12-15-2016 (Thursday)

Lulu and Dante discuss the fact that Charlotte has a father who isn’t going to make this easy; Dante says he has no problem loving the child, because it’s a part of her, and she seems like an amazing kid, but Valentin might make it difficult for Dante to be her step-father.  As they stand in the hallway of the hospital, Laura comes in to see Kevin; she asks what they are doing.  Dante gets called away; Lulu tells her mother she has a granddaughter.  Dante tells his mother the news; he questions whether he is ready to bring Valentin into their lives.  Laura asks Lulu how she is doing with all this; she says she’s giddy mostly – disappointed that she can’t carry Dante’s child and that Charlotte will always be tied to the Cassadines.  Laura tells her that doesn’t matter, because she is her mother and will give her all the love she needs.  Her mom says they will find the best family lawyer and fight for custody; she tells Lulu not to do anything crazy.  Of course, she goes straight to Wyndemere and tells Valentin that she is taking her daughter home.  

Curtis and Jason continue to harass the pawnshop owner a little bit, while being watched on a surveillance camera.  The owner denies being linked to any crime and “resents the inference” that he is; but they suggest he think real hard, real fast about where that tool set came from – and whether it was complete when he got it.  He says it’s impossible for him to remember every item that ever came in; he thinks he may have the paper records.  He can’t find them; Jason leaves his name and number and asks him to call if he finds out anything.  The owner goes into a back room and is talking to someone, whom it does not show us; he tells him that one of the men on the monitor left his name and number and he might recognize it.  He lays the note down on a phone; the man wears a red, silk robe.  

Alexis is still at Julian’s when Jordan arrives to ask him a few more questions about the hit and run; Ava is having fun with it, now that she’s told Alexis she knows everything.  Alexis is trying to look confident, but not doing a very good job of it.  Jordan questions why she is there when she has a restraining order against him.  Ava questions how harsh the sentence might be for the person who did this; Jordan says leaving makes it more severe.  Alexis excuses herself, but Jordan stops her and again asks why she is there, in violation of her own restraining order.  She claims she didn’t know Julian would be there; she came to talk to Ava.  Jordan is suspicious, but questions Julian about the bombing and leaves.  Ava leaves; Julian asks Alexis to get his medicine and order him Chinese take out.  There is some connection between the man in the red, silk robe and Julian and Jason; I wonder what that’s all about.  

When Maxie tells Nina that Charlotte is really Lulu’s daughter, Nina gets upset; she takes the Christmas dress she bought for Charlotte and says she has a business meeting.  She goes to see Valentin; she asks him why he lied to her… why he let Charlotte sit there on Santa’s lap, wanting nothing more than her mother, with her real mother just feet away, and not say anything.  He claims he was protecting Charlotte.  He promises never to lie to her again, saying he only did because he didn’t want to make her have to lie.  She buys it; they kiss.