05-22-2017 (Monday) Leather

Carly says a few words to Sonny and her recently resigned attorney when she finds them in bed together.  Carly tells Sonny if he did this all to piss her off, it worked.  Martina and Carly spend some time yelling at each other; Sonny blames Carly for sleeping with Jax.  She says she only did that because he told her they were over; she reminds him that he hurt Joslyn; she tells her former lawyer that she will be filing a complaint against her and she leaves.  Sonny tells Martina that Carly is just pissed at him and he doesn’t think she’ll file a complaint with the bar; Martina laughs at him and says he doesn’t even see it… Carly is still in love with him, and he is still in love with her, Martina says.  She kisses him on the cheek and she leaves.

Anna talks to her sister, who is now in the interrogation room at the police station; she pleads with her to come forward about what she knows regarding the Chimera.  Alex says she is trying to save the world; Anna says she is only trying to save her own skin.  Alex gives Anna the necklace; she says she has to get rid of it.  Anna isn’t sure of its significance, but tells Nathan she has to finish this.   Nina has to go to the mansion to pick up some paperwork, but she refuses to talk to Valentin while she is there.  He tries to play on her feelings for Charlotte; she stays firm and leaves when Anna shows up unannounced.  Valentin is terribly angry to see Anna; she tries to explain that she isn’t the same person who betrayed him.  She tells him it was Alex Merrick.  She explains; her story sounds pretty far-fetched.  Nina complains to Nathan about Anna showing up at Wyndemere; he tells her there is something she needs to know about Anna.  He fills her in on the existence of Anna’s twin.  Nina isn’t sure how to take this news; Nathan asks her if it changes anything.  She doesn’t answer.

Jason gives Sam a new leather jacket like she used to have; she loves it.  He tells her Jake is going to perform a magic show at the Nurses’ Ball.  She comes out modeling her new jacket, only wearing underwear with it; Jason grabs her, picks her up and carries her to the bedroom.  Jason apparently has a dream… Helena is sitting in his living room; he is looking for Sam.  Helena tells him Sam is gone and asks where his children are.  He demands to know where Sam and the kids are; she laughs and says something inaudible and Jason wakes up with a start.

Felix tells Kiki that she has to work on the skeleton crew tomorrow night when the Nurses’ Ball is going on; she’s bummed.  Sonny and Carly both have flashes of memories as they each sit, alone, in their respective houses.Lucy is frantically trying to put together the finishing touches to the Nurses’ Ball… Ava tells Kiki she is haunted by Morgan’s death; Kiki says they both need to acknowledge what Morgan meant to them.  Ava says whatever she did, she did for Kiki’s well-being; Kiki asks Ava what she did.  She doesn’t give Kiki a straight answer, but only says she will always do whatever it takes to protect her daughter.

05-19-2017 (Friday) Well, Hello...

*Apologies for the long break again; back in school, and currently working on a drywall/texture job.  ~Dennel

Carly shows up at the playground and finds Ava with Avery; she asks why she has her.  Ava says it isn’t her business anymore; she’s dealing with Sonny.  Ava tells Carly to take one nice long look at her pretty daughter; she says it’s her last.  She accuses Carly of using Avery to compensate for her own loss; she says Carly is using Avery as a substitute for Morgan.

Brad is surprised to see that the sample bottle is empty and starts getting snotty, saying Finn will be in trouble for not providing the sample he was supposed to provide.  Griffin tells Brad he knows what he was about to do, and what he has been doing to Finn’s test results.  He says they are wrong; he swears he has not been tampering with the tests.  Hayden wonders if something else is going on here, and they are missing it.  Olbrecht sits, with an eye dropper, adding something to Finn’s test results; she says after this failed test, he will be off the staff at General Hospital for good.

Elizabeth comes to help set up for the Nurses’ Ball; she brings Jake with her.  As she talks with Lucy, Jakes goes backstage and opens his case.  He gets ready to perform for Lucy; he messes up but Liz assures Lucy he will be ready in time for the Ball.  Olbrecht shows up; Lucy tells her no, in more than one language, and Olbrecht just smiles.  Anna asks Alex what she thinks she is doing; Alex tells her sister to leave her alone.  They start to wrestle with each other; Nathan breaks it up, and then, looking at the two of them, asks what is going on.  He looks at Anna; she assures him  it is her, but then Alex claims she is Anna.  Emma recognizes her grandmother and tells Nathan which one she is; Alex is put in handcuffs.

Before Martina leaves, Sonny talks to her about Morgan.  He says his heart still breaks for him.  He tells her all about Morgan and how much he still misses him; the pain that never ends.  She tells him “we all hurt.”  She says connecting with someone, even for a short time, can help to take the pain away.  He asks her if she can stay a little longer.  Carly comes to talk to Sonny about Avery being with Ava; she sees two glasses of wine on the coffee table and figures out Sonny is sleeping with Martina.  She walks into the bedroom and finds them in bed together.

05-18-2017 (Thursday) Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Valentine tries to call Nina again; he assures her that Anna Devane won’t be coming between them again.  She still refuses to come back home.  An apparent flashback to Anna’s last meeting with Valentin; he ties her up to the staircase handrail.  He tells her now is where she’s tries to escape and leaves. She gets untied; her phone rings.  She answers it; it’s the doctor, caring for her in London.  She tells him Valentin is on to them; he says they have a bigger problem, “Anna escaped” he tells her.  Ah… so this is Alex, not Anna!  He tells Alex Anna has figured out she switched places with her and is on her way back to Port Charles now; he tells her she has to get out of there now.  Robyn gets off a plane and sees ‘her mother’ standing there at the airport; Alex does her best to be motherly, but Robyn senses that something is wrong.  She tells Robyn that she just has to go take care of something and she’ll be back in time for the Ball; she holds out her arms to get a hug from Emma, but Emma shakes her head, and says, “that’s not grandma.”  Robyn realizes Emma is right, and suddenly, Anna appears behind Alex.

Laura runs into Dilllon; she tells him his mom left her some pretty big shoes to fill.  Brad overhears her talking and asks if he might talk to her.  He tells her about Dr. Finn’s addiction; she tells him she has no interest in starting a witch hunt, reminding him that Finn is doing everything he is required to do, taking classes and taking tests.  He keeps insisting she do something, and she puts him in his place; she tells him at this time, there is nothing further to discuss.  Finn and Hayden talk, out loud, about him needing to take another test, since the most recent one still came back positive.  He appears to fall for it.  They sit down and talk about the baby; Hayden tells Finn that she thinks she would like to have the baby.  He tells her he would understand if she didn’t want him around; she tells him the past is the past and they are moving forward… they are doing this, together.  The nurse comes by to take Finn’s blood for the repeat test; Brad stands nearby, looking at records.  They catch him when he goes in to retrieve the urine sample.

Rocco tells Charlotte that his dad makes the best pancakes in the world; Rocco is happy when he sees there are chocolate chips in them.  Chocolate chips are for special occasions; Lulu says this qualifies since it’s the first morning they are spending together as a family.  Valentin shows up to get Charlotte; Lulu tells him Dante can take her when he drops off Rocco.  They have an appointment, she tells him, with the case worker; Valentin does his best to make it seem as if there was no problem and the case worker is impressed that they managed to work things out for themselves last night.  After she leaves, he asks Lulu what kind of game she’s playing.  She tells him she wants him to drop the custody suit.  He refuses and leaves; Lulu tells Dante that everything is falling into place and Charlotte will be with them soon.

Michael talks to Kiki at the hospital; he asks her if she could check on her for him.  She tells him Nelle is lucky to have him as a friend; he tells her a lot of people don’t think he should be her friend.  She reminds him that he is a good person, and if he cares about Nelle, she says, there must be a good reason.  Nina shows up at the hospital; she thanks him for letting her know that Nelle was attacked.  She says she feels responsible for having Nelle get involved in her marital problems; she goes in to talk to Nelle.  She offers to let Michael come in with her, but he says he is going to respect Nelle’s wishes not to see him.  Nina tells Nelle she still has her job if she wants it, but lets her know she will be answering directly to Valentin; she tells Nelle that she is there fore her and always will be, and she tells her that there’s someone else who feels the same way, referring to Michael, of course.  She leaves.  Nelle tries to get out of bed; she keeps grabbing her side.  Laura sees Michael in the hall and asks if they can talk for a moment, he say sure and heads off with her; Nelle makes it out the door and looks around.

Kiki and Dillon are at the café; she’s waiting for her test results on the certification to become a nurse’s aid.  She’s nervous.  He asks her if she will go to the Nurses’ Ball with him; she says no, at least until she finds out if she passed or not.  Her phone bleeps; she almost looks at it.  She can’t; she hands it to him.  He tells her he is sorry; he says she won’t be spending the night in sweats after all.  She passed.

05-17-2017 (Wednesday) Where Does the Time Go?

Anna convinces the ‘Sister’ nurse that she is not Alex Merrick; she tells the nurse Alex is her twin sister.  She asks what day it is; the nurse says it’s the 17^th… Anna guesses she’s been there for two weeks, but the nurse tells her it’s May, not April.  Anna says she left Port Charles the end of March (?).  No explanation for overlapping storylines or her very recent interactions with Valentin.  Anna says she was at her sister’s office; she guesses her sister must have drugged her, although she can’t imagine why.  Nina tells Valentin that she can’t forgive him for lying to her; she’s not going back there, she says; she can’t.  He does his best to convince her that Anna will not be coming back into the picture, without telling her that he has secretly had Anna hospitalized (supposedly for the past two months).  

The doctor hears them talking; Anna pretends to still be unconscious.  The nurse claims she was just talking to the patient, trying to calm her; she tells him everything is quiet, and he leaves.  However, Anna becomes more and more agitated and the doctor comes back in when he hears Anna trying to get out of bed.  Nina talks to Andre; she asks how he can even be friends with Anna.  He tells her that he thinks what she had with Valentin was for more important than what he imagined he had with Anna.  She tells Andre, no matter how badly it all turned out, it has helped her find herself; she says she likes herself, and would do it all again in a heartbeat.  She laughs about Valentin, knowing now that Anna has been manipulating him and says he isn’t going to let Anna get away with that; she leaves.  Andre calls and leaves a message for Anna; he says he thinks trouble is coming her way.  As the doctor bends down to restrain Anna, she stabs him in the neck with a syringe she picked up from beside her bed, probably with the sedative in it.  He collapses and Anna asks the nurse to help her out.

Dante is surprised to see Charlotte when he gets home; he asks Lulu what’s going on.  She tells him, sometimes life is full of little unexpected surprises.  She explains the situation to Dante; he chuckles when she tells him that she thinks Valentin’s marriage to Nina is over.  They send the kids to brush their teeth; Lulu reminds them that it is still a school night.  Lulu revels in the beauty of the moment, as the kids fall asleep listening to Dante read their bedtime story; she says she wouldn’t miss a moment of this for the world.  Valentin shows up, thinking he is going to pick Charlotte up, but Lulu puts him in his place; she tells him Charlotte is sleeping and should get a good nights rest for school tomorrow.  She invites him back for pancakes in the morning and lets him know that she has clothes there for Charlotte to wear, so he needn’t bring any.  He leaves, frustrated; Dante laughs and tells Lulu he is impressed.

Michael asks Griffin if he knows anything more about Nelle’s condition; he says she is stable but may need surgery.  He thanks Michael for letting them know that Nelle only has one kidney; he goes to check another patient. Carly talks to her mom; she tells Bobbie she is so frustrated that her lawyer had this so-called “prior relationship” with Sonny.  Bobbie suggest hiring Scotty, but Carly quickly says she would never hire him; she says she’s desperate, but not that desperate.  Bobbie accuses her of trying to stretch this whole process out, to hand on to Sonny; she says she should quit trying to hold onto his assets.  Carly says he deserves it for what he did to Jax and Joslyn; Bobbie asks if she thinks she’s the “Karma Police.”  (That’s cute.)

Bobbie suggests making a quick, clean break; she asks if that isn’t what she to Michael to do with Nelle.  Michael asks a nurse if he can go in to see Nelle; she says she isn’t supposed to let anyone in there.  She smiles at him, and tells him she needs to go check on some lab results; he says, “thank you.”  She nods her head and she walks off; Michael shakes his head as he looks at Nelle, all hooked up to machines. He talks to Nelle and tells her he’s sorry this happened to her.  As he says he’ll leave her alone, she wakes up; Griffin comes in and tells Michael he has to leave so he can examine Nelle.  When he comes out, he tells Michael that Nelle doesn’t want to see her.

Martina comes to Sonny’s, to tell him goodbye; she says it’s been a bumpy ride so far.  She says she hates leaving it like this; she doesn’t like not finishing what she started.  She laughs, saying, “I had you, Sonny.”  She calls him a target-rich environment; he makes a toast to having her off the case, and they click their glasses.  She says she needs to leave; he suggests she stay.  She says she has a plane to catch in the morning; he says he can set an alarm.

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.