s skin unlike anyone I’ve ever known. You know, I’d say I just wasted some premium vodka. But when a better use comes along, you go with it. I’ll send you the dry-cleaning bill. Kevin: Lucy. Lucy. Don’T. Whatever you’re thinking, whatever you’re scheming, I promise you it will not end well. Who? Me? I don’t know what you’re talking about, doc. You know, you really do worry too much.

[ Door closes ] Hey. Hey. Hey. Was that tracy quartermaine I just saw storming through the parking lot? Yes. Really? Yeah. So good to see you, but, um, I thought martin was coming with you. Ah, I’m so sorry, lucy, but martin is still participating in the living nativity at rice plaza. Oh, well, that — that’s great. You know, when you asked him, I did encourage him to do it. I just didn’t think it would go so late. Yeah, I’m sorry about that. I’m afraid that he’s not gonna be able to join us for dinner. Here’s the cookies. You did a great job in the living nativity. Can I share them? Yeah, of course you can. Oh, that is so sweet of you to offer. I did work up an appetite as a wise man. Hi. Hey, I was just about to look for you. Yeah, I’m so sorry. It’s just there was a minor crisis at the metro court, but I handled everything. You okay? Yeah. Everything I could possibly ever want is right here. Turns out serving as a wise man’s more arduous than I thought. Although, it does offer you a rather unique perspective on the living nativity. Donna, you did a stellar job tonight as our lamb. You did. Better behaved than the angels. Yeah, there was a tussle in the back. I think there was a dented halo. Yeah? But you knew exactly what to do, didn’t you? You made your way to the back of the manger. You filled in the gap.

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[ Knock on door, door opens ]

[ Exhales heavily ] Rumor has it you’re looking for me. Yes. A freelancer dropped the ball on this re-zoning article, and I need it done. Can you do it? Has to be in tomorrow’s edition. I’ll do what I can. Oh, uh, just so you know, I have some plans in my near future. Do you now? Okay. What do these plans involve? The defenestration of tracy quartermaine.

[ Chuckles ] Brook lynn? Yeah? Now that eddie maine is dad again, do you think he’ll still perform at tomorrow’s gingerbread jam? Well, he’s very busy catching up on everything that he’s missed, but I’m sure he’d pull out his guitar just for you. Maybe you can perform at the jam again, uncle chase. You and blaze were epic. I appreciate that, violet, but now that I’m back to fighting crime, I’ve had to put my singing career behind me. Well, there’s one thing violet and I agree on. Just one?! Well, whatever my handsome, talented, charming fiancé does is epic. And then after christmas eve mass, my abuela invites everyone over for pasteles and coquito. Uh, wait. I know what pasteles are. What’s coquito? It’s basically puerto rican eggnog, heavy on the rum. Oh. I’ll have to make it for you… when you come over. I’d love that. I was sorry to hear about the miscarriage. Is your surrogate open to trying again? I’m afraid not. She took it really hard. I’m sure. Setbacks like this are devastating for everyone. But you’re here, so I take it you want to discuss options? Actually… we already have a new surrogate.

The role of josslyn jacks is temporarily being played by courtney fulk. Joss… what are you doing? Making sure it’s not ticking. Well, digital clocks don’t tick. But if you don’t want it… it won’t kill you. I promise. Great. Spencer, you shouldn’t have. Josslyn, when you open this, you’re gonna wonder, you’re gonna think, “how did I ever live without this?” Mm. I’m sure. Besides…

[ Knock on door ] …You’ve already given me the greatest present ever. My best friend’s happiness. Aww! The gift that keeps on giving. Thank you. Brennan: I was gonna ask if you need help, but you seem to have it all under control. Is there a reason that we keep meeting in the morgue? Yeah. I like it here. There’s no security cameras, and the people that are here are bad witnesses. What’s all the secrecy? I didn’t want to risk tipping anybody off. What have you been up to? Investigating jameson forsyth.

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I’m going to get a hot chocolate, all marshmallow. If it’s all marshmallow, then why not just call it a marshmallow? Well, there’s still some hot chocolate poured on top, so the marshmallows get gooey. Okay, you two go get whatever chocolaty hot cocoa marshmallow drink you want. Mmm. We want to send you back to your parents as hopped up on sugar as possible. Here’s 20 bucks. Consider it your christmas present. No chance. Come on, leo. Let’s go. Look, stay where we can see you. Okay, now, who is next on your gift list? Besides my beautiful fiancée? Aww. Well, santa already brought me what I want. Are you sure you like it? I love it. But more importantly… maxie approves? Yes, indeed. Now, who’s next on your gift list? My dad. And no pressure, but this has to be the most special christmas that my family has ever had. No one understands the desire to send tracy careening out of a window more than I do. In fact, typically, I would help you push her, but I didn’t enjoy prison the first time. Defenestration isn’t strictly accurate. There will be a fall from a great height, but I intend for tracy to be flung of her own choosing and attached to a parachute. Tracy is going to go skydiving with you? That’s the hope.

[ Chuckles ] Oh. You haven’t asked her yet. Well, I heard she just got back from amsterdam. I’m gonna go by her place, pitch it to her. I don’t know. You think she’ll go for it? You have a better chance of pitching a strikeout against mickey mantle. Mickey mantle’s been dead for 30 years. Exactly. It’ll never happen. Sorry to… I’m having a package delivered here, and I got a notification that it was here. Yeah. Um… thanks. Mm-hmm. So, where’s ace? He’s fine. That’s not what I asked. You know, I met this really nice biker couple who volunteered to watch ace. I didn’t catch their names, but they swore to me they wouldn’t sell the baby. That’s funny. He’s at daycare. Relax. You know, you wouldn’t have to rely on daycare so much if you didn’t — esme. How’s the new place? It’s cozy. Peaceful. Thank you for asking, trina. Then again, anything’s cozier than a jail cell, right? Trina, can I talk to you for a second? Alone? Um… sure. Spencer, just leave it. Okay. So, what’s up? You may not want to hear this, trina, but… thank you. Is that what I think it is? It is. You’re welcome. I told you to stay out of it. I know. I know you did. But, uh, you’re not my boss anymore, so I don’t have to listen to you. I told you not to get involved, dante, because if you did, it could be dangerous for you. I know. I know. But, uh, the thing is, you’re my friend, and you’ve never turned your back on me, so I’m not gonna turn mine on you. So, do you want to see what’s in here or not? How’d you get it? Storage locker at the train station. How did you find that? The M.E. Found a key on forsyth’s body, handed it over to me. And instead of logging it as evidence, I, uh, kept it. Nice. Yeah. This is it. Yeah. So, I guess forsyth must have broken into my apartment that night. That’s not all. Here’s you. Here’s forsyth. Who’s that guy? Any idea who that is? Thank you, but I don’t put my customers to work. Oh, I’m not just any customer. Yes, but then I would have to hire you, you know? Deal with the whole wage/hour thing, the insurance, stuff like that. Damn bureaucracy. Yeah. Then I would lose you as my regular. You noticed. Don’t let that go to your head. I always notice when people keep coming around. It’s good business. Oh, well, it looks like you’ll have my business for a while. Yeah? Mm. You’re sticking around? Uh, it’s taking longer than expected to resolve the security issue in port charles. It’s the kind of thing that requires my close, personal attention. Well, alright. I’m sure you’ll figure out the situation soon enough. Oh, I hope not. I’m glad for the excuse to stay. Really? Yeah. You like the burgers here that much? Oh, the burgers. The chuck. The whole town. Opportunity abounds in port charles, and I intend to jump on every single one of them.

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Listen to me. I’m listening. You don’t worry about a thing, okay? I’ll try. Just leave it to me, and I’ll help you make this the best holiday for your dad, okay? Well, if anyone can do it… thank you. Now, listen, we are at this beautiful holiday extravaganza, and if we don’t find anything to our liking here, then we have the entire city of port charles and the internet. So, we’ll start here, and then we’ll work our way outward, okay? Alright. Well, my dad and i are actually pretty similar, so if you could just give me a hint on what you’re getting me, I think — like violet said, not a chance. Ah, can’t blame a guy for trying.

[ Chuckles ] Now, while we’re shopping for your dad, I need to find something for maxie and her kids. I just feel so terrible that she’s struggling financially this christmas. Especially because it’s all my fault. Once you give maxie control over deception, she won’t even remember how tough it is right now. It’s not gonna help her through the next billing cycle. I need to help maxie right now. So, molly and tj are giving each other presents like the perfect pair of socks or antique paperweights. They are so cute. And then sam and i exchanged gifts. She got me a pepper spray holster, and I got her a set of brass knuckles.

[ Laughs ] So then my mom launches into this 30-minute, totally inspired speech, free legal advice on concealed weapons. And that was before the cassadine contingent showed up. Wait. So the davis branch of your family… we’re the sane ones. Completely. Yeah. The cassadines? Everything you have heard about them… the truth is so much worse.

[ Laughs ] Wow.

[ Sighs ] Your family is insane. Yeah. Tell me about it. And I love it. Brook lynn: Blaze! I didn’t know you were gonna be here! Hi! Hi! It’s so good to see you. This is so great.Are you here to shop? My sister kristina has volunteered to be our surrogate. With andrea unavailable, we’ve talked it over, and we’d like to get started as soon as possible. We haven’t forgotten how much preparation went into this. Kristina knows that she’ll be screened and undergo a mock cycle, ultrasounds, bloodwork. We’re ready to start screening egg donors, and we’re hoping kristina will be successfully pregnant in the next couple of months. I’m afraid your timetable may be overly optimistic. Yeah, I know him, alright. We didn’t have much contact during the operation, but — in fact, I’d forgotten that he was involved. Did you read the report? Uh, I did. The botched op was trying to get a defector to the wsb and your job was to escort him to safety. There were other names mentioned in the report other than yours and forsyth’S. Who is this guy? How does he tie in? If I tell you… what? You’re gonna have to kill me? I won’T. Mm. But… someone else might want to. Well, look, the way I see it, knowledge is power, and the more we know, the better shot we have of staying alive and the better shot we have of taking these guys down. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. His name is john brennan. And he was in field ops around the same time as me and forsyth. “Was.” What is he doing now? Is he still around? Oh, yeah. He’s the current director of the wsb. Well, as luck would have it… mm-hmm. Port charles is pretty security-conscious. We’re a major center for commercial shipping, medicine — crime. Yeah. That too. I mean, you’ll have plenty of business to jump on. How about you? What about me? Do you feel safe here? Security-wise? Yeah. Sure. But… what? I don’t live what one would call a typical life. Yeah, I’m not surprised. There’s nothing typical about you. It’s that obvious, huh? Despite the single mother, small business owner exterior, you give off a distinctly unconventional vibe. And I would very much like to get to know you better.

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I don’t think you’re giving tracy enough credit. I think she has an adventurous streak. Oh, she definitely has an adventurous streak. I mean, anyone who flees the country as much as she did to avoid prosecution has a sense of adventure. Not to mention she was married to luke spencer. Ah, yes. I read about him in lucy coe’s book. Quite the adventurer himself. Exactly my point. Would tracy jump out of a plane to avoid capture from either the authorities or the underworld? Easily. But would she jump out of a plane for amusement?

[ Exhales heavily ] Oh, well. Only one way to find out, I suppose. Oh, I’m not trying to be a party pooper. I mean, go ahead and ask her. I just don’t want you to get your hopes up because this is a big ask for tracy. It appears to be too big an ask for everyone. No. That’s not true. What about chase? Chase would do it, but brook lynn would age 30 years waiting for him to land. How about finn? Eh, single parent. Violet has to come first. Oh, well. Maybe this will be the one item I won’t be able to check off my bucket list.

[ Sighs ] Look at you two. Thick as thieves. I’m so glad you guys hit it off. You can never have too many friends. I love all the little pop-up shops. Did you guys get anything good besides tasty treats? Well, the grown-ups are here to shop. Me and leo are here to see santa. Violet’s here to see santa. Oh, don’t you want to get anything for christmas? I want a 3d aquarium puzzle. But I’ll just ask mom and dad. Why won’t you ask santa? Because there is no santa. Spencer, get away from the door. No, I don’t think so. Aren’t you always praising trina for being smart and capable? Yes, but — okay, if anybody can handle esme without backup, it’s trina. Now, how about we open my present? And what exactly are you thanking me for? I know that you encouraged spencer to accept that I was moving out. And he was so opposed at first, and it made it harder for me to do what we all knew was right. But you talked him down, and you made it possible for me to start over and stand on my own. So, thank you. Esme… …I needed spencer to know my feelings. To be clear, I didn’t do it for you. Oh, I never assumed that you did. I just — I asked spencer to let go for his own good. I love spencer, and I intend to have a future with him. But he was trying to be a father to ace, not a brother. And it was getting in our way. I figured it was something like that. But even still, you have been patient and even polite to me, which can’t be easy, given everything I did to you. Don’t you mean the old esme? I have come to realize that even if I never remember what happened — all the things that I did to you and to josslyn and to cameron — I have to take responsibility for my actions, past and present. So I wanted to thank you. You do? But also I want to apologize for everything that I put you through. And I know that it is too little, too late, but I really hope that it’s not nothing. And that maybe someday you’ll manage to even forgive me. Who knows? We might even end up as friends. Esme… that will never happen. I’m happy to get to know you as a customer. Ouch. Maybe even as a friend. But I think I told you… yeah, you — oh, you’re seeing someone! Yeah, I remember. Keep remembering.

[ Laughs ] Well, whoever this guy is, he doesn’t seem to know how good he’s got it. He does. And so do I. Is this someone you’re seeing, uh, donna’s father. Different someone. Donna’s father and I are divorced. Mm. His loss. Okay. Since you’re gonna be a regular, what can I get you to eat?

[ Laughs ] Sorry. I was being intrusive, wasn’t I? Occupational hazard. That’s okay. I’m an open book. But I don’t know a lot about you. Ask me anything. Okay, what I know about you — you like to run. Mm. You like burgers. You work in security. Yeah. What else? Well, I can think of at least one more thing that you know about me. What? That I enjoy your company.

[ Laughing ] Oh, god.

[ Cellphone ringing ] Ah! Sorry. I have to take this. I’ll see you again soon. Brennan took over as the head of the wsb when frisco was ousted. But when we were part of that failed operation, he was stationed in london, where he provided remote support and logistics for us. Um, forsyth was a field agent. I was basically a courier. It was my job to pose as the defector’s girlfriend and get him across the border, which didn’t happen because he got caught and killed. And then the other part is that the money that was allocated to buy the defector’s cooperation — that just was never recovered. So, what does the bureau think happened to all that money? I think they chalk it up to intelligence failure. I mean, it’s all here, like, the dates and the locations and the agents that were involved. That’s why I kept a copy, just in case somebody decided down the line that they were gonna pin this screw-up on me. So, brennan’s now in charge, forsyth is dead after going to great lengths to try and get his hands on that report. There’s got to be something in it worth hiding. I guess brennan just rose up through the ranks and that would have given him more and more clearance and eventually he would have access to his own records and he would have seen a copy of this report. Right, but now, in his new position, he can’t be implicated in the death of a defector and $10 million gone missing. That’s a lot of money. Yeah. If we’re right about this, then brennan wants to eliminate any and all traces of this report. And anyone who knows about it.

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Dante: Hey. Uh, yeah, I got a positive id on that third picture. Guy’s name is john brennan, director of the wsb. Yeah, I don’t know, maybe want to find out general information about him, news releases, that kind of thing, anything that would tell us who he is and who he’s connected to. Thanks, sam. Yeah, you be careful, too. Alright. Okay, so, safe to assume that this guy is in good standing with the other bureaus — fbi, cia. Oh, yeah. Yeah, he was always super slick. Okay, so, who do we give this report to? Brennan wasn’t incriminated, but we know he’s involved somehow. Forsyth was incriminated, and he’s dead. Okay, so, what we need is something that ties brennan to the defector’s assassination. Like, possibly if we could find out anything on that missing money, that would help. We might have that. I found this in the locker with the report. What is it? What do you think those numbers are? It’s 21 digits. Alright, so, that is the exact number needed for a swiss bank account. Maybe that’s where the missing money is. Well, I don’t know that it would be where it is, but it could be where it went. And then that might lead us to whoever the person is that’s responsible for the botched operation. We got to stash this evidence somewhere where brennan can’t get to it. I know someone that we can call. There is too a santa. Yes, violet, of course there is. Leo, why would you say such a thing? Because it’s scientifically impossible for one man to visit every house in the world in a single night. When daddy orders food off his phone, it comes in 30 minutes or less. With technology, anything is possible. But santa didn’t have the internet 100 years ago. And even if santa visited every house in the world for one second, that would still be between one and two billion seconds. Santa would have to bend the space-time continuum to do so. So it’s impossible for there to be a santa claus. Uncle chase, is it true? Is santa impossible? Brook lynn, why don’t you and chase take leo shopping? I got this. Are you sure?

[ Chuckles ] You asked me to trust you as my manager. Can you trust me? Yeah, sure.

[ Chuckles ] Just don’t entice her into a rock-and-roll lifestyle. Oh…

[ Chuckles ] Let’s go. Leo, come on. Let’s go. Alright, violet. Here’s the skinny on santa. The truth is… leo’s right. Essentially, you’re starting from scratch. Realistically, the soonest you can expect successful implantation is six months, and that’s if the surrogate gets pregnant in the first implantation. Is there, um… is — is there anything you can do to expedite things? I’m sorry. As you already know, it’s a painstaking process with strict procedures that need to be followed every step of the way. Yeah. We understand. We just, um… let ourselves get carried away. Hold it. You don’t have to defenestrate your skydiving ambition just yet. I see what you did there. This dangerous and insane thing that insane people do…

[ Sighs ] Do you really want to do it? Very much so. And your condition doesn’t prevent it? Not yet. But who knows how long that’s gonna last. Alright. Then I have an idea. Are you ready? Yeah. Just do it! Jump! Finn, chase, me, whoever you want. We’ll be standing there cheerleading. Hopefully you will land safely. I mean, just jump. Do you have to jump out of a plane with somebody else? No, I don’T. There you go. In fact, there’s not a single item on my bucket list that requires a partner. But I want one anyway. Alexis, the time is coming when I am going to be trapped in my own body, unable to put thoughts into words with my mouth or my hands or at all. Essentially, I’m going to be alone with my thoughts and memories for the rest of a short, difficult life. Now, if that’s the way I’m gonna go, then I want my still-active, still-alert brain to be overflowing with memories and experiences that I shared with people I love, experiences that they can tell my kids and my grandkids about when I can’t, either because I’m unable to or because I’m gone.

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A lot of things arescientifically impossible until someone comes along and proves that they are

very possible. Like santa? Exactly. And here’s how I know. When I was young and learning how to sing, my voice teacher told me it was too hard for me to hit a high C. Said I didn’t have the pipes. But with a little belief in myself and a lot of practice…

now I can sing as high as birds can fly not so impossible after all, huh? I want to learn to sing just like you. Maybe I’ll ask santa for singing lessons. Well, why ask santa when I’m right here? I’m so embarrassed. Molly, you’re hardly the first person to become emotional in this office. I know, but I’m not those people. I’m — I’m me. I don’t do this. Okay, how about you forgive yourself just this once, okay? I mean, i won’T. I am — I am, like, so embarrassed. I am…

[ Chuckles ] That’s better. That’s better. Okay?

[ Exhales sharply ] So, how do you feel? How do you feel about starting over? My first impulse is, you know, full speed ahead. But now that you’ve had a second? This is a long and arduous process. And not just for us. I mean, kristina’s ready to go now. Yeah. She’s going to have to wait, too. And if what happened with andrea happens with kristina… you’re right. We need to both be ready to — to go through all of this again. Not to mention the expense, which is another emotional toll. I was so appreciative of your mom offering to help us the first time, but I am not comfortable asking her again. No. Me neither. So I guess we’re on our own. Can — can — can we even do this? Hey. Hey, we’re gonna figure this out. Even if it means we have to do some budgeting, we’re gonna figure it out. You know, it just kills me. A month ago, our dream was on its way to happening. And — and now… we’re back at square one. And it feels so… out of reach. Yeah. Again.

[ Gasps ] Oh, my god, it’s perfect. Mm. Yeah. Well, I figured the next time that I did something that warrants a smack, then you can save me the bruise. You mean you could save you the bruise. I just don’t know where I’m gonna put it. I can’t put it up in our dorm room. Trina would flip out. Oh, trina knows about it. I, um… well, actually, I think that… she’s probably gonna use it more than I will. I’m glad you’ve changed, esme. And I believe that you are sincerely sorry. I really am, trina — but maybe it’s a good thing that you don’t remember all the incredibly cruel things you’ve done to me. But i do remember. There will never be a day where I or joss or cam will look at you and not remember. So, we can be cordial, even friendly, but that, this right here, is as good as it’s gonna get. Thank you for hearing me out.

[ Sighs ] Hey. You okay?

[ Door closes ] Yeah. I’m fine. What did she want? Yeah. What did she say? It doesn’t matter what she said. It only matters what I said. Hey, carly. Hey, sam. It’s good to see you. You too. What can I get you? Um… a cup of coffee, please. Okay. It’s gonna be a long night. Tough case? Dante and I are working on something.

To save us all from satan’s power when we did go astray oh, tidings of comfort and joy

[ Dramatic music playing ] Do you have a location? I put our hackers on it. They tapped the gps system in devane’s phone and traced her to general hospital. From there, it was simple to access their cctv. I’m not interested in your process. Just tell me where she is. In the general hospital morgue, meeting detective dante falconeri. Now, as soon as I connected anna to falconeri, my people back-traced his movements. Yesterday he visited a bank where he rented a safe deposit box. Hours earlier, he was at a train station locker. Security footage shows him retrieving a small package. So that’s where forsyth stashed the report. Now that falconeri has it… anna does, too.

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Right, so, my interpolcontact should be here shortly, and then we’ll give them the evidence. We will make sure the bureau does not get it. And certainly not brennan. Yeah, we make sure we secure that report, and then we go after brennan himself. Yeah. Wherever he is. So, what do you need me to do? Neutralize the cop and retrieve the report, if he has it with him. Then make sure there are no physical or digital copies. What do you want me to do about anna devane? Is that the guy you’re investigating? Yeah. He’s the new head of the wsb. Really? Because he told me he was a security consultant. Wait a minute. Do you know him?

[ Sighs ] I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to unload in your office. Let me get to that article. Don’t worry about the article. We’ll run a horoscope. Don’t we already have one of those? Even astrologers need opposing viewpoints. Just ask a gemini. No, no, no, I want to work. We can still make tomorrow’s deadline. Yeah. Go ahead. You do whatever you want. I’m gonna be spending the next three hours calling every single skydiving service in the country, specifically to this area, to check the safety reports because I’m certainly not putting my life in the hands of some random cloud jockey. You’re going with me?

[ Sighs ] Looks that way. No, no, no. I didn’t mean to sway you. You made it clear it’s not your — stop talking before I change my mind. Besides, it’ll be a good story. For the paper? For your grandchildren. And mine. Molly, you okay? I’ll be fine. It’s just… the last thing I want to do is take more time. We’ve lost enough already. I feel exactly the same way you do. But I think we should at least sleep on it. Well, I know you’re right. It’s just — it’s one more day. What’s one more day? Having a baby is still the dream, right? Isn’t that worth waiting for? Of course. But I think that we should be taking into account our surrogate, too. Kristina has offered us this incredible gift, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t an expiration date. You think kristina will change her mind? No, but she has a life of her own. Her center is scheduled to open in june. I mean, are we gonna ask her to push back the opening so that she can get pregnant? Maybe we’re being selfish using my sister as our surrogate. Molly, she said she wanted to do this. Even so. Should we really be asking krissy to put her life on hold for us?

Deck the halls with boughs of holly see? Fa la la la la la la la

’tis the season to be jolly what did we miss? Hey. Just an impromptu concert for santa. Oh! Is everything good here? Yeah, I think so. But someone’s gonna have to tell violet’s dad that she’s taking singing lessons now every wednesday from 4:00 to 5:00. With you? That’s amazing. What did I say about dragging her into a rock-and-roll lifestyle? I’m giving her singing lessons, not lifestyle instructions. We need to go home now. It was nice to see you. Back at you. And, violet, I’m sorry I challenged your belief in something that made you happy. It’s okay. Even if there’s no scientific explanation for it. That’s okay, too. Right, blaze? Absolutely. You know what? Leo’s right. We got to get going. I’ll call you. Bye. Let’s go.

Fa la la la la la la la good save. You got any more tricks up your sleeve? Well, stick around, and maybe you’ll find out. I can’t give away all my secrets.

[ Chuckles ] You have to work for them. I’m gonna get us some hot chocolate. Brook lynn: Blaze! I didn’t know you were gonna be here! Blaze: Hi! Hi! Alright, well, I’m late for a study session with adam. Joss, I thought you told him that he needed to find someone else to study with. He’s nice enough. Don’t get me wrong. But he’s just not your responsibility. What can I say? I feel bad for the guy. Mm. Darts later? Oh, I can’t wait.

[ Laughs ] Alright. See ya.

[ Door opens ] Alright. It’s just us now. So, how did things go with esme? Surprisingly well. She thanked me for helping you take a step back. I bet. And then… she apologized for everything she did before. You think that she meant it? I do. But that doesn’t mean I trust her. Ace, look! Isn’t it beautiful? Our first ornament for our first christmas tree. Now, where should mommy — what a way to end the year. Ironic, isn’t it, ace?

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well, I got you on the record, and the article will be out later this week. Great. And thank you for giving the issue a fair hearing in the press. -You got it. -But before I go, I did want to talk to you about something else. This time, off the record.

[ Knocking on door ] Just a second. So? What’s your big news? Huh? Brook lynn: Morning. Thought you could use some caffeine to start your day. While I appreciate the thought, lucy is going to lose it if she finds you here. Why are you stopping by so early? Oh, I’m not just stopping by. Coming back to work at deception.

[ Horse whinnies in distance ] Santa? If this is from you, it’s a little early for christmas. So…how’d I do? Hmm? That bad, huh? What’s bad? What are we talking about?

[ Stammers ] Our first time together, hmm? And here you are, barely taking a second breath, and you’ve got your face in the work already. So that’s hardly what you would call a ringing endorsement of my abilities, right? You were magnificent! I’ll keep this brief ’cause I know you’re a very busy civil servant, and it’s not really my place to ask. I just wondering if there’s any updates on the austin gatlin-holt murder investigation. If you’re asking if our brother’s still a suspect, he is. And a winnie-the-pooh for amelia. Yeah, that’s a big list. We got a big family. Yeah, we do. You know, what’s great is that you’re so generous in wanting to buy everyone something. What do you want for christmas, daddy? I got everything I want, honey. Well, I’m going to get you a special present anyway. Okay, but let’s focus on the other people right now. We got a lot of shopping to do. -[ Chuckles ] Did grandpa mike take you christmas shopping when you were little? Grandpa — grandpa mike? Yeah, he did. All the time. Can I see his picture? Yeah. Okay. [ Sighs ] Do you miss him? Yeah. Every day. Every single day.

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What kind of hat is that? -It’s a cap. That’s not a baseball cap. No, no, it’s a different kind of cap. My dad loved that cap. And after your grandfather died, I kept it. Can I see it? Uh, it’s — it’S… I think it’s lost and I tried looking for it and I even asked your mom if it was in your house, and she said it’s gone.

[ Knock on door ] I’ll bet that’s your brother. Let’s go see. -Hi, michael. -Hey. -Thank you for coming. -Yeah. Of course. I hear we’re doing a little christmas shopping. Yeah, she’s got a big list of people she wants to buy presents for. I’ll text it to you. Aren’t you coming with us, daddy? I wish I could, but I got an important, you know, appointment. But I tell you what. You go with michael. I’ll meet you there. Is that good? -It’s a deal. -Yeah? I really appreciated the grand gesture. I did. Really. But come on, we’re not in school. I don’t need a pat on the head. I just need to know that, uh, you enjoyed yourself. We’ve been around each other long enough now for you to know that I don’t sugarcoat anything. Um, yeah, I, um, figured that one. Yeah. And I’m perfectly capable of asking for exactly what I want. Oh, yeah, I learned that last night. Yes, you did.

[ Chuckling ] Yes, you did. And for the record, I only exaggerate in court. Ah. Well, then, let the record show, counselor, that we both enjoyed ourself. You know, cyrus did tell me that you went to go see him. I did. It was a very unsettling meeting. His — his passionate commitment to his family — well, to our family — you found yourself wanting to believe in him. Does that happen to you? More often I care to admit. Our brother’s a very complicated man. He’s ruthless, manipulative, but he is doggedly loyal. I mean, he always goes about it the wrong way, but he’ll never give up on family, ever, which is something he has in common with you I’ve noticed of late. That’s true. I don’t give up on family. But I don’t turn a blind eye, either. I mean, if — if cyrus killed dr. Gatlin-holt, he must be prosecuted. Indeed. Far be it for me to give old cy the benefit of the doubt, but I’ll tell you this. There’s nothing on this earth that he values more than your good opinion. Now, got released from prison. Got himself a chance to prove himself to you. Why would he throw that away? Tj stopped by my office last night to tell me that he and molly are trying for another baby, this time with kristina as the surrogate. I assume you already knew? Yeah, the girls told me about it yesterday. Well, I’ll be honest. I don’t know how I feel about this. Obviously, I’m excited about the possibility of having a grandchild. And I imagine that you are, as well? Oh, ver– very much. But, you know, this just all came a little bit out of the blue for me. I talked to tj about it, so I know how he feels, and I’m sure you know how molly feels. But I’d like to know what you think about this. Okay, you sent me a cryptic text saying you had big news. Then you went completely silent. You didn’t answer any of my texts or calls. Sorry, I should have — I should have answered you. It’s okay. I was just worried something happened to you. No, the day just got away from me. And it’s not something I wanted to share over text or even on the phone, really. Well, I’m here now. You can tell me in person. What’s your big news? I’m going to have a baby. Last chance to identify yourself. Otherwise… I’m going to have to assume that you’re a secret admirer who doesn’t want… …me to know who they are. Or… …you’re one of my many enemies… …and this present is somehow booby trapped and I will be forced to destroy it.

[ Both chuckle ] Alright, you kind of scared me. Knew that would get you out.

[ Sighs ] Well, you may have a secret admirer, but this gift is from me. And, no, it’s not booby trapped. Can I open it now, or do I have to wait till christmas? It’s up to you. You’re coming back to deception? Why? -I have my reasons. -Oh, well, please clue me in. Because the first time you came to work for deception, it was so I could be closer to bailey lou. Thanks for that, by the way. Still super grateful. You’re welcome. And the second time was to spy for tracy. Not really a high point in our friendship, but I’m moving past it. You’re a music manager now, brook lynn, and you love that job. Why come back to deception? So I can gain control of the company and give it to you.

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Oh, wow. Monument valley. Oh, this is great. I’m glad you like it. Look at that sunset. Can you believe that colors like this actually exist in nature? I thought the same thing. It’s stunning. You know, I’ve wanted to go here ever since I saw it in one of those old westerns.

[ Horse whinnies in distance ]

[ Chuckles ] It is pretty ironic that my trip there will be as a photo shoot. Last thing I ever thought I’d be is a model. Oh, don’t sell yourself short. You’re really getting the hang of it. Yeah? Well, you’re the expert, but I think that these rock formations and i will just be backdrop for… your beauty to shine. Thanks for coming. I know it was a very last-minute invitation. Well, I know when you ask to see me that it’s important. I’m not sure it’s a good idea to do it here. Uh, well, I’ve been to your office. It only seems fair that I should welcome you to mine. Yeah, yeah, well, what matters is the public perception of what you do. Yeah, but, sonny, if I’ve learned one thing since becoming the mayor, it’s that people are going to talk about me regardless. Yeah, yeah, I get it. But we both know that I have a reputation in this town. And by you publicly inviting me to your office, it opens you up to allegations of corruption. Yeah, if somebody wants to investigate me for something or any part of my life, I don’t care. I don’t have anything to hide. I just don’t want anything to happen to your job. -Oh. -This city needs you. Last thing I want is for you to be investigated or thrown out of your office, especially because of me. Please don’t worry about that. I have no intentions of losing my office. But speaking of investigations, that’s why I’ve asked you here. I’d like to talk to you about the austin gatlin-holt murder case. Alright, donna. We should get going. If we’re going to get all the presents on your list, you better get started. Michael, if you wish on a star, does your wish come true?

[ Chuckles ] I mean, that’s what I’ve heard. What if there are no stars to wish on? Oh, no, there’s always stars. Yeah, you can see them better at night when it’s dark outside, but there’s stars during the daytime, too. Do you have to see a star to wish on it? No no, no. Stars know you made a wish whether you can see them or not. Okay, I’m going to make a wish. Alright, go for it. Star, it’s me, donna corinthos. I can’t see you, but my brother says you’ll know I made this wish I’m wishing on you that I can find grandpa mike’s cap for daddy. I’m very happy at the thought of molly and tj having a baby. We are in agreement on this. Then I started to make a list of everything that could go wrong and how this could potentially end in tragedy. Then I spoke with a friend of mine and he shifted my perspective into a more positive place, tried to calm me down. And, boy, being a parent is challenging, isn’t it? -Mm. [ Chuckles ] -And rewarding. Yeah, it’s been the hardest and best thing I’ve ever done. Same. Proud of my three — three girls and I-I love being a parent and I want molly and tj to have that experience. And kristina wants to give it to them. I agree. I think it’s an amazing gift that kristina’s offering them, but does it have to happen right now? So, molly and — and tj decided they wanted to have a baby, and they were super excited about it. But molly found out she can’t physically carry a child of her own. It was awful, and it completely blindsided her. That’s terrible. Of course it did. So they started looking into all of their options, and they felt really good about surrogacy. And they found this woman that they both really liked. And she got pregnant, but then she lost the baby. It was devastating. I can only imagine. I’m so sorry. I was walking through the park and I saw my sister, my super controlled, type a sister just absolutely bawling in a public place, not caring who was there or who saw. And it just — I mean, it just broke my heart. I’m assuming that you — you might know where I’m going with this. Yeah, I-I do. It just became really clear to me that I — I genuinely, really want to do this. I want to give molly and tj the thing that they want more than anything in this whole world. I can’t really tell what you’re thinking right now. Are you about to tell me that I’m crazy for doing this? Crazy? No, I, um… I think you’re wonderful and generous. And anyone would be lucky to have a sister like you, but… I mean, you’ve talked a lot about being able to give molly what she wants. What about what you want?

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Thank you for the perfect gift. I feel terrible that I don’t have something for you. Cody, you already saved my life and my sanity. You’ve given me the best gift I could have ever asked for. Sasha, stop. Don’t say that. I know everything that happened because of me spying for my grandmother put you in a really bad place financially. Okay, I can’t deny that. But tracy forced you to do it, so it wasn’t really your fault. Well, tracy told me that the reason why she got control of deception was to give it to me. And at first, I rejected her offer, but I just told her that I changed my mind. So the plan is, I will start working here again, and I will convince her that I’m grateful for the opportunity. And then — then what? What are you plotting? Well, the next part of the plan is still a work in progress. But I will either convince tracy into signing over control to me, or I will blackmail her into doing it. Either way, I will not stop until deception belongs to you. So what do you think? Oh-ho-ho-ho. Who let the spy back in? Kind of sounds like you’re not so sure I should do this. No, that’s not what I’m saying. But there’s a big difference between wanting to help your sister and wanting to be pregnant for nine months and give birth to a child. I mean, one is seeing molly hurting and generously wanting to help. The second is a huge commitment and life-changing event. Well, I know that no one can for sure know how their body is going to handle a pregnancy, but I just — I’m in great health, and the odds are never going to be higher for me than right now to get pregnant and deliver a healthy baby successfully. And I know it sounds so weird to say this, but even when I’m saying it out loud to you right now, I just — I know in my gut that I’m just — I’m supposed to do this. So, yeah, you’re right. I am doing this for molly and for tj, but… …I’m also doing this for me. How are we going to refer to each other moving forward? What do you mean? Well, when I gossip about last night with alexis — and, fyi, I’m gonna.

[ Chuckles ] Noted. How shall I refer to you? Are you my boyfriend? Well, boyfriend? You know, gray hair, long in the tooth. No, I don’t think anyone’s boyfriend. Okay. Lover? -Absolutely not. -[ Laughs ] Okay. Uh, suitor? Main squeeze? How about this — adult companion? That seems to indicate that money may have changed hands somewhere along the line. -[ Laughs ] No, no. Can’t we just say we’re involved? Well, I’d like it to be a little more definitive. Um, alright, how about we’re just dating? Because that’s, after all, what we’re doing. Dating’s good. Good. Good. -Are we dating exclusively? -[ Sighs ] I know you’re aware that dante is assisting the pautuck pd in its investigation of the murder. Yeah, dante and i agreed a long time ago, uh, for the sake of our relationship, not to discuss his work. -Or yours. -Right. We try to avoid any conflict of interest. Except that I do know that you spoke to dante at some point about austin. Why’s that? Well, because I asked dante to give me an update about the murder investigation, and he told me that a reliable and confidential source had informed him that austin and his cousin mason were working for my brother cyrus. Really? Look, your son wouldn’t give up his source, but I know it’s you.

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Oh-ho-ho, you have some nerve stepping foot back into deception. You know what? I should have you arrested for industrial espionage. Or maybe intellectual property theft. No, no, no, lucy. It’s okay. Brook lynn is here because — here? Here? Because why? Because you want to sniff around some more to find some more proprietary information to steal from us? It’s not stealing if you have a controlling interest in the company, which my grandmother does. -Oh, your grandmother tracy… -yes. …Doesn’t care about this company. She doesn’t care about deception, but I do, and she needs to keep her filthy hands away from here. And you need to stay away from here, too. It doesn’t matter what you think. Tracy’s 51% says I have more of a right to be here than you. Okay, okay. You don’t need to thank me. I’m happy. I’m happy that, for once, I was able to get out of my own way and do the right thing. Trust me, that isn’t always the case. Cody, I don’t care about what happened in your past. I am just thankful for the man that you are now, and I am so grateful that you were able to come to my rescue. I don’t want your gratitude. Okay. Look, what I mean to say is, sasha, there’s a fine line between being grateful to someone and feeling an obligation towards them. I don’t want you to owe me, I want you to like me. You already know that I do. You heard me say it to maxie. Yeah. And I also heard you say that you’re not ready to move on yet. You’re still grieving over the loss of your husband and your child. The last thing that would be okay for me is for you to rush through that process because you’re trying to give me something that you — you think I want. Well, we got a lot of presents. You ready to take a break? But we don’t have all the presents yet. Well, we got a lot. Don’t you want to save some to buy with your dad? But what about daddy’s presents? What do I give him if my wish doesn’t come true? Well, you see, donna, um, sometimes wishes don’t come true exactly the way you expect because wishes are magic, and magic is, you know, unpredictable. So how about we find a backup gift just in case? Michael, look. Sonny, I didn’t ask you here to put you on the spot. I asked you here because I trust you. I need to know. Did cyrus kill dr. Gatlin-holt? Laura, I think that’s for the police to figure out. Oh, come on. Come on. You’re in a position to know things before other people do. I’m asking you, is my brother a murderer? Your brother cyrus has murdered in the past, and I don’t for one second believe his religious reformation. But… I don’t think cyrus killed austin gatlin-holt. Except that dante said that dr. Gatlin-holt went to see him the night that he was killed, and he was prepared to give up the name of his boss. Did he give up that name? No, he didn’T. He left. Supposedly, he had to go gather proof. So you think that cyrus had austin killed to shut him up? Don’t you? I like my women. I like commitment. -[ Chuckles ] One woman at a time. Okay, well, I’m well aware of that. I’m well aware of your exceptional commitment to the women in your life. I’ve witnessed it firsthand. Any time holly or anna need you, you’re right there. Well, we got a lot of history together. I can’t change that. And they would do the same for me. I get it. However, moving forward, if I’m to be exclusive with you, I need to know that I’m your number-one priority.

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I don’t see how cyrus could have known that austin was talking to dante. Cyrus has no money, no manpower to keep austin under surveillance. And I don’t think for a second that dante leaked out the information. -No, no, he wouldn’t do that. -Right. So if cyrus didn’t know, he has no motive to kill austin. As a matter of fact, it’s the opposite, because austin helped him get out of prison. So he sees austin as an asset. That makes sense. And if cyrus thought that austin was a problem, there’s other ways to deal with him. Murder is too risky. With all due respect, I despise your brother… …but he’s not stupid. He just got out of prison, and he’s going to do everything he can not to go back there. Thank you, sonny. It’s really been weighing on me, the kind of man that my brother is.

[ Sighs ] It’s just a huge relief to me to know that you don’t think he killed dr. Gatlin-holt. Listening to you talk about your decision, it’s really inspiring. I don’t know if I’ve ever done anything this selfless, this profound. Making me sound like a saint.

[ Both chuckle ] Billions of women have given birth successfully, and I’m sure it is as big and scary as it seems, but…I don’t know. I just — I feel like I can do this. I’ve got this. You may not feel the same way when you’re in labor. Well, I plan to be in excellent physical condition and to prepare for every scenario. And when I go into labor, I plan to ask for all the drugs.

[ Laughs ] Thank you for being so supportive. I know this is not exactly traditional. I meant what I said. I’m in awe of you for wanting to do this. I really appreciate you being so understanding about this, because I’m really committed to this pregnancy and it’s a big change in my life. And for me and you. I mean, if there is A…me and you. In a perfect world, yes, it would be better for them to wait six months or a year or longer for kristina to become a surrogate. So we’re on the same page, then? Yes, except the timeline is problematic in that we’re assuming kristina is going to get pregnant right away. And you and i both know that doesn’t always happen like that. Mm. True. None of this is a perfect science. Kristina’s very committed to doing this, but it also isn’t fair to ask her to put her life on hold for another year or longer, waiting to get pregnant. I can’t argue with that. The bottom line is, you and i don’t get a vote on this. All three of them are adults. Molly and tj want this baby, and they want this baby as soon as possible. And we just don’t get to tell them to wait. You don’t know half the horrible, horrible things that tracy has done. She has blackmailed so many people, she could fill out an entire punch card. Oh, like you’re so perfect. You’ve been known to scam rich men out of their money. You also secretly plotted to get valentin in control of elq. And — and how many times have you cheated on the loves of your life, huh? Lots. Enjoyed it all. I’ve made mistakes. I never said I didn’T. The fact of the matter is, I created deception, and my vision is what made deception successful. And you almost ran it into the ground, almost bankrupting you and maxie, too. Because of you! No! Because of you! She has been nothing but loyal and hardworking. You shouldn’t be mad at tracy. You should be thanking her for stepping in and saving you and deception. You take as much time as you need. You’re dealing with enough in your life without me putting any pressure on you. And, hey, if all we ever are is just friends and co-models, then that’s good with me, too. -Really? -Yeah. I promise. Okay, well, as your friend, you are obligated to listen to me. -Oh, am I? -Mm-hmm. Absolutely. And you need to stop being so hard on yourself. You’re not nearly as bad as you seem to want to believe. In fact, most of the time, you’re… you’re pretty great.

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I will never, ever thank your grandmother tracy for anything. Never thank you. Certainly not. ‘Cause guess what? All that matters is maxie. And you know the big sacrifice I made when I took tracy’s deal to keep deception solvent. I do, and you know I appreciate that. I am so grateful for my job. Well, since tracy owns this company, and my grandmother wants me here, I’m staying. Yippie. Suit yourself. Maxie… this [Clears throat] Is your problem now because I will never, ever, ever deal with someone who flat-out lied to my face and spied on me.

[ Sighs ] Well, I wasn’t expecting that to go well, but I certainly wasn’t expecting, um, that. Yeah, that — that was a lot.

[ Sighs ] It’s okay. I’m a big girl. I can handle it. And you know what? Let lucy go take it up with tracy. We both know my grandmother will flatten her. I don’t understand. Why would you want that? Before lucy came in here, you were — you were telling me you were going to get the company back for us. I’m getting the company back for you, maxie. Only you. Promise me that, when I finally get this done, you will have sole control over the company. Look, I want you to be able to run this company the way that you want. You know, away from all of lucy’s crazy shenanigans. Okay, um, I think we’re getting a little bit ahead of ourselves. Why don’t we get control of the company, and then we’ll figure out how to divide it up? Oh, we’ll get control of this company. You know I’m right. Because when you and i join forces, we are unstoppable. I actually bought you a gift a few weeks ago. It’s the, uh, very first time in my life I’ve ever planned ahead, but when I saw it, I knew I had to get it for you. Well, now I’m intrigued. Oh, as you should be. Yeah, they promised it would be here before christmas, and I’m counting on them to come through. Did I ever tell you that I am very bad at waiting for something I’m excited about? You’ll just have to be patient. That’s not my strong suit. -Here. -Oh. Here. It’s right… -um, I should — -yeah.

[ Chuckles ] I should get going. I’ll see you later. -See ya.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Sighs ] Kristina: I like you, and I don’t want this to end. I know this is early. If you want to bow out now before I am the size of a house… -[ Chuckles ] -…Feel free. I think you will look amazing when you’re pregnant. But I always think you look amazing. Including right now. I — I like you, and I like what’s happening between us. And I don’t want to cut it short… …before it has a chance to become something. I… I still am interested in seeing where this goes. I like you, too. And now I’m actually really glad you woke me up early. -Okay, early? -[ Chuckles ] You do realize I’m a musician, and even I’ve been up for hours. Ah, just my luck. I find myself the only singer who’s an early riser.

[ Laughs ] Well, this singer is about to be late for a run-through with her choreographer. Oh. Yeah. But let’s touch base. Maybe we’ll meet up later. I mean, we need to celebrate your decision with some wine before you have to give up alcohol for nine months. Oh, god.

[ Chuckles ] Yeah, I would love that. That sounds perfect. Okay. [ Chuckles ] Kristina: Bye.

[ Breathes deeply ] The kids are going to be fantastic parents. They’re going to love the hell out of that baby, and that baby’s lucky to have them. I know, and I can’t wait to see them holding my first grandchild. So I will try to adjust my thinking and get on board, like you. If this is what they want, and they are adamant that it is, then I will do my best to support it. Holly came to town largely to save ethan’s life. Now, it would have been remiss of me not to step in and help her. Not to mention honor luke’s memory. I get it. That was a special circumstance. I’ll never appreciate the way she went about it, but she was desperate, I understand. What about anna? Anna and i are connected through robin and the grandkids. I mean, that’s never going to change. They’re family. But it hasn’t stopped me getting closer to you and enjoying every minute of it. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, too. All of that aside, I just need to know that the next time holly drops into port charles with some emergency or anna calls when you and I are together, things will be different. -Understood. The next time someone — one of my exes needs assistance, I’m going to have to point out that you’re my priority. Then here’s to our well-negotiated, hard-earned agreement, mr. Scorpio. You are worth it. That’s right.

[ Chuckles ] Me again. Back so soon?

[ Chuckles ] Please tell me it’s with some sort of proof of our brother’s innocence. You want to run that by me again? Now you want him to be exonerated? Yeah, I guess I do. I do. What happened? Sonny corinthos was just here, at my invitation, and I asked him straight up if he thought cyrus murdered dr. Gatlin-holt, and he said he didn’t think so. And right at that moment, I could feel the knot in my chest sort of melt away. I don’t know, it was, I guess, surprising for me to realize how much I don’t want him to be guilty. I do want him to turn his life around. Do you think it’s possible? Well, a hell of a lot more possible now that he’s got you to live up to. How is the shopping going? I didn’t shop for your present. I wished for it. Really? Show him, donna. This is for you. This, uh… this is mike’S. Yeah, donna found it. It was sitting right there like someone left it. -Really? -Yeah. -Can’t believe that. -Yeah, neither can I. I mean, we — we asked around to see if anyone lost a hat, but — and when I checked it, it’s actually — it’s mike’s cap. I wonder where it came from. I told you, daddy, I wished for it on a star. My wish came true. It’s magic. Let me tell you something about your granddad. He believed… in magic and wishes. He’d be very proud of you. Merry christmas, daddy. Merry christmas, sweetheart. Merry christmas, dad.

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sorry to keep you waiting. Oh. I couldn’t get a rideshare pickup, and skateboarding was out of the question.

[ Both chuckle ] Uh, don’t worry abo–

[ Groans ] It’s fine. I was returning e-mails. Don’t worry. I’ll last through the holidays. Aunt stella. Hey.

[ Sniffs ] Is that what I think it is? Is… chicken and dumplings? It sure is. Have you had your dinner? A while ago, but mind if I join you anyway? Oh, sure, baby. Sit down. Okay. Something on your mind? Sorry, guys. There she is. Hi. What took you so long? Parking. But you look very cute. Hi, daddy. Hi. Mwah! Glad you made it. Glad I got invited. So, are we celebrating something special? Yes. Me. Well, here’s what we’re celebrating. She got a good report card.

[ Gasps ] And what happened is, the teacher in the last quarter said that, uh, she was talking too much to the other kids. Oh. Motor-mouth syndrome. Yeah. I remember it well. Remember I used to get all those comments on my report card all the time. Okay, so, how did you manage to turn things around and score a fancy dinner at the metro court?

[ Whispers ] I talk less. Thanks for waiting. Mm-hmm. Avery’s all settled in and sleeping. I really appreciate you picking her up from dance class. I’ve been so busy with this move, you know? Uh, yeah, I had to drop donna off at sonny’s for dinner, so it wasn’t a problem to grab avery. And I’m glad we stopped by kelly’s, ’cause she was really hungry — and tired. Right. Yeah, that’s a good call. Thank you. Oh, and thank you for the burger. I’ll — I’ll heat that up later.

[ Sighs ] Well, I’m sure glad that — that she was able to stop and get something to eat so she could just pass out when she got home. Home. Here. Again. I anticipated that she’d have some adjustments to make, you know, but so far, she’s been quite a trouper. Well, she’s moved around a lot. What about you? Well, moving is so stressful, right? Even under the best of circumstances. But you’re worried about something. And it has nothing to do with moving back here. Oh! It really feels like christmas when we put out the donation bins. One of my favorite things about the holidays. People take time to be extra generous and kind. Your recommended treatment plan is spot on, doctor. Thank you. You know this is just a formality for the lawyers. You’re a brilliant physician. You don’t need any supervision. Thank you for the vote of confidence. Before you get all mushy on me, monica wants to see you in her office. Well, I can’t tell you how good it is to be home. I am spending the holidays right here with my family. And speaking of holidays, I’m wishing you and yours a real lovely one. Okay. I’ll see you. Bye. Are you ready for this? Well, I’m not sure.

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You know? We really need to work on your people skills. Hello, trish. Hello, ms. Miller. I’m meeting robert scorpio tonight. Yes, he’s expecting you. Right this way. Thank you. Here you go. You look great. You clean up well yourself.

[ Laughs ] You know, I’m really happy that we’re doing this. That makes two of us. I’m especially looking forward to dessert. Hey, where’s nina? Is she working? Probably downstairs at crimson. Uh, I promised donna I’d give her some one-on-one time, so she wanted you to come, and how could I resist? Well, way to go. Thanks to you, I score a free meal at the metro court. Not that I need any excuse. I always love hanging out with my little sister. You know that. I know. Why do you have that look?

[ Sighs ] I’m tired of being the “little sister.” When are you and nina gonna have a baby?

[ Clears throat ] There’s just so much going on. You know, moving out of wyndemere, getting this place organized again. And I have a major gallery opening coming up first of the year, and, of course, the artist hasn’t delivered all the pieces yet. Life of a busy single mom. You know all about that. I do. I also know that you’ll find a way and you’ll make it through. Well, you’re right. You’re right. Thank you, carly. Here’s the thing. You’ve just been rambling on about all the things you’re handling. But you never once mentioned that your boyfriend was murdered. I can’t believe that’s the same sad, little tree that violet picked out at rice plaza. Violet really took our words to heart. Well, your words, right? “Perfection is the enemy of good.” Yes, but you clarified it for her and said that she should look for something special and unique, and so she picked out the saddest-looking tree on the lot. And we took it home and gave it some love, and look at it. It’s — it’s beautiful. It’s transformed. Oh, and everybody looks so happy. Even the tree. The whole family pitched in. Even finn? I find it hard to believe he’d be the beacon of christmas cheer. Well, he is when he’s around violet. I mean, he wasn’t exactly “ho-ho-ho,” but he was radiating joy. And then violet sang a song that she wrote, and chase accompanied her on the guitar. That sounds incredible. Oh, and there’s even more. Got big news. What’s up? Chase and brook lynn are getting married. Well, now you buried the lede.

[ Laughs ] Congratulations. Thank you. Can you believe it? I was so worried that chase would never forgive me for not telling him about my diagnosis or that he’d be so devastated that he couldn’t be around me. And look at us now. We are the literal picture of family unity.

[ Chuckles ] I’m really happy for you. I love them all so much. Finn has violet, and he and elizabeth are… finding their way back to each other. Chase has his true love, brook lynn, by his side. And they’re all so happy. I-I… I couldn’t wish for more. I just got out of the O.R. I grabbed something before I — before I went in.

[ Gasps ] You sure you’re not hungry? Aunt stella, you — you didn’t have to. You… well, I can take it back home. No. No, ma’am, please. Hand that over.

[ Laughs ] Thank you. I know this used to be your favorite. Mmm! It still is. Don’t tell molly, okay? I’m good with the veganism, but this will always be my definition of comfort food. Nobody makes chicken and dumplings like you. Actually, irene made it better than I do. It was our grandma’s recipe, and we had to promise to guard it with our lives.

[ Chuckles ] Irene was always a better cook. Open. Come on. Alright, alright. I’m glad you enjoy it. Auntie, um… did you ever regret moving in with your sister? Altering the course of your life to — to support her? Hey, you need anything? You need help? No. I think we’re just about done, right? But thanks anyways, dr. Finn. Okay. Excuse me. Sure. Dr. Robinson? Yes, yes. Amy, how can i help you? I was just wondering if there have been any updates on dr. Finn’s malpractice suit. Is there any chance it would settle and not go to trial? Amy, amy, amy, this is something that the lawyers need to be figuring out. We shouldn’t even be discussing this. And it certainly shouldn’t be a topic of any sort of hospital gossip. I’m gonna need you to do something for me, please. Just exercise a little discretion. Understood? Thank you.

[ Exhales deeply ] I hate to run, but, uh, monica wants to see me. Oh. Maybe that’s a good thing. Maybe she’s lifting the requirement that you have to have your treatment plans signed off on. Or maybe the hospital’s decided to revoke my privileges altogether.

[ Elevator bell dings ] Wish me luck.

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Monica: Come in. Hey. Your assistant said you were expecting me. Yes. Have a seat. Okay.

[ Sighs ] Hi. Wasn’t expecting to see you here. I’m here representing the hospital board. They want a recommendation regarding the lawsuit. Oh. A recommendation. Whether to go through a trial, hoping to disprove the muldoons’ claim of negligence or whether they should make a separate settlement. Ah! Which would make you the sole defendant. That’s quite a question. What brought that on? I’ll explain, but I would like to hear your answer first. Alright. But that’s not the first time this question was brought up. And the answer is still “never.” I never regretted moving in with my sister and the boys.

[ Chuckles ] Don’t get me wrong, now. Of course, I dabbled in the fantasies of “what if.” But they were just fantasies and can’t compare to the life that I’ve lived. And a life I’m proud of. Your grandmother irene and I, we — we shared a deep bond. So, shoot, there’s no question I’d step in and help out. I’m proud. I’m proud to have helped raise thomas and curtis. They’re my nephews, but I love them like my own. Just like I will always love you and will always be your biggest fan and do whatever I can for you… including sneaking you some chicken and dumplings. Thank you.

[ Both laugh ] That’s the privilege of being an auntie — one of many. I wonder if kristina will feel that way. So, if we swing by rice plaza, there’s still time to get that tree you’ve been trying to get for god knows how long.

[ Laughs ] Touché. No need. I’ve already got my tree. Really? Mm-hmm. I’m impressed. Well, don’t be. Full disclosure — I actually ordered one from a florist. Do you know they will decorate your tree for you? What will they think of next?

[ Chuckles ] Hmm. However, I give you full points for selecting your own. Thank you. And I do appreciate you coming with me. It’s a shame we had to abort the mission because of gregory chase’s attitude. Yeah. So, uh… how’s the malpractice suit going? Well, dad, are you and nina

[Chuckling] Thinking of having a baby? No, no, that’s not — you know, that’s not in the cards for a lot of reasons. I’m very satisfied with the kids that I have. So is nina. So you are my forever young child. But you’re not a baby. Okay, then. But let me tell you something. Being a-a-a young child is — means you’re special. She was the youngest for a while, right, kristina? Yeah. I was the youngest. I was the middle. And being the youngest is definitely the best.

[ Giggles ] Thank you. So, how are things with nina? We’re settling in, except that, you know, she’s buying the christmas gifts, it’s making her crazy.

[ Chuckles ] Aw.Aw, don’t — don’t tell her I said that. But, uh, her and willow are doing — are doing good. Good. Yeah. And what about you and michael? Yeah, we’re doing better. Um, but her and michael are not that great. Sorry. I think things will warm up, though. Any issues going on — it’s probably just, you know, protectiveness and loyalty. Alright, donna, I cannot decide. You’re gonna have to pick for me. What should I get? I trust you. Sure.

[ Chuckles ]

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by austin’s death. He was murdered. And so violently. I-I pray his killer is soon caught and — and behind bars. I guess I don’t talk about it because it’s so upsetting. And it’s complicated. And, yes, austin and i were seeing each other, but — but it was sort of transitional, carly. I mean, I don’t mean to sound callous, but I really don’t know what to make of how I feel now or how I felt about austin. Have the police questioned you? Why would they? I didn’t kill him. You and austin were involved. You were kidnapped by austin’s cousin. You know how the police think. It makes sense that they would ask you about austin’s involvement with his cousin, right? They would ask you about austin’s mental state, if he had any enemies, if austin was receiving any threats. I mean, come on, ava. You know this is standard police procedure. I don’t intend to get into that with you. Why? You got something to hide? How you doing with that shirley temple? Good. But could I see how they make our dessert? Kristina says they use a flame torch. Uh, trish? Yes, mr. Corinthos? Can I talk to you for a second? Sure. My daughter donna got a great report card, and I promised her a great dinner, but she just wants to talk about dessert and everything. Can you take her in the kitchen and show her how to make crme brulée? I’d love to.

[ Laughing ] Yeah. And congratulations, donna. Do you want to go to the kitchen and sample something sweet before dinner? Yes, please. Okay. Let’s go. You know she just ruined her appetite, right? Ah, she’ll be alright. Um… how are you doing? I’m good. Yeah. I’m, you know, busy. Assembled the board of directors, and the bylaws for the center are done. The construction is set. And, you know, knock on wood, everything’s going good. I’m working really hard to hire some new staff for charlie’s for the holiday rush, and it’s busy. Are you still planning on managing, uh, charlie’s? Yeah, of course I love working there. Yeah, I know you do, but I just don’t want you to do so much that you don’t have time for yourself. I got it handled, dad. Okay. I know you do, but you just seem to be talking a lot about work and not about your personal life. How’s that going?

[ Chuckles ] You weren’t in the office much today. I finished the editorial on the mixed-use, rezoned buildings. I wanted your feedback. Left you a message. I’m sorry. I — the afternoon got derailed. Um, I have some big news, too. Late-breaking story I don’t know about? Nope. This is personal. I’m gonna be a grandmother again. I want your input on the final candidates for the epiphany johnson nursing scholarship.

[ Chuckles ] Maybe before the next meeting. Yes. You got it. I think it was really great of sonny to establish that fund in her name. Mm. And he just underwrote all the christmas activities for the whole hospital. Gifts, food, decorations, everything. Ah. That man can really surprise you. Well, he’s always been really generous with the hospital. Mm. Now, on a not-so-happy note, can you do me a favor and let me know if you hear about any gossip in the hospital regarding finn’s malpractice lawsuit? Amy driscoll just approached me about news of his suit. Oh. Uh…yes. I will, uh, definitely have a chat with her myself. But do you mind if I ask you if you know why monica wants to see finn? Honestly, I-I don’t know. But what I can say is, from my experience, monica is one of the fairest, most impartial administrators that I’ve ever worked with. And we know that finn is one of the most gifted doctors there is. I think we can really hope for the best on this one. Elizabeth. Oh, amy. Amy, why did you talk to dr. Robinson about dr. Finn? I know. I could really use your advice about that. You see, I was one of the nurses who assisted in mr. Muldoon’s treatment. Mm-hmm. So I’m supposed to give a deposition, but I don’t know what to say or do. There’s only one thing you can say. You have to tell the truth. All I can tell you is that I wasn’t negligent. I’ve gone over my notes, and I’ve examined mr. Muldoon’s case from every possible angle. I know I did nothing wrong. Unfortunately, when mr. Muldoon came to see me, he already had late-stage cancer. It had developed over many years, silently, without any noticeable symptoms. His cancer was also being masked by the presence of a tapeworm, which I found and treated with praziquantel. I had asked mr. Muldoon several times to come in and see me for a follow-up, but he was very busy. And it was almost two months before he came back, at which time I ran further blood tests and, more importantly, a colonoscopy, which revealed his colon cancer. You should do what you need to do. I understand. But I stand by my treatment, whether or not G.H. Stands by me.

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you’re working at the bar,you’re getting the youth center up and running. So, that’s two full-time jobs. Yep. I want you to have time to have some fun. Oh, I intend to. But right now I just have to focus on some other priorities. But fun will come later. How much later? What — what don’t I know? Dad, I’m gonna be molly and tj’s surrogate. You know, I got to know finn when he and anna were an item. The guy’s a bit stiff.

[ Chuckles ] Hell of a doctor. You really believe he was negligent? Robert, you are also an attorney. So you know full well it doesn’t matter what I believe. It matters what I can prove. And I fully intend to prove that if hamilton finn had more carefully screened mr. Muldoon, more thoroughly tested him, that muldoon’s cancer would have been detected. But hamilton didn’t, it wasn’t, and muldoon died as a result. Agree? Disagree? Hello? Hello? Mm. Oh, I’m sorry. I — [ Chuckles ] I wasn’t listening. Oh. In fact, uh… I wasn’t thinking about the case at all. I was thinking about you. We have managed to coexist and maintain a level of civility for avery and donna’s sake, and I am grateful for that. But that does not mean that I answer to you or that I owe you explanations for anything. What happens to you affects avery, and I love that little girl. I helped raise her. And I’ve stepped in for you when your life has gotten too dangerous or took you elsewhere. You don’t have to remind me. I’m not trying to judge you, okay? I’m just thinking about avery. If she were separated from you for any reason, it would kill her because she loves you. So, if you had anything to do with austin’s death, you don’t have to tell me, but you need to tell sonny. Well, how’d it go? Well, they won’t be lifting the restriction on my treatment plans any time soon. Other than that, I have no idea. As you know, our surrogate miscarried our embryo. She’s opted not to try again. And that’s hit molly pretty hard. I’m sorry to have heard that, but, darling, there’s still hope. Yes, there is, because molly’s sister, kristina, she — she offered to be our surrogate.

[ Gasps ] What a profound gift kristina’s giving her sister. And you! We are both very grateful. Good. Mm-hmm. But something’s worrying you. What is it? As a doctor, I am aware of all the possible risk and health challenges. But what really worries me isn’t medical. It’s having to count on kristina. Congratulations. Are sam and dante — no, no, no, no. Actually, there isn’t really a grandchild. Not yet. You know that molly and tj are — are trying to have a baby via surrogate, right? Yes, you mentioned that to me and that the surrogate miscarried. So, kristina has offered to be the surrogate, and molly has accepted. Well, that’s amazing. Why do you look less than thrilled? Because I have mixed feelings about it. And I am, of course, saying this to you in confidence, all right? Of course. Good, because I — I really have to be able to talk to somebody outside the family. I’m right here. Speak. Okay. So, I told you that molly and kristina were bumping up against each other for a while, right? Well, that was because kristina wanted to be molly’s surrogate and — and molly was reluctant about that. So I-it caused a rift. And just when they were beginning to repair the relationship, the surrogate had a miscarriage. So now kristina suddenly is option number one. And don’t get me wrong. I’m very proud of kristina for wanting to do something so selfless and — and loving for her sister, but I can’t help wonder if the two of them are really going into this with their eyes wide open or they’re just sort of riding the waves of emotion, not being able to foresee that those waves eventually come crashing down.

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Apparently the hospital is considering making a separate settlement with the muldoons. If they decide to do that, not only would I be going to trial alone, the fact that the hospital settled — it would imply they believe there was negligence. Finn, no, but they can’t do that to you. Dr. Finn. Hmm? Can we speak privately? Sure. Oof. Protective. She’s just voicing her concern and disappointment, I share both. Finn, you know I consider you a dear friend. But I am not here as your friend. I am here as a member of the hospital board. Thank you for coming in on such short notice. I assume this is regarding the proposed separate settlement with the muldoons. Yes. The hospital needs to clarify its position on the hamilton finn case, the malpractice case. Kristina has her own way of looking at life. And that’s fine. But she’s also impulsive, has been as long as I’ve known her. She — she starts out with the best of intentions, but she doesn’t always follow through. So you’re worried that she’ll flake out on you and molly on something as important and sensitive as this? Honey, I-I can’t really see that happening, can you? Not intentionally. But my fear is that, once kristina confronts the reality of what surrogacy entails — the hormone treatments, the constant monitoring, the doctor’s appointments — it might be… more than what she bargained for. Sometimes it takes two or three tries before an embryo takes. Miscarriage is — it’s a significant reality. Auntie, what if it’s — what if it’s too much and she changes her mind? I can see it. I-I can see her backing out, auntie. And that would… that would break molly’s heart. And mine, too. I thought you and molly had some issues recently. Yeah, well, we — we worked them out. What does alexis think about that? You know, she’s my mom. She’s cautiously optimistic. But in the end, everything’s gonna be fine. And she is gonna get another grandchild to love, so she’s gonna be over the moon about it. So, that’s it? You’re gonna put your social life on hold for the next nine months? What does your, uh, singer friend think about that? Blaze? What? I’m — dad!

[ Chuckles ] No, I’m just saying, in puerto rico, I just felt like there was something between you two. No, we’re just — you know, we’re just getting to know each other, uh, really. So — why? What do you think you noticed? No, I just notice that you lit up when you saw her. And I haven’t seen you light up like that since parker. Well, maybe I was just really well lit. Okay, look, I don’t want to pry, but if the situation changes, I just want you to know… that I would be happy for you. Thanks, dad. I have no doubt that you will make a strong case. I mean, you’re a terror in the courtroom. When I’m not facing off against you, I can’t think of better company. You really know how to turn a girl’s head, robert. Let me return the compliment. You, sir, are an almost baffling combination of infuriating and irresistible. You sweet talker, you.

[ Both laugh ] Did you get a rideshare here? No, I drove. Oh, that’s too bad. I can’t drive you home. Mm. Yeah. No need. So you can meet me there. And spend the night.

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there is no need to call a rideshare. I’m happy to take you home. There’s no need for you to go to any trouble. It’s no trouble at all. Besides, you just listened to me vent about my daughters, which I really appreciate, by the way, ’cause it’s certainly not something I can share with them. “A,” I don’t want to diminish their optimism, and, “b,” it’s none of my business, right? They’ve committed to this, and they don’t need their mother mucking it up. You’ve raised capable young women, alexis. The risk is theirs to take. And whatever consequences may arise, you’ll be there for them. Let’s just hope that the benefits far outweigh the risks.

[ Sighs ] Thank you for your sage perspective. Oh, I’m sage-ier than ever these days.

[ Chuckles ] It’s all about family and connection for me now. That’s — that’s what’s keeping me going, despite my prognosis. Finn, chase, violet. Seeing them happy, knowing they’ll be okay — that’s all that matters. That’s all you want for your daughters, isn’t it? To know that they’ll be okay? Absolutely. That their families will stay connected? You got it. I want so much for molly to have this baby that she wants so much. And I really am grateful that kristina can hopefully make that happen. You know, from what I observed about kristina and molly, they have a bond much like irene and I did. Of course they squabble maybe a little bit more than irene and I, but that’s because of their closeness, and they know what buttons to push. But the difference is, molly is — is like you, the strong one, the rational one. She — she can tough things out. There’s all kind of strengths, tj. It takes guts to throw caution to the wind and lead with your heart. It’s true irene leaned on me. But I leaned on her, too, for advice, support, humor…

[ Chuckles ] …And consolation. Your grandmother and i were sisters. We were a team, and we knew each other better than anybody else. We knew what our successes and happy times meant to each other, just like we knew… the heartbreak of our fears and tragedies. Why do you think kristina offered to be the surrogate? And why do you think molly agreed? Trust the bond. And trust kristina to see it through. Oof, looks like you were hungry after all.

[ Both laugh ] Thank you for dinner. Absolutely. But the thing I appreciate most… is having you as my auntie. Aww. I love you. I love you, too. Ooh. It’s gonna be alright, baby. It’s gonna be alright. Sorry. Avery wanted a glass of water. Well, I’ve said everything that I need to say. I’m gonna go. Have a good night. Carly. If I have a problem I think sonny can help me with, I’ll tell him. But that’s got to be my decision, right, not yours? I have my own life and my own challenges. And I’m all about you doing you. But it doesn’t mean that I’m blind or that I don’t care. What is that supposed to mean? It means I haven’t seen you this defensive or tightly wound in a long time. You’re obviously in over your head. And if you need someone to help pull you out, sonny’s the one to do it. And for avery’s sake, I would ask him sooner than later.

[ Door opens ]

[ Keypad beeping ] Damn it, nikolas. Are you back? Donna was a very good girl. Thank you, trish. You’re welcome. Have a good evening. Okay, so, speaking of good girls, santa is coming soon. Have you been a good girl? Daddy, have I been good? Let me think about that. You’ve been the absolute best.

[ Giggles ] Aww.

[ Lock disengages ] Mmm. Mmm.

[ Laughing ] My recommendation to the board will be that general hospital… backs you. Monica and I agree there was no negligence and there will be no separate settlement. Thank you. And thank monica. Tracy, I won’t ever forget this. But, really, what was that whole thing at the beginning where you said you weren’t here as my friend? That really scared me. I’m not here as your friend. I’m here in a strictly professional capacity. My decision was based on the fact that you are an excellent doctor, you are an asset to this hospital, and we are very lucky to have you. We’ve reviewed dr. Finn’s actions, and we’ve found that he’d done nothing wrong. You’re walking away from a separate settlement? That’s correct. Why don’t we mount a defense that dr. Finn was negligent but acted without the hospital’s knowledge or approval? We concluded that dr. Finn did nothing wrong. So, until you come up with another step we can take, thank you very much for coming in. Dr. Quartermaine, as your legal counsel, I feel compelled to offer you some advice. Rethink your decision carefully. The muldoons have deep pockets, and they are willing to fight. So ask yourself which is more important — backing dr. Finn or securing the future of general hospital?

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