12-07-2017 (Wednesday) THE TRUTH REVEALED?

Nathan catches Maxie trying to sneak into his email account; she is trying to figure out what his wedding surprise, for her, is.  She sweet-talks him into dancing with her… to practice for their upcoming wedding so he doesn’t get mad.  Then her phone rings, and she suddenly turns to grab it, pushing off of Nathan really hard and he falls backwards to the ground, hurting his back.  She worries he won’t be able to dance at their wedding now; he says a herd of wild horses couldn’t stop him from dancing with her after he marries her.  Sam, Jason and Curtis discuss why Julian would be so careful about some things and so sloppy about others; the van was so easy to find, Sam says.  Something isn’t right.  Curtis says he could talk to his ‘connections’ at the PD, but Jason asks him to wait until they get back to him.  Jason says going to the cops won’t help; Jordan won’t share information with them.  Curtis takes it upon himself to go talk to Jordan and says he has something she wants, which he will give her in return for the information she has that he needs.  He tells her he can get Lomax off of her back; she cuffs him to the desk.  

Sam and Jason go in for their first sonogram; the doctor asks if they want to know the sex of the baby.  They can’t decide; the doctor writes it down and puts it in an envelope… leaving it in their hands when they want to know.  Jason thanks her for the temptation.  Lulu tells Dante that her attraction to Charlotte is exactly like that which she feels for Rocco; she asks him if he thinks she could be her daughter.  She points out that she is the right age, and she looks like her; she thinks Claudette could have been hired as the surrogate when Daphne changed her mind.  Dante points out that Charlotte cannot be Lulu’s child because there is DNA proof that she is Valentin’s child, not Stavros(?) who’s DNA Helena had supposedly used to create Lulu’s missing embryo.  She points out that they are brothers…but Dante says, if she was not Valentin’s child, Charlotte would be competition for the estate and probably wouldn’t be alive; I think Valentin IS Stavros.  He reminds her that danger is why her mother sent Spencer away to school; Lulu agrees that makes sense, Charlotte probably isn’t her and Stavros’ child.  He offers to take time off of work, but she assures him she’s okay; they both still need to go to work – the Haunted Star has a New Year’s Eve party to finalize plans for.  Dante leaves, she bends over to get her coat and drops a bottle of lotion; she finds Charlotte’s hair band/bow on the floor and picks it up.  She goes to see Maxie; she tells her that she believes Valentin has her daughter and she needs Maxie’s help to prove it.  

Anna asks Andre for his help… discuss her problem with Valentin Cassadine and his alias ‘Theo Hart’ – the school he went to, which was just burned to the ground.  Anna is now sure Valentin was responsible for the file, to bury any evidence she might be able to uncover.  Andre suggests maybe he just hated the place that was the source of his abandonment and powerlessness; his unhappiness.  Anna remembers his reaction when she mentioned ‘daddy issues’ and says there is more to it; she knows it.  Andre asks why this case is so troubling to her; she says Valentin had been researching her and she wants to know why.  She adds, he seems familiar to her – his eyes, she says – like he knows her.  He asks if she thinks he has unfinished business with her; she says she just wants the truth…and it must be in the rubble of that burned down school.  

Nina touches a nerve when she mentions Valentin’s sad memories of Christmas; she shares stories of her childhood, and how her house was a place of socializing for business and her gifts came from assistants, adding that Christmas was always very glittery and extravagant, and very empty.  When she presses him for details, he refuses; she says she needs to get going, only to be told that a storm just blew in, the water is choppy and no one is leaving Spoon Island.  Valentin offers her dinner and wine, after she runs out into the storm, comes back in wet and gets dried off; she says it feels like the start of something.  He asks if that would be bad, comparing their histories with relationships, seeing a future with someone who didn’t see a future with him… when but Nina asks if that was Claudette, he shakes his head no and says something; however, the word or words he says is not understandable.  He says the men who disappointed her are idiots; she says maybe she’s lucky – she needed to live her own life and find out what makes her happy…who she was.  He tells her that is the most important lesson at all; get what you want yourself, don’t wait for someone else to give it to you.  She appreciates that he gets that; he tells her that’s a commonality, not being defined by their past.  They kiss passionately by the fireplace.  

Jordan tells Curtis, as a person of interest in the case, she could hold him for 24 hours… she suggests he do this the easy way.  He tells her about the van; that there was a camouflaged company sign on it and it actually belongs to Derik Wells Media.  He says that’s all the information he has, and she uncuffs him; she offers him a different angle of the footage from that night – it’s technically public record, she says.  A favor for a favor; she asks him to help make sure that Sonny doesn’t take the law into his own hands, pleading that he come to her first, not Sonny, if he finds out who planted the bomb.  Curtis takes a look at the footage; he is stunned.  He calls Jason and tells him what he has discovered.