05-16-2017 (Tuesday) Magic

Michael sees Nina at the Metro Court; he asks if he can sit down.  He assumes she has spoken to Nelle, but she says she hasn’t heard from her.  Michael says she left her a message; he tells her she is quitting.  Charlotte comes running in; Lulu picked her up from school.  She tells Nina Nelle was a no-show picking Charlotte up from school, and the school called her when they couldn’t reach Valentin.  Griffin asks Charlotte if he can sit down next to her; she says if he wants.  She offers a bite of her ice cream sundae; he apologizes for losing his temper at Maxie and Nathan’s wedding and promises he won’t fight with her dad anymore.  She invites him to a school festival; he says he would love to be there.  

Lulu questions where Nelle is and Michael says he doesn’t think she would just abandon Charlotte; he leaves the table to make a phone call.  Lulu asks Nina what is going on; Nina refuses to tell her, only defending Valentine’s devotion to his daughter.  Lulu gives Nina a message for Valentin; Valentin tells her she can tell him herself, because she isn’t going back to Wyndemere.  Michael goes back to the pier and finds Nelle; he calls for an ambulance.  Michael gives Griffin Nelle’s information; he says he is going to stay there with her and they take Nelle in for examination.  Griffin is afraid there may be trauma to her kidney; she may need surgery.

Jake reminds Aiden that what he saw was a secret and he can’t tell anybody; he says he is the only one who knows what to do with it.  Franco asks Jake if he wants to do an encore to their performance last year, at the Nurses’ Ball this year; he tells him he wants to do a solo, magic act.  Franco suggests he try out his act on he and Elizabeth; he performs a pretty good card trick, then tells them goodnight and runs up the stairs (without his box).  Franco and Elizabeth have a cute little fight over him not telling her he was going to Greece; it ends with them angrily saying they love each other, and then kissing.  They hear footsteps; it’s Jake.  He says he forgot his box; they go up to check on Aiden and he opens his box one more time.  He looks at the container and says if he were a real magician he would make the Chimera disappear, so he never had to think if it again.

The doctor gives Anna another sedative; Anna tells him it’s a mistake.  The nurse asks if it’s necessary and he tells her “Dr. Merrick must be sedated at all times.”  Anna is surprised that Valentin broke her necklace; she is more surprised when he shows her his broken watch and tells her he knows she has been listening in on him.  He says he doesn’t want anyone listening to what is about to happen; Anna, in the hospital, hears the doctor say she shouldn’t give them any more trouble.  The nurse questions what trouble she has been; he tells the nurse to do her job and let him do his.  Anna thinks to herself, not to give in; she says she has to fight this.  The nurse tells her just to rest; Anna closes her eyes.  

Valentin tells Anna he now understands why she always knew where he was; she says she didn’t force the watch on him.  She tells him he has made up this little life that is an illusion, suggesting he wants her more because they have a truth Nina can never really understand.  He says what he understands is that she wanted the Chimera so bad she was willing to destroy his life to get it.  Anna still tries to plead with him about the pull between them, saying it’s stronger than all the lies, reminding him that she saved his life by leaving that note for him to see; she tells him they can still be together, if he wants, and asks him just to tell her what he did with the Chimera so they can be done with this.  She tells him his marriage to Nina was never going to last because Nina doesn’t know the real man; she touches him and he tells her to stop it.  Anna tells Valentin she wants to stop playing games; he tells her he agrees, and says, “you lose.”  She wakes up again, telling herself she must rise to the surface; she begins to move and the nurse hollers for the doctor.  Anna manages to say, “no.”  She tells the nurse the story she has been told is wrong; she tells the nurse her real name.

Anna continues pleading with Valentin; she says nothing has been lost yet, and asks him just to tell her about the Chimera and says then they can be two people who understand each other.  He likens addiction to insanity; he says he was addicted to her, but says he’s cured.  Anna mocks him and he says he knows now exactly what he needs to do; he grabs a scarf and wraps it around his hands, stretching it between them.  Anna tries to insist to the nurse that she is being held against her will and needs her help; she tells her she is not confused.  Valentine finds Nina, still at the Metro Court; he tells her he was able to stop Anna and says she won’t be coming between them ever again.

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