Carly is curious about why Alcazar is so agitated as he demands she return the picture. She figures it is a woman from his past that is now gone, and its obvious he cared a great deal for her. Alcazar was furious with Carly and the photo she wouldn't give back. Carly guessed that the woman was gone and the memory was too painful. He told Carly her name was Sophie Germaine and they met at Oxford where he was studying to be a history professor. She was idealistic and killed while on a humanitarian mission in South America and he was off helping Luis instead of being with her. Carly quizzed him about his interest in history and he realized she was trying to get him to remember the man he used to be. Carly asked what Sophie would say today, and he admitted she'd be appalled and so would the man he used to be. He also told Carly that the man he used to be can't help her now. Lorenzo informs Carly that he will away from the ship for a little while but the crew has been ordered to give Carly whatever Carly wants except, of course, a way to leave the ship!
Sonny and Michael went out for ice cream. When Michael was inside Kelly's, Faith approached Sonny with a gun, threatening to kill him for killing Ric. Faith trains her gun on Sonny and announces that it is now Sonny's turn to join Roscoe and Ric in the hereafter! But, they are interrupted by Michael, who returns to remind Sonny that his ice cream is melting! After Sonny sends Michael back inside, Sonny warns Faith that, IF Faith kills Sonny, Faith will never learn where Sonny has stashed Ric! When Faith accuses Sonny of lying about Ric still being alive.
Sonny informs Faith that if Faith helps Sonny bring Alcazar down that she can have Ric back and by following through on her deal with the Feds she can also stay out of jail. When Faith balks at Sonny's offer, Sonny reminds Faith that Alcazar wants Ric dead even more than Sonny wants Ric dead, and it would be easy enough for Sonny to turn Ric over to Lorenzo! When Faith admits that she would not see why Lorenzo would necessarily want Ric dead, Sonny agrees that he does not understand it either, but the best way for Faith to keep Ric out of Alcazar's clutches is to cooperate with Sonny! When Faith finally agrees to listen to Sonny's plan, Sonny suggests that Faith buy up Alcazar's drug shipment before the drugs hit the street!
Later, at Sonny's Penthouse, Sonny explains his plan to Jason. After Sonny sends Jason to run an errand for him, Sonny gets a call from Carly, who informs Sonny that she is outside, strolling around the deck of Lorenzo's yacht. Sonny tries to quiz Carly about her location, but Carly reports that she cannot see land and does not recognize any of the constellations she sees overhead. When Carly hints that she has been having some luck as she has been quizzing Lorenzo about his past, Sonny warns Carly NOT to begin trusting Lorenzo! Later, when Alcazar returns to the yacht, he finds Carly asleep on the deck and covers her up. At the same time, back at Sonny's Penthouse, Sonny introduces Faith to her new partner - Scott! Scott warns Faith that if Faith loses the taxpayer's $5 million, Scott will kill her!
Sonny meets with Alcazar about a drug shipment he promised to deliver for him in exchange for getting Carly back eventually. Alcazar tells him that everything with the drug deal went smoothly. Sonny asks him what he gets in return for coming through on his promise. Alcazar tells him that he will let him know soon after he makes sure the rest of his drugs are stored where they are suppose to be and nothing happens. Alcazar makes a remark about how he can see why Sonny loves Carly so much since he has gotten to know her lately and she is an extraordinary woman. Sonny warns him not to touch her. Alcazar tells him he doesn't plan to and that being on the yacht has given them opportunities to talk. Alcazar leaves.
Faith returns to Sonny's penthouse. Sonny isn't happy to see her and asks her what she would have done if Alcazar had her followed. Faith tells him she wasn't followed and that she did what he asked by having the drugs stored somewhere and that Alcazar bought her act. She tells him he owes her for coming through for them. Sonny gets a call from Alcazar. He tells Sonny that he can see Carly again by meeting him at the pier. Sonny and Jason discussed Sonny's concerns for Carly and how he wants his life back again. Jason assures him that it is a good thing that Carly is pregnant since it gives her something to focus on without thinking about her situation as much. Sonny takes off and tells Faith that Jason will take care of things for her.
Courtney goes to Kelly's and runs into Mike. She sits down with him and orders tea. He notices she looks a little haggard and asks her what is wrong. She tells him she probably has a touch of the flu bug that she can't seem to shake and will be all right. Mike is still concerned about her. She decides to go home and goes to get her keys but Mike opens her purse to get her keys and offers to drive her home. He finds a pamphlet in her purse about pregnancy and puts two and two together. He asks her if she is pregnant. Courtney doesn't deny it but tells him that she doesn't know if she is going to tell Jason right now with everything going on with Carly. Mike doesn't agree with her and urges her to tell Jason about the pregnancy so that she has that support from him right now. Courtney tells him she will think about it.
Carly tricks one of Alcazar's men to bend over and pick up some game pieces under the table from the backgammon game. As he bends over to get them, Carly hits him over the head with her blow-dryer. She strips off his uniform and puts on herself to try and find out where the yacht is headed to. She gets caught by one of the other men. One of his men orders Carly to strip out of the uniform in front of them. Carly refuses to and points out that Alcazar would not like it that they ordered her to strip out of the uniform in front of them and were stupid enough to almost allow her to escape. The two men leave her alone. Carly takes a some charts from her shirt and starts to look at it. She hears someone coming and quickly hides the map under her mattress. Alcazar enters her room. He tells her someone is here to see her and Sonny walks in. However, before he lets them reunite, Alcazar orders her to hand over his map first. Carly goes to deny it but realizes he knows she took it. She hands it over from her hiding place and Alcazar leaves them alone. He assures one of his men that the charts will do her no good since they are from last week and are not being used anymore. Sonny hugs Carly and tells her to keep talking as he shows her a tracking device. Carly talks to him about Michael as Sonny sneaks over to the bedside lamp and places the tracking device inside it. Alcazar listens in on the closed door as Sonny and Carly start kissing and lay on the bed. They share an intimate moment and he is not real pleased to hear Carly repeat to Sonny that she loves him.
Sonny and Carly get intimate in her room on Alcazar's yacht. Alcazar listens in while Carly tells Sonny that she needs him and loves him. He knocks on the door and tells Sonny that his time is up. Carly isn't too happy about it. Sonny kisses her goodbye and promises to bring her home soon. Alcazar returns and Carly tells him that he could have let her have an hour with Sonny since he is doing everything he asked him to do and he knows how much she misses him. Alcazar makes no apologies. They play a game of backgammon. Alcazar asks her how she met Sonny. She tells him she met him through a mutual friend but doesn't say more. Alcazar points out that he answered her questions about Sophie and now it is her turn. Carly points out that when she came to Port Charles it wasn't for any noble reasons and that she was out for revenge against her biological mother for giving her up and that she was out to ruin lives. She tells him that she despised Sonny when she met him and he felt the same way about her. They ended up having sex and she got pregnant. She tells him eventually they fell in love and that Sonny is her whole life. Alcazar questions her love for Sonny and wonders if they were both just making a best out of a bad situation. Carly tells him that she loves Sonny and that when she goes home, she will not miss him or the yacht. He suggests they go out on deck for some fresh air and she agrees to go with him.
Sonny returns home and tells Jason that he put a tracking device on Alcazar's yacht and they should have results soon about where it is going. Jason has to leave to get ready. Sonny gets dressed in black and is putting on gloves. Courtney brings up the subject of Michael and asks Sonny if he realizes the sacrifice Jason made to him by allowing him to adopt Michael when he was like a father to Michael as a baby. Sonny asks her what she means by that. She explains that Jason takes risks in his job that Sonny doesn't have to make because Jason does things so that Sonny can be a father and not be in the line of fire as much. Sonny explains to her that Jason being a risk taker and not being over cautious has helped him because he doesn't have to worry about him as much. Courtney tells him that she doesn't mind that he is helping him find Carly and needs to take risks with his life because of it but asks that Sonny be cautious for Jason when he can't be like that for himself. Sonny tells her he will. Jason comes over and kisses her goodbye.
Sonny and Jason head to the yacht and get there to find no sign of Carly or Alcazar. They realize they are too late. Sonny finds the tracking device still in place but Jason finds a bomb taped underneath the table. The bomb's clock says they have less than 20 seconds before it explodes. Carly asks Alcazar why he threw into a helicopter and why they had to leave the yacht so suddenly. Alcazar explains to her that he knows Sonny put a tracking device in her room and assures her she didn't give anything away with her behavior and that he anticipated Sonny would plant a tracking device so he could know where she was. Carly starts to double over and tells him she is in pain. Alcazar tells her that faking labor pains won't work with him again and tells her she is stuck with him. Carly tells him she isn't faking them this time.
Jason discovered a bomb on Alcazar's yacht with only few seconds left to detonation. Jason showed it to Sonny. The two men froze and braced themselves for the blast, but it never came. Jason checked the bomb again. Sonny determined that Alcazar was simply playing mind games with him and letting him know that he was in control. Ric pleaded with Sonny to let him go help rescue Carly, citing his knowledge of the compound and of Alcazar's employees as essential assets to make the mission a success. Sonny warned Ric that he would not give him another opportunity to betray him. Ric tried to convince Sonny that he really did want to help free Carly since it was his fault that Alcazar had her. Sonny returned to the penthouse. Jason insisted to Sonny that Jason should take the greatest risks in their mission. Sonny refused, insisting that it was his duty to take any risks necessary to save his wife.
Aboard Alcazar's jet, Carly went into premature labor. Disbelieving at first, Alcazar soon realized that her trauma was real this time. Carly demanded medical attention, fearful that her water would break if she did not take medication to prevent it. Alcazar ordered the pilot to land and have a doctor ready at the tarmac. Alcazar warned Carly that he would kill the doctor in front of her eyes if she made any attempt to tell him she was being held against her will. The doctor examined Carly and informed Alcazar that they must do an emergency C-section or Carly could die of hemorrhaging. The doctor said it was too late to prevent it, that the medication wasn't working. He declared that Carly must be transferred to a hospital immediately. Posing as Carly's husband, Alcazar struggled with the decision. Carly struggled with the pain, but yelled at them to wait longer and see if the medication would work since her water was still intact. When she realized that Alcazar was about to authorize the procedure, Carly screamed that she would rather die with the baby than lose it and live. Though Lorenzo presses her to undergo the C-section, Carly insists that her child is not yet ready to be born. Lorenzo stays close to Carly as her labor pains intensify. Ric persuades Sonny to give him a chance to redeem himself. Out of his brother's earshot, however, Sonny orders Jason to shoot Ric dead if he makes one false move.
On board Sonny's jet, Jason cautions Sonny about relying on Ric's report about Carly's whereabouts, but Ric insists that Alcazar's guard told Ric that Alcazar stopped in Leon because Carly had gone into labor. Jason questions whether or not one of Alcazar's guards would have all of that information, but Sonny points out that Sonny's guards know a lot about Sonny's business that Sonny doesn't necessarily tell them just because they are, by nature, observant. Lorenzo calls Sonny, reports that the police busted Alcazar's associate in the middle of the drug transaction and Alcazar demands his money from Sonny right away. Sonny demands to speak to Carly first, but Alcazar hangs up on Sonny. Later, Lorenzo visits Carly in her Hospital Room and praises her for her courage. Carly thanks Lorenzo for not being stampeded into allowing the doctor to perform an emergency C-Section on Carly! Jason tells Sonny that Jason believes it might help them blind-side Alcazar if Lorenzo is distracted about the money lost in the drug bust. In the meantime, back at the Clinic, Lorenzo brings Carly a change of clothes and Carly begs Lorenzo to let her call Sonny to assure him that Carly is okay. But Alcazar insists that Sonny has no way to know that Carly is experiencing complications with her pregnancy and Lorenzo refuses to allow Carly to call. But, later, Carly notices that one of the nurses has a cell phone in her purse! Carly decoys the nurse away to look for a brush and then Carly grabs the cell phone. At the same time, on Sonny's jet, Sonny tries to find out if Alcazar stayed in Leon or took Carly somewhere else, but Sonny loses the connection to his contact in Leon. Jason reminds Sonny that Alcazar still needs Sony, so if they do not find Carly in Leon that they should return to Port Charles. Ric tells Sonny that Ric spent a lot of time in Leon when working for Alcazar, and knows his way around the city. Ric promises Sonny that Ric will be able to help Sonny set Carly free.
Carly uses the cell phone and calls the Penthouse. Courtney answers. Carly tells Courtney that she is at the Clinica Central in Leon, Colombia. When Courtney informs Carly that Jason and Sonny have gone to South America to rescue Carly, Carly tells Courtney that Carly cannot be moved for a while, so Carly will not be taken to Alcazar's compound for at least another 24 hours! However, Lorenzo comes to see Carly and catches Carly on the phone. Lorenzo angrily grabs the phone out of Carly's hand and blasts Carly for repaying his kindness with a betrayal! Courtney leaves a message with Jason's voice mail, then calls Sonny's associate in Leon. When the Associate informs Courtney that he is out of touch with Sonny, Courtney orders a plane so Courtney can fly to Leon and deliver the message herself. As Courtney gets ready to leave, At the Clinic in Leon, Lorenzo warns Carly that if Carly has succeeded in luring Sonny to the Clinic, then Alcazar will regretfully have to kill Sonny when Sonny arrives! Sonny, Jason and Ric slip into a clinic in Leon, but are devastated when they discover only the cleaning crew! Sonny concludes that Alcazar has already moved Carly. In a different clinic, Lorenzo informs Carly that he plans to keep Carly as long as he needs her which could be a very long time!
Alcazar tells Carly that he can't trust her now that she used a phone to call Sonny. He tells her he can only trust her with his life if she trusts him with hers and brings out a straight razor and some water. He has her shave his beard off with the straight razor to prove she doesn't want him killed. She tells him she isn't a murderer and that she will tell Sonny what he has done for her and that Sonny will be grateful to him and do anything for him to repay him if he will let her go now. She tells him she can't leave just yet since she isn't suppose to be walking yet and needs to stay at the clinic awhile longer. Alcazar gets a call and tells her the cavalry has arrived. He leaves her in her hospital room. Ric, Jason, and Sonny arrive at one of the hospitals in Columbia to look for Carly but only find a cleaning woman at the last room. They go back to the hotel and Sonny and Jason argue with Ric about what hospital she could be in. Their argument is interrupted by a knock on the door. It is Courtney. Jason lets her in and demands to know why she risked her safety to come all the way here when one of their men could have sent the message. Courtney manages to tell them about Carly's call and where she is. Ric tells them it is only a few blocks away. Jason argues with Courtney but Sonny interrupts him to tell him he doesn't have time to wait for him. Sonny orders Courtney to stay in the room until they return. Courtney stays around but Alcazar busts in the door with a gun and asks her where they went. Sonny, Ric, and Jason show up at the clinic. Jason stands outside the room as a lookout and tries to find some sign of Alcazar's guards. One of Alcazar's men is hiding somewhere and has Jason in his target range. Sonny and Ric find Carly in one of the rooms. She sees Ric and asks Sonny why he is there with them. Sonny doesn't have time to explain. Ric tells them they need to get out of the clinic now.
Jason searches the area of the clinic for any signs of Alcazar's men. He goes back into Carly's hospital room and tells Ric and Sonny that he doesn't like it that there are no guards around and they need to get out of there. Carly tells them she can't walk right now because she is afraid her labor will start again. Jason tells Sonny he will carry her. Ric and Sonny have guns and look around the area. Alcazar's men set up an ambush inside the clinic. Ric notices one of the men coming out and aiming at Sonny. Ric warns Sonny to duck and takes a bullet in the leg and chest. Jason protects Carly and shields her until he can find a hiding place. Ric tells Sonny to leave with Jason and Carly and he will stay behind and deal with the men. Sonny and Jason leave with Carly. Sonny and Carly head to the private plane but Jason heads back to the hotel to get Courtney. Courtney is held there by Alcazar, who has a gun on him. He tells her that they are going to wait for Sonny and Jason to return. He gets a call from one of his men informing him of what is going on at the clinic. Alcazar tells the man on the phone to keep him alive. Ric had shot at the men but got to weak to do much good and the men came upon him laying against the couch in the waiting area. Alcazar informs Courtney that Ric took a bullet for Sonny and that he and Jason got away with Carly. He tells her that she is now going to be his bargaining chip. Courtney starts to feel weak and he asks her what is wrong. She tells him she is coming down with the flu.
Jason shows up at the hotel room to find Alcazar there with a gun pointed at Courtney who is tied up in a chair and gagged. Alcazar tells him that he needs to call Sonny and tell him to return Carly to him or he will take Courtney instead. Jason tells him that isn't going to happen. Sonny and Carly share some moments alone on the plane. They talk and kiss and wait for Jason to arrive with Courtney. One of Sonny's pilots gets on the P.A. system and tells them that they need to take off because Alcazar's men are gaining on them. Sonny tells them they can't and must wait for Jason to arrive. Ric gets medical treatment at the clinic, he flat lines, but is resuscitated and brought back.
Sonny makes the painful decision to leave Jason and Courtney behind and fly back to Port Charles with Carly. Meanwhile, Alcazar threatens to kill Courtney unless Jason returns Carly to him. Ric dreams of Elizabeth as he hovers near death. Jason escapes from Alcazar and informs Sonny that Courtney is being held hostage. Jason saves Ric from certain death at the hands of Alcazar's henchman. Carly and Michael are reunited. Alcazar calls the penthouse wanting to speak to Carly.
Jason rescues Ric from the clinic because he thinks that Ric may be able to help rescue Courtney. Ric begs Jason to take him to the Port Charles and asks Jason to trust him in helping find Courtney. A priest comes in to give Ric his last rites. Jason pays the priest to bury a body laying in the bed as Ric Lansing. They fly back to Port Charles. Lorenzo demands to speak to Carly. Sonny refuses telling Lorenzo that Carly is recuperating and he will not put her under any stress by putting her on the phone with her kidnapper. Lorenzo explains that it is simply part of the negotiations for Courtney's release. Sonny tells Lorenzo that he agreed to use his territory in return for Courtney and Carly is no longer a part of the equation. Lorenzo tells Sonny that he is making this negotiation harder than it has to be and hangs up. Sonny thinks that one hostage is just as good as another. Why would he want to talk with Carly? Carly suggests that Lorenzo was only doing this to make Sonny mad. Carly tells Sonny that all they did was play Backgammon and that Lorenzo knows that Carly is Sonny's weakness and that's why Lorenzo asked to speak with Carly, Sonny thinks that Lorenzo is attracted to Carly. Carly tells Sonny that Lorenzo is a sad man who lost his only love and the only thing that he showed her was how lucky she was that she still had hers.
Liz barges in, screaming that Ric is dead and it is all Sonny's fault. Liz hysterically blames Sonny for Ric's death and that he left Ric there to die. Liz tells Sonny that Ric called her to say goodbye. Sonny tells Liz that Ric chose to do this. Liz tells Sonny that he was Ric's only family and that he still treated Ric like dirt and that he gave up his life to make up for the things that he did. Carly tells Liz that Ric deserves to die for keeping her locked in a cell and how could Liz defend Ric? Carly doesn't allow Liz to blame Sonny stating that it was Ric who kidnapped her, chained her and planned to take her baby so Ric could give it to Liz. Carly tells her that she watched all of this on monitors while she was locked up. Carly tells Liz that she even told Ric that she saw Faith poison the lemonade and gave Ric the chance to open the doors, but Ric chose to let Liz drink so that it wouldn't expose his plan. Carly tells Liz that Ric fed her birth control pills so she wouldn't get pregnant and that Ric paid a doctor to tell Liz that she was infertile and that the birth control pills may even be the cause of the embolism. Carly throws Liz out of her house.
Sonny and Carly are happy when Jason returns to the Penthouse and fills them in on the events in Colombia. Admitting that he is sorry that he left Courtney in Alcazar's clutches, Jason vows that he will get Courtney back. Sonny learns that Alcazar and Courtney have not arrived at Alcazar's compound in South America, Jason is relieved that he did not try to stay in South America to try to rescue Courtney from Alcazar's compound. Jason informs Sonny that Jason now believes that Alcazar wants more than free reign to run drugs through Sonny's territory now. Alcazar wants Carly! Sonny agrees that it does appear that Alcazar is now more interested in having Carly back than in demanding use of Sonny's territory for drugs. Sonny and Jason decide that they still need Ric to help them figure out where Alcazar might be taking Courtney, and they head to the Hospital.
Later, Carly discovers Ric in hiding at the hospital and promises Ric that she plans to make sure that Ric is miserable every day of the rest of his life. As Carly gloats about her triumph over Ric, Sonny and Jason arrive. Sonny asks Carly to leave. After Sonny quizzes Ric and Ric admits that he has no idea which port Alcazar would take Courtney to then Sonny declares that Sonny hopes Alcazar's men find Ric and finish him off! Sonny grabs Faith and tells Faith that he needs Faith to help Sonny flush Alcazar out of the woodwork. Alcazar walks past Kelly's and spots Carly, sitting alone, waiting for her mother to join her. Alcazar stands gazing at Carly with rapt attention. Carly makes a phone call to someone. Alcazar watches her from outside Kelly's. He hears someone coming and goes over to hide around the corner. Max shows up and takes his place guarding Kelly's.
Mike shows up at Kelly's and is very happy to see Carly is happy and healthy. Mike mentions that now that she is home, Courtney and Jason can now get married. Carly sits him down and tells him that Alcazar has Courtney now as a hostage. Mike doesn't take the news well and doesn't understand why Jason came home as well as she and Sonny. Carly is shocked when Mike blurts out that Courtney is pregnant as well. He explains that he tried to get Courtney to tell Jason but she didn't want to tell him right now with everything going on with her and that she was afraid Jason would get distracted and make a mistake. Carly tells Mike that Courtney will be o.k. and can handle Alcazar. She tells him that Alcazar won't hurt Courtney and that he was o.k. to her. She tells him that she is going to go home and tell Jason that Courtney is pregnant. Mike stops her and tells her that it is Courtney's place to tell Jason when she is ready and that she shouldn't betray Courtney like that. Carly agrees not to tell anyone about the pregnancy.
Faith shows up at Sonny's penthouse at his request. She doesn't appreciate him having her summoned by his goons. He tells her that she needs to infiltrate Alcazar's business again by making another drug deal with him. Faith is against it until Sonny reminds her that if Alcazar somehow finds out that she is working for the feds against him, she will not be living long. Jason returns and plants a device inside the briefcase of money that Faith will give Alcazar for the drugs and warns her not to lose this money again. Carly returns home. Sonny is all worried and protective of her. He asks her where she has been. She tells him that she was at Kelly's waiting for her mother and she ran into Mike there and told him what happened to Courtney. Sonny isn't surprised Mike is pretty upset. A commotion at the door gets there attention. Max brings in one of Alcazar's men to talk to Sonny. Max explains that he caught the guy lurking around the parking garage for no good reason and watching Carly get out of the car. Sonny demands to know what the guy wanted with Carly. The guy won't tell Sonny anything at first until Sonny grabs him roughly and demands to know what he is up or else. The guy tells him that he was ordered by Alcazar to follow Carly and that Alcazar wants her back.
Monica calls Sonny to ask if Jason is there. Sonny lies and tells her that Jason is out of town on business for him. She tells him that Jason needs to know that Emily has taken a critical turn in her treatment and that he needs to come home as soon as he can and see her. Sonny is sorry about what is going on with Emily and tells Carly. Carly ends up going to the hospital to see Emily. Carly puts on a gown and enters Emily's room. Emily is worried when she sees Carly and asks her what she is doing there. Carly explains that Jason is out of town and will be there to see her as soon as he can. She tells her not to worry. Emily starts to warm up to Carly when she sees that Carly is looking good and healthy. Carly feels a kick in her belly and asks Emily if she wants to feel the baby. Emily is excited and says yes and touches her stomach. The baby kicks while she is touching Carly. Carly explains that she wanted to give up at least twice a day when Ric held her captive but that the baby helped to give her the strength to fight back and to have hope for the future. Emily is touched by her words. Zander comes in and starts to leave when he sees that Carly and Emily are sharing a moment. Carly tells him she has to go anyway.
Carly and Sonny talk about Alcazar. Sonny sits her down and asks her to tell him what happened with Alcazar when he had her captive. She can't believe that Alcazar is so fixated on her that he would have her followed in Port Charles. Sonny tells her that she is a beautiful and very desirable woman even when she is pregnant and that it isn't hard to believe that Alcazar would find her attractive. Their kiss is interrupted by Faith who barges in to tell them that the money is gone and so is Jason. Sonny demands to know what happened on the pier. Faith tells them that she found some blood on the ground where Jason was hiding and that Alcazar took off with the money and that Jason disappeared as well. Sonny tells Faith to go home and leave it to him. They worry about Jason and wonder if Alcazar has him. Carly leaves to go visit Emily. After her visit with Emily she hangs around the waiting area of GH. Alcazar finds her there and sits down. Carly asks him what he is doing there. He tells her that he misses her.
Courtney gets loose and manages to knock one of the guards down and run onto the deck to escape. The other guard points a gun on her and tells her to stay there and not move. Courtney looks at the water and back at him. He warns her that the water is too cold for her and that it would be suicide for her to jump overboard. Courtney goes toward him and manages to get the gun from him and use it on him. She points the gun on him and tells him to stay away from her. He notices she is looking toward the water as if she is going to jump. He tells her that Alcazar isn't going to kill her and that he will be negotiating a deal with Sonny so she can go home soon. Courtney doesn't trust him and jumps overboard anyway. Courtney jumps overboard as Lorenzo's goon shoots at her. Courtney is rescued from the ocean by fishermen and is taken to a hospital. As Courtney lays unconscious, she dreams of Jason holding their daughter, telling her happy he is and how important their daughter is to him.
Back at the penthouse, Sonny has his technician track Alcazar's whereabouts since they have a tracking device embedded into the briefcase of money Faith gave him. The technician has trouble with the connections at times but tells Sonny that the tracking device has been staying in one place for a while, at General Hospital. Sonny tells him that Carly is at the hospital right now. Alexis goes over to Sonny's penthouse. Carly is just leaving when Alexis asks to speak to Sonny. Carly tells her it is a bad time and Sonny agrees he is busy right now but he agrees to listen to her. Alexis tells her that she happy that she got home o.k and that the baby is fine. Sonny asks her what she wants. Alexis tells him it is about Kristina. He tells her that Kristina doesn't concern him. She tells him it does. She asks him for help in getting Kristina back. Sonny tells her that if Kristina was really his child, she would be upstairs and living with him and that Ned is the baby's father and has custody and that he can't do anything to help her. Alexis tries to get him to help her but realizes he doesn't understand what is going on. She thanks him for his time and leaves.
At the hospital, Lorenzo sits down next to Carly. She begs Lorenzo to not hurt Courtney and asks him what he wants. He asks Carly if she would like to trade herself for Courtney. Jason walks up to them and tells Lorenzo that no one is being traded. Sonny arrives and asks why is Lorenzo following Carly and demands Lorenzo to release Courtney. Lorenzo tells Sonny that he will trade Courtney for Carly. Sonny refuses and Lorenzo says that if Sonny doesn't agree to the trade, Courtney may never come home. Suddenly, Jason attacks Lorenzo. Sonny orders Jason off. He tells Lorenzo that killing him would be great, but Lorenzo says that killing him would be a mistake directing it as question towards Carly. Lorenzo then spots Ric. Lorenzo repeats his offer for Courtney's return and turns to leave, but not before he removes the tracking device that Sonny planted in the suitcase. Sonny tells Jason that if something happens to Lorenzo, they will not get Courtney back and tells him to take Carly home.
At the Penthouse, Carly pleads with Jason to leave Lorenzo for Sonny to deal with. She tells him that Lorenzo will not hurt Courtney, because he didn't hurt her and that it would be best if Jason didn't do anything since Jason and Courtney are so close to having everything they dreamed of. Jason opens the door to leave and Mac is there to get Carly's statement against Ric. As Jason leaves, Carly tells him to be careful. Lorenzo bursts in to Ric's room with a gun and threatens to kill him for what he did to Carly. But Faith comes in and aims a gun at Lorenzo. Suddenly, Sonny comes into the room and disarms Faith and forces her out of the room. Sonny tells Lorenzo that they need to come to an agreement. Lorenzo asks Sonny if Ric is more important to him than Carly and asks why Ric is still alive after all that he did to Carly. Lorenzo puts the gun on Ric, but Sonny tells Lorenzo that he would be just like Louis if he killed Ric. Lorenzo removes the gun and walks away. Ric thanks Sonny for saving him. Sonny tells Ric that he had his reasons for saving Ric this time, but it won't happen again. Back on the yacht, Lorenzo questions his crew how Courtney escaped as Jason listens on. Courtney wakes up at the hospital. The nurse tells her that she had a miscarriage. Lorenzo discovers Courtney's whereabouts and Jason overhears him name the clinic.
Mac arrives at the penthouse and tells Carly that he needs to hear everything that Ric did to her. Sonny returns home and sits down with Carly as she gives her statement. Carly recalls the day Ric kidnapped her, as Sonny listens on. At the same time, Ric tells Dr. Lewis that he was not of sound mind when he kidnapped Carly and that his hate for Sonny bordered on obsession. Ric recalls the day the Liz had her miscarriage and seeing Sonny and Carly at the hospital with their baby on the way. Ric tells Dr. Lewis how he treated Carly well, kept her well nourished and gave her medical treatment. He planned on returning Carly, but blames Lorenzo for taking advantage of his obvious mental distress. Dr. Lewis does not believe that Ric was not temporarily insane and will not testify to that.
Carly continues to give her statement to Mac of Ric's plans to kidnap her baby for Liz. Carly begins to see the effect of recalling the details is having on Sonny and asks Mac to postpone her statement for the morning. Sonny tells Carly that she needs to give her statement so that he and Mac can hear the details of what Ric did to her. Carly continues to recall Ric's plan and how he planned everything down to sizes of her maternity clothes. She recalled fighting with him every chance she got, but she feared for baby and how she tried to run out the door and that was when Ric chained her to the wall. She recalls the day Jason came to the house and how she threw a tray at the monitor to get his attention, knocking herself unconscious instead. She recalls the day Lorenzo was standing in the panic room with her. All the while, Sonny sits and listens uncomfortably. After Mac leaves, Carly tells Sonny that she just wants the memory of Ric to fade away. Sonny tells her that it will not for him. She tells him that he needs to let it and to focus on their family. Carly falls asleep on the couch and Sonny whispers to her that Ric will never hurt her again. When Carly wakes up, she realizes that Sonny is gone. In Ric's room, Sonny walks in with Max pointing a gun. He tells Ric that he will be leaving in a body bag. Sonny tells Ric how heard Carly tell how Ric tortured her and that he will pay for what he did to her. Carly bursts into the room and begs Sonny to release Ric. She tells Sonny to not kill Ric and how she needs him to be around for her and the family. Sonny releases Ric and leaves his room.
When Sonny and Carly return to their Penthouse, Carly continues to try to persuade Sonny to give up his belief that he needs to avenge himself on Ric and concentrate on the future they are planning especially with the new baby. As Sonny argues that even Lorenzo believes that Sonny needs to kill Ric to get even with Ric, Carly tries to convince Sonny that Alcazar is just trying to goad Sonny into murdering Ric so that Sonny will end up with a life sentence in jail and Alcazar will be rid of both Ric and Sonny at the same time and will have a free reign over Sonny's territories!
Courtney can't believe that she has had a miscarriage. She thinks that the nurse is working for Lorenzo. The nurses sedate Courtney to calm her down and inform her that her fiancé called and was on his way. Later, the nurse comes back into the room and announces that her fiancé was there to take her home and Lorenzo walks in. Courtney tells the nurse that Lorenzo is not her fiancé, but Lorenzo convinces the nurse that Courtney is bi-polar. Courtney begins to struggle and the nurse sedates her. Meanwhile, a noise outside the room catches Lorenzo's attention. He grabs a nurse and holds a gun to her head and walks out of the room to find Jason. They exchange gun- shots and Lorenzo leaves. Jason sees Courtney and carries her out. When Courtney and Jason arrive home, they are greeted by a festive celebration provided by Sonny and Carly. But, when Carly asks how Jason took "the big news," Courtney tells Jason that "the big news" is that Courtney wants to go ahead and reschedule their wedding. Carly hints that she spoke to Mike, but, when Sonny brings out the champagne, Carly hustles Sonny away before more questions can be asked. Later, Carly tries to keep Sonny from spotting a present that Carly got for Jason.
Carly has a wrapped present for Courtney and Jason and intends to bring it over to them right now. Sonny tells her that they are probably still sleeping after what has been going on and they should wait until later to go over there. Carly tells him that Courtney is an early riser and opens the door to go over to Jason's. Alcazar is on the other end of the door. Sonny asks him what he wants. Sonny tells Carly to go over to Jason's right now and that he will take care of Alcazar alone. Alcazar asks for Carly to stay for this. Carly doesn't want to leave Sonny alone with him. Alcazar tells Sonny that he no longer has interest in using Sonny's property to deal his drugs and that he wants to call a truce. He apologizes to Carly for kidnapping her as well as Courtney and that he won't use them again to make any deals. Carly accepts his apology and heads over to Jason's across the hall. Sonny waits until she leaves the room and asks him what he really wants and that he doesn't believe he wants a truce. Alcazar tells him that he wants a truce and to do business someday.
Carly shows up at Jason's and tells them that Alcazar was there. Jason tells them he wants to go over and find out what Alcazar wants. He tells Carly not to answer the door unless she knows who it is first. Courtney notices the present and guesses it is a baby gift. Carly tells her that she didn't tell anyone about the baby and goes on about the pregnancy and the gift. Courtney stops her and tells her that there is no baby. She tells her about what happened and how she miscarried and blames herself for it. Carly tries to comfort her but it doesn't work. Courtney berates herself for putting her baby in jeopardy like that and not trusting that Jason would eventually find her and bring her home. Carly tells her she would have done the same in that circumstance. Carly advises her to tell Jason right away about the baby and the miscarriage and promises that he will be angry at first but he will understand and be there for her. Courtney tells her she doesn't want Jason to know about any of it and makes her promise not to tell Jason about it. Carly promises not to tell Jason but tells her that she has to go see Dr. Meadows with her as soon as possible to make sure everything is all right with her and that she can still have babies later if she wants.
Carly tells Sonny that she is going to see Dr. Meadows and is taking Courtney with her. Jason already confided in Sonny before that he thinks Courtney is keeping something from him and thinks Alcazar may have hurt her. Sonny suggests that if Alcazar raped her she may have not wanted to tell him, afraid that he would somehow look at her differently. Jason takes off to go find Alcazar to confront him. When Carly mentions that she is going to make sure that Dr. Meadows checks Courtney out, Sonny mentions that is a good idea considering what happened to her. Carly asks him what he meant by that. Sonny suggests that Alcazar may have raped her. Jason shows up at Alcazar's apartment with a baseball bat in his hand. Alcazar isn't surprised to see him there. Jason asks him what he did to Courtney. Jason asks Alcazar if he raped Courtney. Alcazar tells him he is not a rapist even if he is a killer. Jason is about to ask him more when Alcazar tells him that what happened to Courtney is her own fault when she decided to jump in the cold water and escape. Dillon comes in and interrupts them. He asks if he interrupted a hit in progress. Jason tells him to come in and shut up. Alcazar thanks him for interrupting and possibly stopping Jason from killing him. He asks him what he wants. Dillon tells him he came over to thank him for the other night and saving his life. Alcazar tells him he is welcome and asks Jason if he is planning on killing his cousin as well as him. Jason tries to continue asking him about what he did to Courtney but Alcazar tells him that he needs to ask his fiancée and she will clear things up with him herself.
Carly tells Sonny that Alcazar did not rape Courtney and why he thinks he did. Sonny tells her that Jason feels that Courtney is hiding something from him and that she hasn't been herself since she returned home as if something inside of her went out like a light. Carly tells him that Alcazar did not rape Courtney and that he needs to leave Alcazar alone and that what is wrong with Courtney has nothing directly to do with Alcazar. Sonny realizes that Carly knows something and asks her how she knows that Alcazar didn't rape her. Carly pleads with him not to ask her to give up a confidence she has with Courtney. Sonny goes across the hall to talk to Courtney. He tries to get her to tell him what is wrong and asks her point-blank if Alcazar raped her. She tells him he didn't and tries to explain that her body hasn't recovered from the bad swim she had to take when she escaped the yacht. Sonny doesn't push but tells her to tell Jason soon what is really bothering her. Carly gets a call from Alcazar, who wants to meet with Sonny on the docks. She confronts him over the phone about what his real agenda is and that he doesn't really want her, he just wants to torment Sonny some more.
Jason comes in and overhears her talking on the phone and hanging up. He asks her about the call. Carly explains that Alcazar is just playing more games with Sonny to make him jealous by making Sonny think he wants her for himself now. Jason tells her she needs to tell Sonny about the call and not keep it to herself. She tells him that she doesn't want Sonny getting hurt and starting a fight again with him. Sonny had already gotten a call telling him that Jason didn't end up killing Alcazar because of an interruption. Carly tells Jason that Alcazar didn't rape Courtney. Jason can't believe she is defending Alcazar after what he did to her and Courtney. Carly tells him that Courtney needs his love and his patience right now but won't tell him what happened to her.
Carly tells Courtney and Sonny about the call from Alcazar and the call Jason got about Emily being in I.C.U. Sonny leaves to go call Alcazar to find out what he wants. Alcazar asks him to meet him on the docks later. Sonny agrees to it. Carly asks Courtney if she told Sonny about her miscarriage. Courtney tells her he doesn't know anything and that she wants it to stay that way. Carly tries to persuade her into telling Jason everything. Courtney fears that she will lose Jason as well as the baby she just lost if she tells him. Carly tells Sonny that she and Michael are going to Kelly's to get an ice cream cone and asks him to be careful when meeting with Alcazar. Michael catches them kissing and says "yuck" and asks them to stop. Carly takes his hand and leaves the penthouse. Later, Carly and Michael are leaving Kelly's and walk on the docks.
Alcazar spots them and watches from afar. Michael points to Alcazar's yacht and is awed by its size and grabs Carly's hand and drags her closer to the stairs to get a better look. Max is behind her but Michael rushes down the stairs. Alcazar tells her that it must be fate that they meet up like this. Carly almost stumbles on the stairs when Michael pulls on her hand to get her to go faster. Alcazar holds her to stop her from falling. Carly tells him she is fine and can go down the stairs by herself. He tells her he doesn't want to let her go. Sonny watches them from afar and wonders what Alcazar is up to. Carly thanks Lorenzo for saving her from falling down the stairs as Sonny questions what happened. Michael tells Sonny that he just wanted to see the big boat and was pulling on Carly. Sonny tells Carly to take Michael home. She refuses at first, unless Sonny goes home with them, but she leaves Sonny and Lorenzo alone. Sonny tells Lorenzo that everywhere he goes, Lorenzo is always there. Lorenzo tells Sonny it is because they have mutual interests and that their paths are bound to cross. Sonny tells him that he is making it sound like he's talking about business, but he knows it's personal. Lorenzo tells Sonny that he has gone out of his way to run into Carly, but Sonny always seems to be around. But he understands that it is one of the down sides to being in love with another man's wife. Sonny advises Lorenzo to back off Carly, while he is still asking.
At the penthouse, Michael asks Carly if Lorenzo was a bad man like Ric. She tells him that Lorenzo helped her and the baby at one time. Scott Baldwin comes in to tell her that she is in serious danger. He tells her that since Ric has escaped, he thinks that Ric will come after Carly. She realizes that Scott is trying to trick Sonny into killing Ric. Sonny tells him that he is not going after Ric because he is yesterday's news, but that they should really be focusing on Lorenzo. Scott leaves. Max knocks on the door and hands Carly a box of roses. The note reads 'thinking of you, as always, Lorenzo'. Carly rips up the note. Sonny walks into the room and asks who gave her the flowers. She tells him that they were a welcome home gift. Sonny picks up the note from the trash and reads it. He asks her why she lied to him.
Sonny asks Carly why she lied about the flowers being from Lorenzo. He tells her that lying to him about the flowers is the first step toward breaking their trust. She tells him that she just didn't want to make it a big deal. He tells her that she shouldn't try and protect him from Lorenzo. He tells her that she needs to tell him if this happens again. Scott arrives to tell them that he was dropping the charges against Ric because he told Scott that Carly went willingly. Scott tells her that he has insufficient evidence against Ric and that it would be her word against Ric. He tells her that she is an unreliable witness. Sonny orders him to leave. Carly is furious and Sonny tells her that Ric will not be a threat to her. She tells him that he cannot kill Ric because it would be exactly what Scott wants. Ric returns to his apartment to find Sonny waiting for him. Ric tells him that he did not have a choice in taking the deal, but Sonny tells him that he did have a choice, but he made the wrong one. He calls Ric a coward. Ric tells Sonny to kill him. Sonny refuses. He tells Ric that he will wait until years from now and one day Ric will die by Sonny's order. The last words he will hear is "this is for Carly" and Ric will vanish while Sonny is at home with his family, sleeping next to his wife.
Sonny returns to the penthouse. Sonny sits on the couch and Carly sits on his lap, with tears in her eyes. She tells him that he scared her by talking about killing Ric. He tells her that she knows what Ric deserves and he just wants to keep her safe. There are some things that he can't discuss with her and he just wants to protect her. She asks Sonny to just keep putting the family first. Sonny agrees and that he cannot lose anybody else that he loves, especially Carly.
Courtney finds Carly admiring a baby basket that Sonny purchased for the new baby. Courtney tells Carly that Jason now knows the truth about the baby they lost and has been very supportive and understanding. Courtney asks if Carly believes that Jason has truly accepted the circumstances of the baby's death, but Carly insists that Jason and Courtney will be fine in the long run. Later, Carly finds Jason on the Docks and begs Jason not to shut down because of the recent tragedy. As Jason and Carly talk, Jason admits that he is truly mystified as to why Courtney did not tell him about the baby. Courtney overhears part of their conversation. Courtney leaves before Jason promises Carly that he is determined to not mess up his relationship with Courtney. Carly assures Jason that Courtney was not trying to run Jason's life for him in the same way that Robin tried to run Jason's life. When Carly returns to Sonny's Penthouse, she is appalled to find a gift-wrapped Backgammon board from Lorenzo waiting for her.
Sonny comes home and asks Carly what was in the package on the desk. Carly shows him the card and tells him he won't like it. Sonny starts to get angry with Alcazar and plans to confront Alcazar about sending her gifts. Carly asks him to leave it alone. Sonny tells her that he will have Jason go for him to confront Alcazar. Carly asks him to leave Jason out of it also. Sonny asks her if she is Jason's "keeper" all of a sudden and wants to know why Jason can't go track down Alcazar. She yells at Sonny to leave Jason alone right now and that he has enough going on right now that he doesn't need to deal with Alcazar right now. Sonny demands to know what she is talking about. She blurts out that Courtney had a miscarriage and that Jason needs to be with her right now. Sonny asks her how long she has known about Courtney's pregnancy. Carly tells him she has known since she returned home. He resents the fact that she didn't tell him about Courtney when she is his sister and Jason is like a brother to him. Carly explains that it wasn't her call to tell Sonny or anyone. He assumes Courtney told her but Carly explains that Mike blurted it out to her when she told him that Courtney was kidnapped by Alcazar. Carly calms Sonny down and tells him to respect Courtney and Jason and let them handle this together.
Sonny comes over to Jason's. He apologizes to them for disturbing them and tells them that Carly told him about the miscarriage. He tells Jason that he is sorry for his loss as well as Courtney. He asks to speak to Jason alone. He shows him the backgammon game and explains that Alcazar sent it to Carly and he wants him to return it for him and tell him to stop sending his wife gifts or there is going to be another war. Jason tells Courtney that he has to go do something and will be back soon. Sonny offers to help her get through this rough time. He asks her what she needs from him. She explains why she didn't tell Jason about the pregnancy right away and blames herself for what has happened and feels that Jason is angry with her but won't show it. She asks Sonny if he would have forgiven Carly if she had done what she did to Jason. Sonny doesn't give her a straight answer and tells her that he isn't Jason and she isn't Carly. He advises her to give Jason time to deal with this. Courtney explains about what happened with her miscarriage and how the clinic doctors made a mistake with her treatment and that she can't have anymore children. Sonny gives her comfort. He goes back to his penthouse and tells Carly that Courtney isn't doing too well and wishes that if she had just told Jason the truth from the beginning, maybe none of this would have happened. Carly gets another mobile delivered to them that is identical to the one that Ric stole from her and had hanging in the panic room where he held her captive. Sonny is surprised she would still want one like that but she tells him that the mobile Ric stole gave her comfort when she was held captive and allowed her to dream about seeing the baby looking up at it. They put it together.
Jason goes across the hall and tells Carly he needs to talk to Sonny alone. Carly tells him she will go across the hall to check on Courtney. Jason tells her that Courtney isn't home and ran off upset. He asks Sonny what he is suppose to do now. He tells him that he loves Courtney more than ever and that he just wants to move on from where they are regardless of whether than can have a child or not. Sonny tells him to give her some space and let her think things through. Courtney heads to the pier and watches as one of Alcazar's drug dealers sells drugs to a teenager. She goes to turn around and comes face to face with one of Alcazar's men, who grabs her and points a gun on her. The other drug dealer grabs her from the other direction. She fights them off and almost gets away until Alcazar's goon knocks her over the back of the head with his gun and she lays unconscious. Dillon witnesses what happened and goes to find Jason at his place and explains what happened. Jason finds Sonny and explains what happened. Alcazar checks on the success of the drug deal. His men inform him that a woman may have witnessed a drug deal go down. Alcazar tells them to kill her. The men tell him it would be a shame to kill her since she is quite the looker. Alcazar goes over and sees that it is Courtney. Alcazar shows up just as Jason and Sonny are heading out to find Courtney. He tells them that he has Courtney.
Alcazar calls Jason and tells him that he didn't hurt Courtney but took her to the hospital instead and rescued her. She is at GH covered in bruises. Carly, Jason, and Sonny show up to see Courtney. The doctor who examined her asks them who they are. They introduce themselves as Courtney's brother, sister-in-law, and fiancée. The doctor explains that he isn't sure that he wants Courtney to go home with them and that her bruises indicate that there may be some domestic abuse. Jason asks him if he is accusing him of abusing Courtney. Carly steps in and tells him to talk to her mother, Bobbie Spencer, and Jason's parents, Alan and Monica Quartermaine and they will vouch for them being no harm to her. The doctor lets them go in to see her. Carly suggests to Jason that he let her go in and talk to Courtney first. Carly tries to comfort Courtney, who keeps blaming herself. The doctor prescribes some painkillers for her sore neck. Jason asks her how she is. Courtney shuts him out and goes home.
Carly catches Alcazar writing a check out and tells him that he is not going to pay for Courtney's medical treatment just so he can upset Sonny further and grabs the check and rips it up. She tells him to leave them alone and stop playing his games. She tells him he should have followed his original plan by continuing as a History Professor like he once was. Alcazar tells her that he has a reason now for what he is doing with his life. Sonny witnesses this interchange. Carly leaves with Sonny.
When Sonny and Carly return home, Sonny talks to his technician guy about doing any tricks he can come up with to track every move that Alcazar makes and to put surveillance on him. Carly overhears Sonny tell him that he will do what it takes to get rid of Alcazar once and for all. Carly asks Sonny not to go after Alcazar anymore and starts to defend him. Sonny doesn't want to hear about it but listens as she explains that Alcazar could have easily let the doctors at the clinic perform a c-section on her and that she would have lost the baby and may have even died herself but Alcazar wouldn't let them do anything to her to harm her baby and she will be grateful for him for that. Sonny explains that he can't win with her since when she almost lost the baby and he had to choose between her life and the baby's and he chose her, she didn't want him to sacrifice the baby. Carly realizes she is defending Alcazar too much and tells him that Alcazar isn't exactly a good guy but he isn't as bad as Sonny thinks he is.
Carly tells Sonny that there is no comparison between him and Lorenzo. Sonny tells her that since Lorenzo helped her with the baby, Lorenzo got to Carly a little bit. She tells him that all she was to him was a bargaining chip. He tells her that maybe Lorenzo's feelings have grown for Carly and she tells Sonny that hers haven't and that is all that is important. She feels that if they show Lorenzo how bonded they are and not show that he can come between them, then maybe he'll go away. Sonny arrives at the PCPD to find Lorenzo there. He tells Lorenzo that its a coincidence that the same two men who attacked Courtney are dead and it wasn't Sonny who ordered their deaths. Lorenzo tells Sonny that maybe that means he did. Scott tells Sonny and Lorenzo that Dillon was able to identify one of the bodies as Courtney's attacker. Carly asks Courtney why is she not with Jason supporting him through Emily's illness. Courtney tells her that she did offer, but Jason told her that there was nothing she could do. Carly persuades Courtney to just be there at his side. Back at the penthouse, Sonny informs Carly that Lorenzo had those men who attacked Courtney killed. He tells her that Lorenzo is a predator in his life.
Courtney takes a handful of painkillers. When Carly arrives, Courtney admits that she saw Elizabeth and Jason in the chapel with their arms around each other when Courtney went over to the Hospital to find Jason the previous evening. As Courtney confides how angry it made her to see Jason with his arm around Elizabeth, Carly insists that Jason and Elizabeth are both close to Emily. Carly warns Courtney not to let her imagination run away with her where Jason and Elizabeth are concerned! Courtney confides to Carly that she is afraid that Jason will turn to Elizabeth for comfort because Elizabeth would be able eventually to provide Jason with his own child! Carly urges Courtney to quit worrying about the situation and, instead, go to Jason, admit that Courtney is upset about seeing Jason with his arms around Elizabeth in the chapel, and remind Jason that Courtney wants Jason to feel that he can turn to Courtney whenever Jason is hurting. Although Carly warns Courtney that she should not be taking the pain killers along with gallons of coffee, Courtney has some more coffee and pain killers as soon as Carly leaves.
Sonny and Carly hang out near the carnival at the park with Michael. Michael is tired of watching his parents kiss all the time and begs to go and get a temporary tattoo. Carly tells Sonny that she dreamed about moments like this. One of Alcazar's goons reports Carly's whereabouts to Alcazar. Jason calls Sonny on his cell-phone and asks him to come home so he can talk to him about something important. Courtney finds Carly and Michael at the carnival and looks upset. Michael asks her if she is crying. She tells him she is fine and puts on a brave face. Michael goes over to play some more games and Carly asks her what happened. Courtney tells her that she blew up at Jason for no good reason and that she is so afraid that Jason will go back to Elizabeth, who she thinks is interested in him again. She explains to her what she accused Jason of. Carly tries to reassure her that Jason loves her and only her. Courtney tells her that she feels empty now that she can't have a baby. Carly asks her if Dr. Meadows actually said she couldn't have any more children. Courtney tells her she isn't sure because she was so upset when they talked last. Carly suggests that she go see Dr. Meadows and find out if she has any options. Carly offers to go with her but Courtney tells her she can go by herself.
Jason tells Sonny about his argument with Courtney and asks for advice. Sonny figures out what Courtney is thinking and tells him that he has had more experience with women than he has and tells him to tell her how he feels and that he isn't going anywhere. Jason goes to do some work for Sonny to keep his mind off things for a while. Ric shows up at the penthouse to suggest a plan to work together to get Alcazar. He asks Sonny if he is willing to put their differences aside to let him help him as a peace offering. Sonny doesn't trust him and slams the door in his face. Elizabeth shows up at the park at Carly's request. Carly asks her to stay away from Jason and that he loves Courtney and is happy with her. Elizabeth disagrees about that and tells her that Jason isn't married and she can spend time with him if she wants to. Carly warns her to back off. Jason breaks into Alcazar's apartment with the technician guy and they plant more discreet bugs in his place. Jason finds some files and takes pictures of them to look at later. He takes them back to Sonny and shows him the pictures of the files. They realize that Alcazar is most likely the creditor who is after Stefan for the money he owes and that his holding company is probably the front for what he is up to. Jason tells Sonny about Nikolas being in danger according to Emily and that Stefan probably doesn't know that Alcazar is the person behind the holding company he owes a huge debt to. They decide to use what they know against Alcazar and protect Nikolas as much as they can.
Sonny visits Courtney at her place. He tries to help her through and tries to make her see Jason's side of things before she pushes him away more. He tells her that he hated the world and wanted to destroy everyone around him so he would be left alone and prove he wasn't worthy of anyone's love. Courtney doesn't appreciate his interference but listens to him. She doesn't think their cases are anything alike and asks him to leave her alone. Carly waits around for Sonny to show up for her first ultrasound. He gets there late and sees the baby on the ultrasound. They are amazed at how much better ultrasounds are now with new high-tech equipment. Sonny is less than enthusiastic but hides it from Carly. He runs into Jason at G.H. Sonny tells him that he talked to Courtney. Jason doesn't know how to respond to her. Sonny confides in Jason about how he is afraid that this baby won't be born at all and if it isn't, Carly will be devastated. He tells him he had a bad feeling when he saw the baby on the monitor. Faith has a run-in with Carly at G.H. Carly ignores her insults and tells her off. Later, Courtney gets behind the wheel of her car, Ric gets behind the wheel of his car, as well as Faith. Elizabeth is crossing the street when a car comes barreling down the street and hits her.
Jason tells Sonny that the baby is fine and that nothing will happen to him. He is afraid for the baby, now that he sees how real it is. He tells Jason that since he lost his first baby to a car bomb and his second to AJ pushing her down the stairs, he is afraid. Jason tells him that even though Sonny may think that he doesn't deserve a child, maybe God thinks that Carly does. Sonny asks Jason to take Carly home, because there is something that he needs to take care of.
Faith comes upon Liz laying on the ground after the accident, Faith looks at Liz, smiles and says how glad she is that Ric is free now and walks away, leaving Liz lying on the ground. The paramedics take Liz to the hospital. Dr. Meadows assures Sonny of Carly's progress. Scott interrupts and tells him of Liz's hit and run accident. He tells Sonny that he thinks that it was revenge against Ric for what he did to Carly. He tells him that Ric had told him that Sonny pushed Liz down last spring. Sonny denies and Scott asks him if he didn't do it, then who did? As Faith is packing her suitcase, Sonny drops in and tells Faith that Liz was under his protection and was not to be touched, but obviously Faith didn't listen and now she is going to have to pay. They walk out to the garage and Sonny asks to explain the damage on her car. She tells him that this isn't her car, it is Ric's. The evidence against Ric mounts as Sonny informs Scott of the damage to Ric's car.
When Carly gets ready to leave the Penthouse to run some errands, Carly is miffed when she learns that Sonny has doubled security and that Carly will have to wait for a second guard to arrive. Carly guesses that Sonny's increased security is because Sonny is worried about their baby's safety but Carly assures Sonny that this baby is a miracle baby who will break the curse that Sonny believes hangs over him. As Sonny and Carly go upstairs for some quiet time, the cell phone in Carly's purse rings. Alcazar leaves a message that he needs to see Carly about something important that evening and tells Carly that he will meet her outside her club before it opens. Sonny finds Michael with Carly's phone. Michael explains that he was waiting for a friend to call, but there was only a message on Carly's cell phone for his mother from a man who wanted to meet Carly in front of her Club. When Sonny checks the message, he realizes that the message is from Alcazar and erases the message. Later, when Carly announces that Sonny is expected to accompany her to the birthing classes that Bobbie arranged, Sonny agrees to go, but announces that he will have to leave early for an important meeting. When Carly returns alone to the Penthouse, Carly learns from Michael that Carly had a message from a man who wanted Carly to meet him, but that Sonny listened to the message and then erased it. Sonny arrives outside Carly's Club and informs Alcazar that Carly will not be meeting Lorenzo tonight!
Carly asks Michael if he remembers who left a message on her voice mail. Michael doesn't remember who the guy was since he was waiting for a call from his friend, Frankie. Carly asks him if the guy was named Lorenzo but Michael still can't remember and tells her that Daddy knows who it was. Carly leaves to go find Sonny. Sonny and Alcazar enter Carly's club to talk. Sonny tells Alcazar that he is living on borrowed time and that he will not get his wife. Alcazar tells him that he will get what he wants and that Sonny will be helpless to stop it. Sonny informs him that Carly will never leave him. Alcazar disagrees and tells him that Carly will soon learn that Sonny isn't good enough for her and that she and her children can have a better life away from him. Carly shows up. Sonny tells her what Alcazar thinks she is going to do. Carly tells Alcazar that she loves her husband and will never leave him to go be with him. She tells him that she doesn't like him even and that after what he did to Courtney and how he tried to kill Jason, she doesn't want anything to do with him and to stay out of her life. Alcazar isn't pleased but leaves. Carly assures Sonny that Alcazar has no life and that all he is after is revenge for his brother's murder. Sonny dims the lights and puts on some music and they dance. Their romantic night is interrupted when one of her employees shows up with an envelope he found outside the door. She gets up to go get some invoices for him but Sonny offers to go find them for her in her office. Carly opens up the large manila envelope to find a blown up picture of a car with a smashed headlight and a note on the back from Alcazar asking her to meet him on the docks soon.
At Carly's club, Carly reads the back of the photo again from Alcazar and the picture of a car with its headlight broken. She quickly puts it back in the envelope when she hears Sonny return to the room. Jason and Courtney show up all rested and happy together. Carly is very pleased until Courtney informs them that they came home to find that Courtney's car was stolen. Carly tells them that Elizabeth was hit by a car and that it was a hit-and-run accident. Courtney tells Carly and Sonny about how she got dependent on some painkillers and that is why she was acting so irrational lately. Carly starts to wonder about Courtney. Jason and Courtney head off to see Elizabeth at G.H. Ric shows up at the club and asks to speak with Sonny. Carly tells Sonny she is just going to go home without him. Sonny isn't interested in Ric's request. Ric tells Sonny that Faith needs to die. Sonny refuses to help him.
Carly meets with Alcazar. He tells her that he saw Courtney hit Elizabeth with her car but was most likely unaware of it because she was so high on painkillers at the time. Carly isn't ready to believe that Courtney hit Elizabeth and asks him if he is trying to set up Courtney to get to Sonny. Alcazar admits that his knowledge of the accident helps him. Carly agrees to keep what she knows a secret if he agrees to keep this thing about Courtney a secret. He gives her the keys to Courtney's car and the directions on where to find the car he hid for her. Carly finds the car way out in country and goes to find it and get rid of it. Sonny comes home and calls to Carly up the stairs. Max comes in the penthouse to inform him that Carly isn't home and that she just disappeared. Carly puts Courtney's car in gear and gets out to let the car roll off the a cliff. However, her coat sleeve gets caught in the driver's side door and she can't get it loose as the car starts to roll closer to the edge with her attached to the door. She starts to cry out in panic and try to get her jacket free. She manages to pull her coat from the car door and lands near the edge of the cliff. She tries to pull herself up and begins to slip, but a nearby Alcazar grabs her arms and pulls her up to safety. They are huddled on the ground and he tells her that she is safe and she thanks him. He takes her back to his apartment and asks her if she is okay, he asks if the baby is all right. He tells her that when he gave her Courtney's car keys, he had no idea that Carly would get herself almost pulled off a cliff. She asks him why he followed her and he said that it dawned on him that she may need a ride back. She goes to the guest room to wash up. She tells him that he doesn't know who she is at all and he tells her that he looks forward to finding out. She tells him that she understands how he thinks, everything costs and she wants to know what he wants in return. Alcazar ensures that the car landed in the lake and that there is no evidence to connect Carly to the car. Meanwhile, Carly leaves Sonny a message to tell him that she will be home soon. Alcazar offers Carly a ride home, but she tells him to leave her alone. He asks her, what if he can't, she tells him that he is much too smart to chase after something that he cannot have. She loves Sonny and she is not leaving him. Carly walks out the door.
Sonny tells Jason that Carly is missing. Suddenly, Jason & Sonny bursts through the door and demand to know what he did to Carly. He asks if he has hurt her and he tells him that he would never hurt her. They leave and Carly tells Alcazar that this is all just a game to him and that he is not the same man who helped her through premature labor. Know your enemy, Sonny and know his weakness, Carly and that he is exploiting Courtney. She returns home to find Sonny worried and upset. He asks her to tell him where she was. Later, Alcazar pulls up an article of Lily's death on the internet.
Sonny asks Carly what she knows about the car and tells her that he hates it when she lies to him. He asks her where she went after she left the club. She tells him that she went to see Alcazar. He asks her if she was in the apartment when he and Jason were there. She tells him that she was there, but she was only there trying to help Courtney. Sonny angrily asks her if she is trying to get attention by going to another man's apartment and lying to her husband about it. She tells Sonny that Courtney was the one who hit Liz and Alcazar sent him a picture of her car and that was the only reason that she went to meet him. She tells him that she went to a cliff to dispose of Courtney's car, but she slipped and fell on the loose dirt and Alcazar was there to help pull her up. She went to Alcazar's apartment to get cleaned up and she hid when he and Jason arrived, not to protect Alcazar, but to protect Courtney. She has been through enough and if she found out that it was her who hit Liz, she would have been devastated. Sonny tells her that Carly's solution instead was to cover it up, keep a secret with the man who kidnapped her, and risked her and the baby's life. Carly tells him that she didn't want him to tell Jason because they have been through enough and she would just end up blaming herself. Jason comes in and tells that he needs to speak to Sonny and it is about Courtney. He tells Jason that Alcazar claims that he saw Courtney hit Liz. Carly thinks that Courtney does not need to know about hitting Liz because she has been through enough.
A Lily look-alike enters Alcazar's apartment and introduces herself as Marisela. He pays her a huge amount of money and she asks him what he what it is for. Alcazar tells her that it is not for what, but for who. He asks her about her family and she tells him that she has no family left. She agrees to do whatever he wanted and Julian comes in. Sonny questions Carly's trust and tells her that these types of lies cannot keep happening. One of he guards comes in to inform Sonny that the cops have found Courtney's car.
At the hospital, Bobbie is surprised when Maxie informs Bobbie that Bobbie is scheduled to assist a Dr. Julian in the Operating Room since Bobbie does not recognize Dr. Julian as a doctor on the General Hospital Staff. Unbeknownst to Bobbie and Maxie, Faith overhears their conversation. When Bobbie spots Dr. Julian entering the elevator, Dr. Julian instructs Bobbie to scrub up and join him in the O.R. As Dr. Julian heads to the O.R. in the elevator, he confers with Lorenzo Alcazar. Later, Lorenzo meets with Faith at the hospital and informs Faith that he has a new plan for wrecking their mutual enemy Sonny! Faith warns Alcazar that. whatever his plan is, it will not work but, after Lorenzo threatens Faith, Faith agrees to help Alcazar. Later, Lorenzo meets with Dr. Julian's patient and shows the woman that Lorenzo has deposited $150,000 in an account for her for her part in his scheme and Faith sits in on the meeting.
Sonny, Jason, Carly and Courtney confer about the way the police discovered Courtney's car in the lake. Sonny argues that Alcazar might have just heard about Elizabeth's accident, stole Courtney's car, smashed the headlight and then tried to convince Carly that Courtney was the one who hit Elizabeth. But Courtney remains convinced that she did run Elizabeth down and that Sonny, Jason and Carly are all attempting to spare her by keeping the truth from her. Jason tries to convince Sonny to let Jason take Courtney out of the country and Sonny confides to Jason that Sonny believes that Alcazar probably did see Courtney run down Elizabeth and is trying to use the accident to his own advantage. Sonny promises Jason that, even if Courtney did hit Elizabeth, they can still make the charges go away if they can convince Courtney to keep quiet. As Jason and Sonny talk, Scott and Mac show up at Sonny's door, announcing that they are there to arrest Courtney. Jason and Courtney have disappeared by the time Scott and Mac are allowed into Sonny's apartment.
Back at the penthouse, Scott informs Sonny that Ric saw Courtney in the Park just before Elizabeth's accident and that Courtney was out of her mind with jealousy because Courtney was afraid that Jason was slipping behind Courtney's back to see Elizabeth. After Scott leaves the Penthouse, Carly tells Sonny that they needed to stop this disaster before it started! Carly breaks down and cries on Sonny's shoulder.
Sonny visits Elizabeth in her room. He asks her to just tell the police the truth that she doesn't remember who hit her and that is all. Ric comes in and gets the wrong idea about what Sonny is doing and accuses him of threatening her to lie for him to protect Courtney. Sonny denies he came for that and thanks Elizabeth and leaves.
Alcazar finds Carly sitting alone in the waiting area. He approaches her and acts concerned about the baby. She tells him the baby is fine and that she is waiting for Sonny. She accuses him of calling the cops and letting them know where Courtney's car was hidden and for trying to set them up to get to Sonny. She tells him to leave her and her family alone and that he isn't her friend. Alcazar agrees to do what she wishes and tells her he never meant to upset her.
Sonny and Carly show up at the police station and try to get Courtney released. Courtney is put in a holding cell as Sonny tries to find out from Jason what is going on. Alcazar shows up and tells Mac that he saw the accident and that the driver was not Courtney and that the person who hit Elizabeth was a man with long blonde hair who is willing to admit he hit Elizabeth and ran away with the car because he had stolen it from Courtney and didn't want to get caught with it. Mac is leery of Alcazar's story but agrees to check it out and see if the man outside's story checks out. The police forensic report proves that Courtney's car was the vehicle that hit Elizabeth because the DNA on the headlight matches Elizabeth's. Sonny asks to speak to Alcazar while Mac goes to check out the information. He asks him what he wants for helping to cover for Courtney. He tells him that he did it for Carly but Sonny doesn't buy it. Mac returns and has Courtney sent back up and released and the charges dropped. Alcazar returns home to talk to Marcella, who asks him how she is going to look once the bandages come off. He tells her she will look beautiful.
Carly has an appointment with Dr. Meadows and looks like something is bothering her. Sonny is set to go with her to the appointment but he gets a call. He tells her he has to go take care of something and he will meet her at the hospital after Courtney offers take Carly herself. After Jason and Sonny leave, Carly's behavior worries Courtney who asks her what is wrong. Carly tells her that she can't feel the baby kicking and is worried something is wrong. Courtney brings her to her appointment. Dr. Meadows runs some tests. Carly goes on about how worried she is about the baby and realizes that Courtney is still in the room listening to her complain. She apologizes to her for being insensitive to what Courtney has gone through. Courtney tells her she wished she had worried more about her own baby like Carly's and maybe her baby would be alive still. Carly tells her that Dr. Meadows never said she couldn't have a baby but that it would probably be very difficult for her. She asks Courtney to be the baby's godmother.
Meanwhile, Sonny and Jason show up at the cemetery where the grave of Lily's is. The place where her casket was buried is all dug up and her casket is missing. They call Mac for help. Mac assures them he will get to the bottom of this and is as disturbed by this as Sonny and Jason. Sonny goes to G.H. to see Carly. He gets worried when Carly tells him that Dr. Meadows is running some tests. Dr. Meadows comes back and tells them that Carly is suffering from dehydration and that is causing the muscles to be sore and that the baby is having a harder time kicking her as strongly because it is getting a little crowded in her uterus now that she is in her last trimester. She tells her she wants Carly to be admitted for observation and advises her to take it easy and to not overwork herself. Sonny wants to stay with her but Carly asks him to go home and stay with Michael because he will worry if he isn't there at least. Sonny reluctantly agrees to go home and let her rest. Dr. Meadows assures him that they will take good care of Carly for him. Sonny gets a call and his cell phone says it is a call from home. However, when he picks it up there is no voice on the other end. Sonny assumes it is Michael calling him and he asks him to answer him but no one answers. A mysterious woman had entered Sonny's penthouse in a dress and her clothes and body all dirty from dirt while a thunderstorm is going on. She picks up a picture of Sonny with Carly and Michael.
Later, Sonny returns home with no sign of anyone home. He hears a noise and goes to investigate. He notices a message written in the glass of the sliding glass door going out to the balcony. It says "I Miss You." Sonny opens the sliding glass doors and looks out onto the balcony. He is shocked to see a woman who looks identical to Lily, his late wife staring back at him on the balcony. Alcazar enters Carly's room and checks in on her while she sleeps. He touches her hair and her cheek and leaves the room. He runs into Jason coming around the corner. Jason asks him what he is doing in Carly's room and that when Sonny hears about it he won't be happy. He warns him not to push Sonny anymore than he has been or he will regret it.
Sonny looks out the window through the words, “I Miss You” written by finger on the glass. He sees a woman resembling Lily and walks outside to see, only to find that she has disappeared. Courtney enters the penthouse and tells him that he looks like he has just seen a ghost. He tells her that he thought he saw a woman on the terrace and he thinks that he is just being paranoid. He calls for Max to tell him that someone was outside and he thinks he knows who it is.
Max brings Faith in to Sonny and tells her that he knows it was her who violated Lily's grave. She tells him that she doesn't know what he is talking about. Sonny becomes angry with her and Jason and Courtney interrupt telling Faith to leave. Jason asks Sonny what's going on and Sonny wishes that he could tell Jason. After Jason inspects the terrace, he tells Sonny that this may be all on his head. Sonny tells Jason that these are all signs, omens that something is going to happen to his baby. He asks Jason that he cannot tell Carly. Sonny leaves and asks Jason not to follow him.. Sonny visits Lily's grave. He sees Carly's name on the headstone. Faith later congratulates Lorenzo on his plan against Sonny.
Jason and Courtney go to the hospital to find Carly's room empty. At the hospital and with the lights off, Detective Capelli aims the gun at a sleeping Nikolas but Carly turns the light on, wakes up Nikolas and they both ask what Capelli is doing there. He tells Nikolas that he was there to check on his security and that he will be placing guards outside of his door. Capelli leaves and Carly asks what happened to him. He tells her that he was attacked and asks her what she is doing there. Carly tells him that she was bored and decided to take a walk. She asks him if he thinks that he was beaten up on Lorenzo's orders, but before he could answer, Jason comes in and asks her what she is doing leaving her room. She tells them both that when she was in Lorenzo's apartment, she saw a document with Nikolas' name and she thought that maybe it had something to do with his attack. Jason tells her that it is none of her business and that she should not be involved. He tells Carly go back to her room. Lorenzo brings a huge vase flowers for Carly, but Maxie tells him that Carly is not accepting flowers from anyone but Sonny.
Sonny begins to have flashbacks of Lily's death, but instead of seeing Lily, he sees Carly in the scene. He sits down on a bench and looks at the headstone again, but this time he sees Lily's name. Sonny goes back to the hospital to find Carly's bed empty and questions Courtney. He begins to panic, Carly walks in and he asks her where she has been. Sonny begins to lecture Carly about keeping the baby. He leaves and Carly asks Courtney what that was all about. She tells her that Sonny thinks he is going to lose Carly and the baby. She thinks that Sonny may feel as if he has more happiness than what he deserves and that everything he loves he loses. He is just fearful that he may lose the baby.
Sonny tells Jason that he wants more guards near Carly. He tells Sonny that he is over-reacting. Sonny tells Jason that he is seeing things, like Carly's name on Lily's headstone. Faith and Lorenzo discuss the plan. She questions why haunting Sonny is the way to taking him down. She wonders why Sonny would be bothered by images of Lily since they were married for only six months and it was ages ago. Lorenzo tells her that Lily's ghost has been haunting since she died and he knows this because he has a ghost of his own. Lorenzo talks about losing a great love by death and remembering her name and seeing her face wherever he goes. He tells her that when the woman you love dies because you didn't react fast enough, you live with the ghost and he knows it because he had to live with the ghost for so long. Faith asks who Lorenzo's ghost was and he tells her that her name doesn't matter but that she gave Lorenzo the key to bringing Sonny down.
Sonny returns to Carly's room, apologizes to her. With the haunting music in the background, she tells him that it is okay and it is all over. He tells her that he thinks it is just beginning. He tells her that he gave up on having a family when Lily died, but then Carly and Michael came in to his life. He was grateful for that and thought that god had pardoned his past life by granting him this happiness, but then Carly lost their first baby. And now he feels like he is pushing the limits again and that Carly and the baby will pay for it. She tells him that he needs to forgive himself.
Courtney catches Faith outside Carly's room and thinks she is up to no good. Faith lies and tells her she is here for an appointment with Dr. Meadows and had no idea that Carly's room was right there. Sonny stays close to Carly and worries about her safety. Carly reassures him she will be fine and that the baby with come when it is ready. Courtney tells Faith to stay away from Carly. She comes into Carly's room and has her release papers to sign to get out of there. Sonny notices that Courtney seems nervous and anxious for Carly to leave the hospital. Courtney explains that she saw Faith outside Carly's room just now and is worried she is up to something. Sonny doesn't like it and agrees that Carly needs to be home where she can be protected better. Sonny runs into Alcazar outside the hospital and reminds him that he is married to Carly not him and to leave her alone or he will go after him. They exchange a few words between them in Spanish.
Sonny gets Carly home. Sonny finds her later up in their room on the balcony. They talk and make love. Sonny is asleep and has a dream about wheeling Carly out of the hospital with their baby in her arms. He gets her set up in the back seat with the baby and is about to get in the car when he hears his name called and he sees Lily. Lily tells him to stay away from the car. He turns around in panic and the car explodes with Carly and the baby inside. Sonny wakes up in a scream. Carly wakes up and comforts him.
Alcazar finds Faith waiting
outside a hospital room. Faith explains that they had a close call when Courtney
caught her outside Carly's room and accused her of being up to something
sinister. She tells him that she had a cover story that Courtney seemed to
believe. Alcazar asks about their patient, Marcella. She tells him that her
bandages will be coming off today. Alcazar tells Faith that their plan is
working because Sonny is very anxious about Carly and is most likely thinking
about Lily's death right now. Alcazar is pleased with his plot, and states that
Sonny is edging and all he needs now is to see Lily. Alcazar enters Marcella's
room and gets a look at her without bandages. He is quite pleased with the
results and tells her she looks beautiful, that she is perfect.
**The End**
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