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OMG! Ronnie Drops a Shocking Bombshell Before Leaving Port Charles _ General Hos
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00:11The gentle hum of the hospital was a constant, a reassuring baseline to the chaotic symphony of human drama that played out within the walls of General Hospital.
00:19In a sun-drenched room on the maternity ward, that drama had recently reached a crescendo of joy.
00:25Cody Bell, his usually mischievous face softened with a reverence he hadn't known he possessed.
00:30Looked down at the tiny, swaddled form in his arms.
00:33His son.
00:35The word echoed in his soul, a profound and terrifying melody.
00:39Beside him, propped up on pillows and glowing with a mixture of exhaustion and incandescent happiness, was Sasha Gilmore.
00:46Her smile was a fragile, beautiful thing, a testament to the peace they had fought so hard to secure.
00:52He has your nose, Sasha whispered, her voice hoarse but filled with wonder.
00:56Poor kid, Cody quipped, the familiar humor a comfortable shield for the tidal wave of emotion.
01:03But his eyes, locked on the baby's face, betrayed the depth of his feeling.
01:08This was it.
01:09The fresh start.
01:11The redemption he never thought he'd earn.
01:14The shadows of his past, the cons, the lies, the aimless drifting, seemed to recede in the pure, uncomplicated light of this new life.
01:22He was a father.
01:25He would be better.
01:27He had to be better.
01:29The door to the room clicked open, and Max Scorpio stepped in, his expression a blend of official duty and grandfatherly affection.
01:35As the commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department, his presence often heralded trouble, but today, his eyes crinkled at the corners as he looked at the new family.
01:45Don't worry, I'm not here on official business, Max said, correctly reading the flicker of anxiety in Cody's eyes.
01:52Just wanted to see how everyone is doing and deliver this in person.
01:56He held up a sealed, official-looking envelope.
02:00The final, finalized adoption paperwork.
02:02Everything is in order.
02:06He's yours, Cody.
02:08Legally, and in every way that matters.
02:11Cody carefully transferred the baby back into Sasha's waiting arms, his fingers brushing against hers in a silent communication of shared joy and relief.
02:20He took the envelope, its weight feeling monumental.
02:23Thank you, Max.
02:25For everything.
02:26It's my pleasure, son, Max said, his voice thick with emotion.
02:32He'd seen Cody at his worst and was fiercely proud of the man he was becoming.
02:37You've got this.
02:39Both of you.
02:40The moment was pristine, a perfect bubble of happiness suspended in time.
02:45And like all such bubbles, it was destined to be popped.
02:48As Max turned to leave, his phone buzzed insistently.
02:53He frowned, glancing at the screen.
02:56It's the station.
02:58I have to take this.
03:00He stepped out into the hallway, his voice a low, professional murmur.
03:05Cody's attention returned to Sasha and the baby, the interruption forgotten.
03:10He leaned down, kissing Sasha's forehead.
03:12We're really a family, he murmured.
03:16Sasha's smile was her answer, but it faltered slightly as Max re-entered the room.
03:21His demeanor had shifted.
03:23The softness was gone, replaced by the stern, unyielding posture of a lawman.
03:28His face was pale, his jaw tight.
03:32Cody, Max's voice was low, gravelly.
03:35We need to talk.
03:37Now.
03:39Outside.
03:39The shift in atmosphere was as sudden and chilling as a winter draft.
03:45Sasha's grip on the baby tightened instinctively.
03:48Mack?
03:49What is it?
03:51What's wrong?
03:53It's police business, Sasha, Mack said, his eyes not leaving Cody's.
03:58The message was clear, this was for Cody alone.
04:02Cody's heart, which had been soaring moments before, plummeted into a cold, dark pit.
04:07The ghost of every bad decision, every cut corner, every face he'd conned, flashed before
04:12his eyes.
04:14Had someone from his past resurfaced?
04:17Was there a warrant?
04:18An old charge he'd thought was buried?
04:21It's okay, Sasha, Cody said, forcing a calm he didn't feel.
04:26He squeezed her hand, a gesture meant to be reassuring but which felt more like a desperate
04:30anchor.
04:32I'll be right back.
04:34He followed Mack into the sterile, bright hallway, the door swinging shut behind them, muting
04:38the sanctuary of the hospital room.
04:41The corridor seemed to stretch and warp, a tunnel leading to an unknown doom.
04:46Mack, you're scaring me, Cody said, his voice barely above a whisper.
04:51What's going on?
04:52Is it about my record?
04:55Because I thought.
04:57It's not about your record, Cody, Mack interrupted, his tone hollow.
05:02He looked older, the weight of whatever he was carrying visibly bowing his shoulders.
05:07He ran a hand over his face.
05:09There's, there's been a development.
05:12A confession.
05:14A confession?
05:16To what?
05:17Mack took a deep, shaky breath, as if stealing himself.
05:21We have Ronnie S. O'Hara in custody.
05:24He was picked up last night on a drunk and disorderly, but once he was in the system,
05:29he started talking.
05:31He demanded a deal, said he had information on a cold case.
05:35Mack's eyes, full of a profound and terrible pity, finally met Cody's.
05:40My cold case.
05:42The kidnapping of my son, Noah.
05:45Cody blinked, confused.
05:47The name Ronnie meant nothing to him, and the tragedy of Noah's kidnapping was a sad,
05:52distant piece of Port Charles history, a wound that had long since scarred over for the Scorpio
05:56family.
05:57Okay.
05:59I don't understand.
06:01What does that have to do with me?
06:04Mack's composure cracked.
06:06A single, ragged breath escaped him.
06:09Everything, Cody.
06:11It has everything to do with you.
06:14Ronnie, he confessed to being the one who took Noah from the park that day.
06:18The world tilted.
06:21Cody's mind raced, trying to find the connection, the thread that tied this sordid confession to his own life.
06:27But.
06:28Noah died.
06:30They never found him.
06:32It was a tragedy.
06:34I'm sorry, Mack, I truly am, but why are you telling me this here?
06:39Now?
06:40Because he didn't just confess to the kidnapping, Mack said, his voice dropping to a tortured whisper.
06:46He confessed to what he did after.
06:49He paused, the silence in the hallway becoming a physical pressure.
06:53He panicked.
06:55The baby wouldn't stop crying.
06:58He was a small-time crook, not a mastermind.
07:00He couldn't take care of an infant.
07:04So he, he abandoned him.
07:07Cody's blood ran cold.
07:09A terrible, dawning horror began to uncoil in the deepest recesses of his gut.
07:14Abandoned him where?
07:16Mack's eyes were pools of anguish.
07:19At a remote farm in Pennsylvania.
07:22He left him on the doorstep of a place known for taking in strays, both animal and human.
07:26A place run by a man named, a man named Mike.
07:31The name hit Cody like a physical blow.
07:34Mike.
07:35His father.
07:37The man who had raised him with a rough, distant kindness, surrounded by horses and hardship.
07:43The man who had never seemed to fully want him.
07:46The farm.
07:48The loneliness.
07:48The sense of never quite belonging.
07:52It all rushed back, a flood of fragmented memories and long-buried insecurities.
07:58No, Cody breathed, the word a denial, a plea.
08:02He shook his head, backing away from Mack as if from a physical threat.
08:06No.
08:07That's not possible.
08:10That's a coincidence.
08:12My father's name was Mike, but, but that's just a common name.
08:16There are a thousand Mikes.
08:19A thousand farms.
08:21Ronnie described the farm, Mack pressed on, his voice relentless in its agony.
08:26The main house, the red barn, the crooked fence post by the gate.
08:31He described the man who came out, a big man with a limp and a weary expression.
08:36He watched from the trees as Mike found the basket.
08:39He watched him take the baby inside.
08:41Each detail was another nail in the coffin of Cody's identity.
08:46The red barn.
08:48The crooked fence post.
08:50His father's limp, a souvenir from a long-ago rodeo accident.
08:55These were not things a random criminal could know.
08:58These were the intimate, mundane details of his childhood.
09:02He identified you from a photo, Cody, Mack said, his voice breaking.
09:06He saw your picture in the file, your arrest record from when you first came to town.
09:12He pointed to you and said, that's the kid.
09:15That's the baby I left on Mike Bell's doorstep.
09:19He said he'd been carrying the guilt for decades, and he wanted it off his chest before he,
09:23before he leaves Port Charles for good.
09:26The truth, monstrous and absolute, crashed down upon Cody.
09:30It wasn't a suggestion or a theory, it was a confession,
09:33corroborated by the one man who knew the whole, sordid story.
09:37The air left his lungs in a violent whoosh.
09:40He staggered, bracing himself against the cold, white wall of the hospital corridor.
09:46The world swam, the cheerful murals and bright lights blurring into a nauseating swirl.
09:51My name is Cody Bell.
09:53The thought was a desperate anchor.
09:56I am Cody Bell.
09:58Son of Mike Bell.
10:00Con man.
10:02Gambler.
10:04Father.
10:04But the anchor's chain had snapped.
10:08He was adrift in a sea of lies.
10:11He wasn't Cody Bell.
10:13He was Noah Scorpio.
10:15Mack's son.
10:17The son he'd mourned for over thirty years.
10:20The brother of Robert Scorpio, of Felicia Jones.
10:24The uncle to Jocelyn Jacks, to Georgie Spinelli.
10:28He was a Scorpio.
10:30A pillar of one of Port Charles's most respected families.
10:34And the man standing before him, the man he had come to respect and see as a father figure,
10:38was not just Mack Scorpio, the kindly police commissioner.
10:42He was his father.
10:44His real father.
10:46The two men stood frozen in the hallway, a chasm of thirty lost years stretching between them.
10:52The joy of just minutes ago, the baby, the adoption papers, the promise of a future, now felt like a cruel, ironic joke.
11:00Cody's entire sense of self, a fragile construct he had only recently begun to believe in, was obliterated in an instant.
11:06All this time, Cody's voice was a raw, broken thing.
11:11All this time, I was here.
11:14In this city.
11:16With you.
11:17And I never knew.
11:19You never knew.
11:21Mack's eyes filled with tears that he refused to shed.
11:25The professional cop was gone, leaving only a shattered father.
11:29We looked for you, Noah.
11:30We never stopped.
11:33We followed every lead, every dead end.
11:36We thought, we thought you were dead.
11:39We had to believe it, to survive the not knowing.
11:43Noah.
11:44The name was a foreign object, a label that didn't fit.
11:49He wasn't Noah.
11:50He was Cody.
11:52But who was Cody?
11:54A name given to a foundling by a man who wasn't his father.
11:58A identity built on a foundation of sand.
12:02His mind raced, a frantic montage of his life.
12:06The feeling of not belonging on the farm.
12:09His father Mike's occasional, uncharacteristic moments of tenderness, always followed by a deeper withdrawal.
12:16Had Mike known?
12:17Had he suspected the child he'd taken and was the subject of a massive, national search?
12:22Or had he simply been a hard man, incapable of love, and Cody's feelings of alienation were just that?
12:29Then, the connections to Port Charles slammed into him with the force of a freight train.
12:34His instant, almost primal connection to Felicia.
12:38Her unwavering kindness to him, a stranger.
12:41His complicated, rivalry-turned-respect relationship with Robert Scorpio.
12:45The way Mac had always given him a chance, had seen something in him worth saving.
12:51Had it been mere coincidence?
12:54Or was it the invisible, unbreakable thread of blood calling to blood?
12:58He thought of the baby, his son, sleeping peacefully in the room behind him.
13:03He had been so overwhelmed with the desire to give him a name, a legacy, a clear and honest history.
13:08And all the while, his own history was a poisoned well.
13:13The legacy he was actually passing on was one of kidnapping, abandonment, and a fundamental, existential lie.
13:20The baby, Cody gasped, his eyes wild with panic.
13:24What does this mean for the baby?
13:27For the adoption?
13:28Mac, reasserting a sliver of his professional composure, shook his head.
13:33Legally?
13:35Nothing.
13:36The adoption is final.
13:39You are his father.
13:41That hasn't changed.
13:43He paused, the unspoken words hanging in the air.
13:47But everything else has.
13:49Cody's gaze shifted from Mac's devastated face to the closed door of Sasha's room.
13:55Inside was his future, his happiness, his reason for being.
13:59Outside, in this harshly lit hallway, was the ruins of his past.
14:03How could he bring this truth into that room?
14:05How could he lay this monstrous secret at the feet of the woman he loved, a woman who had already endured more trauma and loss than anyone should?
14:13Sasha's recovery from her ordeal with Dr. Montague was still ongoing.
14:18Her mental health was fragile.
14:21The birth of their son was supposed to be her salvation, their shared redemption.
14:26This news, that the father of her child was a living, breathing ghost, the product of a decades-old crime, could shatter her completely.
14:33It could destroy the very family he was trying to build.
14:38He saw it all unfold in a terrifying premonition, the pitying looks, the whispered conversations, the media frenzy.
14:45Kidnapped Scorpio Air returns.
14:47Their son wouldn't just be Cody Bell's boy, he'd be the grandson of a kidnapping victim, the grand finale of a sordid tale.
14:55Their private joy would become a public spectacle, a footnote in a tragic story.
14:59The weight of it was crushing him.
15:02He couldn't breathe.
15:04The walls were closing in.
15:07Cody?
15:08Mac's voice was gentle, tentative.
15:11Noah.
15:12Don't, Cody choked out, holding up a hand.
15:16Please, Mac.
15:18Don't call me that.
15:20I can't.
15:22I need.
15:23I need air.
15:25He turned and stumbled down the hallway, away from Mac, away from Sasha, away from the baby.
15:31He was a man fleeing the scene of a crime, but the crime was his own existence.
15:36He burst through the hospital's main doors, the bright port Charles' sunlight feeling accusatory and false.
15:42He walked aimlessly, the city he had come to see his home now feeling like an alien landscape.
15:48Every corner held a new, painful resonance.
15:51There was the park where, according to Ronnie's confession, his life had been stolen.
15:56There was the police station where his own father had worked for years, unknowingly just floors above the file that contained the truth about his missing son.
16:03There was the metro court, where he'd shared drinks with Robert, his brother, their banter now taking on a horrifying new subtext.
16:11He found himself at the waterfront, staring out at the churning, gray water.
16:16Who was he?
16:17The question was a scream in his mind.
16:21Was he Cody Bell, the reformed con man who had finally found love and family?
16:25Or was he Noah Scorpio, the tragic victim, the lost boy found?
16:30He felt like neither.
16:33He was a ghost caught between two lives, neither of them fully real.
16:37Back in the hospital, Mac Scorpio remained rooted to the spot, the echo of Ronnie's confession ringing in his ears.
16:43The joy of his grandson's birth was now inextricably intertwined with the resurrection of his deepest grief.
16:50He had his son back.
16:52But the son was a thirty-something man, a stranger shaped by a life Mac had no part in,
16:56and he was clearly drowning in the same tidal wave of shock and confusion.
17:01Mac's phone buzzed again.
17:03It was the station.
17:05Ronnie was being processed, his deal being formalized.
17:08He was leaving Port Charles, all right, on his way to a state prison,
17:13his terrible secret finally exchanged for a reduced sentence.
17:17The chapter was closed for the justice system.
17:20For the Scorpio family, it was being ripped open with brutal, unprecedented force.
17:26Meanwhile, in her quiet room, Sasha held her son, a creeping unease settling in her chest.
17:32Cody had been gone too long.
17:34His face when he left, it was a mask of pure terror.
17:37However, she'd seen Cody scared before, but never like that.
17:42It was the look of a man who had seen his own ghost.
17:45She tried to dismiss it, to chalk it up to new father jitters and the stress of the adoption,
17:50but her instincts, honed by survival, told her it was something more.
17:54Something far, far worse.
17:57The perfect, happy ending they had fought for and won had lasted less than an hour.
18:01Now, a shadow had fallen over it, a shadow cast by a desperate criminal's final confession.
18:08The truth was out, a dormant virus unleashed into the ecosystem of their lives.
18:13And as Cody stared into the abyss of his own identity, one terrifying question remained,
18:17could their hard-won love survive the terrible secret that Ronnie had revealed,
18:21or would the weight of a stolen past crush their future before it even had a chance to begin?
18:24The foundation of their new family had been cracked, and the aftershocks were only just beginning.
18:31The morning sunlight filtered through the windows of General Hospital,
18:34casting long streaks across the polished floors.
18:37The air was tense, almost heavy, as if the walls themselves could sense that something life-altering
18:42was about to unfold.
18:44Ronnie Dimestico, visibly shaken and exhausted, stood near the nurse's station,
18:49clutching a manila folder to his chest like it was a lifeline.
18:52His eyes darted nervously, scanning the hallway for anyone who might overhear him.
18:58He had been carrying a burden for far too long, one that could destroy lives,
19:02shatter alliances, and forever alter the course of Port Charles.
19:05He muttered under his breath,
19:07It's now or never, before taking a deep breath and walking toward Anna Devane's office.
19:12Anna looked up from her desk as Ronnie entered.
19:16Her sharp eyes immediately noticed the sweat glistening on his forehead and the tremble in his hands.
19:20Ronnie, she said cautiously, you look like you've seen a ghost.
19:25Ronnie gave a hollow laugh, his voice cracking as he replied,
19:29I wish it was just a ghost, Commissioner.
19:31What I've got, it's worse than that.
19:34He dropped the folder on her desk, the sound echoing through the quiet room.
19:39Anna frowned, flipping it open.
19:42Inside were photographs, old case files, and a few handwritten notes that made her heart stop.
19:47Where did you get this, she demanded.
19:51Ronnie avoided her gaze, his voice low.
19:54I've had it for years.
19:56I was supposed to destroy it, but I couldn't.
19:59I thought I was protecting people, but I was wrong.
20:03Before Anna could press further, Dante Falconeri walked in,
20:06catching the tail end of Ronnie's confession.
20:08What's going on here, he asked, eyes narrowing.
20:13Ronnie turned toward him, guilt etched in every line of his face.
20:17Dante, he began softly, you deserve to know the truth.
20:21You and your family have been living a lie because of me.
20:25Dante's brows furrowed.
20:27What are you talking about, Ronnie?
20:30What lie?
20:32The silence that followed was unbearable.
20:35Ronnie finally exhaled and said,
20:37The night of that warehouse bust, the one that changed everything, it wasn't what you thought.
20:42Someone you trusted set you up, and I helped cover it up.
20:46Anna's jaw tightened as she realized the gravity of what was unfolding.
20:50You'd better start talking, Dimestico.
20:53Now.
20:55Ronnie's voice shook as he began his confession.
20:57It started years ago when I was working undercover.
21:01I stumbled onto something involving Sonny Corinthos, something big.
21:06But it wasn't just about Sonny.
21:08There were other names in those files, powerful people who had their hands dirty.
21:14I was ordered to bury the evidence, to make it disappear.
21:18At first, I told myself it was to protect the investigation.
21:22But then.
21:23I realized I was protecting the wrong people.
21:26Donate's expression hardened.
21:29You're saying you covered up a crime?
21:32Ronnie nodded, tears forming in his eyes.
21:35Not just one.
21:37Several.
21:39And one of those crimes cost an innocent person their life.
21:43Anna leaned forward, her voice calm but sharp.
21:46Whose life, Ronnie?
21:48The room fell into silence.
21:51Ronnie swallowed hard before whispering,
21:53Claudia Zachara.
21:54Dante's eyes widened, his fists clenching.
21:58You're telling me you know what really happened to Claudia?
22:02Ronnie nodded.
22:04I knew all along.
22:06I found out that it wasn't just Michael who struck her.
22:09There was someone else there that night, someone who finished what Michael started.
22:14I covered it up because I was told to.
22:17If the truth had come out back then, it would have torn the entire town apart.
22:22Anna's tone grew cold.
22:23Who gave you that order?
22:26Ronnie hesitated before answering.
22:28It came from someone higher up in the department, someone working with the Zacharas.
22:33They said if I didn't comply, I'd lose everything.
22:36So I did what they asked.
22:39I changed reports, buried files, and made sure the case went cold.
22:44Dante's anger boiled over.
22:45And you just sat on this for years?
22:49You let my family carry the guilt while you hid behind a badge?
22:53Ronnie stepped closer, desperate to make him understand.
22:57You think I wanted that?
22:59You think it didn't kill me every day?
23:02I thought I was keeping everyone safe, but I was just keeping a secret that's been poisoning this town.
23:08Outside the office, word was spreading fast.
23:10Olivia overheard fragments of the conversation and rushed in.
23:16Dante, what's going on?
23:17She asked, her voice trembling.
23:20Dante turned to her, his face a mixture of disbelief and fury.
23:25Ronnie just admitted he's been covering up the truth about Claudia's death.
23:29He knew the whole time.
23:30Olivia gasped, covering her mouth.
23:34My God, all those years, all that pain.
23:38Ronnie's shoulders sagged under the weight of their judgment.
23:41I didn't come here to make excuses, he said quietly.
23:45I came to make it right before I leave Port Charles.
23:49Anna crossed her arms, skeptical.
23:52Leave?
23:53You think you can just dump this bomb on us and walk away?
23:57Ronnie looked her in the eye.
23:59I'm not running.
24:01I'm turning myself in.
24:04I've written everything down, names, dates, evidence.
24:08It's all in that folder.
24:10You'll find proof that I wasn't the only one involved.
24:14Dante's voice softened slightly, curiosity overcoming his anger.
24:19Who else, Ronnie?
24:21Who else was part of this?
24:23Ronnie hesitated before uttering a name that sent shockwaves through the room.
24:27John Durant.
24:30Olivia's face went pale.
24:33Carly's father?
24:34He's been dead for years.
24:37Ronnie nodded.
24:39Yeah, but before he died, he had his hands in everything, corruption, blackmail, illegal deals.
24:45He was the one who convinced me to bury the evidence against Sonny.
24:50Said it would protect the department, protect the families.
24:52I believed him.
24:55I was an idiot.
24:58Anna rubbed her temples, processing the implications.
25:01This changes everything.
25:03We'll need to reopen multiple cases.
25:07Meanwhile, Carly arrived at the hospital after hearing her father's name mentioned.
25:12What's this about my dad?
25:13She demanded.
25:15Dante turned toward her, struggling to find the right words.
25:19Ronnie just dropped a bombshell, Carly.
25:22He claims John Durant was behind a major cover-up, including Claudia's death.
25:28Carly's voice trembled with rage.
25:30That's a lie.
25:32My father wasn't perfect, but he wasn't a criminal.
25:36Ronnie met her eyes, remorseful.
25:39I wish I could tell you that, Carly, but I have the evidence.
25:43Your father used me to protect Sonny and to keep the truth buried.
25:47Tears filled Carly's eyes as she whispered,
25:49You're destroying everything.
25:51Why now?
25:53Ronnie sighed.
25:55Because I can't live with it anymore.
25:58I've been carrying this secret for too long.
26:01I need to face what I've done.
26:04Dante glared at him.
26:06You think confessing makes it better?
26:08You ruined lives, Ronnie.
26:11You ruined mine.
26:13Ronnie nodded slowly.
26:15I know.
26:16And I'll pay for it.
26:19But at least the truth will finally come out.
26:23Later that evening, Sonny Carinthos arrived after receiving a call from Anna.
26:27His expression was cold, unreadable.
26:31So, Ronnie, Sonny said quietly, you've decided to tell everyone my secrets?
26:36Ronnie stood tall.
26:38Not just yours, Sonny.
26:41Everyone's.
26:42This town deserves the truth.
26:45Sonny chuckled darkly.
26:47Truth doesn't set people free in Port Charles, it just destroys them.
26:52Anna stepped between them.
26:54That's enough.
26:56This isn't about revenge, it's about justice.
26:59Sonny smirked.
27:01Justice?
27:03You think justice exists here, Anna?
27:06Everyone in this town has blood on their hands, including you.
27:10As the tension thickened, Jason Morgan entered, his calm but intimidating presence silencing the room.
27:16What's going on? he asked.
27:19Dante answered, Ronnie's confessing to covering up multiple crimes, including Claudia's death.
27:25Says he did it under orders.
27:28Jason turned his gaze to Ronnie.
27:31You should have stayed quiet.
27:33You're not helping anyone.
27:35Ronnie shook his head.
27:38Maybe not.
27:39But someone has to stop the cycle.
27:42Jason's voice dropped.
27:44You have no idea what you've started.
27:47Anna signaled to the officers outside.
27:50Take him into custody.
27:53Ronnie didn't resist.
27:54He held his hands out, his voice trembling as he said,
27:58Tell everyone I'm sorry.
28:00Especially you, Dante.
28:02As the handcuffs clicked, Dante's expression softened ever so slightly.
28:07You should have trusted me back then, Ronnie.
28:11Maybe things would have been different.
28:13Ronnie gave a faint smile.
28:16Maybe they still can be.
28:17As he was let out of the hospital, the weight of years of deception finally lifted from his shoulders.
28:24Reporters were already gathered outside, the story spreading like wildfire.
28:29Ronnie DiMestico confesses to years of corruption inside the Port Charles Police Department, one shouted.
28:35Ronnie paused on the steps, taking one last look at the town he had both loved and betrayed.
28:40Goodbye, Port Charles, he whispered.
28:44Back inside, Anna turned to Dante.
28:46We'll need to reopen the Claudia-Zachra case immediately.
28:51This could shake up the entire department.
28:54Dante nodded, but his expression was distant.
28:57Yeah.
28:58And it's going to drag a lot of ghosts back with it.
29:02Olivia placed a hand on his shoulder.
29:05At least now we know the truth.
29:08Dante sighed.
29:10Yeah, but sometimes the truth hurts more than the lies.
29:12Later that night, Carly stood alone on the pier, staring at the water.
29:18The revelation about her father haunted her.
29:21Jason approached quietly.
29:24You okay?
29:25He asked.
29:27Carly shook her head.
29:29No.
29:30My father, Sonny, Ronnie, they all lied to protect each other.
29:34And for what?
29:36Power?
29:38Loyalty?
29:39Jason looked out over the water.
29:42That's Port Charles.
29:45Secrets don't stay buried forever.
29:48Carly's voice broke.
29:50I just wish they had this time.
29:52As the wind picked up and the lights of the city shimmered across the water, Ronnie sat in
29:56the back of a police cruiser, watching the skyline fade behind him.
30:00He knew his life in Port Charles was over, but maybe, just maybe, his confession would
30:05finally bring some peace to those he hurt.
30:08Anna's words echoed in his mind, the truth always finds a way out.
30:12And as the cruiser drove off into the night, Ronnie closed his eyes and whispered,
30:16Then let it.
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