02-20-2017 (Monday) The Diagnosis

Standing alone in an elevator, Nelle listens to her secret recording of Sonny accepting responsibility for their “sleeping together.”  She copies it onto a hard drive and puts the drive in an envelope, marked to Carly Corinthos.  Carly tells Sonny she has plans for tomorrow night; Jason says he has glad to see them reconnecting.  Carly asks Nelle for her help sprucing up the cabin for a weekend get-away she is planning with Sonny; Nelle is only too glad to help.  Sonny and Jason discuss his indiscretion, while Carly talks to Nelle across the room; he tells Jason that he gets the feeling that Nelle wants Carly to find out what happened.  Nelle runs into Michael, who invites her to lunch, but then offers to take her up to the cabin instead; she accepts his offer, glancing at the mail rack, containing the envelope for Carly.  They get to the cabin, traveling through an unexpected snow storm; the property manager lets them in and mistakes them for “lovebirds.”  Nelle says that was awkward.  They finish getting the cabin ready and turn to leave; the manager comes back and tells them that the roads have just been closed.  They aren’t going anywhere.

Sam comes to see Alexis; she says she’s checking on her to see how she was since Kristina blew up on her, then confesses that’s not the only reason she’s there.  She brings up Ava’s recent arrest, and says she actually thinks she is innocent of the charges.  She then notices the flowers from Julian and inquires about them; Sam is upset that she even accepted the flowers and begs her not to “do this again.”  Alexis tells Sam about the letter Julian said he wrote, and the key he gave her to get it; she says it’s probably just more lies, and she’s just going to throw the key away.  Sam asks, “what if it isn’t?”  

Julian goes to see his sister, Liv… they discuss the board meeting that has been scheduled to consider her offer; he breaks out a bottle of Champagne.  She tells him that’s a little presumptuous; he says the board members are in their favor, except for Michael, Laura and Tracy, so he’s pretty sure they lose.  She reminds him that he is not financially benefiting; he says he will be through with her – and that is worth celebrating.  She asks what if she were to kill him after the sale goes through; he says, he will still be through with her.  He tells her to either raise a glass with him right now, or kill him right now.  She says she doesn’t want to waste the bottle; he pours a vial of ? in her cup when she turns away.  They toast, to GH.  She stumbles and knocks Julian’s cup out of his hands; she offers him hers.  He says it was a stupid idea; she slaps him and yells, she knows he was trying to poison her.  She holds a gun up and makes him empty his pockets; he hands her the vial.  She smells it; Oleander, she says.  She tells him he can live until after the hospital purchase and tells him to get out of there before she changes her mind.  

Hayden runs numbers for Tracy, and tells her that her offer is not as high as the property investor’s offer.  Ned steps forward and offers a letter from his ex-wife, Lois, offering to buy out L&B Records; he says his life is in Port Charles now and buying the hospital is more important.  Hayden says they still have to convince the board that he is the right buyer for the hospital.  Tracy asks Ned when his permanent relocation happened; he tells her it’s been in the works for a while.  He then asks her for his grandmother’s old wedding ring; he says he is asking Olivia to marry him tonight.  Tracy makes her reservations about Olivia known, through a series of insults, calling her overbearing and uncoothe; he says he says those qualities as caring and spirited.  Ned tells Tracy if she doesn’t like Olivia, that’s just too bad, because he loves her and plans on marrying her, with or without Tracy’s blessing.  Tracy apologizes; she tells him that she was just being selfish and wants to keep him close, under the same roof.  She doesn’t want him to get his own home; he tells her that he and Olivia and Leo will stay in the house, at least for now.  She gives him her blessing to ask Olivia to marry him, after all.  When Olivia arrives to talk to Ned, he is staring at the ring; he drops to one knee and asks her to marry him – she tells him, half in shock, that she “can’t marry him.”  He asks what “can’t…” means; she turns and runs out of the house.  

Finn pops another pill; and looks at a newspaper headline about Sonny not being guilty of killing his son.  Griffin approaches, asking about Anna’s biopsy; he says he hopes it’s not as bad as they’ve been fearing.  Anna calls out for a nurse; an intern tells her that none are available.  She asks him to find her a doctor; Robin appears in the doorway, asking if she will do.  Anna smiles.  Soon, she realizes though that something must be seriously wrong if Griffin called Robin to come see her; the intern finds Griffin in the hallway and hands him the results from Anna’s biopsy.  He looks at them and says, “no.” Griffin goes to talk to Finn; they come in to tell Anna she has “PV,” a type of cancer.  Anna asks how a blood clot can be associated with cancer; they said PV was formerly known just as a blood disorder, but it is actually a form of blood cancer – the blood clot was a symptom.  They explain, that’s what was causing the migraines; a thickening of the blood. They tell her all they can do is treat the symptoms of this cancer; there is no cure for this disease.  She is devastated; Robin tells her they can deal with a chronic illness.  Anna, remembering that her daughter lives with HIV, apologizes for being insensitive; Robin tells her it’s fine and they will get through this.  She offers to stay and help take care of her mother for the time being; Anna hugs her.  

Hayden tells Finn that a pharmaceutical company is interested in buying the cure from him; he could donate part of the proceeds to the purchase of the hospital.  Tracy says he can take the company jet; he decides to take her up on that offer.

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