Tuesday, May 15, 2018 (S56E32): Lay it On Thick

Nelle wakes up in the hospital.  She sees Michael sitting there, closes her eyes again and screams “No Carly.”  He runs to her side, trying to ignore the accusation against his mother and simply be there to comfort Nelle.  She breathes heavily and grabs him, saying she was so scared.  He tells her it’s okay, he’s there; she smiles over his shoulder.  Carly is charged with two counts of attempted murder.  She says, “Nelle set me up.”  She is taken to the interrogation room; her anxiety meds are returned to her, since they say “as needed”.  Jason stands in Carly’s defense, saying he will find out who took the blanket.  Peter checks his email again; he goes to look across the room where Anna is sitting… she puts down her computer lid.  She asks what his business there is; he says he wants to know how far she will go… what rules she will break to get a to the truth.  He says it has come to his attention that Robert Scorpio may have linked Nina Reeves' husband to Cesar Faison; Anna says that’s news to her.  Anna tells him that Nina is her friend and Maxie is her god-daughter, so she would do anything to protect them, and won’t be threatened.  She says she will try to get ahold of Robert and see what she can find out; Peter leaves.

Griffin finds Anna; he asks if she is still looking for Hienrik Faison.  He warns her of the risks involved; but she argues that she has to take that risk to warn him that he might have Huntington’s disease.  Griffin gets called back to the hospital; he stops by Peters office and tells him he should get out of Port Charles while he still can.  Drew asks Andre about trying to restore his memory; Andre says he is hesitant to try that experimental procedure.  Valentin tells Peter he has ruined them; he is upset that Griffin knows he is Faison’s son.  Peter suggest Valentin “get rid of” Anna, like he did Robert.  Valentin calls and reserves three first class tickets; two adults, one child.  He says they are one way; they are not coming back.  Sonny tells Jason he is afraid Carly is breaking down; not like it hasn’t happened before.  Lucy works frantically getting everything prepared for the Nurses’ Ball; Alexis and Finn prepare for their part… a presentation of a trophy for Alexis.  She drops her bag; Finn sees Anna’s Last Will and Testament.

Ava has a number planned and Griffin tells her she is going to be great… he gives her some flowers.  She goes to see Nelle, to show her that she has the blanket.  She tells her she is hanging onto it for safe keeping; it would prove Carly’s side of the story.  Dante comes in the clarify exactly what happened before she fell; Ava sticks the blanket back in her purse.  Nelle tells her story, claiming Carly followed her to the nursery and berated her; said everyone would be better off without her.  She tries to stop short of the play-by-play description, but then musters one up and adds a lot of things that weren’t said and denies fighting over any blanket.  Ava defends her statement and tells them that’s enough questioning. Michael tells Nelle she needs to try to rest now; she insists he go to the Nurses’ Ball, but he says no.  He is staying with her.  Dante comes in and tells Sonny and Jason they have to go; he places Carly under arrest for assault and two counts of attempted murder.