Sonny & Carly #21  April 14th - June 12, 2003 - 8 hr original edit

Carly visited a distraught Courtney at the loft. She reassured Courtney that Sonny would get better with time. Courtney admitted that being apart from Jason was far more difficult than she had anticipated, especially being at the loft where they had spent so much time together. Courtney went to work at Kelley's hoping to take her mind off Jason. Carly went with her. Courtney found a dead man in the dumpster while taking out the trash. She called Carly out, but within seconds Taggert was on the scene. Faith arrived and identified the body as her employee Fowler. She told Taggert that Jason had murdered him. Courtney and Carly seethe while Faith insists to the police that it must have been Jason Morgan who killed Faith's employee, Fowler. After the police leave, Courtney confronts Faith, but Faith reminds Courtney that Jason is a killer from way back! Courtney slugs Faith but is appalled when Faith turns around and kisses her. As Faith storms out the door, she warns Courtney that Courtney should be afraid of Faith! Later, Courtney wonders if it might have been the 'kiss of death,' as she had seen in movies. As Courtney remembers that it was Fowler who abducted her, Carly suddenly remembers that Fowler was also the one who tried to pick Carly up at Jake's, before Ric showed up and ran Fowler off. When Carly spots Coleman coming into Kelly's, Courtney volunteers to pump Coleman to see if Coleman remembers anything about Fowler hitting on Carly. Coleman later tells Courtney that the bartender saw Fowler trying to slip something into Carly's drink. But, since the bartender knew that Ric worked for Sonny, he figured Carly would be okay when Ric showed up! Coleman promises Courtney that he will ask around to find out if anyone remembers anything, then warns Courtney to remember that she is now playing with a dangerous crowd!

Sonny orders Jason to execute Ric, but demands to know first what it is that Ric wants with Sonny. Ric tells Sonny that Sonny has known from the beginning. As Jason cocks his gun and takes aim at Ric, Taggert arrives at the door and loudly demands that Sonny open up right away and answer questions. Jason puts away his gun and, when he enters, Taggert informs Jason that Fowler is dead and, since Jason almost killed Fowler on the docks, Jason is the prime suspect. Taggert informs Jason that it was Courtney who opened the dumpster and discovered Fowler's body. When Taggert demands to know where Jason has been, Sonny and Jason are both stunned when Ric suddenly insists that Ric and Jason had been together, looking at some property they were considering buying to build a new warehouse. Ric then begins to demand warrants and other legitimate reasons for Taggert to be at Sonny's Penthouse and demanding explanations! Taggert admits that he brought no warrant but, before he leaves in disgust, Taggert warns Ric to think twice about his involvement with Sonny because Ric could end up in the same kind of trouble as Sonny's former attorney Alexis Davis! After Taggert leaves, Sonny demands to know what Ric thought he was doing by offering an alibi for Jason. Ric points out that if Ric were Faith's silent partner, the smart thing for Ric to do would have been for Ric to admit to Taggert that the police had interrupted Sonny and Jason getting ready to murder Ric. Ric again insists that he only wants to be helpful to Sonny and to be a part of his organization and assures Sonny that Ric has NO ulterior motive. Sonny pretends to accept Ric's story and, after the two shake hands, Ric leaves. But, after Ric is gone, Sonny and Jason agree that whoever killed Fowler was sloppy. When Jason asks if he should go ahead and pull the trigger on Ric, Sonny announces that Sonny now has a better idea about eliminating Ric. Sonny suggests that Ric could be a Fed, but, what Ric is doing seems personal and they will need to be careful in setting a trap for Ric.

Courtney tells Carly that Coleman's bartender saw Fowler put something in Carly's drink at Jake's. Carly heads to Ric's Place and angrily accuses Ric of using a date-rape drug on her. Carly insists that Ric and Faith were working in cahoots and, after Faith's goon slipped the drug to Carly, Ric arrived and played the hero so that Carly would leave with him. Ric insists that he has no idea what Carly is talking about and that Ric would have no way of knowing what Fowler had been doing before Ric arrived on the scene. Carly hysterically attacks Ric, but Ric accuses Carly of looking for a way to cover her back with Sonny and inventing the whole date-rate drug scenario to have an excuse for getting rid of the baby if Carly discovers that Ric IS the baby's father! Carly angrily repeats that Sonny IS the father of her child, and storms out of Ric's room. At the same time, Ric meets with Faith and she asks why Ric did not just give Jason's gun to Taggert. Ric replies that he is waiting for the right time but that the gun is Jason's gun and is covered with Jason's prints! When Carly returns to the Penthouse, Sonny tells Carly that Ric is not who Carly believes that he is, that Sonny is positive that Ric is hiding something and that Sonny is close to finding out what it is that Ric is hiding!

At Kelly's, Ric tried to be sociable with Carly and Courtney, but they both told him off. Jason told Sonny about the shooting in Faith's apartment. Jason begged Sonny for the order to take out Faith. Sonny insisted that they wait. Jason kidnapped Faith on the docks. Courtney was shocked to witness it on her way home from work. Faith told Jason that if he killed her, Courtney would always remember seeing him take her and would never look at him the same. Sonny staged an argument with one of his men over Jason's actions, trying to expose Ric as Faith's partner. Ric tried to hide his concern when Sonny said Jason would force Faith to surrender the name of her partner. Carly took strands of hair from Sonny's brush to the hospital to have her baby's DNA tested while getting the amnio done. Sonny was unable to go with her initially but promised to meet up with her later. Courtney, knowing Carly's secret anxiety, went to the hospital to support Carly. Carly admitted to Courtney that she didn't know what she'd do if the baby proved to be Ric's.

Sonny arrived at the hospital and was pleased to find Courtney keeping Carly company as they awaited the test results. Sonny reassured Carly that the baby was fine. Out in the hall, Courtney told Sonny that she hoped he'd live up to the image Carly and Jason had of him and told him how much they cared about him. Sonny had to go and Carly, worried that he would find out about the paternity test, told him she was fine. Dr. Meadows told Carly that the amnio had shown a healthy baby. She handed Carly the folder with the paternity test results. Courtney encouraged Carly to open them up and find out. Carly hesitated. Faith implored Jason to let her go, insisting that Courtney would hate him if he killed her. Jason informed Faith that he wasn't going to kill her, that her silent partner would. He revealed that the kidnapping was a plan to flush out her partner, who would undoubtedly come. He tied her to a chair in front of the window. Ric fell for Sonny's trap and "tricked" Greg to give up the address of the safehouse where Jason was holding Faith.

At the Hospital, Carly is elated when Courtney reports that the paternity tests reveal that Sonny is the father of Carly's baby. Carly fills Courtney in on the ups and downs of Carly's relationship with Sonny and then insists that Carly must tell Sonny about her night with Ric so that Sonny will know just how dangerous Ric really is. At one of Sonny's Safe Houses, Ric spots a blond figure through the window and empties his gun at the figure's head thinking its Faith. But, when Ric turns around, he finds that Sonny has been standing behind him. Sonny names Ric as Faith's silent partner. Ric tries to explain that he believed that Faith was a threat to Sonny, but Sonny accuses Ric of being the one who paid for the hit woman who shot up Carly's Club and Sonny informs Ric that Ric is going down for the threat to Sonny's family. Sonny informs Ric that the only thing Ric is going to be allowed to say is to give Sonny a reason why Ric became so involved with Faith in tormenting Sonny's family. When Sonny takes Ric inside the Safe House, Ric discovers that he shot a mannequin with a blond wig. Ric continues to insist to Sonny that he proved himself to Sonny over and over again, including getting Brenda and Jason acquitted for Alcazar's murder and taking the bullet meant for Sonny during the shooting at Carly's club. However, Sonny insists that he always knew Ric was working an agenda and that Sonny never trusted Ric! When Sonny again asks why Ric went through so much trouble to get next to Sonny, Ric tells Sonny to "ask your wife!" Sonny abruptly leaves Ric alone in the Safe House with one of Sonny's goons on guard, ordering the man to watch Ric, while Sonny suddenly rushes out of the house.

When Sonny arrives at the hospital, Carly tells Sonny the news that the baby is healthy. After Courtney leaves the room, Carly tearfully confesses to Sonny about the night she spent with Ric and confides her conviction that Ric knew Carly had been drugged by Fowler and took advantage of the opportunity to rape Carly. At the same time, Jason moves Faith to a new Safe House. Faith tries to appeal to Jason's humanity as she begs for her life. Faith warns Jason that the Police will suspect Jason if Faith disappears, since the Police already know that Jason has been hassling Faith. Then Faith reminds Jason that Courtney SAW Jason drag Faith away and will know that Jason pulled the trigger if Faith disappears. Faith offers Jason some Mattress Tag, then reminds Jason that even a condemned criminal gets a last meal and a chance to have a priest come in to say a final prayer. When the phone rings, Faith believes it is Sonny with the order to kill her, but Jason discovers that it is Courtney calling. Courtney tells Jason that Sonny is in with Carly at the Hospital and that Courtney believes that Jason should be there as well. Jason suddenly leaves and orders Marco to keep an eye on Faith. Back at the Hospital, Carly is surprised when Sonny tells her that he believes her version of events. Jason arrives shortly afterward and Sonny tells Jason to go ahead and get rid of Faith but to let Sonny deal with Ric personally. Jason returns to the safe house where Faith has been stashed, dismisses the guard and prepares to whack a protesting Faith. When Sonny returns to the safe house where he left Ric stashed, Sonny discovers that his guard is dead, and that Ric is missing.

Sonny comes home and checks on Carly in their bedroom. Carly thinks he will be looking at her differently now that he knows what Ric did and that he wouldn't be able to stand touching her again. Sonny reassures her that he doesn't blame her and that she belongs to him. They make love. Afterwards, Sonny tells her that he has to take care of Ric now and that Ric is hiding from him. Carly tells him she understands what he has to do and won't stop him.

Ric hides in the trees outside of Kelly's. He sees that Liz is inside Kelly's. She is working while Courtney is sitting at the counter. He calls Liz on the phone and asks her if she is able to do what he asked of her earlier. Liz pretends that she is talking to her grandmother when she sees that Courtney can hear her. Courtney watches her behavior and gets suspicious. Liz tells Ric he can count on her and leaves with a big bag of food. Courtney remarks to her that her grandmother must have a big appetite with all that food she is bringing her. Liz is annoyed by Courtney's nosiness and tells her her grandmother is sick and she is bringing some food for her to stock up on at home. Courtney waits for Liz to leave and follows her at a distance. Sonny's bodyguard, Max, tells her he will follow Liz and for her to stay behind. Meanwhile, Jason finds some files with a picture of woman in it from Ric's desk at his place. He brings the information to Sonny. Sonny realizes that Ric is obsessed with his life for some reason and that Faith might know why. Carly comes downstairs and realizes that Jason now knows about what Ric did to her that night. Jason tells Sonny that he has someone tracking Liz's movements and that he suspects that she will lead them to Ric eventually.

Courtney goes to Ric's new apartment and finds the door opened. She comes in and looks around. She picks up the phone. Ric grabs her and pulls a gun on her. Courtney tells him he can't run from Jason and Sonny and that Sonny knows that he raped Carly. Ric makes a remark about Sonny always getting what he wants and not deserving a loving family. Courtney waits until Ric is at a disadvantage when he goes to close the door and hold the gun on her at the same time. Courtney takes him by surprise and attacks him. She punches him and knocks him to the floor. She runs to the phone and calls Jason. Ric comes up behind her and grabs her. She manages to tell Jason where she is before the phone is cut off. Jason shows up and draws his gun. Ric is there waiting for him and points the gun at him and tells him to hold it. Jason sees that Courtney is tied up in a chair and gagged. Sonny gets a call from Faith under guard. She tells him she remembered something about Ric and wants to tell him. Sonny and Carly tell Michael that they are going to have a baby. Michael asks Sonny if he is going to be happy now that there is going to be a baby. Sonny tells him that it wasn't his fault that he was sad and that he is better now. Sonny leaves Carly with Michael. He goes to see Faith. Carly talks to Michael about how she will love him as much as the baby. Sonny threatens Faith if she doesn't tell him something really important. She tells him that Ric told her that he use to go to some house in Martha's Vineyard with his family when he was younger and how he likes to go there to think and that he will probably go there to hide out.

When Michael asked about AJ, Carly explained to him that some fathers were connected to their children biologically and others were connected by love. She told him that although AJ had helped her make him, that Sonny would always be his father through love, which was the most important thing. Carly reassured Michael that Sonny would love the new baby just as much but not more. Later when Leticia dropped Michael off at a birthday party, Michael lied and told her that Carly was going to pick him up. Michael entered the house unseen and left once the car had pulled away. He went to the Quartermaine mansion, where a stunned AJ answered the door. Michael told AJ that Sonny is his real father. AJ began to tell Michael that he is his father and that Sonny stole him, but Skye intervened. She took Michael aside and reassured him that nobody would ever take him away from his family. She told him that he would always be welcome at the Quartermaines and offered to show him baby Kristina. Skye called Carly to tell her that Michael was there. Carly went straight to the Quartermaines and, relieved to see Michael, told him not to believe anything that AJ had told him. AJ and Carly argued on the staircase in an eerily familiar scene.

Ric held Jason at gunpoint, threatening to shoot a tied-up Courtney if he did not drop his gun. Jason released his gun. Ric ordered Jason to tell Sonny to go to Martha's Vineyard and then knocked him unconscious. Sonny pressed Faith for information on Ric's whereabouts. Faith pleaded with Sonny to believe her that Ric's family had a house on Martha's Vineyard and that he probably would go there to hide. She told him about the painting of the house in Ric's apartment. Sonny broke into Ric's apartment, finding Jason unconscious on the floor. Jason awoke and told Sonny that Ric had Courtney. Jason asked Sonny what significance Martha's Vineyard had. Sonny recognized the house in the painting and had flashbacks of time spent there with his mother as a boy. Jason wanted to go after Ric and Courtney, but Sonny insisted on going alone, fearful that Jason would only get Courtney killed. Ric called Sonny and told him that Courtney was hidden somewhere that only Ric could find.

Elizabeth went to the penthouse and demanded that Carly confess to lying about Ric raping her. Surprisingly cool, Carly told Elizabeth that Ric was a liar and a rapist and had deceived them both. Elizabeth would not be convinced and berated Carly for telling a lie that would get Ric killed. Carly told Elizabeth that she had been drugged and Ric had violated her while she was unconscious. Jason burst in and announced that Courtney had been kidnapped. He turned to Elizabeth and demanded that she tell him everything she knew about where Ric might be.

Jason demanded that Elizabeth tell him where Ric would have taken Courtney. Elizabeth refused to believe that Ric would have kidnapped Courtney or raped Carly, but she told Jason that she didn't know where he would go anyway. Jason told her to leave. Jason and Carly went through the file Jason had found in Ric's apartment. Jason found several papers about mines that Ric's family owned, and suspected that Ric may have taken her to an un-numbered mine called "Adella." He went there and found Courtney on the ground, knocked unconscious from a fall while trying to climb out. She awoke, thrilled to find that Jason had come to her rescue. Suddenly the walls started to crumble and fall on top of them. Jason pulls Courtney to safety only minutes before the shaft collapses. Later, at the hospital, Carly joins Jason and Courtney and reports that she has not heard from Sonny, so Jason rushes away to the Lansing Summer cottage. Carly promises to stay with Courtney.

Sonny arrived at the house on Martha's Vineyard. Ric came up behind him with a gun, and held him at gunpoint while asking him about his memories of what had happened there. Sonny remembered that his mother fell down the stairs after struggling with him to put on a jacket. Sonny demanded to know why Ric cared about his childhood. Ric told Sonny that Ric's father was Adella's boss. As Ric started talking about Adella, Sonny became angry and managed to wrestle the gun away from Ric. Sonny told Ric that he would die for raping Carly. Ric told Sonny that they are brothers. Sonny trains his gun on Ric and refuses to believe that Ric's mother was Adela. Ric challenges Sonny to go ahead and shoot Rick, explaining that, when Adela fell down the stairs at the Lansing Cottage, she was pregnant with Ric. Sonny and Adela had an argument about Sonny's coat, at the head of the stairs, and Sonny pushed Adela away and pushed Adela down the stairs. Ric goes on to explain that Adela worked for Ric's father, Trevor; that they were in love and, when Adela learned she was pregnant, Trevor and Adela planned to marry. Trevor had already filed for a divorce from his wife by the time that Trevor, Adela and Sonny arrived at the cottage to spend the summer. Ric insists that Trevor truly loved Adela and would have taken care of her and if Adela had stayed with Trevor, Adela would never have suffered the way she did when she went on to marry Deke Woods! Sonny remembers Adela talking about being a family with Trevor. Ric accuses Sonny of being jealous of the time Adela spent with Trevor and insists that Sonny pushed Adela down the stairs to get rid of her baby so Trevor would go away. Sonny insists that his mother would never have had an affair with her boss, but Ric goes on to relate that, when Trevor tried to explain that Adela could not come take care of Sonny because she was in the Hospital, Sonny attacked Trevor! When Adela got out of the Hospital, Trevor told Adela that Sonny was too dangerous to have around a newborn baby and demanded that Adela give Sonny up for adoption. When Adela refused, Adela signed legal custody of Ric over to Trevor as soon as Ric was born and then Adela disappeared. Ric explains that Trevor stayed with his wife and she agreed to raise Ric, although she always resented that Ric was Adela's child. Ric describes growing up with nannies while his father spent most of his time at the office, still grieving the loss of Adela. Ric declares that Adela chose a life of poverty and violence and eventually died, all because she chose Sonny instead of a life with Trevor who loved her! When Sonny accuses Ric of raping Carly, Ric gleefully reports that he never touched Carly, but Carly was all over Ric. Ric points out that Sonny is living up to Trevor's prediction for Sonny that Sonny was capable of ruthlessly killing his own brother in cold blood over something that never actually happened! Ric points out that Ric did not really have to do anything to destroy Sonny because Sonny is capable only of destroying those he loves! Sonny cocks his gun, but is not able to pull the trigger. Jason suddenly arrives and Sonny reports to Jason that Sonny can't pull the trigger because Ric is apparently Sonny's brother. Jason declares: "He isn't mine!" and cocks his gun at Ric's head. From a distance away, a gunshot is heard at the cottage!

Jason comes into the house on Martha's Vineyard to find Sonny holding a gun to Ric. He asks him what is going on and why he hasn't shot Ric yet. Sonny tells him that Ric is his brother and that he can't shoot him despite what he has done to them. Jason is in disbelief about that information and pulls him gun on Ric. He tells Ric that he isn't his brother and cocks the gun. As Jason is about to shoot Ric, Sonny pushes Jason away before he can do it and the gun goes off in the other direction. Jason grabs Ric and puts him in a choke hold on the chair. Sonny orders him to leave Ric alone and not kill him. Jason hesitates but lets him go. Jason asks Sonny why he is letting him go. Sonny tells him he can't kill Ric even if he did rape Carly and kidnap Courtney and let her almost die. Ric denied raping Carly and that he just wanted her to think they had sex so he could blackmail her. Sonny relays that information to Jason, who doesn't know whatto believe about Ric. Ric leaves. Sonny explains about how Ric is supposed to be his brother and how Sonny thinks it is probably true since he is starting to have recollections of what happened at this house when he was a young boy. He remembers that Ric's father Trevor hated him and wanted Sonny's mother to choose between her two sons. She chose Sonny over Ric, and Ric hates him for it because of how her life turned out with Deke later. Sonny tells Jason that he can't kill Ric because he is his mother's child and that he loved his mother enough not to do that in honor of her memory. Jason understands but still feels that he should take care of him himself. Sonny tells him he can't do that and that they will just have to stop him another way and protect their family.

Carly had stayed with Courtney until she told her to go home. Carly had run into Bobbie, who tried to find out what had happened to Courtney and mentions how tight-lipped Jason was when he brought into the hospital. Carly follows his lead and doesn't tell her anything. She admits to Bobbie that she doesn't know where Sonny is right now and tells her about Michael's visit to the Quartermaines to talk to A.J. Carly tells her she is just going to concentrate on the baby and not on what Sonny is into right now. Carly goes home and falls asleep on the couch in the living room when Sonny comes home. Sonny wakes her up to tell her what happened with Ric. He tells her that Ric is his brother and what Ric accused him of. Carly tells him that he isn't to blame for what happened with his mother and that Ric's father Trevor wasn't any prize if he asked her to give him up for adoption and marry him and raise Ric instead. Carly is stunned when Sonny tells her what Ric said about their not being any rape and that he never touched her but wanted her to think they had sex. Carly can't believe Sonny would believe Ric over what she said. Sonny calms her and tells her that he wants Ric dead but he can't kill him because he is his mother's son. Carly tries to be understanding but has a hard time. Sonny falls asleep laying on the couch with her. She goes over to the desk and fingers his gun. Sonny wakes up and she goes to him to comfort him.

At Sonny's place, Sonny tells Carly about his mother and how Ric is sick and he can't kill him. Sonny starts to wonder if his mother would have had a better life if she chose to marry Trevor and raise Ric instead of choosing him and then going on to marry Deke. Carly tells him that he didn't do anything wrong and that Trevor had no right to make her choose. Sonny gives her a hypothetical scenario involving their unborn child. He asks her how she would feel if their baby ends up being a boy and he ended up hating Michael and that the two brothers come to blows and one wants to kill the other, what would she want the son to do in honor of her and not what he wants. She tells him she wouldn't want her sons to kill each other and would want them not to destroy each other. Michael comes home. Carly goes upstairs and grabs Sonny's gun from its box while Sonny talks to Michael about going off without permission to see A.J. Sonny takes away one of Michael's privileges as a consequence for disobeying his rules. Michael asks Sonny if he will love his baby more than he will love him. Sonny reassures him he will love both his children equally and not to worry. Carly tells Sonny she is going to visit Courtney in the hospital after she drops off Michael to his swimming lesson and that Leticia will pick up Michael from swimming. As they are leaving, Mike comes in. He tells Sonny he came to see him since it has been awhile. Sonny asks him how much he knows about the man that his mother worked for, Trevor Lansing. Mike doesn't know much other than that Trevor Lansing allowed Adella to take Sonny to the man's house on Martha's Vineyard. Sonny fills him in on Ric Lansing claiming to be his brother and that he knew an awful lot about his mother and what happened at Martha's Vineyard. Mike can't believe that Adella would get involved with a married man and get pregnant by him. Sonny tells him that he is blame for why Adella didn't stay with Trevor and went on to marry Deke. Sonny goes to see Courtney at GH. He stops her from getting totally out of bed to get dressed. She tells him about Coleman's visit and what he revealed about Ric not raping Carly only undressing her and making her think they had sex. Sonny told Carly that he suspects that Ric will come at him from a much different angle next time.

Carly comes to visit Ric. He lets her in. He offers her a drink and she takes it. He goes to get something from the kitchen so Carly drugs his drink. She watches him pour her a drink afterwards and then watches him drink all of his wine down in satisfaction. She starts talking to him about his childhood and how weird it is for her that he is supposed to have the same mother as Sonny. Ric starts to feel dizzy and passes out on the couch. He wakes up a little to find himself tied to a chair while Carly pulls out a gun and puts a silencer on it. He asks her what she plans to do. Carly tells him she is going to stop him from destroying Sonny. Carly held Ric at gunpoint, drugged and tied to a chair. She taunted him and asked him how it felt to be helpless. Ric kept telling her she wouldn't kill her, but Carly vowed to protect her family. Meanwhile Leticia told Sonny that Carly went out but that she didn't know where. Sonny discovered the empty gun case and went after Carly. He burst into Ric's apartment just as Carly was about to pull the trigger and stopped her, telling her that Ric hadn't raped her. Carly put down the gun and fell into Sonny's arms in tears. Sonny untied Ric and warned him not to say anything about what had happened. Later Ric went to police headquarters and gave Scott a folder he claimed had enough information in it to bring down Sonny's organization.

Sonny remained surprisingly calm while Taggert ordered his men to raid the penthouse. Taggert did not arrest Sonny but asked him to come downtown to answer a few questions. He told Sonny that everything he owned was being searched at that moment. Sonny agreed to go but made a cryptic phone call to Jason before leaving. At the station, Scott warned Sonny that he was finally taking him down. Ric arrived and offered his legal services to Sonny, pretending to be irritated when Sonny turned him down. Sonny told Scott that Ric was after him and had fabricated any evidence that they had. Taggert and company burst into one of Sonny's offices to find Jason smashing a disk. Jason managed to destroy it before the police grabbed a hold of him. Taggert returned to the station and informed Scott that no evidence against Sonny had turned up in the raids, that all the hard drives and disks had been destroyed. Scott reluctantly released Sonny. Sonny warned Scott to have a more credible witness next time he goes after someone.

Courtney was released from the hospital and was packing her things when Carly arrived. Carly told Courtney she wanted Courtney and Jason back together again, but Carly admitted that it would still be difficult for Sonny to accept. Coming up with what she perceives as the perfect plan, Carly insists that Courtney and Jason must get married, that Sonny was deeply religious and would have to honor their marriage if they were married in a Catholic church. Courtney told Carly the although she loved Jason, she wasn't about to ask him to marry her, and certainly not yet. Carly wouldn't back down and offered to put a bug in Jason's ear to ask Carly. She explained that although he might not think of it own his own, that he loved Courtney deeply and would definitely marry her. Courtney begged Carly not to do anything to embarrass her. Carly sent Jason an emergency page and met up with him. Courtney left to buy groceries. On her way back she overheard Faith and Ric on the docks, discussing framing Jason for Fowler's murder, which Ric was guilty of. After Ric left, Faith found Courtney's hospital ID bracelet on the ground nearby. Courtney ran off to tell Jason, and she was hit by a car while crossing the street right in front of Jason and Carly. As Faith drives away, Jason notes the license plate number. Carly and Jason call 91 1 and accompany Courtney to the Hospital. When Mac arrives on the scene, Jason describes the car and gives Mac the license plate number. As the Emergency Team arrives at the Hospital, Carly explains the accident to Bobbie.

Meanwhile, Sonny arrives at Ric's apartment and gleefully informs his brother that Ric's plan to get Sonny busted for racketeering didn't work because the Police had no evidence! Sonny suggests that it makes no sense for Ric to continue his vendetta against Sonny and that, if Ric managed to wrangle some immunity out of D.A. Scott Baldwin in exchange for the information Ric turned over about Sonny, then Ric should just figure that he is breaking even and leave town. Ric reminds Sonny that Sonny is just a fraud a street thug, attempting to appear to be a respectable businessman who will never be more than a street thug and who will never know peace. Sonny warns Ric that a lot of people have tried to take Sonny down and have failed and that Ric will be no different. Sonny informs Ric that the report that their mother was lovely, wonderful and strong was correct, but that someone lied to Ric about Sonny's complicity in Adela's accident at the Summer House. Ric retorts that Ric will never be able to know the true facts, thanks to Sonny! Sonny warns Ric that, IF Ric keeps coming after Sonny, Sonny will have no choice but to hit Ric so hard that Ric will never get back up again! Before Ric can respond, Sonny receives a call from Jason, informing Sonny about Courtney's accident and Sonny rushes away.

Shortly after Sonny arrives at the Hospital and learns about Courtney's injuries, Mike also arrives and immediately guesses that Courtney was deliberately hit by someone trying to send a message to either Sonny or Jason. Mike angrily reminds Sonny that, a year ago, Courtney would not have anything to do with Sonny, and if both Sonny and Jason had stayed out of Courtney's life, none of the recent threats to Courtney's life would have ever happened! Later, Sonny confides to Jason that he believes that Mike is right about Courtney becoming a target because of her relationship to Sonny, but Jason insists that none of it is Sonny's fault. Jason reports to Sonny that, before Courtney lost consciousness, she said she had something to tell Jason and Carly. Sonny wonders if someone needed to shut Courtney up! However, when Jason suggests that Ric is the only one who would come to mind, Sonny reports that Sonny was with Ric when Sonny received the report about Courtney's accident, so Ric could not have been driving the car! Meanwhile, Carly attempts to reassure Mike that Courtney will be okay. At the same time, in his apartment, Ric listens to the TV report about Courtney's accident just as Faith barges in! Faith arrogantly informs Ric that Faith believed that Courtney overheard part of their plan to frame Jason, and saved Ric's life by silencing the girl. Ric calls the Hospital and instructs Faith to impersonate Courtney's distraught mother. Faith learns that Courtney is alive but unconscious. Faith warns Ric that if Courtney wakes up and talks, it is Ric who will suffer the most from the fall out! Mac arrives to report that the Police found the car being driven by Courtney's assailant, but discovered the car has no registration and there were no witnesses who saw someone push the car into the lake, where it was found.

Ric surprises Courtney when he sits near her in the emergency room bed. He tells her that she will not be telling Jason and Sonny anything because he has physical evidence he can use against Jason if he has to pin him for the murder of Fowler. He blackmails her with the information. Jason, Sonny, and Mike ask Mac if he found out anything on the car that was fished out of the lake that matched with the car that ran over Courtney. Mac tells them that the car had no fingerprints, no registration, or anything. He tells Sonny that he will do what he can in the investigation and asks Mike to fill out some forms for him. Jason knows Ric had something to do with Courtney's hit and run. He sits with Carly while Sonny goes in to see Courtney. Carly suggests that Jason marry Courtney as quick as possible. Jason tells her he needs her to stop discussing marriage to him and just to sit and be quiet for him. Sonny notices that Courtney is crying and asks her what is wrong. He asks her if she remembers anything about the accident and if she remembers seeing who hit her with the car. She lies and tells him she didn't see anything because it happened too fast. Jason comes in to see her and Sonny leaves them alone. Jason talks to her about their relationship and tells her that he can't lose her. She tells him she loves him too. Sonny and Carly go to PCPD to find out if Mac found out anything. Mac informs them that there is no new evidence with the car and that the police have been pulled from the case. Sonny tries to get an explanation from Mac but Mac walks away and Sonny finds out Scott was behind the police dropping the investigation. Sonny asks him why he stopped the investigation when Courtney could have been killed. Scott tells him that it was lack of evidence to prove it was a hit and run. Scott vows to put Sonny away behind bars and that Sonny can't expect the cops to do him a favor considering he is responsible for so much crime in this town.

Ric pays a visit to Courtney in her hospital room as she is about to be released from the hospital. Rick shows her a document that shows where the evidence is hiding in the Rick Fowler murder and how it all ties to Jason as the killer. He tells her that if he suddenly disappears or is killed by Jason, the information will reach Scott Baldwin and Jason will go to prison for murder. He tells her that in exchange for keeping her mouth shut with what she knows, he has provided her the location of the evidence he planted to frame Jason. Sonny shows up at her room and tells Ric to stay away from his sister. Ric points out that Courtney is sort of his sister and wants to get to know her better and came to see how she was doing. Sonny doesn't buy it and points out that Courtney is not his sister and that she is only his sister by blood. Ric leaves after Sonny warns him to stay away from his sister. Sonny asks her what he wanted with her. Courtney lies and tells him that Ric is just being his twisted self by pretending he cares what happens to her. Sonny leaves it alone.

Carly gets Jason to come to Courtney's apartment. Carly tells him she called so she could talk to him alone before Courtney comes home and reassures him that Sonny is bringing Courtney home and the four of them are having dinner at the apartment. Carly also uses their time alone to convince him to stage some marriage proposal to Courtney. Jason refuses to agree to one of her crazy plans and tells her he isn't against marriage. Carly brings up his hasty marriage to Brenda. He reminds her he married Brenda to keep her away from her marriage to Sonny. Carly still pushes and tries to get Jason to propose marriage to Courtney. Jason tells her he will propose to her when he feels like it and not right now. Courtney comes in the door without Sonny. Jason panics that something happened. Courtney tells them that Sonny is in the car talking on the phone and will be right in after. Courtney realizes that Carly is up to something and asks Jason if Carly is trying to marry them off still. Jason tells her that Carly is trying to get him to propose and that he will do that when he wants to. Sonny comes in and finds them talking. Sonny seems relaxed enough and asks what is for dinner. Courtney tells Carly when they are alone, that she wants her to stop trying to get Jason or her to propose to each other and that she will marry Jason someday probably but not now. Sonny talks to Jason about Ric's visit Ric can really do anything to them and succeed. Jason wants to find out what he is up to and stop him from hurting Courtney. Later, Carly and Sonny are in bed talking. Sonny doesn't feel threatened by Ric anymore and tells Carly that he can't do anything to them. Carly isn't so reassured by that.

Ric interrupted Courtney and Michael to offer Michael a ride in his sports car sometime. Courtney was relieved when Sonny walked up. After Courtney and Michael left, Sonny told Ric to stay away from Michael. Ric insisted that he was family and Sonny couldn't deny it. Sonny retorted by saying that Jason was his brother, that Ric was nothing to him. At the penthouse, Jason asked Carly why she had filled Michael's head with ideas about his and Courtney's future. Carly defended her actions, insisting that he needed her to prod him into action. Jason asked her once again to back off. Sonny returned home and overhead Carly pressing Jason to ask Courtney to marry him. Sonny interrupted Carly pressuring Jason to propose to Courtney. Jason left, and Sonny told Carly that she had to stop interfering in their lives. Sonny went across the hall to speak with Jason alone. Jason told Sonny that he loved Courtney and planned to propose to her on his own. Sonny told Jason that he did not object. Carly was thrilled when Sonny told her that he had given Jason his blessing and that Jason was going to ask Courtney to marry him. Carly brought flowers to Jason's suite and insisted that he practice his proposal. Carly explained that she cared for Jason and Courtney and only wanted them to be happy as she and Sonny were. Jason reassured her that he had his own plan and persuaded her to back off.

On his island for a romantic get-away with Carly, Sonny plies Carly with gifts on the condition that Carly refrains from mentioning her plot to get Courtney and Jason married. Later, Sonny and Carly are thrilled when they feel the baby's first movements. Sonny and Carly return home from their little getaway. Carly is eager to call Jason to find out if he proposed to Courtney and what her answer was. There is a knock on the door just as Carly picks up the phone to call Jason. Sonny guesses that it could be Jason and Courtney right now to tell them about their engagement. They are disappointed when Ric is at the door and lets himself in. He tells them he has some news to tell them. Ric tells them that he and Courtney are engaged to be married (he has blackmailed her into it with threatening to frame Jason for Fowler's murder). Carly and Sonny accuse him of being crazy and Carly tells Ric that Jason is marrying Courtney not him. Ric tells her that Courtney is already wearing his ring and that he is going to marry her. Sonny tells him that he is getting desperate now and to stop playing games and refuses to let Courtney anywhere near him. Courtney comes in the room and tells Sonny that Ric is telling them the truth. Sonny and Carly ask her what he has on her to have her agree to marry him. Courtney lies and tells Sonny that he was right about Jason not being the man for her and that she realizes she needs someone like Ric in her life instead. Carly watches in disbelief and disappointment when Jason comes in and asks Courtney if she told them already. Carly tells Courtney off for hurting Jason and pretending to be her friend. Courtney feels bad but doesn't have an answer for her. Ric tells Courtney that he has to go and tells her to walk out with him and he will have her dropped off at home. Sonny objects to Ric taking Courtney away from them alone. Courtney tells him she is going with Ric. Ric acts all polite to Carly and tells her he hopes she will accept their marriage someday. After they leave, Sonny asks Jason if he wants this. Jason explains to them that Courtney is going along with this engagement to buy them some time until they can find the tire iron that Ric has to frame him for murder and explains about Ric blackmailing Courtney to get her to marry him. Sonny tells them that Ric is getting more desperate and that he has just the plan to stop him. Sonny asks Jason if he thinks he could go to jail for this. Carly believes it could happen if that fake evidence gets into Scott's hands.

At the park, Jason watches Courtney and Ric together. Jason calls Sonny while watching them from the bushes. Sonny gives Jason the go-ahead for their plan (which is successful as Jason steals the evidence away from Ric). Sonny offers to go with Carly to her next prenatal appointment with Dr. Meadows. Carly tells him he doesn't have to go. Sonny wants to go but gets a call from Jason asking him to help him. Carly shows up to see Dr. Meadows at GH. She learns that there is a delay so she goes over to the waiting area when she sees Liz sitting there pouring over information with a sad look on her face. Carly approaches her and asks her if she is okay. Liz asks her to leave her alone and manages to drop some papers on the floor. Carly bends down to pick some papers up for her and Liz tells her she is fine and doesn't need her help. Carly notices the papers are about abortion and realizes Liz is pregnant with Ric's child. Liz doesn't want to talk to Carly about it but listens as Carly tells her she wanted to get an abortion when she was pregnant the first time with Sonny's baby back when she hated him but that even though she miscarried she had felt the emptiness despite how she felt about the baby's father. She advises Liz to think carefully and not to rush her decision because of how she hates Rick.

Sonny shows up to tell Scott to arrest Ric for setting him and Jason up and for wasting the cops time by setting up false government documents and a false raid. Scott isn't too happy with Ric and warns him not to waste anymore of his time and that he better have solid evidence next time or he will have him arrested. Scott refuses to arrest Ric on Sonny's say so. Scott takes off with the cops. Sonny tells Courtney to go back home and he will handle Ric. Courtney takes off the ring and throws it at Ric. Sonny asks Ric why he is trying to get revenge against him when it doesn't work and suggests Ric concentrate on his own personal life and be with Liz if he loves her instead of wasting his life trying to get back at him because of some choice their mother made 30 years ago. Ric warns him not to mention Liz to him right now. Sonny takes off. Sonny comes home and asks Carly about her appointment. She gives him a note from her doctor giving her a good prognosis. Carly mentions that he is going to become an uncle too. Sonny asks her if Jason got his sister pregnant. Carly doesn't answer but gives him an amused look and tells him about Liz being pregnant with Ric's baby. Sonny told Carly that he suspected Ric of being behind the drug scare at the club. Just then, Ric arrived. Ric denied any involvement in drug dealing at "The Cellar", then told Sonny and Carly that as of now, the vendetta he had against Sonny is over and that he realizes what's important in life: his love for Elizabeth and their baby she's carrying. After he called a truce, Ric told Sonny he'd understand if Sonny didn't want him in his life as a brother or as a friend. When Ric left, Carly warned Sonny not to trust him. Sonny believed that Ric had nothing to do with the Ecstasy at "The Cellar", but think it's a warning from someone else and told Carly he wants to send her away for her own protection, but she refused. Ric returned to his apartment and found Elizabeth waiting outside. He told her about calling a truce with Sonny and that she and the baby are the most important people in his life. When he proposed to her, he was surprised when she smiled and accepted. They kissed and he carried her into his apartment.

Later, Sonny, Carly and Michael left their building. In a happy mood, they were about to approach their limousine when an explosion rocked the area. The family dove for cover! Sonny orders Jason to take Courtney, Carly and Michael to the island for safety, but Jason is reluctant to go. When Sonny confides that he suspects that Ric was behind the bombing of Sonny's car, Jason urges Sonny to wait until he has facts before making any kind of move on Ric. Sonny insists that he needs to know his family is safe and the only person he can trust with that job is Jason, and Sonny orders Jason to go with Carly and Michael. After Jason leaves with Courtney, Carly and Michael, Sonny orders his men to pick Ric up and bring him to the Penthouse. Scott arrives and informs Sonny that his deceased chauffeur had an extra $3000,000 in his bank account. Scott warns Sonny that, if Sonny does not help Scott get a handle on whomever was behind the bombing, Sonny will end up like all gangsters just a stain on the pavement! Reminding Sonny that he is not invincible, Scott warns Sonny that going it alone could end up getting Sonny's entire family killed. Scott warns Sonny that, one day, the police will no longer be willing to take measures to protect Sonny from his enemies, then storms out of the Penthouse. Meanwhile, when Jason arrives on the island with Carly, Michael and Courtney in tow, Carly tries to convince Jason to return to Port Charles to help Sonny but Jason refuses. Later, as Courtney and Jason talk on the beach, Carly assures Michael that they are all 100% safe on the island. However, at the same time, two black-clad men quietly enter the house through a window.

At Ric's apartment, Elizabeth's bridal bouquet is delivered. But, after Ric takes the bouquet inside, Max and another of Sonny's goons push their way in and grab Ric. In the struggle that follows, the bridal bouquet gets trampled on the floor. Later, at Sonny's Penthouse, Sonny accuses Ric of being behind the bombing. Ric protests his innocence, but to no avail! Sonny refuses to believe that Ric had nothing to do with the bombing and reminds Ric that Sonny has no reason to believe anything Ric has to say. Ric brazenly admits that he once would have considered it a victory if Sonny killed his own brother and then had to live the rest of his life with the guilt but Ric argues that all of that is behind Ric as Ric plans his new life with Elizabeth! Sonny orders max to get rid of Ric. As Max holds Ric at gunpoint, Sonny suddenly gets a call from a mystery caller, who announces to Sonny: "The limo explosion was proof we can get to you any time, Corinthos. We will be contacting you soon to open negotiations." Sonny orders the caller to stay away from his family, but the caller hangs up. Ric tells him he doesn't know anything about it and that he meant what he said about stopping his vendetta against him and moving on with his life. Ric tells him he intends to marry Liz as soon as possible and now that they are expecting a baby he is making her his top priority. Sonny lets him go.

Carly and Michael hang out in their hotel room on the island. Two men with guns hang around outside and spy on them. Carly and Michael go to change for the beach to meet Courtney and Jason. The men wait and storm inside the room while Carly and Michael are in the bedroom. Jason and Courtney come back and find no sign of them around the beach. Jason starts to get worried about them and then he hears a sound and sees the men leaving the room quickly. Jason takes out his gun and orders Courtney to lay on the ground and he storms into the room to catch them and see the men rush out of the room. Jason hollers out to Carly and Michael. Carly comes out and jumps when she sees Jason with his gun out. She tells him she didn't hear or see any men come into their cabana and that she just put Michael down for a nap instead of going to the beach. Jason goes out and can't catch up to the men in time. He comes back in and tells Carly that the men came inside her room for a reason and that it could be a bomb for all they know. He makes Courtney take Carly and Michael out of the cabana and assures them he will hint of something planted there. He looks behind a picture frame and finds bags of cocaine or heroin taped to the back of it. Some DEA agents show up and bang on the door for it to be opened up. Jason realizes he was being set up. The DEA agents knock down the door minutes later to find Jason laying on the couch with headphones on, reading a magazine. They ask him why he didn't let him in and he tells them he didn't hear them. He admits that he is business partners with Sonny and they guess who he is. They tell him that they got a call that some drugs were being dropped here at this cabana. Jason feigns ignorance and watches as one of the agents looks behind the picture frame and finds no drugs. Jason gets a call from Sonny, telling him that he doesn't think Ric had anything to do with the car bombing or the drug selling at Carly's club. Jason fills him in on what happened with the DEA and how he managed to flush the drugs down the toilet before the agents burst through the door. Sonny tells him that they have to find out who is behind all this quick. Later, Jason, Courtney, Carly, and Michael return home. Carly takes Michael and Courtney into the kitchen so Jason and Sonny could talk. Sonny tells him about the anonymous phone call and that someone wants them to go down. Sonny tries to find out who was behind the drug set-up. He sends Jason out to find out what he can.

Michael asks Carly if he can go out and play at the park. Carly tells him he can't leave the house for a few days to be safe. Michael complains that he is sick of being cooped up at home and asks Sonny if he can go to the park and play. Sonny tells him he can't for a few days and Michael doesn't like his answer and blames him for not being able to go anywhere. Sonny tells him he can't go anywhere and sends him to his room for a time-out. Michael storms up the stairs. Carly goes across the hall and sees Jason give some man an envelope of money. She asks him what is going on and who the man is. Jason tells her it is nothing she needs to know which worries her and she starts to hound him about keeping secrets from her that could concern Sonny's welfare. Jason interrupts her and explains that the man was a jeweler and that he ordered a ring for Courtney. Carly is excited for him and hugs him. They go back across the hall again. Courtney goes back to their place again when Jason concludes his business with Sonny for awhile. Carly goes upstairs to explain to Michael about their security measures and why he can't go out anywhere for awhile. Sonny starts to blame himself for keeping Michael locked up like he is in some sort of cage and confides in Carly that he doesn't want Michael to be scared of anything or anyone including him.

Faith tells Liz that she didn't come over to harm her but to warn her that she has information that Sonny is going to kill Ric and has put out a hit on him in retaliation for the car bomb. Liz calls Sonny and asks him to meet her near his penthouse building. Sonny reluctantly agrees to meet with her. Shortly after Sonny leaves, Courtney shows up with some potato chips for Carly and the two talk about the danger in the business their men are in. Ric shows up looking for Sonny. He tells them that he married Liz last night and that he wanted Sonny to know that. Carly tells him that Sonny is meeting with Liz right now and tells him there whereabouts. Faith follows Liz to the meeting place and watches her talk to Sonny. Liz asks Sonny to promise not to kill Ric as a favor he owes her for when she was there when Carly was brought into the hospital and she helped him. Sonny informs her that he doesn't owe her anything anymore. Liz tells him that she is married to Ric now and that Ric isn't a threat to him anymore and had nothing to do with the car bombing or drug set-up. Sonny doesn't really believe it and calls Ric a rapist and killer and that he doesn't believe he is a good person. Sonny walks away and heads back into the building of his penthouse. Liz walks toward the stairs in despair and Faith runs behind her and pushes her down the stairs. Faith goes down the stairs and looks at Liz and nudges her with her toe to see she is unconscious. Ric finds Liz later at the bottom of the stairs. Sonny returns home and tells Jason about Ric and Liz's marriage and how he use to think Liz was a good girl but now she sounds and acts just like Ric. Sonny goes back into his place and tells Carly about his meeting with Liz and how angry she made him and how he doesn't remember much about the rest of the meeting but just saw things through a red haze.

Michael got angry when he overheard Carly on the phone, turning down an offer for Michael to play with a friend. After yelling at his mom, Michael purposely smashed a picture frame, causing a gash in his arm. Sonny and Carly brought Michael to General Hospital, where he received stitches. Jason and Courtney spent time talking about wedding plans. Later, a man approached Jason and held out a suitcase containing a million dollars in cash, and told Jason it's a down payment for a job he wants Sonny and Jason to perform. After Ric found Elizabeth at the bottom of the stairs, he carried her to "Kelly's" where an ambulance was called. At the hospital, Elizabeth murmured Sonny's name as Ric looked on. After her examination, Liz was assigned a room and told that she and the baby seemed to be okay. Liz told Ric about her meeting with Sonny, and that the last thing she remembers is Sonny being very irate with her. Ric ran into Carly in the corridor, where Carly told Ric she's sorry about Elizabeth's condition. When Ric told her how much Elizabeth and the baby mean to him, Carly pointed out that Sonny felt the same way about his family when Ric was on the offense. When Sonny popped in to see Elizabeth, she asked him if his hate for Ric compelled him to push her down the stairs. As Elizabeth was getting worked up, she slowly got out the bed, but as she tried to stand, she doubled over in pain. She screamed in pain as Sonny tried to support her with his arms. Just then, Ric entered the room and was shocked at what he was seeing. Ric accused Sonny of upsetting Elizabeth, then asked Sonny if he pushed Elizabeth down the stairs, but Sonny insisted he never laid a hand on her. Elizabeth miscarried. Later, Sonny and Carly expressed their condolences to Ric. With a strange sense of calm about him, Ric told Sonny that the truce between then still exists, that there'd be no war between them. Sonny left and went to Jason's, where Jason told him that John Monroe was likely killed before he could give Sonny information about his supplier. Just then, the phone rang: it was the mysterious drug lord from Miami, who'd already heard that Jason had refused the million dollars. After Sonny got on the phone, the drug lord arranged a meeting with Sonny and Jason for the next day. Back at the hospital, Ric overheard Dr. Meadows talking with Carly, who was overjoyed at the prospect of having a healthy baby.

In spite of Sonny's orders to the contrary, Carly grabs Courtney and announces that Carly nearly has Jason and Courtney's wedding all planned for them! When Carly and Courtney ask Mike to walk Courtney down the aisle, they are shocked when Mike refuses because Jason has never formally asked Mike's permission to marry Courtney! Jason and Sonny meet with the Miami representatives, who show up with guns drawn. When Sonny realizes that he is dealing with an underling, Sonny declares that he will negotiate only with the head man of the Miami organization! Ric meets with a real estate agent. He tells the agent the new house must have a panic room that is completely soundproof so that if a bomb went off no one could possibly hear a sound!

Sonny and Jason confront a drug dealer. They ask him where his boss is and that they only are interested in meeting with his boss face to face and tell him to tell his boss that if anymore things happen to them they will retaliate against him and his people. The drug dealer calls his boss with an update. As Sonny and Jason are talking to the drug dealer, Carly calls him on his cell-phone. She tells him to come home right away and not to ask any more questions. Sonny becomes alarmed at her tone and tells Jason they need to head home pronto. They get there to find Carly and Courtney talking to some strange man. They pulled out their guns before they came into the penthouse and scare the strange man. Carly explains that they are in no danger and that the man is Courtney's wedding dress coordinator. Sonny scolds Carly for calling him like that and acting like it was an emergency when it wasn't. Carly apologizes for calling him like that but that she needed him to come soon. Carly explains that she wants Sonny to pick out the wedding gown for Courtney since he has great taste and that it will be a great bonding experience for him and Courtney to have. Sonny reluctantly agrees to it when he sees how hopeful Courtney looks for his agreement. Carly tells Jason that someone is coming over to his place to help him try on tuxedos and that she will go with him to help him pick the right one for the wedding. Jason doesn't like that idea but agrees to go along for Courtney's sake. Sonny watches Courtney try on an array of wedding gowns but doesn't like any of them and Courtney doesn't either. Sonny orders the dresser to draw another gown on his sketch pad that he thinks will look good. The wedding gown designer sketches a gown and shows it to them and is nervous for Sonny's reaction. Sonny likes the design and so does Courtney. Courtney worries that a custom designed dress will be too expensive but Sonny tells her he will pay for whatever dress she wants as long as it makes her happy. Courtney hugs Sonny warmly. Carly gives thumbs up and thumbs down to some of the tuxedos and gives her approval for a simple classic tuxedo.

Sonny gets a call from Sammy Tagliati, one of the mob men in the five families. He offers an invitation to Sonny. Sonny reluctantly agrees to a meeting but tells him that he is bringing Jason with him for protection. He tells Carly while they are in Kelly's that they have to get going. Max takes most of the packages from shopping with him and Carly grabs the rest. Ric is still there and calls his realtor to tell her that he is going to look at the house she found for him and to meet him there. He arrives at the new house with a gift bag in his hand. He asks the realtor if she got the feature he most wanted for the house. She shows him the secret panic room. Inside the room is two tv security monitors and reassures him that the room is soundproof and he can see several rooms in the house through the monitors. Ric shows Liz the house. He goes into the panic room while Liz is upstairs. He watches her from the monitor and tests the soundproof feature by calling out loudly from the room. There is no response from Liz. Ric takes out the gift bag and hangs a baby mobile up and vows to have a baby be in this house soon. This baby mobile is the same one that Carly frets about when she gets home and can't find it.

At Carly's, the doorbell rings and it is Monica, Emily, and Skye arrived for Courtney's bridal shower. Carly treats Monica and Skye coldly but is nice to Emily. The doorbell rings again and it is three strippers from Coleman's old strip club where Courtney worked briefly. They are so excited to see her and Courtney allows them to stay when they give her gifts. They tell her that they found out from Coleman that she was having a bridal shower. They tell her some guy called Coleman to let him know she was getting married. They ask her who the groom is. She tells him it is Jason. The woman think Jason is a great catch. Carly starts to see the shower she planned going down the tubes slowly. Things go from bad to worse when Courtney's mother Janine shows up and makes a scene out in the hallway when Sonny's guard, Johnny refuses to let her in when he sees A.J. come off the elevator with her and announce he isn't staying but that she is here for the shower because she is the mother. Janine hollers from the hallway when Johnny tries to push her back on the elevator and she gets by him. Courtney allows her in but realizes her mother is drunk and that A.J. set up the whole thing to ruin her shower. Skye is not happy to find out what A.J. did and decides to take off and confront him.

Jason and Sonny show up at the meeting place. They come with their bodyguards and pull out their guns for protection before entering the building in case it is a setup. They are surprised when the door opens and everyone says surprise to them and they realize that the five families are giving Jason a bachelor party to show their respect for his engagement to Courtney. Jason feels uncomfortable when Tagliati brings in some strippers to dance for him. Jason listens as Tagliati toasts the joining of Sonny and Jason's families into marriage. Jason tells Sonny he can't be around strippers after what Courtney went through as one with A.J. He sticks the strippers on a willing Mike. Jason returns later to find Janine going off about him being unsuitable to marry Courtney. He allows Janine to express her displeasure. She asks him for his bank statements and other proof that he can take care of Courtney in style. Courtney stops her mother and tells her she is going back over to her apartment with him. Carly kicks Janine out of her place. Sonny returns home after everyone left. Carly explains how bad the shower was with the strippers and Janine showing up, all thanks to A.J. Sonny interrupts her by telling her he loves her. Carly looks at him worried and asks him why he said that out of the blue. Sonny explains that he just saw Luke awhile ago and that Luke is practically dying with not having Laura with him and that he realized how lucky he was that he has her in his life and how empty it would be if she wasn't in it even if he knew he would somehow have to survive day by day. Carly is touched by his words and they kiss.

Courtney apologized to Carly for how the bridal shower turned out. Carly told Courtney it was not her fault, and asked her only to help find the missing baby mobile that had mysteriously disappeared at Kelly's. Janine burst into the penthouse, where Jason and Sonny were being fitted for their tuxes. Jason maintained that Courtney made her own choices and would be happy, but Janine would not let up (as AJ had paid her to break up Courtney & Jason). Finally Sonny lost his patience and offered her half a million dollars to leave everyone alone. Carly and Courtney walked in and asked her mother to stop interfering. Jason and Sonny went to the warehouse to receive a coffee shipment. They opened the crate and found a bag of drugs embedded in the coffee. Sonny turned to Greg and demanded to know how much he had been paid to betray Sonny. Greg confessed that he had accepted a million dollars from the enemy in Miami. Jason and Sonny discussed a plan to flush out the mysterious enemy.

Elizabeth called Carly and asked her to come to Kelly's. Already irritated at being called there, Carly was ever more irritated at Elizabeth quitting with no notice. Carly and Elizabeth expressed their mutual dislike and agreed to stay out of each other's way. Ric arrived after Elizabeth left while Carly was rearranging Kelly's' waitress schedule. When Carly finished she looked out the window for her driver, who was nowhere to be seen. Ric offered her a ride home. Sonny and Jason arrived at the penthouse to find Janine still harassing Courtney. They accused Janine of coming to town to make trouble at AJ's request. Janine pleaded with Courtney grabbed her by the arm. When Courtney pulled her arm away, Janine's purse fell to the floor and out fell the wad of cash that AJ had given her. Sonny calmly escorted a hysterical Janine out of the penthouse. Ric offered Carly a ride home from Kelly's. Carly informed him that she would accept nothing from him and demanded to know what he was up to. Ric told her he was only trying to make peace. Carly ordered him to stay away from her if he wanted to keep the peace. After Ric left, Faith approached Carly and warned her that Ric's plans for revenge were not dead. Carly went home and filled Sonny in on Ric's actions and Faith's comments. Bothered to see Carly so upset, Sonny went off and found Faith. He asked Faith what Ric's plan for revenge was, reminding her that he had let her live. Back at the penthouse, Courtney and Jason flipped through books of wedding invitations while a distracted Carly pondered Sonny's whereabouts. Jason asked Carly what was wrong, and she told him that she believed Faith's warning about Ric. Carly reports to Courtney and Jason that Ric offered Carly a ride home and claimed it was a good-will gesture toward the truce that Ric and Sonny had agreed to observe. Jason scoffs at the possibility that Ric could have been telling the truth, then rushes out with the excuse that he needs to attend to something. After Jason leaves, Carly tells Courtney that Sonny should just let Jason go ahead and get rid of Ric!

On the Docks, Sonny quizzes Faith about her hint that Ric is planning more revenge, but Faith claims she knows nothing specific but was just putting two and two together. Faith tells Sonny that the smart thing would be for Sonny to order Carly to just stay away from Ric. Sonny suggests that Faith could redeem herself by spying on Ric for Sonny and, when Faith balks, Sonny accuses Faith of trying to protect Ric. Sonny reminds Faith that it will still be easy for Sonny to get rid of Faith! Later, Sonny confides to Jason that he grilled Faith and believes that Faith is now on her way to warn Ric. Unless Faith decides to take Sonny up on Sonny's plan to spy on Ric. Either way, Sonny declares confidently, Sonny will come out ahead. Sonny tells Jason that, since Ric has lost every time Ric has gone after Sonny, perhaps Ric really has learned his lesson and will leave Sonny alone. Jason admits that he harbors no such hope. Jason then reports to Sonny where Jason has hidden the drug shipment they intercepted in Sonny's coffee.

Carly and Courtney look through books of wedding invitations, Scott suddenly arrives. When Jason and Sonny return shortly afterward, Scott informs Sonny that the drugs on the street have dried up and that Scott suspects that Sonny took matters into his own hand and dealt with the drug problem. Scott announces that Carly's Club can now reopen, since the drugs seem to have disappeared! When Sonny appears less than grateful, Scott warns Sonny that, one day, it might be helpful to Sonny to have the District Attorney on Sonny's side! After Scott leaves, Jason and Sonny agree that they are suspicious of Scott's motives and they decide to delay re-opening the Club. However, as Jason and Sonny discuss re-opening the club, two men with badges and drawn guns suddenly barge in, announcing that they are Drug Enforcement Agents and declare that Jason and Sonny are under arrest! When Carly objects, the DEA agents threaten to run Carly in as an accomplice. The agents promise Sonny a plea bargain if Sonny turns the drugs over to them. Sonny suddenly tells the DEA Agents where to find the drugs. After one of the agents leaves to check out Sonny's tip, Jason jumps the remaining agent and the gun goes off in the strugg.e As the DEA agent crumples to the floor, Sonny and Jason declare that it is all over but Carly and Courtney are worried that Jason is in even worse trouble now that he has shot a Federal agent! Sonny calmly announces that the 'agents' are impostors, because no real Federal agent would be authorized to offer any kind of plea bargain to a suspect! As the wounded 'agent' regains consciousness, Sonny demands to know the name of the boss that the 'agents' are working for ~ and the agent tells Sonny and Jason: "Alcazar!"

Ric visits his 'panic' room and puts away Carly's mobile. Later, Ric has another dream about Sonny pushing Elizabeth down the stairs and then grinning about his work. Ric gets up and goes outside, where Ric runs into a lurking Faith! Faith then 'warns' Ric that Sonny is on the warpath and lied to Ric about a truce. Faith reports that Sonny just threatened to kill Faith if she would not spy on Ric and report to Sonny! Faith claims that Sonny is convinced that Ric is still plotting to get Sonny. Faith then warns Ric to keep an eye on Elizabeth, in case Sonny has another 'accident' planned for Ric's new wife! Faith insists that she is risking her life to warn Ric rather than spying on Ric as Sonny demanded. Faith argues that Ric needs an ally like Faith if Ric wants to protect himself from Sonny. Ric orders Faith to leave, but Faith reminds Ric that, if Ric continues to turn down Faith's help, Ric will probably end up dead. After Faith leaves, Ric returns to the 'Panic' Room and vows that he will replace the baby that he and Elizabeth just lost with Sonny and Carly's baby!

Sonny calls and gives orders to his men to increase security. He talks to Jason about what the fake DEA agent told them when he said "Alcazar" to them when they asked him who he was working for before Jason had to shoot and kill him in defense. Jason investigates and tells Sonny that Alcazar is dead. Sonny wonders what the man meant by "Alcazar" if he is dead. Sonny tells him that he is going to question someone he knows who worked for Alcazar and find out about a partner who worked with Alcazar. Sonny heads over to see Ric. Ric is in the secret room, Elizabeth answers the door to find Sonny there. He asks to speak to Ric about something. Liz tells him that Ric has been home all week and that he hasn't gone anywhere or done anything against him. Sonny assures her that it isn't about that at all. Ric watches Sonny and Elizabeth together. He is stuck in the secret room since Sonny is right there in the living room. Liz looks all around for Ric and tells Sonny that his car is still in the driveway and doesn't know where he went. Sonny tells her he can wait. She asks him if he can move something heavy into the other room for her. Ric uses this opportunity to come out of the secret room and close it before they come back into the room. Ric calls out to Liz. Liz and Sonny return and Ric pretends he is surprised by Sonny's visit. He assures him that he is keeping his promise to call a truce. Sonny asks him about Alcazar and if he had any partners or relatives who worked for him. Ric doesn't know anything like that but does know that Alcazar use to visit some place up in the mountains in South America. Sonny takes that information back with him to Jason.

Jason is busy with work when Courtney tries to get his attention when he is on the phone. She tells him that someone is here to talk to them about the wedding and it is important for him to get off the phone. Jason makes some remark about not having time to talk to some "wedding hack." Jason is caught off guard when Carly invites the priest into the penthouse, who heard what Jason said. They talk to the priest about the wedding and Courtney is a little upset when Carly and the priest go on about how much security they will need for the wedding. Sonny arrives just as the priest is on his way out. The priest explains that he came to visit since the priest that is conducting the ceremony is out of town for now. He thanks Sonny for his generous contribution to the youth center at the church. Sonny upsets Carly as well when he announces that he is going to South America alone to find out more about who is behind the drug ring setting them up. He asks Jason to stay behind and protect Carly and Courtney. He tries to reassure Carly that he can protect himself fine and that everything will be fine. After he leaves, Carly asks Jason to go and follow Sonny and protect him in South America. Jason gets a call a short time later from one of his men. He tells Carly that he just got a call from one of the men that Sonny never arrived at the airport like planned. Carly gets a bad feeling about this. Meanwhile, a tied up and bruised Sonny is dragged into a chair. He wakes up to see a familiar face. The man talking to him looks identical to the late "Alcazar."

Carly starts to freak out when Jason won't confirm where Sonny disappeared to. Jason tells her that he doesn't know where Sonny is and tells her she needs to remain calm and be strong for Sonny and her son right now. Carly calms down but as soon as Jason leaves, Carly orders Sonny's guards to find Faith and bring her over to the penthouse. She grills Faith about where she had Sonny taken. Faith is surprised Sonny disappeared and tells her that she wouldn't do something like that and suggests that Sonny took off to get away from her for a few days. Carly thinks Faith had something to do with Sonny's disappearance and warns her that if she doesn't tell her what she wants to know she is going to order Marco to rough her up good.

Sonny wakes up tied up and comes face to face with a man who looks identical to the late "Alcazar". Alcazar holds out a picture he took of Sonny bruised and tied up. He puts it into an envelope and leaves a note for Jason and has it delivered to the penthouse. Carly gets the envelope soon after with Jason's name on it. She calls Jason on his cell-phone and asks him to come home right away. Jason lets go of Ric and takes off. Jason returns to the penthouse and reads the note and sees the picture. Carly sees the picture and freaks out about it. Jason looks at the picture and recognizes the background and tells Carly and Courtney that he recognizes where the picture of Sonny was taken. He tells Carly to stay calm. Courtney finds out where Brenda is staying and tells Carly that she is going to find Brenda and find out if she knows anything that can help them figure out about this "Alcazar" connection. Carly doesn't like the idea of Brenda getting involved but lets Courtney do it. Michael comes downstairs and tells Carly that he had a nightmare that she and Leticia disappeared and he was all alone. Carly gets up to comfort him but gets a sharp pain in her stomach and bends over in pain. Michael asks her if something is wrong with the baby. Carly assures him she will be fine. Alone with Michael, Carly began to have severe abdominal pain. She collapsed onto the floor as Michael ran to her side. The phone rang just as Michael was about to call for help. Ric was on the other end, and Michael told him that Carly had fallen. Ric reassured Michael that help was on the way and called 911

Jason shows up at the place where Sonny is being held. He pulls out his gun and searches the area inside the warehouse. He hears a sound and turns around and points his gun at the "Alcazar" look-alike. Jason is stunned to see him but keeps the gun pointed at him. Jason held Lorenzo at gunpoint and demanded to know where Sonny was. Lorenzo told Jason he had twelve hours to produce the drugs they had hidden and exchange them for Sonny's safe return. Jason arrived at the penthouse just as the medics did. He told them that Carly had been under a lot of stress. At the hospital, Carly was told that although the baby was okay, she was in desperate need of rest and would have to spend the night. Jason promised her that he would bring Sonny home, not to worry. After Carly is brought to her room, Scott arrived with the police and arrested Jason on drug charges. Jason offered to tell Scott everything if he could just have 24 hours, but Scott refused and arrested him anyway.

Carly woke up from a dream and was startled to see Ric standing over her. Carly awoke startled to find Ric standing there. Carly became hysterical, demanding to know what Ric was up to. Ric tried to convince her that he had made peace with Sonny, but Carly screamed until Elizabeth came running in to see what was wrong. Elizabeth was shocked to find Ric in Carly's room. Carly continued yelling at Ric until he and Elizabeth left. Elizabeth asked Ric why he was in Carly's room, and he told her that he had called shortly after she fell. When asked why he called Carly in the first place, Ric told Elizabeth that he only intended to reassure Carly that he had nothing to do with Sonny's reappearance. Courtney arrived at the hospital just as Dr. Meadows was reviewing Carly's condition. Dr. Meadows warned Carly that she had to get more relaxation to protect the baby. She told Carly is was important to avoid people that cause her stress for the next few months. Carly worried about Sonny despite Courtney's attempt at distractions. Lorenzo told Jason that Sonny's time had run out. Jason tried to convince Scott to give him 24 hours to save Sonny but Scott rejoiced at the thought of Jason in prison and Sonny dead. Jason reminded Scott that people wouldn't know about Sonny's death, that he would simply disappear, on a tropical island for all they knew. Jason warned Scott that it would look as if Sonny had gotten away.

Carly visits Courtney and implores Courtney to help Carly spring Sonny. But Courtney convinces Carly to take care of her baby and let Jason work out a deal to spring Sonny, even though Jason is in jail! Meanwhile, at the Port Charles Police Department, as Jason tries to convince Mac and Scott to help Jason rescue Sonny from Alcazar, Mac reports to Scott that the drugs in the Evidence Room have disappeared. At the same time, Lorenzo Alcazar points a gun at Sonny and announces to Javier that it is time they got rid of their "guest." Back at the PCPD, Scott angrily releases Jason and Courtney and Carly are thrilled when Jason returns to the Penthouse and promises that he will be able to get Sonny released! Before Lorenzo can pull the trigger on Sonny, Jason calls to report that Jason is ready to trade the drugs for Sonny and Lorenzo agrees. Jason arrives at the warehouse and, after Lorenzo turns Sonny over to Jason, Jason hands Lorenzo keys to a van and tells the arms dealer that the drugs are in the van parked outside. Sonny accuses Jason of betraying Sonny by making a deal with Alcazar and makes an attempt to grab the keys himself. Jason tells Sonny that Jason did what he had to do and hustles a protesting Sonny out the door. As Jason hurries Sonny away from the building, Alcazar stops to test the drugs to make sure they are uncut. Alcazar is stunned when Scott bursts in with uniformed officers and arrests Lorenzo for possession of narcotics!

Sonny and Jason call a delighted Courtney and Carly to remind them to meet at the church for the wedding rehearsal. Carly and Courtney are thrilled when they arrive at the church and find that Jason and Sonny are actually waiting there for them. However, as the wedding rehearsal gets under way, Ric watches from a hiding place. Sonny and Carly watch while Jason and Courtney rehearse for their wedding with the priest. Carly suggests the four of them have dinner together at the Grille. They joke around at dinner. Sonny thanks Carly for being strong and apologizes for worrying her so much. The four of them dance. Lorenzo Alcazar arrives just as the tape ends, interrupting their celebration.

**The End**

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