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Jason & Liz #3  August 2 - Oct 22, 2002 - 8 hr original edit

Jason chastises Carly for keeping something from Sonny and warns her she is headed for trouble again (he had overheard her conversation with Kristina). Carly getting defensive and tells Jason that although he may not lie outright, he has on occasion kept quiet and lied by omission. Jason tells Carly that he will no longer help her keep things from Sonny. Carly asks what is wrong and Jason admits that he didn’t do something that Sonny told him to do and now dreads having to tell Sonny that he let him down. Jason wonders how Carly can tell lie after lie, especially to Sonny, when they only lead to trouble. Before she can say anything Sonny enters and asks to speak with Jason alone. Jason hesitantly tells Sonny that he ordered Zander to leave town. Sonny confesses that he already knows and explains about his encounter with Liz. He asks why Jason got “creative” with an order but realizes it was for Liz’s sake. Sonny tells Jason that he agreed to let Zander stay and Jason thanks him for his generosity. Sonny comments that he didn’t do it for Liz but for Jason. Sonny asks Jason to never betray him again and comments that if Zander messes up again he will be dealt with. Later, Sonny tells Carly not to go anywhere without a guard. He instructs her that if anything out of the ordinary happens she should call him immediately. Carly asks what is wrong But Sonny can only tell her that he has a feeling something bad is coming and it will get worse before it gets better. Zander arrives on the docks but doesn’t see Liz. He calls the studio but gets no answer. The captain of the boat tells Zander that they are about to depart and refuses to wait any longer for Liz to appear. He sternly informs Zander that the ship is sailing with or without him.

Liz arrives on the docks and finds no sign of Zander. She stands looking out at the water forlornly when Zander suddenly appears behind her. Liz is happy when Zander tells her he couldn’t leave without her. He is a bit annoyed when Liz informs him that she spoke to Sonny and got him a pardon. But he agrees to do what ever she wants so that they can stay together. Jason walks by and is an unhappy observer of Liz and Zander’s happy embrace.

A woman (going by the shoes-which is all we get to see) enters the warehouse. Meanwhile the lights on the timing device start to flash furiously. Roy rushes to the door and reaches it just as an explosion rocks the building. Roy is sent flying backwards from the force of the blast. The little box with the red lights was a bomb. He has seen a woman pinned beneath some debris. This lady is Kristina who is lying in a pool of blood. Alexis comes and gets almost hysterical when she sees her sis lying in a bloody, unconscious state. Jason arrives outside the warehouse, just as Liz arrives. He makes her wait outside as it is too dangerous. Jason enters the warehouse. Just as Liz is about to follow him in Zander comes running up. He too tells her to wait outside. She refuses saying she knows what it is like to be trapped and she wants to help so they too enter the devastated building. Alexis is hysterically begging them to help her sister. Zander, Jason, and Roy all work to free Kristina. Jason warns that if they move her she could be paralyzed. Roy warns if they don't move her immediately she could die. Jason asks Alexis to make the decision. She says to move Kristina to get her out of there. Carly calls Alexis on her cell phone to warn her not to go to the warehouse that Kristina is on her way! Jason calls Carly and asks where Sonny is. He is relieved to hear Sonny isn't in the warehouse. Carly says no that he was taken down to the PD. Jason tells her about Kristina being hurt real bad.

Kristina is rushed to GH for an emergency operation. Roy and Jason get into a fight arguing over whose fault the explosion is. Jason tells Roy that he is going to pay for putting the bomb here. He tells Zander this too. Roy tells him that he did not set the bomb. A hotheaded Zander grabs a gun and points it at Jason. Jason tries to grab the gun, it goes off accidentally and wounds Liz. It's a flesh wound on her shoulder. Zander brokenly says it was an accident. Jason is concerned about her going into shock, and puts pressure on the wound. He tries to get her to look at him and focus as she is starting to go into shock. The police arrive, Garcia yells at Jason to put his hands behind his head and move away from the girl. When they ask who shot her, Liz will not say. Zander begs Garcia to help Liz to stop the bleeding. Jason steps forward and says he can stop the bleeding (remember he was pre-med before his own accident). He wraps her arm with gauze and reassures her that the bullet only grazed her and she will be all right. Garcia carries her off to the waiting ambulance. Policemen handcuff Jason, Zander, and Roy to take them into the station. Sonny has already been questioned by a boiling Scott Baldwin. Jason is handcuffed to the desk. Mac complains that talking to Jason is like talking to a tree stump. He accuses that Jason got her shot as she wouldn't have been there had it not been for Jason. Mac says he doesn't believe that either Roy or Jason set that bomb and wants to know who did. Cut to Roy and Alcazar meeting in the limo, Alcazar knowingly asks if DeLuca got his message? Scott demands to know how Elizabeth Webber got shot.

Scott tries to use Zander and Jason’s mutual dislike to get each to incriminate the other, but not surprisingly they both clam up and refuse to talk to him without their lawyers present. As soon as they are released, both hightail it out of the station. After Tony dresses Liz’s wound, Capelli demands that Liz tell him who shot her. He reassuring says that a little more to the left she would be dead. He warns her that Jason is bad news and so is Zander Smith and he wants to know who shot her! Liz refuses to incriminate either Jason or Zander and claims that the gun went off accidentally when it was dropped. Shortly after, Jason shows up and apologizes for the mishap. Liz is hurt when Jason encourages her to leave town as he cannot guarantee her safety, especially with Zander around. Liz asks Jason if he really wants her to leave, but Zander shows up before Jason can tell Liz what he really wants. Zander escorts Liz home, but before leaving she casts Jason a longing look. On his way out, Jason comes across an upset Carly who confesses that she feels responsible for Kristina’s accident that it is her fault. Jason asks why and Carly confesses that Kristina was at the penthouse looking for Sonny and she sent Kris away. She tearfully says that Alexis blames her for the explosion. Jason promises to find out who set the bomb. Next he confronts Roy who swears he had nothing to do with it.

At Kristina's funeral, a scene is caused when Sonny, Carly, Jason, Roy and Felicia show up at the service. Ned, Jax and Nik all insist they leave but Sonny refuses to go claiming that Alexis called and personally invited him. The other two echo him. Liz arrives and asks Jason why he is there, he says because Alexis invited him. Alexis finally shows up, dressed in red, and thanks everyone for helping her commemorate her sister’s murder. Alexis begins the service by drawing telling everyone that the garden location was chosen because of the abundance of flowers, which Kristina loved. She then invites others to share their memories of Kris. Jax talks about bringing Alexis and Kris together and says every one should be grateful to have known her. Nik points out the irony of how Kristina hoped to change the Cassadine family tradition of revenge, deceit and violence only to be killed by the things she hated. Ned recalls his first meeting with Kris, her passion for rearranging furniture and how she changed him from day one. Alexis takes the podium again and draws everyone’s attention to fact that she is now wearing both pieces of the necklace she and Kristina got from their mother. She tells everyone that she is wearing red to express the rage she feels at Kris untimely death. She then tells everyone one that Sonny, Jason and Roy all have Kristina’s blood on their hands. After the service is over Alexis approaches Monica and thanks her for her efforts in trying to save Kristina’s life. She also tells Edward that Kristina was very fond of him. Alexis then turns her attention to Roy whom she calls a mobster wannabe that managed to get her sister killed in a matter of weeks. Next is Jason, Alexis calls him a black sheep and makes him sound as though he where no more than Sonny’s robot. Alexis then asks Sonny if he is proud of Jason, Carly tries to interrupt, but Ned tells her to keep quiet. Alexis then turns her full wrath on Sonny. She comments that she could fall back on family tradition and call for all out revenge, or many be even put a curse on him. Then she notes that it’s not needed because Sonny already brings to everyone he touches. She asks if Carly isn’t worried she won’t wake up one day and reminds everyone that she herself almost died twice because of Sonny. The really harsh blow comes when Alexis names all who have died because of him-his mother, Lily & her baby, Brenda, & Carly’s baby. Alexis says that she thinks Sonny deserves a trophy of outliving everyone and tries to hand him Kristina’s urn. Sonny refuses to take it and the urn falls to the ground, spilling its contents. Alexis is appalled at what she has done and sinks into a sobbing heap at Sonny’s feet. Sonny chastises Ned for not stopping Alexis sooner and says Ned needs to take better care of the unborn baby. Everyone leaves when Nik asks them to this time. Ned asks Alexis is she will be okay.

Sonny and Jason approach Roy and Felicia on the docks. Felicia insists on being present when Sonny tells Roy he wants to discuss business. Sonny offers to help stop Roy’s backer in exchange for the person’s name. Roy flat out refuses the offer and he and Felicia take off. Sonny tells Felicia to be extra careful. Liz comes upon Jason standing alone on the docks. Liz tries to comfort him. He says that Alexis is right that people around him get hurt and sometimes they die. Jason tells her she is safer with Zander as he is out of this now. Liz tells Jason that she knows the risks and is willing to take them. She takes his hand and tells him that for this one night she doesn’t want to be safe.

Zander tells Roy he's ready to go back to work for him. Roy tries to discourage Zander from the mob life, but Zander is adamant. Zander claims Sonny betrayed his loyalty, and Zander wants to work for Roy to exact revenge. Roy gives Zander a large check as severance pay and tells Zander to leave town and take Elizabeth with him. He tells him this is what Roy wishes someone would have done for him about a 100 years ago. Zander accepts the check but tells Roy he is wrong.

Liz uses Jason' s credit card to gain entry into Kelly's but inadvertently destroys the card. Jason breaks a pane of glass to gain entry instead. Jason cuts his hand breaking in, and Liz plays nurse. He assures her that he is all right. She insists on bandaging it and tells him it is useless to argue with her. She tells him that she meant every word she said the other night. He tells her that it doesn't matter. Jason confronts her about her previous decision to leave town with Zander. She says it was only to save Zander's life, and not for romantic reasons that he has been good to her. Liz alludes to how they feel about each other, but nothing definitive is resolved. As Jason and Liz leave, Zander shows up. Liz tries to convince Zander to leave town without her for his own protection. He questions her motives on the night they made love, and Liz claims it was mutual need. Zander tells Liz that, as much as she hated being Lucky's Pity Project, that's how much he hates being hers.

Liz waits on Sonny and he asks to speak to Courtney. Courtney tries to avoid him but finally speaks to him as Liz tells her she really doesn't want to get caught in the middle between them. Jason arrives and tells Liz that he doesn't want to be responsible for her getting hurt. He says his wound starting bleeding again last night and it reminded him of her getting shot. He tells her to forget about him, that a relationship is not worth it. Courtney and Liz take a break and chat. Courtney asks about Liz relationship towards Sonny. Courtney wonders why Sonny is not his charming self around his own sister but can be around everyone else. Liz explains how Sonny can be protective of the people he cares about and sometimes goes about it in funny ways. Maybe she could give him another chance. Courtney tells her things are too complicated right now.

Jason informs Sonny that some deal went well. Sonny tries to figure out what Roy is up to and who is Alcazar and why he is going after him. He knows this is not a power struggle. Sonny explains that if they wait long enough, Roy will get nervous and Alcazar will get impatient. They will find Alcazar's weakness and use it. Roy sits down at a table outside Kelly's. Courtney sees him and asks Liz to take the table, she agrees. Jax sits down with Roy and implies that Roy took the map. Roy denies it. He threatens to destroy Roy if he doesn't return it by tonight. Sonny and Jason walk by and ask why Jax looks so stressed "Is Mr. De-lu-ca giving you trouble?" Sonny asks Roy what he's up to and who he's working for. Jax counters saying that maybe Roy is working for Sonny trying to destroy Jax. Sonny tells him to stop hiding behind Brenda's memory and if he wants to come for him to do it. Jax threatens that he might do that once he's finished with Roy. Jax walks away. Sonny asks Roy again who he's working for. Roy walks away. Sonny tells Jason that maybe Jax will lead them to Roy's boss.

Jason is at the counter paying Liz for his ordered. He tells her the tip is on the table, but Liz has another idea. Take me for a ride, just the two of us, she asks. He tells her that it’s too dangerous right now and that they can’t be together so to forget about that ride and he leaves. Courtney comes up and tells Liz that she will cover her shift if Liz wants to take off with Jason. Liz tells Courtney, thanks but he doesn’t seem to be interested. Liz perks up when Courtney tells her that he seemed pretty interested to her. Liz begins to explain her relationship with Jason to Courtney, how he makes her feel and how she can be herself with him. She is sick of people telling her how to live her life.

Jason receives a mysterious phone call from a man telling him to be somewhere in a hour. Jason asks who it is then says that he doesn’t want any lackeys to meet him, he wants the real thing. The mystery caller hangs up without saying anything. Jason leaves for what he thinks is a meeting with Alcazar. Jason arrives for his mysterious meeting, thinking its with Alcazar. He nervously begins to pace. He hears something from behind and spins around pulling his gun out and calling out for Alcazar. But, it is really Elizabeth. He tells her again that its not safe and that they can’t be together. She admits that she had a bus boy at Kelly’s make the call to Jason. Jason begs her to stay away from him. I will, in public, she replies. Who will find us here? No one followed me. She knows how dangerous everything is right now, but everything is a risk, can’t they just take a chance and enjoy there moment alone together? No, he replies. He starts to walk away, but Liz calls out after him. You’re such a liar! She yells. I have never lied to you, Jason responds. Your not running away to protect me, your running away to protect yourself, Liz tells him. She apologizes for how she treated him during the whole Zander escapade. She never intended to hurt him or make him think that what they had was worthless. Again, he tells her that its too dangerous and he just wants her out of this. Angrily, Liz informs him that she would miss him too much if he just disappeared out of his life. She would miss they way she felt around him, how she can just be herself and how he cares like no one ever has before. She all but tells him that she loves him. He finally gives into temptation. He places his hand on her cheek and pulls her in for a tender and romantic kiss. After, he slowly and reluctantly lets go and walks away leaving Liz utterly breathless and speechless.

Outside of Kelly's, Roy tells Jason that if Sonny wants to talk to him, he can meet him at the Oasis because Roy won’t go to Sonny's penthouse. Jason tries to ignore Liz outside Kelly's but she calls him on it. He tells her they are getting too close and it has to stop. She responds, "To what exactly? Danger?" As he leaves he tells her that he has someplace to be and for her not to show up there. Jason shows up at the penthouse and gives Sonny Roy's message. He offers to bring Roy in forcibly but Sonny is willing to be generous since he is sure Roy will be more cooperative after their meeting.

The new bodyguards haul Liz up to Sonny’s PH after they find her waiting for Jason in the parking lot. Luckily for Liz someone is there, unfortunately it’s Carly. Carly tells the guards it’s ok then advises Liz to do what Jason says if she wants a chance with him. Carly adds that if Liz pushes Jason too far, she will lose him. Liz assures Carly that she doesn't need her advice regarding Jason. Carly predicts that it won’t take long for Liz to get herself or Jason killed. Carly follows Liz out to the elevator and continues to give her unsolicited advice. Neither woman can see that Jason is at his door. Liz steps into the elevator and the doors start to close. Carly steps around the wall with a final chastising remark for Liz, then sees Jason. After Liz leaves, he walks up to Carly and asks why she's messing in his personal life. Carly teases Jason about his feelings for Liz, joking that Liz is stalking him. She says that Liz can't figure out how she feels about Jason, that he is wild, dangerous, and hot, that Liz can't take her eyes off of him. But she warns Jason that he is so intense and fearless and fabulous that he scares Liz off that she can't decide what to do. He tells Carly that it isn't like that but how he feels about Elizabeth is none of her business. She kids him that he has it bad. He says it doesn't matter as he can't get involved with anyone. She asks why should he be alone, that if Sonny can be happy what can't Jason, why does he have to be alone. He says that Liz can't accept the danger of his life. She tells him he has to find a real woman and what is it with these wimpy little saccharine women. She says she wants him to be happy even if it is with Liz. He says he got Liz kidnapped and shot. She surprisingly defends his relationship with Liz and demands that he tell her that he doesn't want to be with Liz, knowing he does. But she is worried that Liz will get him killed. She says let Liz worry about whether she can live with his life, whether she can deal with it. He says he already knows Liz can't. Carly promises to help, she offers to give Liz pointers about living the mob life. He teases her that he will ask Liz to paint her. She begs off and says okay she won't call her a twit at least not to her face. He says all he wants is to protect Liz. Sonny walks in exhausted, interrupting Jason and Carly's conversation. They ask Sonny what's wrong, so Sonny tells the about Courtney stripping at the Oasis. Jason and Carly are clearly shocked, and Sonny asks Jason to watch over Courtney while she strips at Oasis. Jason immediately agrees.

As Liz is closing up for the night at Kelly's, she listens in on Alcazar telling Roy he's got something Sonny wants. The next day, Liz approaches Carly saying that she needs to get a message to Jason. Liz starts to explain that she has been looking all over town for Jason and that he is not returning her phone calls and she has something very important that she needs to tell him asks Carly if she will call Jason for her. Calmly and rather nicely, Carly tells Liz that if Jason is not returning her calls its for a good reason and that she should just let it be. Jason doesn’t need her distracting him right now. Liz tells her that is not personal its completely business. Carly asks if she’s been threatened. She replies that she hasn’t but she has information that could save Jason’s life. Later, much later, Liz arrives back from work. Her co-worker tells her that someone came in looking for Zander.

Jason is telling Sonny that when he arrived that the Oasis last night, Courtney had already left but he found out that she is working tonight from 10-2. As Sonny is reminding him to remain out of Courtney’s sight, but to be ready if something happens to her, AJ bursts through the door. Angrily AJ tells Sonny that he found his jacket stuffed in their closet. He tells his brother-in-law that he doesn’t care if Courtney is his sister he is not welcome in his house. AJ continues to tell Sonny that he gave him a chance to proved he cared about Courtney by going to him when she was missing but he didn’t care if she was dead or alive he only want to rip into AJ. AJ and Sonny are still in the middle of arguing when Jason answers the phone. Carly relays Liz’s request. Jason asks if Liz is still there and Carly explains that’s she left but will be at their “spot” and he would know what it meant. Jason tells her that if she sees Liz to tell her he will get there as soon as possible. Explains that AJ is in the penthouse right. Courtney’s overhears Carly asks why AJ is there and she runs out of the restaurant saying that she has a family emergency. AJ tells Sonny that Courtney is the best thing that ever happened to him and that they both chose each other over their families, so Sonny should just learn to deal with it. AJ tells Sonny that he doesn’t want Courtney to become a target so order Sonny and his brother to stay away from his wife. Sonny is ready to spill the beans to AJ about his wife’s night time gig, but Jason’s steps in and prevents that from happening.

Liz is waiting for Jason to arrive at their spot. She hears his motorcycle and waits for him to come down. She thanks him for coming even though she knows he didn’t want to. The first thing he asks is if she’s hurt. She says she fine and then begins to explain what she overhead at Kelly’s between Roy and Alcazar. She tells Jason that Alcazar claims that Sonny won’t touch him because he has something Sonny wants more than anything in the world. She asks Jason if he knows what Alcazar meant. Jason responds by saying that this is proof Liz shouldn’t be involved. If Alcazar had caught her, Jason explains, she wouldn’t be standing here telling him what happened. Liz protests saying that she is positive Roy and Alcazar did not know she was there, but Jason is adamant. He tells her that the next time she in that type of situation, she should just turn and walk away. He doesn't want her involved in any of this. He doesn't want her to die and he asks her not to risk her life for him. She says maybe she wants to? Jason asks her point blank if she liked being shot at. What would have happened if the bullet went three inches over? Before walking away, Jason tells her that he has already held her and watched her bleed once and he can’t do it again.

At the Oasis, Jason arrives for his first shift as Courtney’s invisible bodyguard. He is obviously uncomfortable and moves his way over the bar. Coleman approaches and introduces himself. He begins asking Jason what kind of woman he is interested in. When Jason remains mute, Coleman leaves, but not before telling him that if any of the girls interest him to come and see him, everyone except the next act that is, she’s spoken for. Jason watches in disgust as Coleman leaves and turns his attention, briefly, to stage when Courtney appears and begins to dance. He is watching from afar, when a big, biker dude decides he wants some real action from “Daisy” and steps up on the stage. Jason is at the ready, but waits until something happens. The big man, starts moving in on Courtney at which point Jason jumps on stage and in a cool martial arts kinda move, knocks the guy out and sends him flying off the stage. Courtney looks at her savior baffled. Jason asks Courtney is she's ok. He tries to get her to go home. She demands to know if her Sonny asked Jason to keep an eye on her. Coleman asks Courtney if she's ok. He thanks Jason. Jason wants to keep talking to Courtney. Coleman tells him that if he wants to talk to her, he has to pay for a table dance. Jason gives Coleman the money and Courtney agrees to do so. She starts to dance and Jason tells her to stop, he just wants to talk. He tells her he's there to guard her on Sonny's orders. She tells him she doesn't need his help. Jason tells her that if she doesn't agree to this, Sonny will close down the club. Courtney agrees to let Jason tag along.

Jason unexpectedly meets Liz and she asks him if whatever they have is over. He says nothing is really ever over. Liz tells Jason she's sometimes afraid that he may just leave again with no goodbyes. She says she would miss him and asks him if he would miss her. He says, "you know how I feel about you". Liz says that she never really heard him say how he feels that she doesn't know. He has helped her, saved her life, taking her riding and now he is pushing her away and asks him to tell her why? He tells her he's too dangerous to be around him. She says that is it? He says he can't be around when she wants, then not when she doesn't, he can't be the friend she thought he would be to her and walks away.

Sonny and Jason cornered Alcazar and one of his men as they stepped off the elevator. Sonny asked what Alcazar had that he thinks Sonny wants. Sonny warned Alcazar to get out of town but Alcazar refused to back down. As Alcazar walks away, Jason observes that he talks like he has leverage against Sonny. Sonny wants Jason to find out what it is. Later, Sonny and Jason are on the docks spying on Alcazar’s yacht and discussing what he has that he thinks Sonny wants so much. Sonny thinks maybe Alcazar is bluffing. Jason sees the ‘woman’ enter the room and speak to Alcazar (but as usual it is only from the back). He passes the binoculars to Sonny but by the time Sonny takes a look the woman is nowhere to be seen. Sonny orders Jason to find out everything he can about Mr. Alcazar and his female friend. Sonny and Jason return to the PH. Sonny sits on the sofa and tells Jason that if Alcazar doesn’t back off he will send the yacht and anyone on it to the bottom of the harbor. Neither man notices the video camera on the coffee table pointed directly at where Sonny is sitting. Carly and Michael returned and the conversation changed. Sonny later questioned Liz about the conversation she overheard between Roy and Alcazar. Liz couldn’t give Sonny any ‘real’ answers except that she got the impression that the something Alcazar has that Sonny wants was a person, not a thing. Sonny returns home, and a frantic Carly tells him Michael is missing. They both see the video camera and realize that Michael saw the tape of Jason & Sonny talking about taking down Alcazar.

Alcazar questioned the nurse about what the mystery woman wanted to know from Zander about Sonny and Jax. Alcazar goes into see Zander (who has snuck aboard his yacht). Later, Alcazar ordered his men to throw Zander overboard and make it look like he drowned. A fisherman brought a half drowned Zander into Kelly’s. Liz recognized him and asked him what had happened. Zander looked at Liz and asked, “Do I know you?” The fisherman tells Liz that he doesn’t know how long Zander’s been in the water. She thanks him for his help and leads Zander to a table after the fisherman leaves. Zander tells Liz that he has no idea who she is and asks her what his name is. After examination, Liz discovers that Zander has been hit on the head really hard. She wants to take him to a hospital, but Zander doesn’t want to go. He agrees to talk. He asks Liz if he likes to sail or if he made someone mad enough to try and kill him. Alcazar slips out and receives a phone call from his henchman telling him that Zander is still alive and is with Liz at Kelly’s. Alcazar tells him that Zander knows too much. He says that if Zander tells Liz anything and if Liz tells Jason, everything will be over. He orders the man to eliminate them both. Alcazar’s henchman enters the dinner and spies Liz and Zander together. As Liz is trying to give Zander more information about himself, ie, living in Florida, working with Sonny, dating Emily, Alcazar’s man reenters and sits at a table across form them. He holds a gun between his legs and points it at the two. Zander can’t understand why everyone hated him so much. He asks Liz what he does wrong. She tells him that he has a temper and sometimes doesn’t think before he acts, which gets him into trouble. Zander remembers being on a yacht, but nothing else. Liz tells him that they are going to the hospital and as they are walking over to the counter a baseball or soccer team enters blocking the hit man’s view of Liz and Zander.

Jason and Sonny are on the docks discussing the blurry photograph of “Brenda” but don't recognize her. They try to figure out what it is that Alcazar has that Sonny wants more than anything. Sonny figures it has to be family because he is not an art collector and it’s not about money. He names the people he cares about, Carly, Michael, Jason, Courtney, Mike (leaving out the believed to be dead Brenda), but everyone is accounted for. Jason reminds Sonny that there is round the clock surveillance on Alcazar and that Alcazar knows Sonny is watching him. Sonny again asks Jason to find out everything he can about the mystery lady because they might be able to use her to get to Alcazar if she is his weakness.

Jason finds Michael and AJ on the docks. He tells Michael that everyone is looking for him and that he’s come to take him home. AJ informs his brother that Michael does not want to go home so Jason should just turn around and let him be with his son. He tells Jason that Michael has questions and he has answers. Sonny receives a phone call from Jason who tells him that he is at the Pier with Michael and that Michael is fine but that AJ is there and claims that Michael doesn’t want to go home. Jason thinks it would be a good idea if the two of them came to get him. Sonny relays the message to Carly and they take off to the Pier. Jason tries to keep things calm when AJ starts to loose it in front of Michael. AJ tells his brother to go ahead and explain the meaning of fatherhood, this should be good from someone who stole my son. Jason explains to Michael that a father is someone who loves you no matter what, who thinks of you before anyone else. A father protects you, teaches you things and would never, ever use you like you were a thing to be pawned. AJ is pissed by now and wants Jason to explain to Michael how he stole him from AJ and put him in the hands of a criminal. Michael asks Jason if he stole him. Jason responds by saying that a long time ago, he promised Michael that he would always be loved and protected. AJ demands to know what happened, how is Sonny protecting Michael when he is down here in the middle of the night alone to try and stop him from hurting someone? Angrily AJ tells Jason that he had to know the day would come when Michael would start asking questions. He tells his brother that he (meaning Jason) doesn’t have the guts to tell Michael who Sonny really is. Jason asks Michael if he wants truth. Michael says yes, so Jason tells him that Sonny is the best man that Jason has ever known and that he is the best father. Sonny and Carly show up as AJ is urging Jason to tell Michael what he really does for a living, that him and Sonny are in the business of making people die. After quick hugs and kisses, Michael asks Sonny if he makes people die. Sonny warns AJ to back off or pay the price. AJ asks Jason what that means but Jason tells AJ he'll find out in due time. Jason accuses AJ of being lower than usual by using Michael to hurt Sonny and Carly. AJ says that he didn't set out to hurt Michael but felt that Michael deserved to know the truth. Jason tells AJ that he just proved he wasn't father material by telling Michael things to complicated for a child his age. AJ screams at Jason that he is Michael's father, not Sonny and not Jason. Sonny asks Jason exactly what AJ said to Michael. Sonny tells Jason about the video tape Michael saw. Jason points out that AJ's plan to make Michael fear Sonny didn't work. Sonny reminds Jason that Courtney is working at the Oasis and sends him off to guard her.

At GH, Tony has just finished examining Zander and tells them that he has a very serious head injury. He asks Zander if he is on any drugs. When asked why, Tony explains that some of the symptoms may indicate drug use, but Zander doesn’t remember taking anything. Liz asks if its possible Zander was poisoned. Tony doesn’t think so. He tells Zander to take it easy, not to force anything and to come back and see him in a few days. With a not so bright hit man lurking around and keeping an eye on them, Zander and Liz move into the waiting room. Liz urges Zander to try and remember his last steps. He can only come up with the yacht and a woman. As Zander explains that the woman had a lot of questions, a shot rings out and the glass vase on the table beside them bursts into pieces and Zander immediately jumps into protective mode and covers Liz. When the coast is seemingly clear, Zander tells Liz that he agrees with Liz that someone maybe after him to murder him.

Jason finds Courtney walking around at the club, tells her that AJ has really messed up and urges her to tell Coleman she can’t work tonight, then go home and be with AJ. Coleman finds Jason and Courtney talking and reminds Courtney that it is almost time for her set. Sonny finds his way back to the docks where he finds AJ and tells him that they are ‘going for a ride’. AJ is shocked to see Courtney stripping and tries to take Courtney out of there. She refuses to leave and AJ is tossed out. She tries to continue the show but is visibly upset and starts to lose it. Jason goes up, picks her up and carries her offstage. Jason makes it clear to Coleman that Courtney's stripping days are over. Sonny feels guilt over the pain he caused Courtney. He takes her home, Courtney is distraught because she only had a few weeks left to strip and blames Jason for destroying all her efforts to keep her secret from AJ and hurting him. She wants to know why he did it. She’s sure that AJ hates her. She demands that he leaves, she declares that Sonny has what he wants. She begs him to go find AJ before he does something stupid, as he is surely drunk by now. He tells her that he was told to guard her. GH Promo.

A drunk AJ enters the closed Oasis. He throws some bottles around and then sets the stage on fire. He slumps down in the middle of the flames. Jason stays at Courtney and A.J.'s apartment in case A.J. shows up and possibly hurts Courtney. Courtney goes out to run some errands. A.J. returns to the apartment and waits for Courtney with Jason watching him. A.J. tells Jason to leave them alone and go back and tell Sonny that his plan of revenge worked. Jason refuses to leave him alone with Courtney right now and that he'll make sure Courtney is off the hook with Coleman from now on and won't have to strip anymore. Courtney returns home. Jason leaves when he sees she isn't in any real danger from A.J. Jason finds Coleman outside his club. He hands him a paper bag filled with money to start over again in exchange for not pressing charges or causing trouble for A.J. or Courtney again. Coleman questions Jason's motives but excepts the money. A.J. shows up to accept responsibility for the fire but Coleman acts like he doesn't know him and leaves. A.J. realizes Jason paid him off because of Courtney. He tell him he came to take the blame but Jason ruined it again by doing Sonny's work and not allowing him to fix things for his own wife.

AJ gets all over Jason’s case for making the arson charge disappear. Jason tells AJ that he personally couldn't care less if AJ spent the next 20 years in jail, but Courtney is Sonny’s sister, and she asked him to help, so he did. AJ continues to be less than grateful. Jason finally gets sick and tired of his brother's whining, and lays into A.J. Jason accuses AJ of destroying everything he touches, which now includes Courtney. Jason finishes by telling AJ that the best thing he can do for Courtney is to set her free. Jason returns to Sonny's penthouse and begins to report to Sonny about the night’s events. A phone call distracts him and Carly take the opportunity to tell Jason NOT to tell Sonny what he did just yet. Jason refuses to lie to Sonny. Carly makes herself scarce and Jason tells Sonny that AJ is not going to jail because he made the arson charge go away by bribing Coleman. Jason tries to explain to Sonny that Courtney asked him to help AJ, but Sonny is enraged by Jason’s actions. Sonny accuses Jason of helping his enemy and, (reminding Jason of the unauthorized offer he made to Zander) questions not only Jason’s loyalty, but his ability to do his job too. Sonny was asks Jason why he went against his order to get rid of A.J. by having him arrested for arson. Jason argued that he wanted him to take care of Courtney and that's what Jason did. A.J. is what Courtney wants. They went round and round with Sonny questioning Jason's loyalty. Jason couldn't believe Sonny would question his loyalty. Carly came home and she stopped their arguing. She said A.J. wasn't worth it.

Elizabeth and Zander were hiding out in a motel room and Elizabeth told Zander that Jason would be able to help them. She left to find Jason and the goon of Alcazar's came to the door, pretending to be Jason. Zander let him in and he asked Zander what he knew. Zander said he didn't remember anything except being on a yacht. He asked him more questions and Zander picked up a cup of coffee. The guy told him to put the coffee down. He had a gun pointed at Zander and Zander threw the coffee in his face. Liz finds Jason on the docks and asks for his help. Jason figures that Zander knows something and the goons don't realize he has amnesia which puts Liz in danger as they will think Zander told Liz. Later Elizabeth and Jason arrive and find the thug unconscious. Jason tried talking to him but no answer. Zander is missing. Jason and Liz head to her studio, and find Zander there. Zander shakily recounts what happened. Liz questions him about whether he remembers anything else about the boat, he remembers a woman.

At the penthouse, Jason is standing at the window when Liz comes down and asks what he’s looking at. He brings her over and places her in front of him. With hands resting on her shoulders, he directs her gaze to Alcazar’s yacht. She wonders aloud what it would be like to own your own yacht. As she is telling Jason where she would go with her own yacht, Zander comes down and interrupts them by telling them that he has remembered something. Zander tells Sonny that he remembers two guys and a woman who claimed to be a friend. He can’t remember a face, only the voice. Sonny tells him that he needs to remember everything so he (Sonny) can take down Alcazar. Zander asks Sonny if he did something to him. Sonny is curious as to why he is asking. Zander tells him its because it seems like you don’t like me. Sonny tells Zander that although he has made mistakes and bad choices, he has influential friends who helped him. Yes, he did do something to Sonny, but now he is helping him, so if this plays out into Sonny’s favor than all debts are cleared. Alcazar finds out that Zander and Liz are under Sonny’s guard. As “Brenda” listens, he vows to end this once and for all and to move against Sonny. After they leave, “Brenda” sneaks in and tries to make a phone call but finds the phone lines disconnected. She searches through the drawers and finds her passport and sneaks away.

Out in the hallway Jason suggests to Sonny that its time he goes on board the yacht to look around. Sonny agrees and tells him that if he finds what Alcazar is hiding, to take it if he can. Inside Jason’s apartment, Zander is scoffing at Sonny’s behavior. He tells Liz that he doesn’t trust either Jason or Sonny and thinks he would be better off on his own. Will you go with me? He asks. Dressed head to toe in black, Jason comes down and prepares to leave for his mission. Liz asks him if he’s going on the yacht. He tells her to just stay there and keep Zander calm. She tells him that she can’t do that knowing Jason is out there dealing with killers. He reminds her that this is his job and he is good at it. He asks her to trust him, she assures him she does. He promises her that he will be back. Liz reaches out and grabs his hand and tells him he better be right about that. After Jason leaves, Zander comes down and wants to know why Liz didn’t tell him that she was in love with Jason.

As Liz is patiently watching out the window, Zander is playing pool. He asks her how long she plans on staying there. She responds by saying, until Jason comes back. Angrily Zander wants to know why Liz lied to him and didn’t tell him Jason was her boyfriend. Liz tells him that Jason is not her boyfriend and that she is not sure what they are to each other. She reminds him that he used to hate Jason and their relationship. He thinks again that he would be better off alone than taking help from someone he used to hate. Liz tells him that’s his choice, but reminds that he’s lost his memory and that people are trying to kill him and that he has made bad decisions before that almost got him killed and she won’t go with him and watch him do it again. Zander tells Liz that’s he’s decided not to run, but that she is making him nervous standing there, so why don’t they play a game of pool. Liz tells how that used to drive her crazy, how he could be a write off one minute and sweet the next. Zander asks Liz (jokingly) if she likes him. She says she does, but not the way she cares about Jason. She tells Zander that if she loves Jason, she can’t bring herself to admit it. She wants to be with him when she’s not. Admits that Jason’s life is dangerous and that Jason doesn’t seem to want her in it. She compares their relationship to a rollercoaster and something that can’t go on forever, although she wants it to. Zander quizzes Liz about their past relationship and her current one with Jason. She ends up telling him that they (she and Zander) slept together once, but decided it was a mistake. When he asked about his romantic past, Liz tells him about his romance with Emily Q. Liz tells Zander that they were great together until the accident and how she broke up with him over the phone. Zander jokes that maybe he hit himself in attempt to put himself out of his misery.

Alcazar is on the phone to someone telling them to forget about Jax. Sonny is more of a threat. The nurse comes in and tells him that “Brenda” has disappeared. Jason sneaks aboard the yacht and in seconds finds Alcazar’s office. He begins searching through drawers, but hears someone coming in. He hides and listens as Alcazar makes a phone call and explains that “Brenda” is missing, she has id but no money and has not contacted anyone. He orders another search of the yacht incase she is still aboard. Alcazar comes back and is informed that “Brenda” was hiding below deck, but that she is now locked in his cabin. They rush off to hide the passports in his safe. Jason emerges and goes directly to the cabin. He tries to get in, but “Brenda” rushes to intercept and blocks the door. Jason tells her to back away from the door and that he is there to help her. The camera fades up and we finally see Brenda as she whispers Jason’s name! Brenda appears worried as she realizes that her ‘rescuer’ is Jason. It takes Jason a few moments to pick the lock and when he finally gets into the room it appears to be empty. Believing that the woman is hiding out of fear, Jason tries to coax her into revealing herself by soothingly saying that he can he can help her escape if she wants to escape. From her hiding place Brenda smiles fondly as Jason reveals to the empty room that he works for Sonny Corinthos. Jason hears a faint noise coming from behind a door and quickly opens it. On the other side he comes face to face with a woman, but it is only the nurse. She urges him to leave quickly, but Jason insists on getting her name. The door flies open and Alcazar and his men enter. Alcazar greets Jason and tells him that he has been looking forward to killing him. Alcazar then orders his men to kill Jason (and not to make any mistakes this time). From her hiding place Brenda appears to be upset by the turn of events. The nurse tries to explain to Alcazar how she had just found Jason moments before he arrived. Alcazar assures her that there is no problem as no damage was done. They leave the room and Brenda exits her hiding place (the ceiling to floor wardrobe). She heads straight for the door. But on the other side, Alcazar is waiting for her with a warning that any rescue attempt would ill advised. Out on the deck, Jason struggles with two of Alcazar’s henchmen. He gets the best of them of a brief moment and jumps ship – literally. The henchmen fire several shots into the spot where Jason entered the water.

Liz is explaining to Zander that she isn’t sure what her relationship is with Jason or what she expects from it when Jason returns. He is wet and bleeding from a cut on the forehead. Liz orders Zander to search of a first aid kit as she tries to tend to Jason’s wound. Jason is impatient and when Zander returns with the kit, Jason urges Zander to try to remember everything. Jason tells Zander he will describe everything he saw on the ship in hope of jogging Zander’s memory, but warns that they are running out of time. Jason tells Sonny, Carly, Liz and Zander about his visit to the yacht. He describes the woman that he saw (the nurse) and Sonny and he assume that this is the woman that whose back they saw earlier on the yacht. Sonny is mystified because he was sure that "the woman" was the key to the whole thing, so now he's stumped but he knows that trouble is ahead. Brenda listens from behind the office doorway as Alcazar tells Roy that he has to kill Sonny.

Liz waits up for Jason to return from a meeting with Sonny. She tells him that she made him a sandwich and basically comes on to him again, saying that she doesn't care what he does "out there" and she doesn't care about tomorrow, all she cares about is right now and tonight. He asks her not to do this as he doesn't like pushing her away. She asks him what if something had happened to him, if he hadn't come home that night. He tells her he isn't what she needs, that they can't work out, his life is too dangerous. He says one day she will look at him and her face will change and he can't deal with that. She doesn't care what happens in the future. She just wants them to have each other. He asks what about Zander? That she is only there because Zander is in trouble and she wants to keep him safe. She says Zander isn't who she is thinking about. He wants to know what is going on between her and Zander. She tells him that she made a mistake sleeping with Zander that one time that she freaked out the night of the storm when the power went out in her studio. Jason said he saw them and she asked why he didn't let her know. He figured she choose Zander. She didn't understand why he had shut down on her. He finally admits how much she matters to him and tells her he wants to be with her. She responds, "Finally, we agree on something!" He warned her that there would be times when he had to leave and couldn't tell her where he was going or what he was doing. He can't promise her she won't get hurt. She said she understood and that no one can make promises about being safe, that anyone can break a heart. He declares he would never hurt her on purpose and she says that is important to her. He asks her if that is enough, she says maybe it is that he is important enough to try. He says he will respect her, be honest with her and also agrees to try. He asks her to go upstairs before Zander barges in and Jason has to beat him up again! As she gets up, he grabs her and pulls her towards him and they embrace.

Sonny is seen standing alone on the dock, while Roy sneaks up behind him on the stairs and waits. Roy’s plan is thwarted when Jason and Carly arrive. Roy listens as Sonny explains that he wanted Alcazar to see that he is not hiding. The next move is his. Carly reminds him that he promised to stay with her for life, so he better be careful. Jason tells Sonny that Alcazar’s yacht seems to be getting ready to leave town. Sonny doesn’t think that he would be leaving town this soon and they both think it might be a ploy. Jason tells Sonny that the “woman” left the yacht yesterday. This brings Sonny to discuss Brenda and Jax. He admits that he wonders if Brenda thought about him before he died, because she was the last face he saw when he almost died.

On the yacht, Brenda has arranged the table, bed and chairs as a barricade in front of the door. She kneels behind it and with a trembling hand grips the gun. She prays that this will work and fires the gun. Brenda’s plan has seemingly backfired as she is now stuck waist deep in water and screaming for help. Jason arrives and announces that Alcazar was not on the yacht when it exploded. Sonny pronounces it the perfect opportunity to make a move against his enemy. Carly has a bad feeling and pleads with Sonny not to take the chance. Sonny insists that he has to make a move now or lose the upper hand. In the end he gives in and lets Jason go ‘check things out’ first.

A frantic Alcazar orders his men to searching for Brenda. Brenda is still trapped and continues to bang on the door while screaming for help. All the while the water level is rapidly rising. Shortly after, Jason arrives on the docks and Alcazar accuses Sonny of setting the explosion. He baffles Jason when he tells him to tell Sonny that the stunt may have cost them both something important. Jason suggests that since things are no longer going as planned, Alcazar should cut his loses and leave. Alcazar tells Jason that he doesn’t take orders from Sonny or his flunky (referring to Jason). After Jason leaves, Alcazar orders his men to keep searching until they find Brenda.

Jason returns and reports that Alcazar is frantic because his girlfriend was apparently still aboard the yacht when it exploded. Alcazar blames Sonny, and oh yeah what was Roy doing here? Jason asks. Sonny says it’s no big surprise about the blame and he’ll fill Jason in later on Roy’s visit. Jason agrees with Sonny that Alcazar is vulnerable and they should take the opportunity it offers to get rid of him. Brenda has managed to reach the shore (though how she escaped the ship is still a mystery) but has to hide (under a over turned row boat) when she hears someone coming. It is Alcazar, she keeps still, holds her breath and eventually Alcazar and his men move on. Later Brenda is seen walking down a street. She runs in to a young man with a cell phone. She asks him to make a call for her. The man is reluctant until she offers to give him her $3000 diamond watch. Brenda dials the number then instructs the man to push send and ask for Sonny. Once Sonny is on the phone, Brenda has the man tell Sonny that a friend needs to meet him at St. Timothy’s church that night with information about Alcazar. Sonny refuses the meeting unless he can speak to the ‘friend’ directly. The young man gives Brenda the message and passes her the phone. Brenda slowly puts the phone up to her ear and takes a deep breath. Sonny is still on the phone listening to Brenda breathing. When she won’t speak, she hands the phone to her new friend. He tells Brenda that Sonny won’t go unless he can speak with her. Carly has just come home and her and Jason listen intently to Sonny’s end of the conversation. Brenda tells her friend to tell Sonny that this is about Louis Alcazar and it is in his best interests to meet her at the church. Sonny agrees and hangs up the phone. Carly looks at him worriedly and quickly busies herself while Sonny tells Jason that he will ride with him, just in case. Roy is on the phone with Alcazar telling him that everything has been arrange and it will happen tonight. Alcazar tells Roy that he doesn’t want assurances, he wants results. If he doesn’t kill Sonny, Felicia will die. One of Alcazar’s men approaches and tells him they have a lead on Brenda. She could be anywhere, but they have men canvassing the area looking for her. Alcazar assumes that Brenda is trying to contact Sonny and Jax and warn them.

Jason comes down the stairs and announces to Liz that he is leaving and isn’t sure when he will be back. Jokingly, Liz tells him that at least she knows he isn’t going to the yacht, because its now in the bottom of the harbor. Jason informs her that he didn't put it there. She believes him and asks if he can tell her what he’s doing tonight. To change the subject, Jason suggests a game of pool. During the game they begin a discussion of Jason’s job and Liz wonders if he ever thinks about it being dangerous or that something might happen. He tells her that this is his job and he is good at it. He is fully aware of the risks involved. Liz asks him what he remembers about her finding him shot in the snow. Jason tells her that he remembers her yelling at him and telling him to walk and how much it hurt but he also knew that she was saving his life. Liz reminds Jason that if she had not gone for a walk that day, they would not be having this conversation, Jason responds by saying that it is not wrong to care about someone that way. But that is something he can’t give her. Jason tells Liz that after tonight she will be able to go back home. Liz isn’t sure whether or be happy or not. She enjoys staying at Jason’s and compares it to her studio. She asks Jason if he will miss her when she leaves. He says he will. When asked if he will miss her enough to pick up the phone and ask her out, to take her riding or will he go back to avoiding her, Jason tells her that he doesn’t know what will happen. He tells her that she is so beautiful, talented and smart and that she makes him see things he has never seen before. She also has big dreams that he can support and admire because he doesn’t have any of his own, but what can he give her besides pool lessons and bike rides? Liz tells him that he listened to her when no one else would, he trusted her to live her own life, when she didn’t even trust herself. He makes her happy and makes her feel free. She embraces him in a hug. Jason tells Sonny that its time to go. Carly and Sonny say a tearful goodbye and Sonny tells her that he loves her and leaves.

Brenda arrives at the church and stands in the pouring rain, mocking its irony. Smiling, she laughs joyously to herself, quietly and lets the rain pour over her. Brenda enters the church and slowly walks down the aisle. Carly is setting the table when Liz knocks at the door. Carly lets her in and Liz tells Carly that she has been staring out at a storm worrying about Jason. Could they help each other get through this, worrying about the people they care about? Carly thinks Liz just wants a typical cat fight, but before Liz leaves, Carly has a change of heart and asks her if she knows anything about yellow peppers. She explains that this is her one chance to prove to Sonny that she can cook, so will Liz show her how to slice it up? Liz tries a hand at a civilized conversation with Carly about how she deals with Sonny’s life because at the moment she doesn’t seem fazed. Carly explains that Sonny’s business is his problem, but her fears are hers. Carly suggests that Liz figure out what she needs from Jason and what she can handle about his life, because she doesn’t want to see Jason get hurt. Carly and Liz thank each other for their help and Liz leaves.

In the limo, Jason explains to Sonny that with the rain it will be almost impossible to spot any possible snipers. He asks Sonny if he is sure he wants to do this. He reminds his boss that he now has a family who think he is the world. He needs to be sure this is what he needs to do. Jason and Sonny begin a heated argument about Sonny’s order that Jason remain behind for 10 minutes. Jason thinks it is an unnecessary risk and that he is starting to take it personally. Damn right I am, Sonny replies and explains that he has to make Alcazar pay for trying to ruin his life. Jason reluctantly agrees and Sonny mentions that the last time he was here was when he was to marry Brenda.

The next sequence of scenes is the Amazing Grace montage, Carly lights candles at the dinner table in the penthouse, Sonny slowly walks towards St. Timothy's Church in the rain, Brenda kneels in a pew in the church, praying, Roy hides behind the bushes outside the church. Brenda gets up and heads towards the church doors. Sonny arrives at the courtyard in front of the church, Roy waits, Jason gets out of the limo, Brenda opens the first set of doors and takes a breath, Sonny walks closer, Roy waits, Carly pours wine for dinner, Sonny is outside the church doors, Carly starts to drink a glass of wine, but is startled and drops it, Brenda opens the outside doors, Sonny sees Brenda, his eyes are wide, in shock, Brenda smiles at him and laughs, Carly's glass drops to the floor, leaving a pool of red, Gunshot. Fade to black. GH Promo for Brenda's return.

Amazing Grace montage continues, gunshot, gunshot, gunshot, Brenda screams, Sonny drops to the ground. Brenda runs over and picks him up. She holds his head in her lap, gets blood on her hands. Jason arrives. Sonny gasps and tells Jason to get her out of there. Jason picks Brenda up and carries her, kicking and screaming, into the car. He literally throws her in the car and it takes off. "Brenda," Sonny utters, lying in a pool of his own blood. In the car, racing away from Sonny, Brenda desperately tries to get out and starts screaming at Jason to go back for Sonny. Jason tells her to calm down. He makes two quick phone calls. In the first one, presumably to paramedics, Jason says, "A man's been shot, needs an ambulance." The second call is to Carly and Jason tells her Sonny needs her at St. Timothy's church. Brenda insists on knowing who Jason has called and why he isn't going back for Sonny. Jason has questions of his own. "How long have you been with Alcazar?" he demands. Brenda and Jason continue to argue, he has questions, she doesn't want to answer them and instead wants to get back to Sonny. She does tell Jason that Alcazar saved her from drowning. Jason tells Brenda that he is doing exactly what Sonny wants...his dying words were to get her away from there.

Sonny is lying on the ground, bleeding and dying. The priest comes out of the church and finds Sonny and tries to help him, covers his chest with his jacket, puts his sweater under Sonny's head. Then he prays. The paramedics show up and try to save him, to no avail. Sonny's dead. Just then, Carly shows up and starts screaming and crying, telling her husband to "Open your eyes!" When he doesn't, she starts reminding him of their plans and asks what she is going to do without him?! The priest tries to pull her away but she isn't budging. Carly swears she will always love him and the paramedics take him away. Then, Taggert and his fellow PCPD buffoons show up, confused. Where is the body? Carly tells him her husband is dead. Taggert is really confused about why the body is gone, why the paramedics would have taken it away. He asks questions of the priest and the priest tells what he knows, but it is very little. Taggert tells Carly he is sorry for her loss, but she doesn't believe him since he hated Sonny. Taggert wonders where Sonny's bodyguards were or, more importantly, where was Jason? Carly finally tells him what she knows, about Jason calling her and her arriving to find Sonny dead. She says she can give him the name of who did this, though. "Alcazar."

Jason has taken Brenda to a safe-house. She still isn't answering his questions, though. She does not understand why Jason would have left Sonny lying dead on the ground. Finally, Brenda tells Jason that she is sick, she inherited her mom's illness and it makes her question reality at times. She tells Jason how Luis promised to keep her away from the people she loves so that she wouldn't hurt them. When she saw they were back in Port Charles, she stopped taking her medication. And, when she heard Luis order someone to kill Sonny, she knew she had to warn him somehow. She admits she sank the yacht. When Jason asks why she didn't just tell Sonny over the phone, Brenda admits she wanted to see him. "Well, you got what you wanted, didn't you?" snotty Jason asks her. He tells her she is safe where she is, but she wants to warn Jax, too. Then, she suggests Jason go to Jax and protect him, that is what Sonny would want. Jason says he follows Sonny's orders, not her orders. They get the call, Sonny's been taken to the morgue. Brenda is devastated. She says that when Sonny saw her at the church, she realized that he had always loved her. She wasn't sure in the past but she knew when they locked eyes. She claims that she's always loved him and he always loved her, that it was fine even if she loved him more. As she talks, we see Sonny in the next room, taking off his shirt, revealing a bulletproof vest. Why, he's not dead after all!

Elizabeth pops in to see if everything is all right. Carly comes down the stairs and announces that there has been a shooting. Sonny is dead. Carly gives Elizabeth the details of Sonny lying and dying in the rain. Liz asks about Jason. Did he call? Have they called him? Thinking he may be hurt and not thinking clearly, Elizabeth wants to go look for him. Carly and Bobbie advise her stay out of it. Carly tells her to show that she accepts Jason’s life by going to the penthouse and waiting.

Brenda sleeps restlessly. Her eyes open to see Sonny at her doorway. She rises and they meet, head to head, nose to nose, she gently strokes his cheek and she awakens and realizes her dream; Jason is at her door. Troubled, she reminds them both that Sonny is dead because of her if she only knew that Sonny sits staring aimlessly in the next room. Jason explains to Brenda that she was not responsible for Sonny’s death. Things were in motion before they knew she was involved. She responds that she should have called, warned him, and left. She did not ever want him to see her sick and now he never would. She cries as Sonny watches through the window.

Sonny and Jason whisper outside Brenda’s window. They acknowledge her hurt and Sonny thanks Jason for keeping a watchful eye. Jason asks if Sonny is going to tell her that he’s alive. He fills Sonny in on Brenda, how she hooked up with Alcazar, her illness and what has been going on. Sonny feels that Brenda has made it clear what she wants and he is clearly not part of it. She wanted to see him, she did, and now he’s dead. Sonny listens at the vent that “connects” his hideaway to Brenda. She weeps and cries that she is sorry. Roy enters Sonny’s room and reveals the next task Alcazar has given him: kill Jax and deliver Brenda. Sonny explains that when he saw Brenda, everything fit. Roy realizes that Brenda is the witness Taggert alluded to. Sonny says Brenda will not be available to the Taggert. They will get Alcazar. Roy says Alcazar has gone back underground and will not surface until he has Brenda. He suggests they go at Alcazar through the proper authorities. Sonny says the only way to get Alcazar is to get him to make a mistake. Roy needs to play along. Roy says he can control his end as long as Sonny can control Brenda. Brenda fights with Jason in the next room. She states she is leaving to warn Jax, but promises to return. Jason locks her in and leaves.

Jason arrives at Carly’s. Carly has a million questions and as usual Jason is a man of few words. Enter Bobbie as Jason explains he has talked to the funeral director. He tells Carly he is there for her anytime. He sternly reminds her that no matter what she needs to stay with a guard. Courtney bolts from the elevator meeting Jason as he leaves from Carly’s. She accuses him of not protecting her brother. Her rage turns to tears as she thanks Jason for everything he has done. He comforts her with an embrace as Elizabeth opens the penthouse door and observes with surprise.

Brenda tries to persuade Jason to let her go and warn Jax about Alcazar so he doesn't get killed. Jason refuses to allow her to leave the safe house and agrees to do what he can concerning Jax's safety. Jason leaves Benny to watch over Brenda while he's gone. At the funeral home, mourners begin to arrive. Liz enters and tells Jason how sorry she is. Monica offers her condolences to Jason for Sonny's death. Jason questions her actions at first but is touched when she tells him she came for him since she is his mother. Alexis shows up to pay her respects but Carly refuses to allow her to stay for the service after the way she treated Sonny at Kristina's funeral. Alexis leaves quietly. At the end of the service, Taggert shows up and insists on seeing Sonny's body in the casket. Carly gets upset with him and tells him to leave her and Sonny alone now. Taggert refuses to leave without seeing the body. He opens the casket to find Sonny lying there peacefully. Jason tells him to leave right now. He leaves. Jason thanks everyone for coming while he comforts Carly. Everyone leaves them alone. Carly comments to Jason that Taggert will not stop hounding them. Jason leaves her alone in the room. She opens the casket and talks to Sonny about how much she loves him and will never stop loving him ever. Sonny wakes up from a drugged state and gets out of the casket to embrace her. Carly tells him it was really hard to pretend he was dead and go through the motions of a funeral.

Brenda distracts Benny by faking a migraine and asks Benny to turn the lights down. While he turns his back on her to turn the lights down, Brenda hits him hard on the head with a glass vase and knocks him out cold. She escapes out the window and heads to the church to observe Sonny's funeral. She gets there and goes over to the room where the service took place and approaches the door to open it. Outside the sanctuary door, Brenda pauses as she remembers seeing Sonny gunned down. This gives Jason enough time to arrive on the scene and prevent her from entering. Jason tries to convince Brenda that Alcazar's people could be watching the church and she agrees to go with him. Sonny stops Carly from investigating the noise. Sonny denies knowing who the woman at the church was. He apologizes for putting Carly through such a trying ordeal. Then lies again about Alcazar disappearing. Carly is upset when Sonny says they can't see each other again until the problem is solved permanently.

Jason berates Brenda for hitting Benny and is not mollified by Brenda’s concern for the man. When they get stuck in traffic, Jason instructs the driver to cut through a near by hotel parking. Brenda wonders at Jason's apparent coldness regarding Sonny's death. As the car move slowly through the hotel parking lot, Brenda sees Jax (giving Skye a rose) through the window. Brenda starts screaming Jax's name and kicking the car door. Jason holds her back and orders Max to get them out of there fast.

Liz straightens up as she waits for Carly to return from the funeral parlor. Zander arrives and Liz fills him in on the scene Taggart caused. Zander tells Liz that he plans to leave Jason's place that same night. Liz thinks it's a bad idea, and points out the dangers that still exist to him. They argue over Jason’s abilities to protect them and the lack of details they know, but in the end Zander agrees to stay for a little bit longer. Later, Carly returns and thanks Liz for her efforts. Liz asks about Jason but Carly cannot give her any information. After Liz leaves, Carly convinces Bobbie to leave her alone. She immediately calls Jason and leaves a message saying she needs to finish her conversation with (slight pause) “Benny”. Shortly afterwards the guard announces a visitor. It turns out to be one of Sonny's mob connections that has come to pay his respects. He also wants to discuss business. Carly is outraged at his lack of respect. The man gives her a check for $2 million, as payment for Sonny’s ‘territories’. Carly is insulted since Sonny is worth well over ten times the amount. When he points out Jason’s mysterious absence, she reluctantly takes the check, then tears it up and tells him to go to hell.

Brenda continues to worry over not being able to warn Jax. She finally notices that the window in her room is nailed shut. Jason points out that there are also guards now. Later, Jason enters Brenda’s room when she wakes up screaming from a nightmare. Jason and Brenda pull away from a hug. He asks if she is alright. She said that her nightmares are getting worse and that the medication used to help. Jason offers to get meds for her but she said she doesn't that he is doing everything he can for her and if she needs anything to tell him. Brenda asks him to leave. Jason enters the next room and tells Sonny that they need to get Brenda out of there now. Jason tells Sonny Brenda had a nightmare and that she turns down his getting her meds for her illness. He states that she is only concerned with Jax. He tells Sonny he can't deal with her anymore and he wants Sonny to send her to Puerto Rico. Sonny refuses. He said that they are holding her until Alcazar is out of the picture and then she can do whatever she wants. Jason said he needs a break, and Sonny tells him to be back ASAP!

Carly is on the phone trying to get a hold of Jason. Elizabeth walks in hearing Carly say that she is going out of her mind and she is worried. Elizabeth asks if she was talking to Jason, and where he is. Elizabeth tries to find out from Carly where Jason is and where he's been going every night. Carly says that it's "business". Elizabeth wants to know what that means. Carly says it means exactly what it sounds like. It's the all purpose answer that means do not ask any more questions. Carly tells her that she can not help her with this. She then tells the guard to pull the car around now.

Courtney is walking down the steps to the pier as a man walks past. After she gets to the bottom of the steps the man turns around and tries to steal her purse. She fights back and he slams her up against a wall. She starts to get away and the guy regains control. Jason sees her struggling and he gets the guy off of her. Jason takes the guy's wallet, gives Courtney the money, takes the guy's id and tells him that he knows his name and where he lives and if he bothers her or anyone else again he will hunt him down. The guy runs off and Courtney hugs Jason. Courtney and Jason back off from the hug. He reassures her that the guy won't be back. She thinks that it happened because as Edward said, she is a stripper and that she is dirty. Jason tells her to ignore Edward and that she does not need him or his approval. Courtney realizes that Jason actually cares about people and that AJ is wrong about him. AJ walks up and sees them together, and tells Jason to get the hell away from his wife. Courtney tries to tell AJ that Jason was just trying to help. AJ tells Jason that he's done enough by watching Courtney strip night after night. (In walks Elizabeth in the background, just in time to hear that last comment.) He tells Jason to show some respect. He then says that he just stood up to his entire family for Courtney and then he comes to find her with Jason. She says she will explain and AJ says there is no need and that it is all clear. (AJ and Courtney leave and Elizabeth walks over to Jason) Jason asks Elizabeth why she is outside and if everything is okay. She says she was worried about him. She said Carly got her a little upset. She then says she overheard what AJ said and asks if it is true about him and Courtney. Jason explains to Elizabeth that Courtney was just attacked. She says she was lucky that he was there. Elizabeth apologizes for leaving the penthouse but she was worried about him. She asks what is going on and Jason tells her that he can't tell her what is going on. Elizabeth says, "Courtney must be pretty grateful." She motions to his neck and asks if that is lipstick or a smudge of blood. He wipes it off his neck, and says there are things he can't explain to her right now and he needs to take her back to the penthouse.

Brenda is knocking on the door of her room trying to get Jason's attention. She says she needs to tell him one thing about Jax. She begins screaming and banging on the door. She realizes that someone is on the other side of the wall. She says she can see them moving through the grate. She keeps asking questions for the person to talk, but the person on the other side (Sonny) does not answer.

Courtney is still obviously shaken up over the events of the night before. Liz asks if she’s all right and explains that she ran into Jason after who explained what happened. At first Courtney is annoyed that Jason told her, but Liz reveals to her that she was raped a few years ago and has some idea of what she’s going through. She offers Sonny’s sister a shoulder to cry on or vent to if she needs one. Courtney thanks her but is grateful that nothing quite that tragic happened to her. Lucky for you your brother-in-law was there to save you, Liz replies. Courtney tells her that she never really thought of Jason as her brother-in-law before. As Liz asks her how she thinks of Jason, AJ and his co-workers show up for lunch.

Carly comes in and Liz tells her about seeing Jason the previous evening, about him saving Courtney and having lipstick on his neck. Carly tells Liz that she doesn’t care if Jason was covered in lipstick because for some strange reason wants to be with Liz and would not cheat on her. Carly says unlike Liz, that Jason would never be torn between two people. Liz asks if that was similar to her not being able to decide between Sonny and Jason. Carly starts to rip into her usual spiel about Liz not being the sweet and innocent person everyone thinks, but Liz quickly apologizes and asks Carly if she can just vent for a minute. Puzzled, Carly listens as Liz asks how she deals with the long disappearances with no explanations, except business and then seeing them with lipstick on their neck. Carly would be suspicious too. Carly tells her to sit down next to her. Carly tells Liz not to worry that if and when she sees Jason she will tell him to call her. They thank each other.

Jason hands Carly her bat and reams Carly for doing her “Sopranos” imitation at the No Name. She defends her actions, he says she should have called him. Carly wants to know what the hell’s going on. Jason tells her to quit stirring the pot and just sit tight until Sonny’s home. Carly doesn't get why she can't see Sonny now. Jason tells her that batting practice is over, disarms Carly and leaves. Carly then tells Max that Sonny needs him immediately and then follows the stupid goon right to the safe house. Carly shows up at the safe house hot on the heels of Sonny’s guy. Brenda has escaped and they realize she would have headed to Jax's wedding. Jason heads to the church for Jax and Skye's wedding. Jason orders Roy to stay clear of Alcazar and try and find Brenda so that they can get her back to the safe house before Alcazar sees her. The ceremony begins with A.J. walking Skye down the aisle. As the bride and groom are exchanging vows, Brenda watches from the loft. Alcazar opens the door to the room to get ready to shoot Jax and Roy and Felicia see the door open and realize it must be Alcazar. They go down and search for him but the power goes out from the storm outside and the rooms plunge into darkness. They continue the ceremony and exchange rings. Jason is given orders from one of Sonny's men via Sonny that he is to find Brenda and return her to the safe house and to not try and apprehend Alcazar at this time. Jason follows his orders and witnesses Brenda across from him watching the ceremony but the power failure keeps him from getting to her. Alcazar goes to make his move to shoot Jax but Brenda grabs his arm and the gun goes off toward the floor between them. He turns around and finds himself pointing the gun at Brenda, who stares him down. Courtney enters the church wearing a scarf to cover her hair in the rain. Jason thinks it is Brenda at first and grabs her. Courtney fights with him and he realizes who it is and lets her go. She asks him why he is at the church and realizes it must have something to do with Sonny's "death." He asks her to not ask him anything else and as a favor to him he asks her not to tell anyone she saw him at the church since he helped her and A.J. before. She agrees to not say anything and tells him to be careful.

Jax and Skye finished their wedding ceremony with no apparent interruption by Alcazar. Alcazar was trying to get a shot at Jax, but Brenda caught him off guard and tried to convince him to shoot her instead. Jason then came in and was able to distract Alcazar so that both he and Brenda could get away. Brenda steals Jax and Skye's limo and gets away. Roy and Jason set off to look for Alcazar again and when Roy finds him, they struggle and Alcazar is shot in the stomach (although he behaves as if he's fine). Sonny and Jason are riding in the limo, when Jason asks Sonny point blank what he intends to do with Brenda when they find her. He suggests Europe, she was happy there before. Sonny says no and that they will have to stash her in Puerto Rico until the Alcazar issue is resolved.

At Courtney’s apartment she gets another creepy phone call from a man who tells her he’s been watching her. Weirded out, she runs around the apartment closing all the blinds. She calls A.J.’s hotel, but he’s out trying to beat the RECO charges in the middle of the night. With no lights, no t.v., no radio, she uneasily dials Jason’s cell phone. She tells him that she’s all alone and that she thinks someone is stalking her. Jason offers to come right over. While Courtney is waiting for him, someone begins pounding on her door and rattling the doorknob. Courtney dials 911 and as the operator is asking the nature of her emergency, Mike’s voice cuts through the pounding on the door. Shaken, she hangs up and opens the door to her drunk daddy. Jason arrives. Mike lashes out at his son’s right hand man and demands to know why he’s socializing instead of out tracking down his son’s murderer. He leaves Courtney’s and Jason begins questioning Court on her alleged stalker. She admits that the power outage probably made her more afraid than she would have been otherwise. Jason offers to spend the night (on the couch) and a relieved Courtney gets him a blanket. The next day, Jason has walked Courtney to work to make sure that she got there safe. As Courtney thanks for staying the night, although it wasn’t necessary she adds, Liz approaches and overhears the tail end of their conversation. She listens intently as Jason tells Courtney to call him again if she needs anything. Courtney goes into the restaurant and Liz comes out and asks Jason if he can tell her what he was doing with Courtney all night. Jason explains his reasons for being at Courtney’s the night before. Liz apologizes for interrogating him but tells him that she is worried about him and how he is dealing with Sonny’s “death”. He needs to slow down and grieve. Jason tells her that what she is saying is right but he needs to do it this way for now. He tells her that although Liz and Zander don’t seem to be Alcazar’s primary targets anymore, it would still be safer for them at the penthouse. Liz tells Jason that she can’t stay there much longer cause its driving her crazy always wondering if/when Jason will come home or if someone will call her and tell her that he has been shot. Jason tells her that he hates what this is doing to her, but wants her to know that he appreciates the fact the cares about him and worries about him. At this point, Jason takes her hands and Courtney approaches from inside and sees the two of them together. After Jason leaves, Liz begins talking to Courtney about her relationship with him. Liz tells her that she can handle the danger, but she can’t handle the secrets. Courtney suggests that maybe Jason is just trying to protect her, but Liz tells her that that is not the way to do it. Although she is frustrated and ready scream, she tells Courtney that she is not sorry for getting involved with Jason. Courtney tells Liz that she can tells how much Jason means to her and vice versa.

Monica has been kidnapped and brought to Alcazar’s hideaway and is ordered to get the bullet out. Monica informs her “patient” that she needs certain items from the hospital. She tells the bodyguard what she needs and Alcazar orders him to go and get the items. He says he needs a gun in case the good doctor gets any ideas. After Monica has operated on Alcazar she is taken to GH to get more meds. She sees Alan so she gives the medication to Alcazar's man, and then she kisses him. A clever Monica has a jealous spouse who interferes with Alcazar's little death trap for this devoted doctor. Monica uses the distraction to slip into the elevator. Jason arrives at the cottage and Brenda tries to stop him from entering but does not succeed. Once he is inside they argue over where or not she should return to “safe” keeping. Jason tells Brenda that he will keep her safe, even if he has to carry her kicking and screaming from the cottage. Monica pulls the emergency stop and places a call to Jason. She tells him about her kidnapping and warns him that Alcazar is gunning for him. Monica tells Jason she is at the hospital, stopped between floors and afraid to get off in case the man is waiting for her. She promises to stay put until Jason gets there. and Jason learns about her kidnapping, Alcazar’s injury, and the fact that he may be up and about soon. Brenda urges him to go help Monica, since she will only put herself in more danger by escaping from whereever he takes her. With a warning not to go outside, run if she sees or hears anything, and not to go to Jax, Jason leaves her. When Jason gets to the hospital he meets up with an irritated Alan who is still upset about the kiss me witnessed. Monica exists the elevator and Alan demands an explanation. Jason intervenes and asks Monica if she can tell him where the cabin is. Telling Alan she was kidnapped and promising to explain later, Monica rushes off to help Jason find Alcazar’s hideout. When Jason and Max arrive, they find the cabin empty. Jason finds a clue to where Alcazar has gone and calls Sonny for help.

Jason calls and tells Sonny that he missed Alcazar at the cabin but it is obvious from the missing piece of a map he found that Alcazar is on his way to Brenda’s cottage. Jason asks Sonny to intercept Alcazar since Sonny is closer and can arrive sooner than Jason can. Sonny tells Carly he has to go stop Alcazar, but again fails to mention Brenda in anyway. Jax and Brenda are at the cottage when suddenly Alcazar bursts through the door, gun in hand. Jax tries to shield Brenda. Jax tells Brenda to run. Alcazar shoots Jax in the abdomen. Brenda listens in shock as Alcazar tells her to come with him or he will kill Jax with the next shot. Brenda runs to Jax and throwing herself across his body dares Alcazar to shoot her. Alcazar tells Brenda that she can stay and watch Jax bleed to death or save his life, by going with him and calling 911 from the car. As Brenda kisses Jax goodbye, Sonny appears in the doorway. He shoots Alcazar twice. Alcazar falls to the floor. Sonny approaches Brenda, is who still shielding Jax with her body. He softly says her name. Brenda looks up at him in disbelief. Jason arrives and tries to help give first aid. Great music moment as the paramedics arrive and take Jax away by ambulance and Sonny and Jason are once again arrested. At the police station, Brenda refuses to implicate Sonny in any wrongdoing and states he saved her and Jax's lives.

In the interrogation room at the Port Charles Police Department, Sonny and Jason see Carly run into Brenda just as Brenda is rushing out of police headquarters to see Jax at the Hospital. Carly recognizes Brenda and suddenly realizes that Brenda must have been Alcazar's girlfriend. Carly accuses Brenda of being the cause of all the carnage. But Brenda just pushes past Carly, in a hurry to see Jax.
Carly: (Sarcastically while gripping Brenda by the arm) “We can’t thank you enough for bringing Alcazar into our lives.” “Brenda Barrett? Or is it Brenda Alcazar now?”
Brenda: “You need to let go of my arm…I’m going to the hospital to see Jax (yanks free and starts to walk away) …idiot.”
Carly: (Shrieking to Brenda’s back ) “Well, you’d better hurry because Jax is married too!”
Sonny: “At least Carly didn’t lose it.” Jason: “Yet,”
Sonny: “You know she’s going to go postal and then what are we going to do?”
Even Taggert gets in the act by remarking to Sonny, “So, the devil wouldn’t have you – huh?”

Carly, Sonny and Jason are dogging Taggert. He wants to know who was buried in Sonny’s grave and commends Carly on her superior acting skills. He starts to lose it. Sonny tells Marcus to cut to the chase and tell him exactly what he’s being charged with. “Getting on my nerves” yells Taggert. Carly smirks that maybe, just maybe he should check into the PCPD’s anger management program to learn to control his rage. Mac interrupts and sends Jason out of the room. Jason’s cuffed to a desk when Courtney rushes into the PCPD. She asks what Jason is doing there and before he can tell her that her brother is alive, she turns and sees him herself. Courtney is numb with disbelief when she sees Sonny, alive and well, and in custody! She rips into Jason demanding to know how he could let her and her father grieve for someone who wasn’t dead. How could he let Mike sink so low in his depression without saying a word? In his inimitable minimalist way, Jason merely states that he did what he had to do to protect Sonny.

Scott orders Taggert to release Sonny, Jason and Carly as the evidence shows they were acting in self defense. Taggert protests to Mac, but Mac agrees that there is no evidence to prosecute and releases his prisoners. However, as Jason and Sonny confer, they agree that they suspect that Scott is setting them up for something. Jason takes Courtney home and when they arrive at her apartment, Jason asks if Courtney was at the PCPD because she is still getting strange calls but she assures Jason that she called A.J. and A.J. is making plans to come home early and handle the problem himself. Courtney turns down Jason's offer to check out her apartment. Courtney thanks Jason for keeping Sonny alive.

Zander watches TV and finds out that Sonny and Brenda are really alive and that Jax is in the hospital. The news bulletin triggers flashbacks to the warehouse explosion mentioned on the news. He remembers holding the gun to Jason's back and then shooting Liz. Liz comes downstairs and asks if Zander is all right. She asks what's going on and if he's remembered anything. Zander lies and says "no". Zander says he heard A news break on TV about Jax being shot, and Liz asks about Jason. Zander then tells her Sonny is alive, he saw him on the TV. Apparently the whole Sonny death thing was a hoax. Liz doesn't believe that Jason wouldn't have told her what was going on? She is angry that she waited around for Jason when he was gallivanting around with Sonny. Liz finds out that Brenda is still alive. She wants Zander to leave the penthouse with her and stay at her studio. Zander declines the offer saying he's going to get his own place and a job. Jason tells Alcazar it's too bad he's alive and if he gets out of the hospital, Jason guarantees Alcazar will be dead. The day he leaves the hospital, he should worry. Taggert arrives in the room with his usual attempts at sarcasm. He accuses of them being friends untied in their contempt for the law. Taggert speculates that Alcazar hired Roy as a front man to kill Sonny. He speculates that Alcazar is responsible for the explosion at the warehouse, and Alexis overhears it asking for confirmation if Alcazar is the bastard who killed her sister. Alexis asks Alcazar if he's the coward who murdered Kristina. Monica enters and orders everyone out. Alexis tells Alcazar to look at her face and memorize it, because she's coming after him. Taggert he wants Monica to come down to the station and give a statement about her being kidnapped. Alexis asks Jason for confirmation about Kristina's death, and Jason confirms it. Alexis now knows that Roy was the front man for Alcazar, and that Sonny wasn't directly responsible for Kristina's death. Jason tells Alexis that Kristina was just collateral damage to Alcazar.

Jason returns to the penthouse. Liz tells him she knows about Sonny and Brenda being alive so he doesn't have to stonewall her anymore. She asks if that cover all the real reasons why he has been gone at night while she has sat home wondering whether he was dead or alive? She questions whether he thinks any of this is acceptable? He says it was only supposed to be a couple of days. She reams him for staging this elaborate hoax, making her worry for no reason and she is fed up. She says he will do what he has to do no matter who is hurt. Then she says poor Carly for not knowing Sonny was really alive. Then he tells her that Carly did know. She tells him he has trampled her trust, made her feel foolish, and ruined any chance of them being together. He tells her he tried to warn her, that there would be things he couldn't tell her, that he didn't like hurting her, that he was keeping secrets from her but lives were at stake and that is part of his job. She wants to know where the truth fits in. She turned herself inside out to prove she deserved his trust and he did something that makes it impossible for her to trust him. He asked her to understand that these secrets had nothing to do with her. Liz isn't buying it and says she counts and deserved him to confide in him. She realizes he is Sonny's enforcer, "first, last, and always. I hope it is enough." There is a certain finality as she leaves.

Jason arrives at Kelly's and asks Courtney if she has had any more problems with her stalker. Courtney reports that all has been quiet. But, when Jason tries to talk to Elizabeth, Liz admits that she feels like she does not know Jason and will be treating him like any other customer from now on. Courtney notices that Liz is pretty frosty toward Jason and Jason admits that Liz should not have to continue to put up with the kind of violence that comes with Jason's way of life. Courtney assures Jason that Liz will soon realize how important Jason is to her, and points out that the only reason Liz would take the time to give Jason the cold shoulder would be because Liz genuinely cares about him. Jason insists that Courtney let him walk her home and Courtney agrees. Liz overhears and watches them leave together.

When Zander goes into Kelly's, Liz tells Zander that Bobbie needs a handyman, but Zander turns the offer down, telling Liz that he wants to start a whole new life, and that means an end to taking the easy way out. Zander runs into Jason and Jason immediately notices something different about Zander and realizes that he has regained his memory but is pretending to still be clueless. Zander admits that he recently got his memory back but doesn't want Liz or anyone to know that now and wants to start over again. Jason agrees to keep his secret but warns Zander not to hurt Liz and to not interfere with Sonny's business again. Zander agrees. Liz comes out of Kelly's and jumps to the conclusion that Jason is harassing Zander again. Jason just shakes his head and leaves. Liz confides in Zander that Jason lies about everything to do with his job and she doesn't know if she can trust him again.

Jason finds Sonny at the No Name club and tells him that Roy turned down his job offer in Miami but that he and Felicia gave them Pier 52 for free to show him good faith. Jason asks Sonny what he wants to do with Brenda now. Sonny instructs him to find a house in Europe somewhere where there is an ocean or beach and that they can get a live-in nurse for her down the road when she no longer can care for herself with her disease.

Jason and Courtney bring an inebriated Mike back to Courtney's apartment. Mike loudly demands to know where A.J. is, and Courtney tells her Dad that A.J. is in Washington, D.C. Courtney finally convinces Mike to lie down, and then Courtney thanks Jason for calling her to pick Mike up at Jake's. Mike accuses Jason of having designs on Courtney and warns Jason to stay away from his daughter. Courtney defends Jason and Mike finally goes back to lie down again. When Sonny arrives, Sonny jumps all over Jason for dragging Courtney down to a place like Jake's to talk Mike into giving up on his drinking binge for the night. But Jason explains that Mike listens to Courtney, whereas, seeing Sonny would have just made Mike angry. Courtney defends Jason again and angrily reminds Sonny that the reason why Mike returned to drinking and gambling was because Sonny pretended to be dead and let his loved ones break their hearts with grief, while Sonny hid out at a safe distance! Mike hears Sonny's voice and joins the fray, as Mike blasts Sonny for his uncaring attitude toward his loved ones when Sonny faked his own death. Sonny asks to speak to Mike out in the hall, and Sonny blasts Mike for dragging Courtney into Mike's problems. Mike returns and apologizes to Courtney. When Sonny orders Jason to take Mike home, Courtney suggests that she go along to help Jason. When Jason, Courtney and Rosie soon. Jason offers to stay, but Courtney turns him down . However, when Courtney enters her apartment, she sees that she has an e-mail. When Courtney checks it out, Courtney is terrified to see herself, at that very moment, on the screen, sitting at her PC!

Jason arrives at Courtney's apartment and looks at her Internet expose. Jason locates the other hidden cameras and removes them. When Courtney suggests that it is time to go to the police, Jason advises against involving the PD because they have a grudge against Sonny and would probably not take a threat toward Sonny's sister very seriously. Jason urges Courtney to move into Jason's Penthouse to be safe. Courtney explains to Jason that, following the trouble at The Oasis Club, Courtney promised A.J. that Courtney would go to A.J. for help whenever she needed it instead of to other people. Courtney does not want to beg A.J. to cut his court case short and return to Port Charles without the victory A.J. anticipated because Courtney feels responsible for A.J.'s financial reversals. Jason tells Courtney to vary her schedule in order to keep her stalker guessing. But Jason tells Courtney that she is only in danger if she is alone and Jason does not plan to allow Courtney to be alone! Courtney has fixed up the sofa for Jason to crash, but Rosie jumps up and claims it. Courtney espouses Rosie's attributes. We see a shadow outside the apartment window, but neither Courtney nor Jason notice. Courtney tries to give Jason doggie treats so he can coax Rosie off the sofa. Rosie snuggles up to Jason putting her head in his lap. Courtney receives another crank call and puts Jason on the phone. They do a star 69 to trace the call, but no one answers the phone. The phone rings again and its AJ. She tells him the stalking is getting worse and he says he'll be on the next flight home, but Courtney tells him no. She says she has Rosie to protect her, and wants to know how much longer AJ will be gone. AJ says another week or so, and that the judge is in no hurry. Courtney comes out of the bedroom for a drink of water and asks Jason if it's okay to keep her bedroom door open so she'll feel more secure. Rosie is still on the sofa.

Elizabeth stops by Courtney's apartment with Courtney's paycheck from Kelly's and the new work schedule. But as Liz invites Courtney to accompany her on a shopping spree, Jason suddenly emerges from the shower! Courtney quickly explains to Liz that her stalker set up video cameras in her apartment and Jason is trying to help catch the stalker. Liz cooly turns down Courtney's offer to stay for coffee and rushes off! After Liz leaves, Courtney urges Jason to go after Liz and tell her how he really feels but Jason refuses. Courtney gets a call from her stalker. The stalker tells Courtney that he knows Courtney has been entertaining a boyfriend while her husband is out of town and the caller threatens to tell Courtney's husband about what has been going on in his absence! Jason traces the call to a building across the street. Courtney and Jason investigate the stalker's apartment across from Courtney, where they discover a telescope set up to peep into Courtney's apartment, a shrine to Daisy, made up of all the publicity photos Coleman distributed as posters, a pink garter from one of Courtney's acts, and lit up like a Christmas tree with a dozen candles flickering. At the stalker's shrine to Daisy, Jason suddenly suspects that the stalker wanted to lure Courtney and Jason out of Courtney's apartment. Through the telescope, Jason sees a shadow in Courtney's apartment. When Courtney and Jason arrive back at Courtney's apartment, Jason sees an open window and goes out into the alley, hoping to be able to pursue the stalker before he disappears again. Courtney finds daisies strewn all over her bed and begins to pick them up just as someone watches her from the closet! Courtney cleans up the flowers on her bed that her stalker left for her. She takes the bedspread off to wash as well, unaware that her stalker is hiding in her bedroom closet. Jason comes back after leaving to go take a look outside her apartment for signs of the stalker. He tells her he didn't find him and suggests that she leave the apartment immediately. Courtney is reluctant to leave her place and hide out so Jason suggests she change her locks right away and gets a locksmith he trusts to come over and do it for her.

Elizabeth and Lucky walk over the bridge and Liz tries to convince Lucky to keep his hope alive that Luke and Laura will not only survive, but will grow stronger through the current crisis. Lucky and Liz are surprised when Jason and Courtney run onto the bridge, chasing Rosie. When Courtney perceives that she is getting a frosty reception from Liz, Courtney explains again that Courtney is being stalked and Jason is guarding her. But neither Jason nor Liz seem interested in making amends to each other. After Jason and Courtney leave, Lucky tells Liz that he believes Liz is lying to herself about how much she truly cares for Jason. Elizabeth tries to explain to Lucky that she could never accept Jason's violent, crime ridden lifestyle. Liz explains to Lucky that a major drawback to a relationship with Jason is the way that Jason does not confide in her. Lucky observes: "Well, mobsters aren't really known for confiding in people!' Liz then points out that Jason does not need to be guarding Courtney personally since Sonny has plenty of guards. Liz tells Lucky that Jason left Liz with a guard at her door while she was being threatened by Alcazar's men and Liz was safe there. Liz believes there is some kind of reason why Jason would prefer to be doing a job personally that could have just as easily been done by one of Sonny's men. She declares she shouldn't have to fight to turn herself into someone Jason can be with.

Back at Courtney's apartment, Courtney tries to convince Jason that he should go tell Elizabeth how he truly feels. He tells her that he is surrounded by death and danger and if Elizabeth chose to be with him that she would come to regret it. He says she has been hurt a lot and deserves to be happy. Courtney asks what about him, what about his happiness? Later, Jason gives Courtney a loaded gun and tells her how to use it, in case Courtney's stalker ever breaks through all the new locks that he installed for Courtney. As Courtney puts the gun away, Jason and Courtney suddenly hear someone rattling at the door. Courtney and Jason are surprised when the rattling at the door turns out to be A.J. who, of course, does not have a key to fit the new locks Jason had installed. A.J. is happy to see Courtney, but shocked when he sees Jason standing in the living room. Courtney explains that she asked Jason for help with the stalker because she wanted A.J. to focus on his court case instead of worrying about her stalker. A.J. is surprisingly calm and thanks Jason for looking after Courtney in his absence. Courtney explains about the video cameras and A.J. reminds Courtney that she made it sound like nothing whenever A.J. asked out the situation in his phone calls. A.J. asks Jason if the stalker is a real threat and Jason offers the opinion that whoever the stalker is has some money because that person rented an apartment across the street from Courtney, and had state of the art surveillance equipment. Jason explains how he changed the locks and added some security features to the apartment. A.J. thanks Jason and promises to pay Jason back one day.

Jason arrives at the Hospital and Brenda tells Jason that she wants money from her inheritance so that she can return to Europe. Jason and Brenda argue, but Jason agrees to get some money to Brenda. Zander and Liz meet over something "important." Zander lets Liz know his memories are returning. Liz wants to know what triggered the memories, and he said it was the day Jax was shot. Liz looks crushed again that another man didn't keep her "in the loop." Zander starts apologizing to Liz, rationalizing why he didn't tell her. Zander tells Liz that he's testifying in front of the Grand Jury on the Alcazar investigation. Zander says he told the police the truth about what he remembers.

**The End**