12-02-2016 (Friday) SPONSORED BY TOYS FOR TOTS

Alexis is having a cup of coffee at the diner; she pours a small bottle of vodka into her cup.  Anna comes into the diner and sits down by her.  Anna tells her about thinking Charlotte may have been Duke’s granddaughter, Griffin’s battle in court to try to get custody, etc.  She asks Alexis if she has any information on Valentin that she can give her; Alexis says he despises Valentin, but has bigger problems right now, like her ex-husband…but agrees to help.  She tells him he was shipped off at five years of age; there was no mention of his mother.  The school name was Bedlington Academy and that appears to be all she knows.

Ava comes to see her brother; she thinks Sonny was the one behind the hit and run… he tells her not to go provoking Sonny.  He doesn’t want to tell her it was Alexis because he is trying blackmail Alexis again.  She agrees not to do anything as of yet and kisses him goodbye (on his forehead).  Sam and Jason are waiting to meet Curtis, who is five minutes late; Sam asks Jason if he still thinks he can trust him… Jason says he never said he trusted him.  She asks what if Curtis is playing him; Jason says they have to take that chance because they are running out of time to prove Sonny is innocent.  Curtis shows up to see Julian and tells him he needs him to figure out who is out to get him; Julian says he doesn’t and says he’s not giving Curtis another dime.  

Carly sits down on the couch next to Sonny; she tells him she reached for him this morning and he wasn’t there – she doesn’t want to be apart anymore… sounds a little like a dream.  They kiss; Carly becomes Nelle, telling him she loves him too.  He wakes up with a start.  Carly shows up and asks if he had a nightmare; she then tells him about Julian getting run over.  He asks if she thinks he ordered it; she says no, but the police might.  He agrees they will probably come question him.  She tells him also, knowing that he was not responsible makes the grief of Morgan’s loss more bearable.  He lets her know that what she wants matters to him, enough for him to change.

Nelle is listening to her recording of Sonny when Michael walks up and asks what she’s listening to; he really wants to brainstorm ideas for a Christmas present for his mom.  She comes up with some good ideas; he also asks her to go to a “Toys for Tots” benefit with him, next Monday.  Kevin and Laura wake up in bed and he asks if she has any regrets; she tells him none at all, noting all the things she likes about him and says her life is better with him in it.  He says he feels the same way about her; they kiss.

People are putting toys in the “Toys for Tots” bin at the hospital when Dante and Lulu get off the elevator on their way to pick up Rocco from the daycare (where Tracy dropped him off this morning).  Lulu is curious as to where her mother ended up going.  They see Valentin talking to Nina; Valentin asks Nina to go somewhere with him and she tells him she has to wait for Santa to arrive because she is in charge of the toy drive.  She then tells him that Anna was warning her against him and everyone else seems to think he is a dangerous man; she also says that he is a good father to Charlotte and that carries a lot of weight with her.  He whispers something in her ear and she smiles.  Ava comes to talk to Sonny; she tells him they need to renegotiate the custody agreement.  He refuses.  She accuses him of having her brother run down in a parking lot and says he will be getting 2 life sentences back to back.  She asks why she shouldn’t be with her.  Carly speaks out, saying that she is the reason.