Ethan stopped by the nurses' station at General Hospital to ask Elizabeth to intercede with Nikolas on Rebecca's behalf. Ethan said he was asking her because Nikolas really listened to Elizabeth instead of pretending to listen like he did with everyone else. Elizabeth looked thoughtful, but told Ethan that she did not want to be involved. Besides, she added, Rebecca deserved what she got.

Nikolas and Lucky met up on the wharf. Lucky thought everything was great between himself and Elizabeth because they had made love the previous evening. Nikolas was visibly distressed by the news. When Lucky noticed his Nikolas' discomfort, Nikolas said he was jealous because he wanted what Lucky and Elizabeth had.

Lucky told Nikolas that he wanted to see Nikolas find the same happiness with Rebecca that Lucky had found with Elizabeth. Reluctantly, Nikolas accepted Lucky's advise and solemnly wished happiness to Lucky and Elizabeth before the brothers parted.

Carly walked in on an angry Jax telling Dominic to do his job. Carly thought Jax meant Dominic's bodyguard job and quickly defended Dominic. Jax and Dom played along so that they did not have to explain that Jax was talking about Dom's real job as an undercover cop. Dom told Carly that he had been reassigned and was no longer bodyguard to the boys.

After Dom left, Carly wanted to know why Jax was so angry. Jax said that in the past few days, his wife and unborn child had been kidnapped, his stepson had committed murder and he was being forced to cover it up, and his wife had asked him to move out of the bedroom. Jax laid the blame for all his problems on Sonny.

Carly wanted to know why Jax was making everything Sonny's fault, when Jax was the one who had not told the truth. Jax did not answer directly, but said that while he had to put up with Sonny being involved in his stepson's lives, he did not have to let Sonny into his daughter's life. Before Carly could respond, he rushed out of the house.

Jason met with Sonny in the office at Sonny's Italian restaurant. He told Sonny that he did not want to kill anymore. Jason worried that he was a bad role model for Michael. Sonny tried to talk Jason out of resigning as his enforcer, but Jason remained firm. He told Sonny that Michael saw that Jason killed people and got away with it. Jason said that getting away with murder was not the example he wanted to be for Michael.

Jason insisted that he wanted to set a different standard for Michael. Sonny agreed that he did not want Michael to believe that violence could solve every problem. He told Jason that because of that, he had taken steps to try to make peace with Joey Limbo. Jason was relieved to hear Sonny's plans and to know that Sonny was equally concerned about Michael. Jason was grateful when Sonny accepted his need to resign as enforcer.

At the CO77X artist's studio, several photos of the cabin crime scene were displayed on a wallboard. As the camera panned the photos, some showed Jason standing beside an open grave with a body in a tarp nearby. Headlines and pictures of Jason were also prominently displayed.

Lulu stopped by the Haunted Star to see Luke, but one of Joey Limbo's thugs prevented her from approaching because Luke was in a meeting with Joey.

Joey and Luke began their meeting by hoisting drinks and discussing the good old days. Once the preliminaries were out of the way, Luke told Joey that he was an old friend of Sonny's acting as a neutral party to help broker a peace between the warring factions. Luke outlined the benefits of a truce. Joey said he would think about Luke's proposal and get back to him.

On his way out, Joey notice Lulu. After Luke introduced them, Joey and his thug left the boat. Lulu was very worried about Luke. When she told him to stay out of Sonny's business or he might be arrested, she almost let it slip that Dominic was a cop. Luke thought she was talking about Lucky and told her not to worry.

Lulu tried to let Luke know that there was an undercover cop in Sonny's organization without betraying Dominic, but Luke did not pick up on her clues. Every time she used the phrase "someone close to me," Luke thought she meant Lucky and pooh-poohed her fears as groundless.

Lucky caught up with Mac near the coffee machine at the police station and brought him up to speed on their quest to get evidence against Sonny and Jason for Claudia's murder. Lucky told Mac that without a body, it was very hard to make a case.

Mac told Lucky that with some critical circumstantial evidence, they might build enough of a case to get a search warrant. Lucky said that he had questioned Sam. He said that he did not believe that she had witnessed the murder, but he did not believe that she had been completely honest with him.

He also told Mac that phone records showed that a pool man had made an emergency call at Kate Howard's home that evening because of the storm. Lucky said that he would contact the repairman to see if he had seen anything useful. Later, after Mac went about other business, Lucky called the pool man and found out that Maxie had been at Kate's house that evening.

Joey went to see Anthony in prison and asked him what to do about the proposed meeting with Sonny. Anthony told Joey to agree to the meet, and then ambush Sonny on his way to the rendezvous.

Johnny met Maxie at the wharf. He warned her to keep what she knew to herself. Maxie said that she had not told anyone but Johnny about the bloody handprint that she had seen on Sonny's shirt. Johnny warned her to be careful of Sonny. She told Johnny that she did not fear either Sonny or Jason. Johnny told her not to take either man lightly. He told her to be careful because either would kill to keep from going to prison. Maxie was shaken by Johnny's words.

Jason went to Carly to tell her that he had resigned as Sonny's enforcer. Carly said that he did not have to do it, but Jason said he did. He said that he wanted to set a better example for Michael. He told her that the violence was not okay and he did not want Michael to think that violence was the tool of choice to settle problems. Jason told Carly about the proposed truce, and said that he was looking forward to a peaceful settlement between the Zacchara and Corinthos families.

Carly told Jason that she had always felt safe because she knew that he was protecting her and her children. She told him that she was grateful that he had been there to care for Michael when she could not and that he had given her a second chance to be a good mother.

When Josslyn woke up, they walked over to the bassinet. Carly picked up the baby and handed Josslyn to her "uncle" Jason. Jason held Josslyn and they both admired Carly's precious baby.

Sonny met with Dominic to let him know that he was using Luke to broker a peace with Joey Limbo. He also told Dominic that if the peace effort failed, Dominic would have to step up and do his job, not fumble it like he had when he had let Tommy get away. Dominic told Sonny that he was ready for the responsibility. Dominic left when Jax burst in and demanded to talk to Sonny.

Nikolas walked over to the nurses' station and told Elizabeth that he was not at the hospital to see her, but was there because of a board meeting. He said that he had talked to Lucky earlier and that he had a conscience, also. Monica joined them before Elizabeth could respond.

Elizabeth accepted congratulations from Monica on her engagement to Lucky. Each acknowledged that they had visited Emily's grave earlier that day, which was the anniversary of her death. Monica reminisced about Emily and the bond that she had shared with Lucky, Elizabeth, and Nikolas when they were teens. After Monica left, Elizabeth and Nikolas shared a bittersweet look.

Jax told Sonny that he did not want Sonny's goons hanging around Jax's family. Sonny replied that he would protect his sons no matter what. Jax said that he wanted Sonny out of their lives. Sonny said that he would have gotten rid of Jax long before if it were not for the respect he had for Carly.

Jax said that he was very tired of Sonny, also, and that he did not want Sonny to go near his daughter. After making that pronouncement, he slammed out of Sonny's office.

At the Quartermaines;, a downcast Rebecca talked to Edward. They chatted about Emily. Edward assured Rebecca that she and Emily would have loved each other. Rebecca told Edward that she did not know how to get past Elizabeth's disdain for her. Edward thought for a moment. then had an idea that he shared with Rebecca.

Johnny went to see Anthony. He told his father to drop any revenge plans against Sonny. Johnny told Anthony that if he moved against Sonny, Johnny would take Sonny's side and Anthony would never see Johnny again. Anthony told Johnny that he had already lost his taste for avenging Claudia and that he would make peace with Sonny if it meant that Johnny would keep visiting.

Lulu went to see Sonny. She told him that she appreciated his friendship with her father and their family through the years. She told him that she felt she owed him loyalty. She wanted to know what Sonny would do if he found out that someone she cared about was a cop trying to bring him down. Before Sonny could answer, Dominic walked in.

Nikolas went to the Quartermaine mansion to see Rebecca. She told him that Edward wanted to host a small private dinner party to celebrate Lucky's engagement to Elizabeth. Nikolas' immediate response was a resounding no.

Luke called Elizabeth to the Haunted Star. She thought that he wanted to talk about his relationship with Lucky. Instead, Luke told her he knew about her relationship with Nikolas.

Lucky met with Maxie on the docks. She guessed that he wanted info on Lulu's relationship with Dominic, so she babbled out her opinion that Dominic was not right for Lulu. Lucky thanked her, then asked point-blank if she had seen Sonny "coming or going" on the night that Claudia had disappeared when she had opened the gate for Kate's pool man. Maxie was speechless.

Jason found mail waiting when he got home to the penthouse. Inside a manila envelope, with no return address, was a photo of what appeared to be the cabin. In the photo, a body covered with a tarp was lying on the floor in the same position that Claudia's had been.