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00:00And you are?
00:02Someone who's been waiting quite a while to meet you.
00:06Well, make an appointment.
00:07Your timing is terrible, and this is private property.
00:10I'm just here to pay my respects.
00:14To who?
00:16Well, to Monica, of course.
00:19I'm sorry.
00:21I am her younger sister, Veronica Bard.
00:26But please just call me Ronnie.
00:30So, James, are the rumors really true?
00:37Did you and your classmates actually learn how to churn butter in school today?
00:41Yeah.
00:43So how does one churn butter?
00:47You put cream in the jar and you shake it really hard.
00:52Well, I can't wait to have some on my toast in the morning.
00:55It sounds delicious, doesn't it?
00:56It sounds to life.
00:57James, why don't you go to the counter and see what kind of dessert they have?
01:03Maybe we can take some home.
01:05Okay.
01:11It is not okay.
01:13I know.
01:14He misses his mom.
01:17Here we are, about to upend his life all over again.
01:20Nina, your message sounded urgent.
01:23Is it James?
01:24Oh, do you have news about Maxie?
01:26No, no, no.
01:26But it does affect both of them.
01:30You know, actually, I can only handle it to say this one.
01:33So let's just wait for Brett, okay?
01:35What's the big emergency?
01:40I can't just leave the ER.
01:42It's my first day back.
01:43Are you trying to get me fired?
01:44No.
01:45I'm trying to arrange a family reunion.
01:53How are you feeling?
01:54Any pain?
01:56No.
01:57No, I feel great.
01:57That's what we like to hear.
02:00I'm Nathan West.
02:02I should have introduced myself sooner.
02:05I'm Willow Tate.
02:07Your niece.
02:08Your niece.
02:27Yeah.
02:34Well, that is a turn of events.
02:38Yeah.
02:39Uh, thank you.
02:41Yeah, of course.
02:42I will follow up.
02:44Yeah.
02:44You seem restless, Rick.
03:12I've got just the thing for that.
03:14Hey.
03:21I'm so sorry about Monica.
03:25She was truly one of a kind.
03:27Yeah, she was.
03:34I'm glad you're both here.
03:36Yeah, we would have been at the memorial, but we know it was a private service, so.
03:41But we're glad you invited us to come over.
03:42Anything you need, we're here.
03:45I appreciate that.
03:46Please, come in.
03:52Christina, Molly, I would like to introduce you to a friend of mine.
03:55This is Jacinda.
03:58Jacinda.
03:58Nina, I am not interested in you, Miss.
04:28This is a guided attempt to orchestrate a reconciliation between Grisha and me.
04:31No, and Lisa, it's not a...
04:33Not that you asked, but I'm not interested either.
04:36So if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to lining up ER consultations for upset tummies and skinned knees.
04:41No, can you please?
04:42No, can you please?
04:43Please, Bo, just stop.
04:46Stop.
04:47Something incredible has happened.
04:50And whatever you two are going through, you're going to need each other to get through this.
04:55He's...
05:01He's alive.
05:07It was a huge shock when I found out Nina was my mother.
05:10Yeah, I can relate.
05:14Finding out who my parents were turned my whole world upside down.
05:18Well, I'm alive today because of your mom.
05:20She actually gave me a bone marrow transplant.
05:23That's amazing.
05:25I'm glad she could come through for you.
05:28Family's important.
05:29And now we're family.
05:32Yeah.
05:33Yeah, I like that.
05:35A new niece and...
05:37A son I've never met.
05:43How are we supposed to tell James that his father, a mythical figure that he's only known from pictures, is actually not dead and here in Port Charles?
05:54It's going to be hard for him to understand.
05:56I don't even understand it.
05:57I mean, there's a...
05:58There's a million questions in zeroes.
06:01Well, for the DNA test, we have one answer.
06:05That man in the bed is Nathan.
06:07And James has a right to know that his father is alive.
06:12Shouldn't his mother...
06:14be here to help guide him through such a...
06:17monumental transition?
06:20I know that you wish that Maxie was here.
06:24So do I.
06:25But she's not here right now.
06:28So we're going to have to step it up and be there for James.
06:33And we can do this together.
06:36Because Maxie would want James to know the truth.
06:39Now, now, I can't have you waking up.
06:45This will all be so much easier for you if you just take another nice, long nap.
06:52Open your mouth.
06:53Oh, oh, oh, oh, Drugs.
06:55Please, please, just let me go.
06:58I will.
06:59I promise.
07:00Just not today.
07:02Now open your mouth.
07:06There you go.
07:09Swallow it.
07:10Dad's a good boy.
07:15It's me.
07:18Haven't I always told you?
07:21Restraints can be so much fun.
07:23I didn't know you had company.
07:28We could have rescheduled.
07:30Oh, no, it's okay.
07:31Just send her to stop by to offer her condolences.
07:36That's so sweet.
07:37I lost my grandmother not too long ago, so I could guess how he was feeling.
07:43I just wanted to make sure Michael was holding up okay.
07:45Oh, do you run Charlie's?
07:49I think I've seen you there.
07:51Yeah, yep, Charlie's is my place.
07:54Oh, I was sorry to hear about the fire.
07:57Yeah, we're going to be up and running again very soon.
08:01Well, that's great to hear.
08:03It's a fun place.
08:05So, how do you and Michael know each other?
08:09Oh, we cross paths out and about somewhere, and we just hit it off.
08:15Sometimes you just click with people, you know?
08:19Yeah, I do.
08:21Michael, can I borrow you for just a second?
08:25Yeah, yeah, sure.
08:31So, you're Monica's little sister.
08:34The runt of the litter.
08:36Oh.
08:37You've heard of me?
08:39Not from Monica.
08:40I had her investigated before she married my brother Alan.
08:43Your name turned out.
08:46Do you mean that Monica never mentioned me?
08:48I mean, not once.
08:50Not a peep.
08:51Which tells me that she didn't want you in her life.
08:55So, why are you popping up now that she's dead?
09:00Do you usually welcome visitors with hostility?
09:04Oh, just the ones that show up uninvited in the family crypt.
09:10Now, as far as I know, Monica has had no contact with you for decades.
09:14I think she probably had a reason for that.
09:18Well, you're right.
09:21Okay, Monica and I were estranged for a long time.
09:25And it's clear from her beautiful home and the land it's sitting on that we've led very different lives.
09:33But you are wrong about how things stood between my sister and me because everything changed well before she died.
09:45Nathan is alive.
09:52Are you certain of this?
09:56I know it's a shock.
09:57Especially her.
09:58I was a shock, too.
10:03I was afraid to believe it.
10:05But Aunt Liesel, they did a DNA test.
10:07I spoke to him myself.
10:10Your son.
10:11Your brother.
10:17He's so hot.
10:20Well?
10:22Where is he?
10:24I need to see my son.
10:25Yeah, don't worry.
10:26He's fine.
10:27I'll take you to him.
10:28Come on.
10:29Come on.
10:30Come on.
10:30Are you on a date the day of your grandmother's funeral?
10:43Jacinda just stopped by to offer her condolences.
10:46I'll bet.
10:47You know who she is, right?
10:49What do you mean?
10:50What do you mean, what do I mean?
10:51Jacinda is the escort who was with Drew the night of his ketamine bender.
10:57She was all over the news.
10:58Yeah, it was one night, and it was obviously just business.
11:01Business.
11:03Okay, so what's her business with you, then?
11:05I told you.
11:05She's my friend.
11:07Well, she may be your friend, but you might be her next mark.
11:11Chrissy, I got this under control.
11:14Okay?
11:15Whatever you say.
11:17I'm just looking out for you.
11:22So, your sister owns Charlie's.
11:25What do you do?
11:26I'm a prosecutor.
11:27You're an assistant district attorney.
11:30Wow, that sounds interesting.
11:33Yeah, it has its days.
11:36Um, sorry, are you and Michael dating?
11:40We're getting to know each other.
11:43That sounds great.
11:46Molly, uh, I think we should head out.
11:52Let Michael and Jacinda enjoy their tea.
11:55Sounds good.
11:56It was so nice meeting you.
11:57You too.
11:58I'm going to need a full recap of Tracy throwing Drew out of Monica's memorial.
12:10Tracy went full Tracy in honor of Monica.
12:12I'm always going to forget it.
12:13Anyway, I appreciate you to come and check on me.
12:17Love you.
12:18Love you.
12:22Hey, Michael.
12:23Bye.
12:23Bye.
12:23I'm not sure they bought it.
12:41By all means, regale me with stories of how you and Monica conveniently reunited in the sunset of her life without my knowledge.
12:52Well, it's simple.
12:54Monica wrote me a letter.
12:56Of course she did.
12:58Trust me, no one was more surprised than me.
13:02Because she had never reached out in the past, you know, even though I was really easy to find.
13:08Yeah.
13:09I just assumed she had no interest.
13:11And what, pray tell, sparked this renewed interest?
13:17I think as we grow older and face our mortality, regrets loom large.
13:28Mine you can see from space.
13:31And yours?
13:33So Monica wrote you a letter.
13:35I assume you wrote back?
13:37Well, of course I did.
13:39We've been writing back and forth to each other past year or so.
13:43Oh, I'd like to see proof of that.
13:47You want to see the private letters that I exchanged with my sister?
13:52I don't know you.
13:56But I'd know Monica's handwriting anywhere.
14:00I also know that you haven't darkened her doorstep in over 50 years.
14:06And yet, as soon as you get wind of the fact that she's died, you're circling like a vulture.
14:15Why don't you tell me why you're really here?
14:17Did something happen to mom?
14:29Oh, no, sweetheart.
14:31Absolutely not.
14:33I talked to your mom's doctors earlier, like I do every day.
14:37And they are taking excellent care of her.
14:39Then what's wrong?
14:41You know, actually, James, your grandma and I have some good news to tell you.
14:50Um...
14:51There was a strange mistake.
14:56And your dad, Nathan, is alive.
15:02No, he's not.
15:05My dad's an angel and he was in heaven.
15:15Nathan...
15:16My son...
15:20Is he for you?
15:23I hate to tell you this, Ray, but you are missing out on an awful lot of billable hours.
15:46What, with Drew getting himself shot and half the town being investigated by the PCPD?
15:53Drew got shot?
15:56Is he alive?
15:57Oh, yeah.
15:58And from what I hear, Willow, one of your many unfortunate clients, is a prime suspect.
16:05Ava, you gotta stop this.
16:07I already said I would.
16:10Just not right now.
16:11No.
16:11It didn't have to be this way, you know.
16:16You and I, we had a real good thing going.
16:21And I think we're cut from the same claw.
16:24Don't you?
16:25But I guess the heart wants what it wants.
16:31And yours wanted Elizabeth.
16:33The fairest maiden in all of poor Charles.
16:40Which allowed Christina to play you for the fool you are.
16:43But the reason you are here is because you got greedy.
16:48So did you.
16:50Come on.
16:52I deserved every penny of that money.
16:56Hey.
16:57No, no, no, no.
16:58Don't fall asleep just yet, okay?
17:00Because I want you to remember this.
17:01In ten days, all the money you stole is going to be right back where it belongs.
17:09In the Casadine estate.
17:11Minus my substantial divorce settlement, of course.
17:15But you should cheer up.
17:18Because by the time you're able to form a coherent thought again,
17:23this will all be over.
17:31I can see that you are grieving too, which is why I'm trying to be polite.
17:43But you have just stepped up to a line that no decent person would cross.
17:51You're the one who showed up unannounced and uninvited to a private memorial.
17:57Probably asking for a handout.
17:59I don't want a thing from you or from my sister.
18:06I get along just fine.
18:09I can see.
18:12Look, I read in the paper that Monica had died.
18:16I knew that her funeral was private, so I came here instead to pay my respects.
18:25The select invitees were people who were close to Monica.
18:31Monica, her family, her friends, respected colleagues, of which you are none.
18:41You know, whatever you came here for, you're not going to get it.
18:46So why don't you sneak out the way you snuck in?
18:52Sneak?
18:54Sneak in?
18:55Gates were wide open.
18:56I'll have that fixed.
18:58You know, Monica wrote to me a lot about her family.
19:05Her son, Jason, her grandson, Michael, other grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
19:11I would like to meet them and extend my condolences because, I mean, they're my family.
19:17No, they're not.
19:18They're nothing to you.
19:20And you are nothing to them.
19:23This is a miracle.
19:30You've been restored to me.
19:33But, Levin, where have you been?
19:37I wish I knew.
19:39The last thing I remember is being shot by Faison.
19:41You were found on the road in the car that had crashed.
19:47Were you trying to escape from someone?
19:51I would tell you if I knew I really don't know.
19:54I'm sorry.
19:54But I do know Maxie and I have a son.
20:01And I want to meet him as soon as possible.
20:05That's right, James.
20:07We did believe he was in heaven.
20:09But it turns out we were wrong.
20:13And he's actually here.
20:16In Port Charles.
20:17I have seen him with my own two eyes.
20:20I have even spoken to him.
20:23He is in general hospital right now.
20:26Is he hurt?
20:27Oh, no, no.
20:29No, he was in an accident.
20:31But he's okay.
20:34He doesn't remember where he's been.
20:37Does he remember me?
20:39Well, that's the thing.
20:40The two of you have never actually met.
20:43Because you were born after he went away.
20:50I guess that's why I don't really know my dad.
20:54Except Ron's told me what I've seen in pictures.
20:58That's right.
20:59You know, and we know this is a lot for you to find out.
21:02And it is for us, too.
21:05But we're all in this together.
21:07So, and it's okay if you're not quite ready.
21:11You don't have to meet him until you want to.
21:23I can safely say that coming home to you will never be anything but disconcerting.
21:29Well, luckily for us, this will all be over soon.
21:32And we can go back to pretending we don't see each other when we pass on the street.
21:35How's Rick?
21:37He's okay.
21:37I just gave him a sedative.
21:39He ought to be sleeping like a baby.
21:40How'd it go with Anna?
21:42I don't know.
21:43They canceled the appointment.
21:44What?
21:45I don't know that either.
21:48They didn't reschedule, so I'm taking that as a win, at least for now.
21:51Right.
21:52Yeah, so you think you're in the clear then?
21:54Because we can't have the cops sniffing around here.
21:56I'm being cautiously optimistic.
21:59And you're certainly right.
22:00We can't have the PCPD know that I've got my ex-husband locked up in my basement.
22:05Ten more days.
22:08We just have to endure this nightmare for ten more days.
22:11And all the money Rick stole will be right back where it belongs.
22:14And you and I can wash our hands of each other permanently.
22:18Who's in the loaded room?
22:33I can't have the power of my ex-husband.
22:35I can't have the power of my ex-husband.
22:37That's it.
22:38I can't have the power of my ex-husband.
22:41hi justine great um i've got something that is really going to interest you
22:59how did your questioning with alexis go i cancelled so she's no longer a suspect no no
23:05i don't want to rule her out as a suspect but the ballistics report came back and it's
23:11pointing us elsewhere let me guess sunny corinthos actually no the strike marks on the bullet
23:22they match to an earlier crime and suggest a highly unlikely suspect who it's a dead man
23:34um namely edward quarterman wow you just jump right in and make assumptions about my character
23:45even though as you just made very clear you don't know me i don't want to know you maybe you should
23:53because from where i stand you didn't know monica as well as you think you did
23:58monica did not mention your name once in the 45 years that i knew her got hard to connect the dots
24:09she didn't want anything to do with you and i intend to honor her by following suit
24:17you know what you are everything she said you were and that's not a compliment oh i already know
24:24that because unlike you i had a relationship with her oh well weren't you lucky then
24:30my sister and i were separated as children and raised in the foster care system did you know that
24:39i knew her foster mother gail baldwin well good for you i never had the pleasure
24:46look what i'm trying to tell you is that monica and i were estranged due to circumstance not choice
24:54we didn't get to grow up together as sisters and when i finally found her again
25:03we were already both young women starting our lives she was married to her first husband and in the
25:12middle of her medical internship and building a life that was a far cry from the past we had shared
25:23and that was a past she wanted nothing to do with so there was no room in her life for me
25:35and i took that hard you know i i said things that oh god i regret and so did she
25:46and that led to a 50-year estrangement well life takes people in different directions doesn't it
25:54you know monica was forging her own path and i was quite determined to do the same
25:59my life may have had very different trappings but i am proud of it nonetheless
26:07i never asked or needed my sister for anything and i never did
26:14that is a very compelling story and i don't believe a word of it
26:23this situation with drew has been very enlightening how so
26:30because his behavior was so extreme that it pushed someone else to an extreme and he got shot
26:37this whole mess we're in right now is because you and christina have gone to an extreme
26:44do you mean when she tried to kill me i mean that we have rick tied up in my basement because of an
26:52eye for an eye vendetta that the two of you can't get over and it's it's gonna destroy all of us
26:58and it's gonna end all right so we're gonna put the money back where it belongs including the
27:02divorce settlement which belongs in my pocket fine then we will push reset we're gonna put all of
27:07this in the past all of us well i'm willing to do that and it seems like you and christina are
27:15willing to do that but the one person who might not be so amenable is rick rick doesn't have a choice
27:22because we all committed crimes if we go down he goes down lex is the guy who's been bludgeoned
27:30drugged trust up he's being held captive by the ex-wife he hates the niece he hates even more and
27:36the ex-lover he is probably pretty displeased with i know rick he will get upset he will kick and
27:44scream and feel thwarted but then he will lick his wounds and he will get over it he'll be fine
27:49i don't know everybody has a limit to how far they're willing to be pushed
27:55okay night alexis ultimately every quarter main was exonerated but the gun definitely belonged to him
28:03and the quarter main still have access to this collection the entire collection is still registered
28:09to that address quarter mains are the last people that should have access to a cache of weapons
28:14anyway so the two suspects who still live at the quarter main estate are tracy quarter main and
28:19michael corinthos right and tracy was the first on the scene she discovered drew called it in
28:25she despises him yeah okay but if she wanted him dead he would probably be dead
28:34and michael and drew destroyed his family and was actively working to take away his children
28:43he had access to the gun and plenty of motive let's just say just because it could have happened
28:50doesn't mean that it did now with these suspects is there anyone that we can rule out
28:57carly spencer she's got an alibi and wsb station chief jack brennan yeah but jack would lie for her in a heartbeat
29:08so carly does have children and grandchildren at the estate so yes she does have access
29:14and i did read in her father that she once shot a man point blank in court
29:19because he kidnapped michael when he was a child so okay yes she would definitely kill to protect her
29:26children so we can't rule her out what about curtis ashford he and drew have been at each other's
29:35throats for almost a year and curtis holds drew completely responsible for the arrest of his aunt
29:42stella henry for some kind of insurance frauds maybe uh curtis reached his breaking point
29:50he is an ex-cop he could stage crime scene and cover his tracks
29:57what about nina reeves and willow tate i mean they're each other's halifuts
30:04that is one complex relationship made even more complex by the fact that they were both sleeping
30:11with drew at the same time unbeknownst to willow
30:14maybe they both wanted revenge and ran on it together
30:20hi um i um just wanted to thank you for treating jay jay oh i made that sorry yeah
30:35uh jay for james james is named after his father james nathan west yeah i can't believe it
30:45at least he'll get to have her son back
30:48you know willow with all this like can we just call it true no that's not gonna happen
30:57i'm happy your brother is back it changes nothing between us you lied to me and manipulated me and
31:05i don't want anything to do with you okay okay you can hate me all you want
31:14but the reality is we need each other because we're each other's alibi
31:24okay are we gonna talk about what just happened at the quarter mains
31:29what do you mean come on christina michael invites us over after monica's funeral and just happens to
31:36be entertaining the escort who's a part of his alibi the night of drew's shooting that was a setup
31:42i'm not sure how much i shored up your alibi but it was worth a try and being here gives me a chance
31:51to tell you that i really am sorry for your loss thank you i appreciate you trying to help today
31:59no problem
32:00it was pretty calculated though most people would be too caught up in mourning to make a move like that
32:10i think your grandmother would approve
32:12i hope so well you know i didn't come to port charles to convince you or anyone of anything
32:22i came to honor my sister who i really wish i had reconnected with sooner
32:31monica bard may have been your sister
32:38but the little girl you remember grew up to be dr monica quartermain she was a skilled surgeon
32:46she was a pillar of her community too busy helping others to bother to look back
32:56so you hear me when i tell you ronnie there is no room for you in her family's future
33:07you don't need you at all you need me you're the one who doesn't actually have an alibi
33:17you're the one with the history of violence drew used you for sex and threw you away that's a damn
33:23good reason to shoot someone well if it comes down to it i hope that's what the police believe
33:29because drew was instrumental in you losing your children which is a damn good reason to shoot someone too
33:39tell me about my son what's he like
33:43nathan he's a magnificent intelligent strong boy
33:48you should see him throw an axe
33:51um mother we should go nathan's suffered a head trauma and needs rest
33:58being with beloved family can be equally important for healing
34:02but first rest you and i are both doctors you know i'm right
34:06as much as i hate to say it your sister is correct
34:09you should leave
34:11rita
34:18surely you're not going to walk out on your newly returned brother without so much as a hug
34:23great sorry
34:26welcome back
34:34michael is going through a difficult time
35:01and he is seeking comfort from a woman he's seeing
35:05seeing yes seeing are you hung up on what jacinda does for a living because this isn't the first
35:12sex worker michael has dated he's not judgmental he likes who he likes you shouldn't shame him
35:17i'm not shaming him this isn't about that it's about a run-in with jacinda that michael orchestrated
35:22why would he do that because i work for the da's office and he wanted me to see them together
35:29he's securing his alibi for the night of drew's shooting
35:33you think
35:34i don't think
35:36i know
35:37i don't love that i had to stage this encounter with molly and christina on a day that
35:42should have been all about my grandmother
35:44well i'm sure your grandmother loved you
35:47and if she was half the woman you say she was
35:50she'd want you to get out of this drew situation clean
35:53right
35:53yeah yeah she would
35:56then i think she'd have no problem with you doing what you need to do
36:00even today
36:01thanks
36:02i just hope it was enough
36:06because you and i both know that if the cops look any deeper into this
36:11my alibi won't hold
36:14so now that we have the ballistics report i think that we should quietly secure a warrant
36:21to search the quarter main estate
36:23if word gets out and they realize that a quarter main is the focus of our investigation
36:28they will close ranks and they will do whatever it takes to protect each other
36:33they would even cover up an attempted murder of one of their own
36:38you know in her letters
36:41monica described you as aggressive and abrasive
36:48you ain't seen nothing yet
36:51she said that your abrasiveness came from your father
36:56but that it was tempered by your mother's heart
37:01she also said that your good intentions
37:07were masked by an armor of entitlement
37:11but her assessment if you left out
37:16how cold you are
37:19the fact that monica was waxing poetic about me
37:22just tells me that she was losing
37:24control of her faculties
37:28i want you to leave
37:31oh i'm leaving
37:33oh yes
37:37you know tracy
37:43masks
37:46have a tendency to slip
37:49and i suspect that you may not be entitled to everything you think you are
37:54my sincere condolences on this very sad day
37:59okay suzanne what do we have on the docket tomorrow
38:11all right
38:16the reading of monica quarterman's will that ought to go smoothly
38:20uh do me a favor will you you make some hard copies and leave them on my desk
38:25on the next general hospital
38:31do your job
38:32and stop trying to pin it on the obvious suspect
38:34do you really think maxi would be okay with this
38:36i am not about to be scared off by tracy quarterman
38:40if you're so sure that i'm lying
38:42go to the cops
38:43you
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