09-29-2016 (Thursday)

The tests show that Nathan is, in fact, the father of Claudette’s baby – she almost looks surprised.  Maxie is disappointed.  Griffin is mad that Claudette drug him into it, asking her why she was so afraid the baby might be his, earlier, since she is acting smug about the results now. Claudette and Nathan go off to talk about their daughter, alone; Maxie and Griffin have a talk of their own.  Claudette tells Nathan that the man she is currently hiding from is Valentine Cassadine.  

Kevin shows up on Laura’s flight home from Greece; at first, she is extremely annoyed that he would fly all the way there just to jump on a plane to fly back with her (trading seats with somebody to get to sit next to her), but then she is somewhat flattered.  He shows her the manuscript he turned in… his original one, not the work he started about her – and then, he shows her the manuscript he finished (about her).  She realizes, she had it all wrong; the manuscript is beautifully written, and honors her with an entire one-page tribute.  After reading it, she tells him she really needs a little time to process everything and figure out how she feels about the whole situation.  

Jason brings Sam dinner, in bed; she had laid down for just a short nap that afternoon, and is pleasantly surprised to see that he has fed and put the boys to bed already.  They talk about Sonny and his desire to go after Julian again now; Sam brings up Carly and says she doesn’t know how she would handle it.  She asks Jason to persuade Sonny to leave Julian alone; that it would be his best option.  Jason says he can try, but it would easier if Julian would just leave town.  Anna is still hanging out in Paul’s room; she showed Jordan the cufflinks she found and the articles of all the murders.  

Jordan leaves, to get a search warrant – Anna makes a call, asking someone for help.  Tracy becomes increasingly nervous as Paul starts to tell her the whole story about Susan and why he has been killing all these people; he is under the impression that Susan will suddenly get better after he has avenged everybody that had anything to do with her ending up in the hospital where she is at.  Monica’s crime, apparently, was that she couldn’t “prove” that Susan had been raped by Kyle Sloan, because the rape kit results had been screwed up (by the “incompetent” Dr. Mays).  Even though Tracy is so bold as to tell Paul that she didn’t realize he was actually NUTS, horribly misguided maybe but not crazy, she offers to become an accomplish to this whole slew of murders in order to keep their son Dillon from ever finding out.  He says he can’t take the chance; he gets a blue tie, wrapping it between his hands, and goes after Tracy.