12-12-2016 (Monday) LOST CHILD

Sonny apologizes to Jason, saying he’s just a little distracted; Jason says he could tell and asks if Sonny wants to tell him why.  Sonny insists he’s okay, but as Jason starts talking, his voice fades and Sonny’s mind wonders back to his and Nelle’s last conversation.  Jason realizes he hasn’t heard a word he has said (and neither have we).  Jason figures out what supposedly happened between Sonny and Nelle; tells Sonny he needs to tell Carly.  Sonny says he can’t; not if he wants any chance of getting back together with her… Jason asks what happens if Nelle tells her.  

Nina flaunts in front of Dillon that she has been “sexed up” (down, and all around); she asks if he doesn’t see a difference in her.  She says she hasn’t felt this good in a really long time; he congratulates her.  Tom Baker shows up at the bar, where Nelle is waiting to meet Michael; she blows him off completely.  He gets a phone call… from Kiki, who claims she has rethought his offer to take some pictures of her for modeling.  Franco assures Kiki that he will not hurt Tom; he is just going to talk to him.  She wasn’t going to leave until Dillon calls and asks if she would meet him at Crimson; she decides to trust Franco and agrees to leave him to it.  When she gets there, Dillon tells her that he has found her a job, as Nina’s new assistant – Nina isn’t ready to meet with her yet though and leaves them to talk.  She accuses him of setting her up with the job just so he could see more of her; he tells her that she is free to walk, adding that she is just punishing herself for choosing him over Morgan.  Kiki slaps Dillon, hard!  Dillon leaves; Nina shows back up and asks Kiki what she expects of him, because he’s crazy about her.  She tells Kiki she has to keep on grieving until she’s done and then she can move on, hopefully with someone like Dillon.  Kiki says hopefully, by then, it won’t be too late.  Franco, meanwhile, has captured Tom Baker and has him in a large dog cage; he says it’s “training” and they will have to see how long it takes.  Elizabeth tells Griffin she isn’t sure if enough is ever enough for Franco, but decides to go see Franco and tell him that he life is just better with him in it.  All forgiven.  

Dante grabs Valentine by the neck and shoves him against the wall; Valentine begs him to stop, telling him he is just as much a victim as Lulu is…  he says he was grateful for her family eliminating his father and brother and claims that this was all Helena’s doing.  Lulu is angry that he has kept her daughter from her for so long; he tells them that she hired Daphne to seduce him, she kept a sample and gave it to Helena.  He says he had no idea what was going on; when he learned, he stole the embryo and recruited Claudette to be his surrogate.  He acts as if he is giving this great gift to Lulu, and she is unsure of how to react.  She slaps him.  He leaves and Lulu tells Dante that she’ll be damned if this is a game she’s not going to win.  

Nelle tries to get out of going to the ball by saying her dress is not fancy enough; Michael tells to give him ten minutes and he will take care of it.  He comes back in a casual shirt and flip flops; she laughs and they go on their way.  After dancing a while, they talk; Michael asks her how she can stand to be around their family if there isn’t a part of her that resents them or blames them for what happened to her.  She claims to have no resentment at all; but when Michael goes to get their coats to leave, after telling her how bad the winter can be and saying it makes him wonder sometimes why he lives in Port Charles at all.  She says to herself that she has not forgotten why she came there.  When Michael comes back out, Nelle is gone.