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ABC Full [10-28-2025] General Hospital_ DNA Shock! Michael Learns Jacinda Is Son
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00:11The hum of the hospital waiting room was a low, persistent thrum against Michael
00:15Corinthos's temples, a sterile white noise that did nothing to quiet the frantic rhythm of his
00:19own heart. Before him, the swinging doors to the surgical unit stood as an impassive,
00:24mocking barrier. Behind them, his father, Sonny Corinthos, was fighting for his life.
00:31The details were a chaotic blur, a sudden collapse at the office, Carly's panicked call,
00:36the frantic ambulance ride. The doctors were using words like aneurysm and critical condition,
00:42each one a shard of ice in Michael's veins. He leaned forward, elbows on his knees,
00:47hands clasped so tightly his knuckles were bloodless. Dante was on his way, his police
00:52siren a distant whale growing closer. Carly was speaking in hushed, urgent tones with the chief
00:58of surgery, her posture a perfect blend of steel and fragility. The entire family orbit was collapsing
01:04inward, drawn to this singular, terrifying point of crisis. It was in this vortex of dread that
01:10Michael's gaze, scanning the sterile, impersonal room for the hundredth time, landed on a figure
01:15hovering near the vending machines. Jacinda. She was wringing her hands, a paper cup of untouched
01:22coffee trembling slightly in her grasp. Her face was pale, her eyes wide with a distress that seemed
01:28to go beyond the concern of a business associate or a casual friend of the family. Michael felt a
01:33flicker of surprise, then a warm rush of gratitude. Jacinda had been a steady, if somewhat enigmatic,
01:39presence in their lives over the past year. She'd worked with Sonny on a few charitable ventures,
01:45and Michael had found her to be sharp, compassionate, and possessed of a quiet strength he admired.
01:51He'd even, in his more private moments, entertained the idea that there could be something more
01:55between them, a possibility that felt both exciting and complicated. He pushed himself up from the
02:01plastic chair and walked over to her. Jacinda. I didn't know you were here. She jumped slightly,
02:08as if pulled from a deep reverie. Michael. I... I heard. I was at the metro court when the call
02:17came in for Carly. I just... I had to come. I hope that's okay. Her voice was tight, strained.
02:28Of course it's okay, he said, his own voice rough with emotion. It means a lot. He'd appreciate it.
02:35He gestured vaguely toward the surgical doors. He's tough. He's been through worse.
02:43It was the mantra they were all repeating, a fragile incantation against the terrifying unknown.
02:49Jacinda nodded, but her eyes remained fixed on the doors, a profound sadness etched into her features.
02:55He has to be, she whispered, more to herself than to him. He just has to be.
03:01The intensity of her emotion was striking. Michael had known Jacinda to be empathetic,
03:07but this felt different. This was raw, personal. It was the kind of fear one reserved for family.
03:15He dismissed the thought as a projection of his own spiraling anxiety.
03:20Everyone was on edge, everyone's emotions were heightened.
03:24Hours bled into one another, a torturous stretch of hushed conversations,
03:27bad coffee, and the intermittent, uninformative updates from weary-faced nurses.
03:33The family huddled together, a fortress of shared history and fear.
03:37Through it all, Michael was acutely aware of Jacinda's presence.
03:41She never intruded, never demanded attention, but she remained a silent sentinel in the corner of the room.
03:48She'd fetch water for Carly, offer a comforting hand on Dante's shoulder when he arrived,
03:52his face a mask of grim determination.
03:54She was woven into the fabric of their vigil in a way that felt both natural and,
03:59to Michael's increasingly observant eye, strangely profound.
04:03It was during one of the few moments of relative quiet,
04:06when Carly had finally been persuaded to rest in a nearby family room
04:09and Dante was on the phone with his mother, that Michael saw it.
04:13Jacinda was standing alone by the large window overlooking the city,
04:16the dawn light beginning to paint the sky in hues of rose and gold.
04:19She had her back to him, her shoulders shaking silently.
04:24He approached her slowly.
04:27Jacinda?
04:28She turned, and in the soft, nascent light,
04:31Michael saw tears streaming freely down her face.
04:34This was not the controlled concern of a friend.
04:37This was a gut-wrenching, soul-deep grief.
04:41Hey, hey, he said softly, placing a hand on her arm.
04:45It's going to be okay.
04:47We have to believe that.
04:50She shook her head, a sob catching in her throat.
04:53You don't understand, Michael.
04:56You can't understand.
04:58Try me, he urged, his own fears making him desperate for any distraction, any connection.
05:04She looked at him then,
05:05her dark eyes swimming with a lifetime of pain he had never glimpsed before.
05:10It's just, so unfair, she choked out.
05:12To finally find him, to finally have him in my life, and now, this.
05:18The words landed not with a quiet understanding, but with the force of a physical blow.
05:23Finally find him.
05:25They echoed in the silent chamber of Michael's mind, dissonant and terrifying.
05:30His hand fell from her arm.
05:33Find who, he asked, his voice barely a whisper.
05:37Jacinda's eyes widened in sudden, horrified realization.
05:40She had not meant to say that.
05:43The emotional dam had broken, and a truth she had guarded for months had spilled out.
05:48She took a step back, pressing a hand to her mouth.
05:52Nothing.
05:54I didn't mean.
05:56I'm just upset.
05:58I'm not thinking clearly.
05:59But Michael was thinking with a terrifying, crystalline clarity.
06:04Pieces of a puzzle he never knew existed began to click into place with a series of soft, devastating clicks.
06:11Jacinda's immediate, fierce loyalty to Sonny.
06:15The way she sometimes looked at him with a mixture of awe and longing.
06:19The story she'd told of a difficult childhood, a mother who struggled, a father who was absent, a ghost.
06:25She'd never given a name.
06:27She'd spoken of him with a curious blend of resentment and a desperate, unfulfilled need.
06:33Sonny Carinthos was a man with a past.
06:36A past filled with shadows and secrets, with relationships that flared brightly and burned out quickly.
06:41He had children he hadn't known about for years, Christina, for instance.
06:46The pattern was there.
06:49No, Michael said, the word a low, disbelieving breath.
06:53Jacinda.
06:54What did you mean, finally find him?
06:58Michael, please, not now, she begged, her tears flowing anew.
07:02This isn't the time.
07:05I think it's the exact time, he countered, his voice gaining a hard edge.
07:09The world had narrowed to this moment, to this woman standing before him, to the terrifying truth looming over them.
07:16Him?
07:17Who is him?
07:19She looked toward the surgical doors, as if hoping for a divine intervention, for the doctor to emerge and shatter this unbearable confrontation.
07:27But the doors remained closed.
07:29The universe held its breath.
07:32Sonny, she whispered, the name a broken sigh of surrender.
07:36I was talking about Sonny.
07:39The confirmation was a seismic shock, reverberating through the very core of his being.
07:44Michael felt the floor tilt beneath his feet.
07:47He stared at her, truly seeing her for the first time.
07:51He looked past the stylish clothes, the professional poise, the warm smile she usually wore.
07:57He looked for a resemblance, and now that he was searching, it was staggering.
08:01She had his mother's eyes, the woman Sonny had loved and lost so long ago, but the set of her jaw, the slight cleft in her chin, the way she held her head when she was determined, it was all Sonny.
08:12How had he never seen it?
08:14How had any of them been so blind?
08:16He's, he's your father?
08:20Michael managed to say, the words foreign and toxic on his tongue.
08:24Jacinda nodded, her body slumping in defeat.
08:28Biologically, yes.
08:30My mother, her name was Lena.
08:33She met Sonny in Puerto Rico, a lifetime ago.
08:37It was a whirlwind.
08:39Intense.
08:40But he was, he was Sonny.
08:43He had a life, a dangerous life.
08:46She got scared.
08:48She left before she even knew she was pregnant.
08:52She never told him.
08:54The story unfolded like a familiar, tragic play.
08:58Michael had heard variations of it his whole life.
09:01Sonny's magnetism, his dangerous allure, the collateral damage left in the wake of his passions.
09:07All these years, Jacinda continued, her voice hollow.
09:11I grew up with stories about this larger-than-life man who was my father.
09:15A ghost.
09:17A legend.
09:19My mother loved him until the day she died, but she was also terrified of him, of his world.
09:25She made me promise never to seek him out.
09:28She wiped her tears with the back of her hand.
09:30But after she passed, the need to know, it was like a physical ache.
09:35I had to know who I was, where I came from.
09:39So, I started digging.
09:41I found him.
09:42I orchestrated a reason to meet him, those charity projects.
09:47I just wanted to be near him.
09:50To know him.
09:52And you never said anything?
09:54Michael's voice was rising, the shop giving way to a torrent of anger and detrayal.
09:59To him?
10:01To any of us?
10:02All this time, you've been lying to us?
10:05To me?
10:07It wasn't a lie, she insisted, a spark of her own fire returning.
10:12It was an omission.
10:14I didn't know how to tell him.
10:16Hi, I'm the daughter of a woman you knew for a few weeks thirty-something years ago?
10:21How do you drop that bombshell?
10:24And then...
10:25I got to know him.
10:27I got to know all of you.
10:29And it became even harder.
10:32I saw the man he was, the family he built.
10:35I saw the pain his absence had caused others.
10:39I was terrified of disrupting that.
10:42I was terrified he would reject me.
10:45Or worse, that he would accept me and it would tear everything apart.
10:49Michael turned away from her, running a hand through his hair.
10:53His mind was a maelstrom.
10:56Jacinda.
10:57His sister.
10:59The woman he had been tentatively, cautiously falling for was his sister.
11:04A wave of nausea washed over him, so potent he had to steady himself against the window ledge.
11:09The memories of their interactions played back in his mind, now tainted, grotesque.
11:15The lingering glances, the casual touches, the dinner they'd had just last week where he'd found himself captivated by her laugh,
11:21it was all suddenly, horrifically wrong.
11:24You should have told someone, he ground out, his back still to her.
11:28You had no right to keep this to yourself.
11:32You let me.
11:33He couldn't finish the sentence.
11:36The humiliation was a living thing, coiling in his gut.
11:39Let you what, Michael?
11:42Jacinda asked softly, her anger deflating into a profound exhaustion.
11:47We're friends.
11:48That's all we've ever been.
11:51He spun around, his eyes blazing.
11:54You know it was more than that.
11:57Or it was heading there.
11:59Don't pretend you're that naive.
12:02You felt it, too.
12:04And you knew, with every conversation, every moment, that it was built on a foundation of a lie.
12:10My God, Jacinda, what were you thinking?
12:13I was thinking that I finally had a family, she cried, her composure shattering completely.
12:19For the first time in my life, I felt like I belonged somewhere.
12:23With you, with Carly, with Donna, and with him.
12:27I was selfish, I know that.
12:29But I was greedy for it.
12:32I couldn't give it up.
12:34I was just buying time, trying to find the right moment, the right words.
12:39The right moment?
12:41Michael laughed, a harsh, bitter sound.
12:44And when would that have been?
12:46After we'd started dating?
12:49After we'd gotten engaged?
12:51Would you have waited until we were standing at the altar to tell me the woman I was about to marry was my sister?
12:56The grotesque image hung in the air between them, a specter of a future that had been narrowly, devastatingly, avoided.
13:04Jacinda flinched as if struck, fresh tears welling in her eyes.
13:08Don't, she whispered.
13:10Please, don't.
13:12The swinging doors to the surgical unit finally hissed open, and a surgeon in green scrubs emerged, pulling his mask down.
13:20The spell was broken.
13:22The immediate, visceral fear for Sonny slammed back into Michael, momentarily eclipsing his personal cataclysm.
13:29Carly and Dante materialized instantly, their faces etched with a desperate hope.
13:34Family of Sonny Corinthos?
13:36The doctor asked.
13:38We're his family, Carly said, her voice trembling as she reached for Dante's hand.
13:43Michael moved to stand beside them, instinctively falling into the familiar role of the son, the heir, the protector.
13:50He was a Corinthos.
13:52This was his duty.
13:53But as he stood there, listening to the doctor deliver the cautiously optimistic news, the surgery was successful, he's critical but stable, the next 24 hours are crucial, Michael felt a fundamental rift open up within himself.
14:07He was standing with his family, but he had never felt more isolated.
14:11He glanced over his shoulder at Jacinda.
14:14She had retreated into the shadows, a solitary figure once more.
14:18But she was no longer just Jacinda.
14:21She was a living, breathing secret.
14:25She was a testament to his father's chaotic past.
14:28She was his sister.
14:31The relief of Sonny's survival was immense, a tidal wave that washed away the worst of the fear.
14:36But as it receded, it left behind a new, complex landscape of betrayal, confusion, and a deep, unsettling anger.
14:44The crisis was over, but for Michael, a new one had just begun.
14:47In the days that followed, Sonny was moved to the ICU, and then to a private room.
14:54He was weak, his voice a rasp, but the formidable strength that defined him was slowly returning.
15:00The family rotated in and out of his room, a constant stream of love and support.
15:05Michael was a constant presence, but his mind was a million miles away, trapped in that waiting room, hearing Jacinda's whispered confession on an endless, porturess loop.
15:13He avoided her.
15:16When she came to visit Sonny, which she did, tentatively and always when the room was crowded, Michael would find an excuse to leave.
15:23He couldn't look at her.
15:25Every glance was a reminder of his own foolishness and her deception.
15:29The warm, promising connection he had felt was now a cold, ugly scar.
15:35It was Carly who noticed the shift first.
15:38Is everything okay with you and Jacinda?
15:40She asked one afternoon as they stood in the hospital cafeteria line.
15:44You two seem...strained.
15:47Michael stiffened, grabbing a yogurt he didn't want.
15:50We're fine.
15:52Just a lot going on with Dad.
15:54Carly, with her preternatural ability to sense emotional upheaval, wasn't convinced.
16:01She's been a rock through this, you know.
16:04Really stepped up.
16:06She seems like a good person.
16:08She's his daughter, Michael screamed internally.
16:12She's my sister.
16:14She lied to all of us.
16:16But the words remained locked behind his teeth.
16:19This was not his secret to tell.
16:21This was a truth that belonged to Jacinda and, ultimately, to Sonny.
16:27The burden of it was crushing him.
16:30He watched Jacinda with Sonny.
16:32Now that he knew, the dynamic was painfully clear.
16:36The way she hung on his every word, the tender way she adjusted his blankets,
16:40the proud, wistful look in her eyes when he managed a weak joke.
16:43It was the behavior of a daughter, not a friend.
16:46And Sonny, in his vulnerable state, seemed to respond to her innate warmth,
16:51often telling Carly, that Jacinda, she's a good kid.
16:55Got a good heart.
16:57The irony was a knife in Michael's side.
17:00The confrontation he had been dreading came a week later.
17:04Sonny was well on the road to recovery, his color returning, his voice stronger.
17:08The doctors were talking about discharge in a few days.
17:13Michael was in his father's room, going over some urgent Corinthos communications business,
17:17when there was a soft knock on the door.
17:20Jacinda stood there, holding a small pot of yellow daffodils.
17:24I hope I'm not interrupting.
17:27Not at all, Sonny said, a genuine smile touching his lips.
17:31Come in, Jacinda.
17:33Brighten up this dull room.
17:36Michael's posture went rigid.
17:38He began gathering his papers.
17:41I was just leaving.
17:43Michael, stay, Sonny said, his tone leaving no room for argument.
17:48It was the old Sonny, the boss.
17:51You can both hear this.
17:53I've been doing a lot of thinking in this bed.
17:56About life.
17:58About what's important.
18:00Jacinda set the flowers on the bedside table, her hands fluttering nervously.
18:06Michael remained standing, a sentinel of silent protest.
18:10You two, Sonny began, his gaze shifting between them.
18:14I've seen the way you are together.
18:16Or, the way you were.
18:19There's a connection there.
18:21A spark.
18:23Michael felt the blood drain from his face.
18:26Dad, don't.
18:28No, hear me out, Sonny insisted, his voice gentle but firm.
18:32Life is short, Michael.
18:35Too short for hesitation.
18:38You're a good man.
18:40Jacinda is a remarkable woman.
18:42I don't know what's gotten between you lately, but I'm telling you, don't let pride or some
18:46foolish misunderstanding get in the way of something that could be real.
18:49I see the way you look at each other.
18:53Or, you used to.
18:55He smiled, a tired, paternal smile.
18:58I give you my blessing.
19:01For whatever that's worth.
19:03The room fell into a silence so profound Michael could hear the hum of the medical equipment like a scream.
19:08It was the most well-intentioned, catastrophic thing his father could have possibly said.
19:14It was a scene from a Greek tragedy, laced with a cruel, cosmic irony.
19:19Jacinda looked as if she might be sick.
19:21Her eyes met Michael's, wide with panic and a shared, horrified understanding.
19:28Michael could take no more.
19:30The charade was suffocating him.
19:33The burden was too heavy.
19:35This blessing was the final, unbearable twist of the knife.
19:39He doesn't know, does he?
19:42Michael said, his voice cold and flat, his eyes locked on Jacinda.
19:46Sonny's smile faded, replaced by confusion.
19:50Know what?
19:52Jacinda shook her head almost imperceptibly, a silent, desperate plea.
19:57But Michael was past pleas.
19:59The dam had broken.
20:01He doesn't know why there's a spark.
20:04He doesn't know why we look at each other a certain way.
20:07He doesn't know who you really are.
20:10Sonny looked from his son's stony face to Jacinda's terrified one.
20:14What is he talking about, Jacinda?
20:17What's going on?
20:19The silence stretched, taut and unbearable.
20:23Jacinda seemed to shrink, the confident woman replaced by a scared girl.
20:28She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
20:31Tell him, Michael commanded, his voice low and dangerous.
20:35Tell him, or I will.
20:38Tears filled Jacinda's eyes.
20:40She looked at Sonny, her father, and the love and fear in her gaze was so raw it was almost painful to witness.
20:46She took a shaky step toward the bed.
20:50Sonny.
20:51She began, her voice a fragile thread.
20:54There's something I need to tell you.
20:57Something I should have told you a long time ago.
21:00She took a deep, shuddering breath, gathering every ounce of her courage.
21:04My mother, her name was Lina Reyes.
21:08You knew her in San Juan?
21:10A long, long time ago.
21:13Sonny's brow furrowed in concentration, sifting through decades of memories.
21:18Then, a flicker of recognition, followed by a dawning shock.
21:22Lina.
21:23He whispered.
21:25My God.
21:27Lina.
21:28Jacinda nodded, a single tear tracing a path down her cheek.
21:33She never told you.
21:35She was afraid.
21:37But, you have a daughter, Sonny.
21:40She placed a trembling hand on her own chest.
21:43You have a daughter.
21:45It's me.
21:47I'm your daughter.
21:48The words landed in the quiet room with the force of a detonation.
21:53Sonny stared at her, his face a canvas of utter, uncomprehending shock.
21:58He looked at her, really looked at her, as if seeing her for the very first time.
22:02The pieces were falling into place for him, too.
22:06The resemblance he'd never consciously noted, the familiar cadence of her voice,
22:10the inexplicable pull he'd always felt toward her.
22:13It wasn't a potential romance for his son.
22:16It was his own blood.
22:18His jaw worked, but no sound emerged.
22:22He looked from Jacinda's tear-streaked face to Michael's stony, angry one.
22:27The reality of the situation, the sheer magnitude of the secret, the bizarre and painful context
22:31of his own blessing, crashed down upon him.
22:34My daughter, he finally rasped, the words sounding alien and wondrous and terrifying all
22:39at once.
22:41Jacinda could only nod, her body trembling.
22:44A whirlwind of emotions passed over Sonny's face, disbelief, awe, a flicker of joy, and then,
22:50a deep, profound hurt.
22:52He had missed her entire life.
22:55He saw the pain in Michael's eyes, the betrayal he felt.
22:59He understood the impossible position they had all been placed in.
23:03He reached out a hand, his fingers trembling slightly.
23:07Jacinda hesitated for a moment before stepping forward and placing her hand in his.
23:11The contact was electric, a connection three decades in the making.
23:16My girl, Sonny whispered, his voice thick with emotion.
23:21Lena's daughter.
23:22He looked at Michael.
23:24And you, you knew?
23:26I found out in the waiting room, Michael said, his tone still cold.
23:31When she was crying for her father.
23:34The father she had finally found.
23:37The weight of the deception settled heavily in the room.
23:40Sonny held Jacinda's hand tighter, a lifeline to a past he never knew and a future that had
23:45just been irrevocably altered.
23:47He was a father, again.
23:49But the path to embracing this new reality was strewn with the wreckage of secrets and
23:53the raw, bleeding hurt of the son he had raised from boyhood.
23:57The crisis of his health was over.
24:00But a new storm was brewing within the walls of that hospital room, a tempest of family,
24:04truth, and the long, complicated shadows of the past.
24:08The world of the Corinthos family had just expanded, and in doing so, it had been fractured
24:13in ways none of them could yet comprehend.
24:14The healing was far from over, in many ways, it had only just begun.
24:20Michael stood in the living room of the Corinthos' estate, holding a folded set of documents in
24:25his trembling hands.
24:27His heart butted painfully against his ribs as he read and reread the lines that had just
24:31shattered everything he thought he knew.
24:33The paper felt heavier with each passing second, like it carried the weight of a secret that
24:37could ruin more than one life.
24:40He could hear his own breathing grow shallow as his mind tried to piece it together, how,
24:44when, and why no one had told him.
24:46The DNA results were unmistakable.
24:50Jacinda was Sonny's biological daughter.
24:53Not just another kid in Port Charles, not just a family friend.
24:57She was blood.
24:59His father's blood.
25:01Michael?
25:02Willow's soft voice echoed from the hallway as she entered the room, holding a cup of
25:07tea she just made.
25:08You've been standing there for twenty minutes.
25:12What's wrong?
25:13Michael looked up at her, his face pale and eyes wide, the papers dangling loosely from
25:18his fingers.
25:19He didn't answer right away.
25:21Instead, he looked at her as if trying to ground himself, to make sure this moment was real.
25:27Willow!
25:29I need you to sit down, he finally whispered.
25:32The tone of his voice sent a shiver down her spine.
25:36She set the cup down on the table, unease flickering in her eyes.
25:40What happened?
25:42Did something happen to Sonny?
25:43She asked.
25:45Michael shook his head slowly.
25:48No, not exactly, he said, exhaling shakily.
25:52It's, it's about Jacinda.
25:54Willow frowned.
25:56Jacinda?
25:58You mean the girl who's been working at the Metro Court with Carly?
26:02Michael nodded, his jaw tightening.
26:05Yeah.
26:06Her.
26:07I, I found out something.
26:10Something huge.
26:11He turned the papers around and handed them to Willow.
26:15She took them, confusion turning into shock as she scanned the lines.
26:20Michael, are you saying, she began, her voice trailing off as her eyes met his.
26:25Yeah, he said bitterly.
26:28She's Sonny's daughter.
26:30Willow blinked in disbelief, setting the papers down.
26:34That can't be right.
26:36There must be some mistake.
26:37How could no one know, she murmured, trying to process the revelation.
26:43Michael rubbed his temples, pacing back and forth.
26:46That's what I want to know.
26:49How could this be kept secret for so long?
26:52She's been in town for months, working with Mom, spending time around Dad, and no one noticed
26:57anything?
26:58Not even him?
27:00His voice cracked slightly at the end, a mix of anger and hurt bleeding through.
27:05Willow rose from the couch and walked up to him, placing a gentle hand on his arm.
27:10Do you think Sonny knows?
27:11She asked quietly.
27:13Michael shook his head.
27:16No.
27:17I don't think he has any idea.
27:20If he did, he wouldn't have kept quiet.
27:23Not about this.
27:24Not after everything we've been through.
27:28He looked away, his eyes clouding with memories of all the fights, all the betrayals, all the
27:32strained attempts at reconciliation between him and his father.
27:36We've been trying to rebuild, and now this, this changes everything.
27:40Meanwhile, across town, Sonny sat at his desk in his penthouse, going over some paperwork
27:45when his phone buzzed.
27:47Seeing Michael's name flash on the screen, he frowned.
27:51Lately, their calls had been rare but civil.
27:54He answered, his tone cautious but warm.
27:58Hey, Michael.
27:59What's going on?
28:01There was a pause before Michael's tense voice came through.
28:05We need to talk.
28:07It's important.
28:09I'm coming over.
28:11Sonny could tell from the edge in his son's tone that this wasn't about business.
28:15He leaned back in his chair, anxiety flickering through his chest.
28:20Is everything okay?
28:22Is Willow all right?
28:24Michael's response was curt.
28:27Everyone's fine.
28:29Just, be ready when I get there.
28:31Then the line went dead.
28:34Fifteen minutes later, Michael walked into Sonny's living room, still holding the documents.
28:40Sonny rose from his chair, giving his son a wary look.
28:43You look like you've seen a ghost, Sonny said.
28:47Michael exhaled sharply and set the papers down on the table between them.
28:51I don't even know how to say this, so I'm just going to show you.
28:55Sonny glanced at the papers, then back at Michael.
28:58What is it?
29:00DNA results, Michael said flatly.
29:03Sonny hesitated before reaching for the papers, scanning the lines.
29:08His eyes widened, his expression freezing.
29:11What the hell is this supposed to mean?
29:14Sonny asked, his voice low and dangerous.
29:18Michael's jaw tightened.
29:19It means Jacinda is your daughter.
29:23Sonny blinked, momentarily speechless.
29:26That's impossible, he said sharply.
29:29There's no way.
29:31Michael folded his arms, his gaze steady.
29:35I thought the same thing.
29:37But those results are legit.
29:39I double-checked.
29:41She's yours, Dad.
29:44Sonny stared at the papers again, his hands trembling slightly.
29:48His mind was racing back, years ago, memories of a woman named Cassandra.
29:53He'd known her briefly when he was out of town, before Nina, before Carly came back into his life full force.
29:59Sonny's voice dropped to a whisper.
30:01However, Cassandra, he muttered.
30:05Jacinda's mother's name is Cassandra, right?
30:08Michael nodded.
30:10Yeah.
30:11You knew her?
30:13Sonny swallowed hard, sitting back down.
30:16A long time ago.
30:18I didn't even know she had a child.
30:21His tone was half regret, half shock.
30:24He stared off into the distance, trying to piece together the timeline.
30:29She never told me.
30:31Never called.
30:33Nothing.
30:34Michael's expression hardened.
30:37Well, she told someone.
30:39Because Jacinda ended up in Port Charles, working for Mom, and apparently no one thought it was important to mention who her real father was.
30:47Sonny leaned forward, rubbing his face with both hands.
30:50My God, he murmured.
30:53This changes everything.
30:56Michael scoffed.
30:58Yeah, no kidding.
31:00Another secret child, Dad?
31:03How many of us are there?
31:05Sonny shot him a sharp look, hurt flickering behind his eyes.
31:08Don't do that, he said quietly.
31:12You think I wanted this hidden from me?
31:15You think I wouldn't have been there for her if I knew?
31:18Michael didn't back down.
31:20I don't know what to think anymore.
31:24Every time I start trusting you again, something like this happens.
31:28For a long moment, neither spoke.
31:31The silence was thick, broken only by the faint hum of traffic outside.
31:35Finally, Sonny stood and moved toward the window, looking out over the city.
31:40Where is she now? he asked.
31:43Michael shrugged.
31:45Probably still at the Metro Court.
31:48I haven't told anyone else.
31:50Not yet.
31:52Sonny turned to face him, his expression unreadable.
31:56Don't.
31:57Not until I talk to her.
32:00Michael narrowed his eyes.
32:01You're just going to show up and tell her you're her father?
32:06Sonny's gaze hardened.
32:08She deserves to know the truth.
32:11I'm not keeping this from her.
32:13Later that evening, Jacinda was finishing up her shift at the Metro Court when she saw Sonny walk in.
32:19She smiled politely, as she always did when he came by, but something about his expression made her pause.
32:25He wasn't his usual composed self, there was a heaviness in his eyes.
32:29Mr. Carinthos, she greeted.
32:32Here for a table?
32:35Sonny shook his head.
32:37No.
32:38I came to talk to you.
32:40Privately.
32:42Confused, she led him to an empty side lounge.
32:46Is something wrong? she asked.
32:49Sonny hesitated before speaking.
32:51Jacinda.
32:52I found out something today.
32:56Something about you.
32:58She frowned, clearly uneasy.
33:01About me?
33:02Sonny nodded slowly, taking a breath.
33:06I need you to know I didn't know until now.
33:09But I saw proof.
33:11DNA proof.
33:13You're my daughter.
33:14The words hung in the air like a thunderclap.
33:18Jacinda's mouth fell open as the color drained from her face.
33:22What? she whispered, shaking her head.
33:25No.
33:26That can't be true.
33:28What?
33:28That can't be true.
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