Spinelli: The constant commissioner just left. He didn't know I was here.

Maxie: Yeah. He wanted to come here with me, but I just wanted to be alone.

Spinelli: Well, I can come back.

Maxie: No. It's kind of right that you're here.

Spinelli: It is?

Maxie: Yeah. I mean, my sister loved you. She would get all huffy if I chased you away. She would probably want me to be nice to you on h birthday, especially since you helped me prove that Coop was innocent and you tracked down Diego, even though you subjected me to the degradation of getting stuck in a sewer with you. No, I think she probably would've gotten a kick out of that. I can almost see her standing here laughing. I just wish that I could hear her, you know?

Spinelli: Well, perhaps she can hear us. And therefore, she knows that we cherish her and will always hold her in our hearts.

Maxie: It just seems wrong that we're here and she's here.

Spinelli: It's very wrong. But it's right for us to be here, on this day.

Nikolas: So Diego grabbed Nadine when I was on the catwalk, so he couldn't have gotten far with her.

Emily: Well, the police have searched the building.

Nikolas: They must've missed something.

Emily: Nikolas, what's wrong?

Nikolas: It's just -- besides the pounding in my head, I don't know. I'm not sure. I don't know why you're a part of this. I didn't black out around Nadine. There's nothing I don't remember.

Emily: Nikolas, there's guilt involved in my presence, ok? I'm something that protects you when you're feeling responsible for something. You feel responsible for fighting with Nadine and leaving her alone.

Nikolas: I know, but I recognize that, so --

Emily: All right. Well, then there's some clue during your last exchange with Nadine.

Nikolas: Oh, come on. Well, Diego took Nadine right after I left her. Who knows? He may have been listening to us the whole time. Spinelli, Maxie, they came up through the sewer. I don't know. Diego's been living here for months and nobody even knew it. Who knows how many trap doors and secret hideaways he had here? Come on. We could be standing right on top of Nadine and not even know it.

[Elevator starts]

[Nadine whimpers]

Emily: Robin's right, Nikolas. You should go.

Nikolas: I can't go.

[Nadine whimpers]

Nikolas: Nadine has been a good friend to me. She selflessly helped and understood things that no one else could. Because she lost whoever was inside this locket. So would you please just help me?

Emily: Ok, Nikolas. You didn't hurt me. You didn't abandon Nadine. There you go, that's all the help you get.

Nikolas: That's not helping. Could you just pull on the -

Nadine's voice: Fine. I'll just drop me and my morality down some elevator shaft and be out of your way.

Nikolas: Nadine!

[Muffled screams]

Nikolas: Nadine! Nadine! Nadine, can you hear me?

Nadine: I'm here, Nikolas! I'm here! I'm here!

Jax: How do you know that Sonny slept with someone?

Kate: The woman he slept with told me.

Jax: Oh. Did you want me to ask you who it was?

Kate: Does it really matter?

Kelly: Oh, there you are. You wanted to see me?

Carly: Yeah. Yeah, I do.

Kelly: Ok.

Kate: Let's just say she was an obvious looking woman.

Jax: "Obvious"? "Obvious," right.

Kate: I don't even know why I let it upset me. I'm not really surprised. I guess I'm just a little vulnerable and tired.

Jax: Yeah. And Sonny wasn't the one who told you.

Kate: And Sonny wasn't the one who told me, Jax. I mean, it's not like he didn't stray when we were teenagers.

Jax: Well, you know, some men never grow up.

Kate: We had this stupid pact. I knew that there were other girls that kissed him. I knew there were girls that led him down under the boardwalk at Coney Island. He knew that if it only happened once, it was ok. But if it was more than once, then it -- we were definitely through.

Jax: It's different when you're an adult.

Kate: Is it?

Sonny: Whatever you're collecting, I'm not interested.

Claudia: Oh, come on. You know you enjoyed it when you didn't know who I was. And you know what? You'd like it twice as much knowing I'm the enemy. But you know what, Sonny? I'm not your enemy. Not unless you're determined to make me one.

Sonny: You want to trade sex for Michael? Are you telling me you know where Michael is?

Claudia: I'm telling you that I don't think Trevor has him, and that's something.

Sonny: Oh, so Trevor, you think, tells you everything?

Claudia: No, what -- why am I the only person who's concerned about making peace between our families?

Sonny: You just want to know the hotel key --

Claudia: No, and don't flatter yourself too much, Sonny, ok? Clothes or no clothes, I'd cut you down in a second for Johnny.

Sonny: You should have another conversation with Trevor, then.

Claudia: Maybe you should stop hating me so much that it clouds your judgment. Trevor just might win in the end if you don't.

Sonny: I'll see him in hell first.

Claudia: Look, why would he take Michael and not ask for anything in return?

Sonny: Because Trevor feels like he has no use for Johnny. Maybe he wants to push me to the edge, get rid of Johnny, so that way, he has an excuse to start an all-out war.

Claudia: Ok, let me tell you something. If anything happens to my brother, Trevor won't be the only one calling for war. Do you remember what I told you when I first met you in the hotel room and you hinted at the idea of the two of us hooking up again? Do you remember?

Sonny: A woman like you and a man like me, there wouldn't be nothing standing for miles.

Claudia: If you hurt Johnny, there will be nothing standing, including you.

Ric: You know, you're trespassing.

Trevor: Bravo. Bravo. That means you must have signed the deeds. It's a pipe dream, but it's probably one of the most important things you've ever done in your life.

Ric: As usual, Trevor, you're the only one who knows what you're talking about.

Trevor: Richard, down deep inside, you know that you don't have the guts, the vision, or a sense of responsibility to bring this project home to fruition by yourself. So it's just going to sit here and rot. It'll be called, "Richard Lansing's Folly."

Marianna: That's a terrible way to speak to your son.

Trevor: I don't think I've been addressing you at all. Richie, pay attention to that small voice in the back of your head. It keeps whispering, "turn the property over to your father. He is going to make you a very wealthy and powerful human being."

Ric: Right, with Zacchara blood money

Trevor: You judge me? On what moral authority do you speak? Come on, Richard, cash in. You can retire to a deserted island with Miss Third World here, whatever --

Ric: Ok, that's it. That's enough.

Trevor: Hey, hands, Richard, hands. I'm your father.

Ric: You know what?

Trevor: I'll smack you!

Ric: You want to talk to me, that's fine.

Marianna: No, don't.

Ric: No, it's ok. It's ok. It's ok, just -- I won't be long.

Trevor: Boy, I must have hit on a nerve. She probably got more tricks in her repertoire than I thought she did.

Ric: That's enough!

Trevor: Richard -- Richard --

Emily: You found her.

Nikolas: Huh? Yeah, yeah, she's -- she's fine, just a little shook up. The paramedics are -- are checking her out right now.

Emily: Well, what about you?

Nikolas: What about me? I'm just -- I'm really afraid right now that -- that this is over, it's over.

Emily: It has to be.

Nikolas: No, no, it doesn't, no.

Emily: We can't wait anymore, you have to have the surgery.

Nikolas: I need you!

Emily: No, you can't have both. Ok?

Nikolas: Why?

Emily: Listen to me. You need to be with Spencer -- and Lucky and Lulu and Elizabeth. I can't take up any more of your time.

Nikolas: But just being with other people and -- and especially with my family -- it's just really hard right now.

Emily: Ok. Then do it for me.

Ric: What is your problem with Marianna, huh? What is it, you can't stand to see me happy? Can't stand to see me succeed in the one area of life that you have failed over and over again at? How many is it? You got your first wife, you got your second wife. You got Sonny and my mother, you got Kate Howard.

Trevor: Richard -- you always think you have to learn the hard way. The problem is, you don' forget this girl. Damn her -- she's an opportunist.

Ric: Dad, she doesn't want anything from me!

Trevor: Oh, yes, she does, Richie. She is playing you for everything that you're worth. Come on, Richard, you can't bring this property to fruition by yourself, so --

Ric: There we go.

Trevor: Turn it over, or sell it to somebody who can.

[Trevor chuckles]

Trevor: And by the way -- if you're really thinking of your brother, that he's going to give a damn whether you turn around and give it to him -- surprise. He's only going to think that you're a bigger fool than you're currently being with -- whatever the hell her name is --

Ric: Yeah, yeah, go, will you?

Trevor: Wherever she comes from.

[Phone rings]

Trevor: Yeah, where are you?

[Timer beeps]

Jerry: We might have to face the fact that the Alcazar waterfront will remain a dead issue.

Man: I'm not comfortable with that answer.

Jerry: And I'm not comfortable with being threatened. Do we understand each other?

Man: You know better than to do something foolish. There are things I know about you that other people would kill to know, and kill you once they did. I'm afraid my death would send off a special delivery -- each and every one of them -- and there won't be any wiggle room for a new face this time. They'll probably also be interested in your family -- your brother, his wife, their child.

Jerry: What?

Ian: Oh. Oh, you didn't know that your sister-in-law was pregnant? I thought you and your brother, Jasper, shared everything.

Jerry: You don't go near them.

Man: Then live up to your end of the bargain. You got sloppy the other night.

Jerry: It's a flesh wound.

Man: Perhaps I failed to mention that I have competitors as my front men, Mr. Moreau. You need to keep a more careful profile. You also got sloppy when you had Stanford Johnson killed long distance.

Jerry: Well, the Johnson boy walked in the door with a short shelf life.

Man: Let's just hope it doesn't come back to bite us. You may go.

Jerry: I'm being dismissed?

Man: You're being sent on a mission, even if it's temporary. Find yourself a business partner, and find one fast.

Jax: So you're going to confront Sonny about this, I'm assuming?

Kate: In my own way, in my own time.

Jax: Ah, that sounded definite.

Kate: Kate Howard relies on frosty glances and cold shoulders to get even, but Connie, she -- she shoots with both barrels, so if Sonny wants Connie, then I guess he's just going to have to take what comes with her.

Jax: There you go, that's the spirit, that's the spirit. Oh, I almost forgot something -- I got you a gift.

Kate: Ja-- Jax, I don't think that etiquette requires gifts for shootings.

Jax: No, no, no, no, they're from one friend to another. They're -- I remembered that you like Belgium chocolates -- they're Belgium chocolates.

Kate: I love Belgium chocolates.

Jax: Yeah, can I have one before I go?

Kate: Well, they're a long way away from Raisinets in local movie theaters.

Jax: You know, just got to remember that you've come a long way and you're not done yet. I got to go find Carly.

[Kate giggles]

Sonny: Ok, should I be jealous?

Jax: Yes, you should be -- of every man that walks up to Kate -- especially compared to you.

Sonny: Give me a second. Jax?

Jax: Hmm?

Sonny: What have you heard about Michael?

Jax: Well, we've heard some things, and we've purposely been keeping it from you, Sonny.

Sonny: Ok, is there -- is there a reason why you have more of a problem with me than usual?

Jax: More than usual?

Sonny: Yeah.

Jax: No.

Sonny: No?

Sonny: What's going on?

Elizabeth: I brought you a visitor. Jake wants you to hurry up and get better. But I say take your time and make sure you do, because we both love you. Can you say "bye-bye"? Say "bye-bye." Say "bye-bye."

>> On the next "General Hospital" --

Nikolas: Diego killed my reason to live. I'm not having the operation.
Lucky: I shouldn't have thrown you out.
Sam: But you did.
Ian: Sam?
Kate: Something happen you're not telling me?