10-20-2016 (Thursday)

Sonny allows Ava to go up to see Avery for ten minutes, then tells her he doesn’t want to see her again; of course, she sneaks back into Morgan’s room, instead.  She takes his pill bottles out of his drawer (to keep the placebo from being discovered), but drops one; it rolls under the bed.  She tries to reach it, and almost gets it, when she notices Nelle standing in front of her.  Ava is startled; Nelle asks what she’s looking for, and if she dropped something.  Carly comes home; she tells Sonny, even though she left him for good, she is back – for good.  She says she loves him and is always going to love him, and even though she regrets what happened, she has realized the only way they are going to get through it is together; Sonny wakes up.  Carly is not there.  Sonny goes upstairs and asks if there’s a problem; Nelle steps to the door and tells him they are in Morgan’s room.  

Ava ducks down and grabs the pill bottle and shoves it in her purse, quickly standing back up before Sonny comes in the room.  He asks what she is doing in there; she claims it was her phone she dropped, avoiding the real question.  He asks again; she tells him he knows why she’s in Morgan’s room.  He tells her to go see Avery and get out of there; and not to ever pull a stunt like this again.  He closes the drawer, which is slightly open, not appearing to even wonder why it was open, then walks over and holds one of Morgan’s trophies.  

Claudette takes Griffin to meet Charlotte; she tells Charlotte that this is her real daddy, but Charlotte doesn’t seem to understand.  She hugs Nathan; he takes her to another room so that they can talk.  Griffin asks how she could have been willing to run off with him and leave their daughter with Nathan – she insists that she thought Charlotte would be safer that way, since Nathan is a cop.  Griffin says he supposes he can understand that.  They discuss what needs to be done next; Griffin suggests calling Anna.  Nathan agrees that’s a good idea, but Claudette doesn’t think so.  She thinks she and Griffin should go on the run with Charlotte now, saying she knows how to get back under the radar.  Griffin says they don’t have to make any decision right now; Claudette takes Charlotte and leaves.  Griffin apologizes to Nathan again; Nathan tells him, they were both duped by Claudette, and he has nothing to be sorry for.  

Maxie agrees not to struggle; the man releases his hold on her, and she tries to run away.  He grabs her again, and ties her to a chair (in the basement); he demands to know where the child is, and calls her Claudette.  Maxie laughs, and tells him she is NOT Claudette.  She tells him she hates Claudette and looks nothing like her (though she does, a little); he asks what she is doing breaking into Claudette’s apartment then.  She says she is petty… she was going to change out her shampoo and conditioner.  The man says, if she knows Claudette, she must also know where the little girl is; he demands she tell him.  She agrees to tell him, but says she will only tell him if he takes her to a public place… letting him know that she is connected to the Coronthos organization and her dad is head of the WSB, so it will be better for him if they do this her way.  He says he doesn’t care about any of that; he grabs her and tells her that she better tell him what he wants to know.

Michael brings Carly Morgan’s car keys; the bartender gave them to him.  She begins to cry again, and questions why Morgan’s medications weren’t working.  She calls Andre; he comes over and tells her that Morgan never came in for his last blood test… there is no proof of whether or not his meds were working.  Carly insists that something was not right; Andre admits that he found Morgan’s behavior the past few weeks very confusing.  Carly recalls all the signs and symptoms she was seeing, but angrily tells Andre she followed the rules instead of following her instincts; she backed off, tried not to hover, tried to let the process work.  She tells Andre she wants him out of her house.  She cries, saying she know something was wrong and didn’t do anything to help him…Michael hugs her.  She grabs Morgan’s picture and says she is sorry she didn’t take better care of him.  

Nelle questions Sonny about Ava, after she leaves; he tells her what Ava had done to Morgan – avoiding the story of how he and Ava ended up having a baby.  She says it sounds like his hatred for her is dangerous; he agrees, he says his heart is frozen toward her, adding he will hate her for the rest of his life.  Ava comes down to leave; they exchange glances.  Nelle excuses herself.  Ava turns and tells Sonny that she has to say that she really did love Morgan, even though he thought she was bad for him; he says she used him.  Ava claims to understand that he blames himself; he gets even more angry and tells her to tell and to never assume that she knows how he feels.  She runs out the door, saying to herself, “but I do know.”  

Sonny begins dreaming again; Carly is there, helping Ava pack up Avery’s things, saying she will be better off with Ava than with him.  He wakes again, with a start; Nelle asks him if he’s okay.  He goes up to check on Avery;  he goes back into Morgan’s room.  He tells him he is so sorry; he wishes it was him in that car, instead.  Nelle calls Carly and tells her she is worried about Sonny.  Carly says she doesn’t want to hear about it and hangs up.  Claudette opens her hotel door to see the room torn apart; Charlotte asks what happened to their room – Claudette grabs her and runs.  Ava disposes of Morgan’s pill bottle in a trash can on the docks; somebody, with gloves, walks up right after she leaves and takes the bottle back out of the trash.