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00:00Nice moves, Dr. Cannon.
00:08Why, thank you, Nurse Corinthos.
00:11How about you?
00:12I assume you're here to rehearse too?
00:16Honestly, right now I'm just grateful to have the distraction.
00:20From what?
00:22Hijab?
00:23No, my marriage.
00:27I won't be Nurse Corinthos much longer.
00:30I can't figure out for the life of me why you and Aurora
00:34aren't going full court media press to take down Drew.
00:44Uh, come in.
00:48Is this an okay time?
00:49Yes.
00:51Just perusing the latest developments of Drew's drug-fueled night out on the town.
00:57On the town, on a bar top, on a woman who for once is not his nephew's wife.
01:06You know, I have to admit, when the story broke, I had to wonder, is this your handiwork?
01:15You already said you wanted to see me down here.
01:16How'd you even get on the property?
01:19I drove over in my new boat.
01:22Of course you did.
01:23How nautical of you.
01:25I figured I'd be welcome though,
01:26considering you and I are now working together to take down Sonny.
01:31Hey, sweetie, how was rehearsal?
01:34It was so fun.
01:35Yeah, I'm glad you had a good time.
01:38I'm sure your daddy was proud to see you.
01:41Daddy couldn't see me.
01:43Well, it was a closed rehearsal.
01:46They wouldn't let me in.
01:47You know, kids get too excited when their dads are watching.
01:52Yeah, but before rehearsal,
01:55Gio played the violin for me and daddy to hear me sing.
02:00I know I'm right, Cody.
02:01I just need to find proof.
02:03Okay, wait, wait, wait, Lulu, slow down.
02:05You tell me, you think that the baby that Brooklyn got pregnant with that summer...
02:10Dante's baby.
02:11You think that that baby is...
02:15Is Gio?
02:21So...
02:45Did I hear my name?
02:48Yeah, yeah.
02:49We were just talking about what happened at the queues with Rocco.
02:53Yeah, I figured.
02:55Lulu, I'm sorry about what happened.
02:57I should handle it differently.
03:00I'm just glad Rocco's okay.
03:02That's a good thing that Gio got Rocco back to the boathouse.
03:06If he hadn't, Cody wouldn't have found them and gotten Rocco help.
03:10It was definitely a team effort, bud.
03:12What matters is you were looking out for Rocco.
03:15As long as Rocco's all right.
03:20Should we get some coffee?
03:22Yeah, let's do it.
03:29Mother-son coffee day?
03:32Gio played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on his violin, and you performed beautifully.
03:40Can't wait to see you perform at Nurses Ball.
03:44Okay, time for you to go tackle that homework.
03:47Bye.
03:48Thanks, Dad.
03:49Bye.
04:04She's a mess.
04:06I really can't wait to see her perform at the Nurses Ball.
04:14Do you know what her act is?
04:16I don't have a clue.
04:20How are you?
04:21How you doing?
04:22You're not overdoing it, are you?
04:24No, Dr. Gannon says I need to stay active, so Donna's the best medicine.
04:30Good.
04:32Well, I hate to ruin your good mood, but since you're here,
04:36there's something I need to tell you.
04:38Should I take my pills?
04:40You should keep them handy.
04:43We got a court date for Michael's divorce and custody hearing.
04:46I have a court date for my divorce hearing, which is also a custody hearing, so...
04:52And when is this happening?
04:54June 2nd.
04:55Wow, that's soon.
04:57I know. I figured it would be a long way off since Michael's still in Germany for treatment, but
05:03the date's on the calendar, so I guess it's time to face it all.
05:08When we talked last time, you were worried that a judge might find you and Drew's relationship
05:13unfavorable. Is that still the case?
05:16No, I have complete faith in Drew.
05:18Even with, you know...
05:22Drew was set up. A judge will see that.
05:25And Drew will do whatever he has to to protect me and my children.
05:30How far are you planning on pushing this?
05:33I thought I made myself very clear. I'm going to give you what you want.
05:37I'm going to run Sonny Corinthos out of town.
05:39Measure C is going to pass and the city is going to take over his peers.
05:43And I have Ezra Boyle running against Laura for mayor in the anti-Sonny ticket.
05:50Ezra Boyle is an idiot. He's also a slob.
05:54I don't understand why he, of all people, is a piece in the getting rid of Sonny puzzle.
06:02Getting Ezra elected is going to eliminate Sonny's hold on the mayor's office.
06:07Drop it. Drop him.
06:09We can get Measure C passed without removing Laura,
06:12with the exception of a couple of very obvious blind spots.
06:16Laura is a very good mayor.
06:18But she's clearly soft on Sonny. So as long as she's in office,
06:23Sonny has got a foothold in the city. So no, I'm sorry.
06:27Tracy, if you truly want Sonny gone, Mayor Collins has got to be collateral damage.
06:33Whoever tried to take Drew down, they seem to have failed, though.
06:37Hmm. I wouldn't be too sure about that.
06:41People are not buying his story about being set up.
06:46He seems to have a lot of support.
06:48Not really. If poor, deluded Willow might believe him,
06:52that doesn't mean anybody else does.
06:55Just think, Portia, Drew could be out of office and out of your hair in a month.
06:59As wonderful as that sounds, I highly doubt it.
07:03We'll see.
07:05The people of Port Charles can be downright puritanical
07:08when it comes to passing judgment on others.
07:11Here's hoping.
07:13Because right now, Drew's putting more pressure on me than ever.
07:18I just don't get it, Chris.
07:19You should want to nail Drew to the wall as much as I do.
07:22I do.
07:24But I had a conversation with Portia.
07:27But I had a conversation with Portia,
07:29and she persuaded me not to sensationalize Drew's story.
07:34No, no, no, no, no.
07:35Drew did that to himself when he went on a ketamine vendor
07:38and did body shots off of a woman in a club that was full of people with cameras.
07:44Well, even so, Portia thinks it'll make Aurora look biased.
07:48No, that doesn't make any sense, because Drew has a financial stake in Aurora,
07:53so doing negative coverage on him shows the opposite of bias.
07:58My feud with Drew is not exactly a secret.
08:01No, that's why I just don't get it,
08:03because Portia knows better than anyone what Drew has done to you.
08:06I just don't understand why she wants you to go easy on him.
08:14Portia's being blackmailed.
08:20Thanks for sticking up for me.
08:21With Lulu, you didn't have to do that.
08:23She's pointing out the truth.
08:25You were looking out for Rocco.
08:26He's alive because of you.
08:28Because Cody.
08:29Because of both of you.
08:30And if Lulu can't see that, it's her problem.
08:33And Dante's.
08:35Things have been really tense since the night of the party.
08:38I don't know how much longer I can keep dodging Olivia.
08:41I just hate the idea of her being angry with me.
08:44Everything's gonna go back to normal soon, okay?
08:47I promise.
08:48Brookline and Gaio.
08:51Come on, Gaio.
08:52That's us.
08:57So, are we gonna see the two of you guys at the nurses' ball?
09:00Oh, yeah.
09:01Well, I'm gonna set.
09:03Well, this guy is gonna knock your socks off.
09:05Well, I don't know about that.
09:06I do.
09:07You are a star.
09:09Yeah, he's all right.
09:11See ya.
09:18I rest my case.
09:19My best friend.
09:21Drew is already disappointed that I haven't come through for him more than I already have.
09:27And his latest demands?
09:29They're impossible.
09:30And ridiculous.
09:31He is impossible and ridiculous.
09:34What is His Majesty insisting on now?
09:37No negative coverage on him in all Aurora media outlets.
09:41That's one.
09:42Good luck with that.
09:43What else?
09:44He wants me to get Curtis to support the yes on C referendum.
09:49And also wants me to get Curtis to endorse Ezra Boyle as mayor over Laura.
09:55Are either of those things even remotely possible?
09:58No.
10:01I don't give a damn about Measure C.
10:04And if I all of a sudden have some sort of strong interest about the fate of the esplanade,
10:09Curtis is gonna get suspicious.
10:11And Drew thinks that everybody is as easy to manipulate as Willow.
10:15Well, as Curtis's former friend, he should know better.
10:19And Curtis and Laura are friends.
10:21He supports what she does as mayor.
10:23He's not gonna go against her.
10:24Everybody knows that.
10:26Drew certainly should.
10:28Maybe he does know and he just doesn't care.
10:32And there's no way that Curtis would support a cretin like Boyle.
10:37Even if Laura wasn't running.
10:40Well, I'm sorry to add to your already full plate, but you should know.
10:46Drew appears to be making demands of Trina as well.
10:52You think that Portia's being blackmailed by Drew?
10:57Why?
10:58That's what I suspect.
11:00It's the only thing that makes sense.
11:01And you suspect that because Portia asked you to have Aurora go easy on Drew.
11:06Well, I mean, she's supporting all of his programs at GH.
11:12Programs at GH?
11:14Now, at first, the whole thing just seemed innocuous.
11:17But then I asked myself, why is he only asking Portia to support his sports initiative?
11:22She's co-chief of staff.
11:24As far as I know, he never even approached Terry.
11:27Well, the Pediatric Sports Initiative is a good program.
11:30I know.
11:31And at first, I thought Portia was being objective and acknowledging the program's
11:36merits.
11:38And that's the thing.
11:39See, if you look at each of them separately, you know, you can explain it all the way.
11:43Yeah, but all together...
11:44All together, the only thing that makes sense is that Drew has leverage over my wife.
11:50You...
11:51You know, I found her in Drew's house.
11:53Oh, why did she say she was there?
11:56She said she was there to try to talk Drew out of pressuring Kai and having his surgery.
12:00Well, that's not exactly unreasonable.
12:03Well, then she tried to mitigate the situation by saying if Kai's surgery went well, then
12:08it would show that Drew had good intentions all along.
12:11Let's see, that doesn't make any sense at all.
12:13Because I really don't believe that Portia would ever willingly support Drew.
12:20So then you, too, think that he's holding something over her?
12:24I don't know.
12:25But if he is, Drew's to blame.
12:27You know what, Nina?
12:28I'm sorry.
12:29I've already said too much.
12:32I should have this conversation with Portia.
12:34Okay.
12:36Well, you know where to find me.
12:37If you ever want to talk.
12:40I do.
12:41I just can't believe how much damage Drew has done.
12:43It just seems like everything rolls off that man's back.
12:46Nothing sticks to him.
12:47This latest scandal should have been enough to send Willow running.
12:53But somehow, it's just bonded her closer to him.
12:58And it's gonna cost Willow her children.
13:03Don't get me wrong.
13:04It's not like I don't have regrets over the way things ended with Michael.
13:09I know I made choices that weren't fair to him.
13:13Most people in relationships can say that at one time or another.
13:16Maybe.
13:17And I am genuinely sad about how Michael and I ended things.
13:23But I know I'm finally where I'm supposed to be with Drew.
13:28Since we're talking about this, if you don't mind my asking...
13:32Go ahead.
13:34Where do the kids fit in all this?
13:36What do you mean?
13:38Okay, I mean...
13:39In a perfect world, what would you want?
13:44After the divorce is settled, what is the ideal scenario for you and your children?
13:52Well...
13:54Michael is a good father.
13:57But I want my kids with me.
14:00Me?
14:01And in an ideal world, Michael would understand that our children belong with their mother.
14:11And with Drew?
14:13Remind me.
14:16When was Laura soft on Sonny as a mare?
14:21Even the appearance of impropriety is unacceptable.
14:24I'm sorry.
14:26Are there photographs of Laura doing body shots off the belly of a hooker on top of a bar
14:31somewhere out there that I haven't seen?
14:33I was set up.
14:35Laura protected our resident mobster from the revised plans for the esplanade.
14:40The only reason that she called the referendum really was because she was cornered.
14:44I don't like it any more than you do, but it's not Laura's fault
14:48that law enforcement is so incompetent that they haven't put Sonny behind bars yet.
14:53Why are you protecting Sonny?
14:55Because essentially that's what you're doing when you're sticking up for Laura.
14:57Laura's my friend.
14:58And she's Lulu's mother.
15:00And Sonny has been a plague on this city and my family.
15:05Your family.
15:06For decades.
15:07Sonny has to go.
15:08I couldn't agree more.
15:11Sonny has to pay for the pain that he's caused all of us.
15:13That's why I agreed to work with you, Tracy.
15:15We have a common goal, a common enemy.
15:18But I do need to get really clear on the terms of this deal.
15:24How can they schedule a divorce hearing when Michael's out of the country?
15:28I had Diane petition the court for the earliest possible date.
15:32Carly.
15:32No.
15:33Sonny.
15:34Michael served Willow with divorce papers before the fire, okay?
15:38This is exactly what he wanted.
15:40When he could be here and stand up in person, not now.
15:43His wish is clear when he filed that paperwork.
15:46All I did was get a date on the calendar.
15:48When is it?
15:51June 2nd.
15:53Look, we thought we were safe until August.
15:54We did.
15:55But an earlier date popped up and the court slotted us in.
15:59But Michael's not here.
16:00Please, Carly.
16:01Tell me you didn't ask Michael to cut his treatment short in Germany for this.
16:05No, I wouldn't do that.
16:07I'm gonna handle it myself.
16:09Well, that's a mistake.
16:10Michael, how are you feeling?
16:19I'm good.
16:22I cleaned every inch of my mom's house twice and I'm basically grounded until I'm 54.
16:27But I'm good.
16:30Glad to hear it.
16:31Not about the grounded part.
16:35Gio, I wanted to apologize.
16:38I put you in a really bad position that night and I'm sorry.
16:42You can't take the blame.
16:44I'm the adult.
16:45I should have.
16:46You didn't make me play that game.
16:48You didn't force me to get drunk and you didn't even know Danny and I were at that party.
16:53And when I got sick, I begged you not to call my parents and I told my dad all of that.
16:58He's still mad though, isn't he?
17:00Yeah.
17:02But he needs to understand that you helped get me back here.
17:05And I'm really grateful to you for that.
17:13I just wish I could have done more.
17:16You helped me.
17:17And it stinks that you're being blamed.
17:21None of this was your fault and I'm so sorry.
17:25Exactly what kind of demands is Drew making on my daughter?
17:30Fortunately, not the same kinds he's making of you.
17:34But you can imagine my surprise when Trina stopped by the gallery this morning
17:38with a camera following her every move.
17:41For Drew's documentary.
17:43You know about it?
17:44Yeah, yeah.
17:45Drew's guy, um, Josh.
17:50He wanted to be in the operating room when Kai was having his surgery.
17:56Please finish telling me what happened with Trina.
17:59Well, to his credit, this Josh was quite polite.
18:02I mean, he really did do his best to seem invisible, you know, but...
18:06But he was following her around with that camera.
18:09Yeah, exactly.
18:11And Trina was lovely, of course, as always.
18:13But I could tell that she was very uncomfortable having a camera in her face, you know?
18:17So I shooed Josh away.
18:20Thank you for that.
18:22Yeah, of course.
18:23Anyway, that's when Trina told me that Drew is behind this documentary.
18:28And since he is paying for Kai's surgery, she feels like she has to participate in the project.
18:34Because she and Kai are sort of together now, she feels like it's the least she can do.
18:39Drew is so good at that.
18:42Convincing people to do his bidding and making them feel like it's their idea.
18:47And now Drew has my daughter in his tentacles.
18:49Just, just, just a little.
18:51I'm gonna keep an eye on it.
18:53No, no.
18:53It's more than just a little.
18:55He's pressuring Trina and me to weaponize us against Curtis.
19:01You know what?
19:01I don't want to hate anybody.
19:03But I truly hate Drew Cain.
19:08And this, all of it, it's got to stop.
19:13No, Portia, you are right about that.
19:16And I think that you have, you've clearly reached the point here where you need to change tactics.
19:21How?
19:22What, what am I supposed to do at this point?
19:26You need to tell Curtis the truth.
19:29Has there been any movement in Willow's custody case?
19:32She still has her kids, right?
19:34Yes, but who knows for how long?
19:35She was ambushed with a court date, June 2nd.
19:40That doesn't leave much time.
19:41No, it doesn't.
19:43And this early court date was just given to us.
19:46And Drew has convinced Willow to embrace it.
19:50Drew doesn't exactly have a problem doing that, now does he?
19:53No, he doesn't.
19:54And he wants Willow to now push for full custody on the grounds that Michael has abandoned them.
20:04Because he went to Germany.
20:05Yes, he has Willow believing that if she goes after Michael in court while he's out of the
20:12country receiving treatment in a burn unit, it will somehow end with her getting permanent
20:20sole custody of her children.
20:22Even if it were possible, Michael's family would never stand for that.
20:25Never.
20:27Ever.
20:29And I have a really bad feeling, Curtis, that this is going to end in disaster.
20:36Drew is a great father.
20:38You should see him with his daughter, Scout.
20:41And with my kids.
20:44He loves them.
20:44And they love him.
20:46We're really building a new family together.
20:50Like I said, I'm not judging.
20:52And I really am happy for you.
20:54Okay, thank you.
20:58But I just hope you're prepared for the possibility that Michael may not feel the same way.
21:03You asked me what I wanted in an ideal world.
21:07And ideally, Michael would be able to see that what's truly best for his children is
21:12them being with their mother.
21:15And their mother is with Drew.
21:17And being with me and Drew would give Wiley and Amelia the love and stability that they
21:22wouldn't have otherwise.
21:24What do you mean otherwise?
21:26Just that I don't want this to turn into an ugly situation where I have to fight Michael
21:30for sole custody and then he never gets to see his kids.
21:32Wait, wait, wait.
21:34You're going for sole custody?
21:38Does Michael even know he has a court date?
21:42Technically, no.
21:43What do you mean technically no?
21:45Well, the court notified Diane and she notified me and I asked her not to tell Michael.
21:49Because you knew he'd want to be here.
21:51Yes, and I don't want him to give up one minute of his recovery at all.
21:55So trust me, I got this.
21:57What do you mean you got this?
21:59Diane is going to argue that Willow put Michael's children in an unsafe environment.
22:04And then I'm going to get an emergency custody order.
22:06The kids are going to come home with me until their father comes home.
22:10You think it's going to be that easy?
22:12Willow's going to have her lawyer, Drew, and Nina there to back her up.
22:16They're going to fight you.
22:18I'm sure they are.
22:19And Willow's their mother.
22:21And since Michael physically can't be in court, she's the only parent that's going to be at
22:26the hearing.
22:27That's right.
22:28And Drew is going to be right by her side playing the hero.
22:31And he's going to be the reason she loses those kids.
22:34He's the proof that she's unfit.
22:37Drew is a congressman.
22:39A congressman who partied with ketamine and did body shots of a call girl on a bar on video.
22:46A congressman who slept with his nephew's wife in their kid's nursery also on video.
22:53And when they show that video in court.
22:55No judge is going to let Michael's kids within 100 feet of Willow and Drew.
22:59Those kids are going to come home with me.
23:01And they're going to stay with me until their loving father comes home.
23:06Offense, but when it comes to Gio and Brooklyn, I think you're seeing what you want to see.
23:12I think I saw what I saw.
23:15Okay.
23:16Do Lois and Brooklyn over Gio?
23:18Sure.
23:19But I mean, he's a good kid with no parents.
23:22Lois helped raise them.
23:23And Brooklyn saw him grow up.
23:27And I think the way that they treat him is more Bensonhurst than anything else.
23:30Okay, I'll give you this.
23:33I'm sure that Brooklyn knows that Gio is her son.
23:38I've never been quite positive about that.
23:41You don't know if Gio is Brooklyn's son.
23:44But I do know that Brooklyn is a damn good liar.
23:46I have experienced that firsthand.
23:48And we know that she's been lying to Dante for years.
23:50And she's been lying to you since you came to Port Charles.
23:53Maybe so.
23:54But none of that adds up to Gio being Brooklyn and Dante's son.
23:59But everything in my gut is telling me that he is.
24:03I just need to prove it.
24:06Well, I appreciate you trying to let me off the hook.
24:08You shouldn't be on the hook in the first place.
24:10Rocco, I can handle your parents being mad at me.
24:13But you got to promise me something.
24:16No more drinking until you're 21.
24:18I promise.
24:20Okay.
24:21You know, you and your dad are lucky to have each other.
24:26Don't let what happened with me cause any problems between you two.
24:29I won't.
24:32So, we good?
24:35We're good.
24:42You handled that really well.
24:46It was big of you to protect Rocco and Dante's relationship like that.
24:51Rocco needs his dad.
24:53At this point, I can't worry too much about what Dante thinks of me.
24:56Dante will get over it.
24:58He was just being a hothead who was worried about his kid.
25:02All that everyone keeps telling me is that Dante was just worried about his kid.
25:06But that doesn't mean that Dante doesn't feel the way he feels about me.
25:10Because he made it perfectly clear that he has no use for me.
25:15And I'm good with that.
25:17Okay, but everyone's also saying that it's just temporary.
25:20And I don't want you or anybody else to try to convince me that deep down,
25:23Dante really likes me because it's obvious that he doesn't.
25:28He pretty much says to himself and there's no point pretending that's not true.
25:33I'm sorry.
25:35Sorry, I better go study.
25:43If and when I succeed in removing Sonny,
25:48I want the Quartermain name back.
25:51We have already established this.
25:53I'm only giving you one thing.
25:55I am so clear on the term.
25:57And I want access to the Quartermain estates and grounds again.
26:04Well, good luck with that.
26:06As of now, it's part of the deal.
26:08Oh, no, that's not the way deals work.
26:10And by the way, it's not my call.
26:12If you want access, you need to talk to Monica.
26:14And no matter what happens to Sonny, I don't think it's going to matter.
26:18Oh, you don't think it's going to matter that I rid the town of the man who murdered the
26:22only child she had with Alan?
26:24Because to me, that feels like it holds a lot of weight.
26:28You destroyed Michael's marriage.
26:30And you prevented her from seeing her great grandchild.
26:33That's not what-
26:34I'm not debating this.
26:37You get rid of Sonny, you get the name back.
26:39The rest of it, you're on your own.
26:41It's not good enough.
26:42Oh, well, it better be good enough.
26:43Get back on your damn barge.
26:46Find another-
26:49Alan gave it to her.
27:08When I went to see Michael in Germany and he refused to see me,
27:12it sent a really clear message.
27:14I have to do whatever it takes to protect my children and my custody of them.
27:19I hear you.
27:20I'm sure you're getting plenty of advice from other people.
27:23You don't need any more from me.
27:26No, I'm sorry.
27:28I shouldn't have snapped at you.
27:31It's fine.
27:32And I just want you to know that
27:37I think you're an excellent nurse.
27:40And in the time that I've known you, I've only seen you be a good person with a kind heart.
27:48Trust it.
27:55I get that you have a plan.
27:57Let me guess.
27:58You don't like it.
27:59And I understand what you're trying to do, but this is not your call.
28:02It's Michael's call.
28:03Michael can't be here to fight for his kids.
28:06So I have to do it for him, Sonny.
28:08There's no guarantee that it's going to work.
28:10With that evidence, I think we're pretty good.
28:12You're overstepping.
28:13This is Michael's life.
28:15It's his family.
28:18And he's not going to thank you for, you know, making decisions without his permission.
28:25I'm just saying it's going to cost you.
28:27Michael will understand that I'm doing this to protect him and his family.
28:31And if Michael is mad at me, I can live with that.
28:34It's worth it to make sure our grandchildren are happy and safe.
28:39And the only way to do that is to get custody of them.
28:45Everything all right?
28:47Yeah, I feel bad for Gio.
28:49Dante really came down on him, and he's taken it pretty hard.
28:54Gio is a very good kid, and Dante is scrupulous to a fault.
29:01They'll figure it out.
29:03I hope so.
29:05It's not the only reason why I'm feeling a little blue today.
29:10What is it?
29:12It's my baby's birthday.
29:15The way that Lois reacted when Dante was tearing into Gio,
29:20and the way she got into it with Dante.
29:23Lois is protective of Gio in a way that goes well beyond him being a cousin.
29:29Like she was tapping into her primal grand maternal instinct, like a grand mama bear?
29:36Actually, yes.
29:38And what Brooklyn said, if she's telling the truth, Lois handled the baby's adoption.
29:44Pair that with the fact that Gio's mother was conveniently a Cerullo cousin, it all makes sense.
29:52You're still not buying it.
29:53No, I'm not not buying it.
29:56It's just, if this is true, Lois went through a lot of trouble to cover this up.
30:01And maybe Brooklyn too.
30:03How do we prove it?
30:05Gio's so-called mother, cousin Camilla, she's the key.
30:12Curtis already knows that you tampered with Heather Webber's blood tests.
30:16All you have to tell him now is that Brad and Drew found out about it,
30:21and they're using it as leverage against you.
30:24He's going to wonder why I didn't tell him right away.
30:28I don't have a good answer for that.
30:30How is it I didn't tell you I was being blackmailed because I was being blackmailed?
30:34Not an acceptable answer.
30:36It's the point of blackmail.
30:39Curtis won't see it that way.
30:41I made a choice the moment that I started giving in to Brad.
30:46And now I've left my whole family vulnerable.
30:49You got in over your head.
30:52You know what happens?
30:54But you can still fix this.
30:57Curtis can help you get out of it.
31:01I know Curtis.
31:02There's no third chance.
31:05He's never going to forgive me for this.
31:08Is there any way Willow can get a postponement?
31:10Oh, I suggested that, but Drew shot it down and Willow fell right in line.
31:15What were Drew's reasons?
31:17Because this is the perfect time to steal Michael's children out from under him
31:21and present the children to Willow as a gift.
31:26Are those his words?
31:28No, but his thoughts are so loud.
31:29They might as well be spoken words.
31:31Drew thinks that he and Willow are going to walk into court
31:35looking like this perfect, stable couple with this perfect, stable, built-in family.
31:40And Michael, he won't be there to defend himself.
31:44So they'll win.
31:46All the more reason why you should make this postponement happen.
31:49If Drew and Willow won't listen to reason, then you need to find someone who will.
31:54Maybe a lawyer?
31:57Someone who has sway over Michael.
32:01There might be one person that Michael will listen to.
32:06I gotta go.
32:07Thank you so much for listening to me.
32:10Thank you for everything.
32:12Anytime.
32:18Okay.
32:30Yeah, I need to see you in my office now.
32:35Do you think Willow's a bad mother?
32:38Do you question that she would do anything she could to keep her kids safe?
32:44Do I question Willow?
32:46Hell yeah, I question Willow.
32:48She's not the same woman we thought she was.
32:50She's not the woman that Michael married,
32:51and she's not the woman that he allowed to adopt his child and start a family with Sonny.
32:56She has changed.
32:57Hell yeah, she's changed.
32:59She's trying to take Michael's kids from him and raise them with their great uncle.
33:04She is so infatuated with Drew, who isn't the man we thought he was.
33:08We all bought his act, Carla.
33:10Yeah.
33:11So if you ask me, do I question Willow?
33:15Absolutely.
33:16I don't trust her at all anymore.
33:18And I don't want Drew or Willow anywhere near Michael's children.
33:23I hope this works out for you, Carly.
33:27Because if it doesn't, and Michael loses his children because of it,
33:33you could lose your own child.
33:39I'm so good at brushing past this day.
33:41But now with everything that's come out, all these feelings are coming back with a vengeance.
33:47And I can't stop them or push them away.
33:50Brooklyn, I don't think you should.
33:53The only way out is through.
33:56I'm going through it, all right.
33:59I can't stop thinking about my son.
34:02Wishing him a happy birthday.
34:04He's 22.
34:08I have something I think might cheer you up.
34:11By all means.
34:13Consider this a little birthday present for you and the boy.
34:20I spoke to Lulu.
34:22She's dropping the adoption article.
34:25Really?
34:27How did you?
34:29You know what?
34:29It doesn't matter.
34:30I am so relieved.
34:32Thought you might be.
34:33I just hated that she was digging around without any consideration for anyone else.
34:38I don't want her disrupting my son's life.
34:41She's not going to.
34:43So you can relax.
34:45And unless you choose otherwise, no one is going to know that you gave a child up for adoption.
34:57Brooklyn said that she gave birth in San Francisco.
35:01And according to this, a baby boy Cirilla was born on May 15th,
35:07which is around about the time Gio was born.
35:11The records also indicate that the mother is Brooklyn Cirilla.
35:18I can't think that's a coincidence.
35:21Yeah, no.
35:22Using Lois's last name probably was the easiest thing for Brooklyn to do.
35:27And Brooklyn wasn't a legal adult.
35:31Lois didn't go to a lot of trouble to hide any of this.
35:34Well, I mean, why would she?
35:35She had no reason to believe that anyone would dig up Gio's real origin story.
35:42Gio said that he was born on June 4th in Los Angeles.
35:49And according to records, there were a lot of baby boys born
35:54in L.A. County on that day, but no baby boy Cirillo or Palmieri.
36:00All this proves, though, is that there wasn't a baby born under that name in Los Angeles County.
36:06You know, he could have been born in Orange County,
36:08near Ventura, or Camilla could have used a different name.
36:13You are absolutely correct.
36:15Statistically, it was bound to happen someday.
36:19There is only one way to prove that Camilla isn't really Gio's mother.
36:24We need to find out where she was and what she was doing the day that Brooklyn gave birth.
36:31When it comes to secrets and lies, Curtis has zero tolerance.
36:36He's going to have to get over that because that is an impossible standard.
36:40It's why he and Jordan broke up.
36:43They didn't grow apart.
36:45Curtis left because Jordan lied.
36:50Well, if he forgave you for keeping Trina a secret all those years, this is nothing.
36:56Not what I've been lying to him for months.
36:58Stop lying now.
37:00Your marriage might survive it now, but after another six months, not so much.
37:07You just stop digging yourself in deeper.
37:10I can't.
37:12If Curtis finds out that I lied to him again, my marriage is over.
37:19Come in.
37:22You wanted to see me?
37:24Yeah, I did.
37:27You sounded stressed on the phone.
37:29What's wrong?
37:32You're blackmailing my wife.
37:39Well, you got a minute?
37:43Yeah, what do you need?
37:48I heard you and Michael have a court date.
37:52We do.
37:55This is gonna get ugly.
37:57I think so, too.
37:59Well, I think we can stop it before it starts.
38:03How?
38:05I know how much you love your children.
38:07You know how much I love my grandkids.
38:09They love you, too.
38:10Then you should know that we can figure out a compromise.
38:16Should we be talking about this without...
38:19No, no.
38:19Look, no Lawrence, no Drew, no Carly.
38:22Just cooler heads trying to figure out what's best for the kids.
38:29And also finding a way to make peace.
38:35Hey.
38:36Nina, whatever this is, I don't have time for it.
38:38Well, make the time, Carly, because this is the last chance we have to stop this
38:42before Drew completely wrecks our grandkids' lives.
38:49On the next General Hospital...
38:51I hope I didn't make things worse for Drew.
38:52I stand on my own now.
38:53I'm not stopping until I have proof.
38:55I've got the situation under control.
38:57Why is Rick Lansing calling me to testify?
39:00Call for a postponement until Michael comes home.