Give me 24 hours. Okay?
Carly: You need my help? How can I possibly help you and why would I?
Claudia: Look, I — my brother shouldn’t have to pay for my mistakes. I mean, much like Michael, you know, I don’t mean to make a comparison, but my brother is being dragged this whole thing.
Carly: Okay, stop. I get it. I get that you want to protect your brother, in your own way, but the problem is I don’t trust you as far as I can throw you, so the odds of me helping you in any way are pretty much zero.
Claudia: Carly, I saw you in the hospital with your little boy. I know that you would do absolutely anything for him. That’s how I feel about Johnny. Johnny’s my little boy, you understand? I’d do anything for my brother. I’d take a bullet for him. I’m asking you. I’m asking for your help.
Carly: What did you do to put him in danger?
Carly: What did you do? What mistake did you make?
Claudia: My father overreacted when John was arrested, and he threatened Alexis Davis. Actually, he threatened her little daughter, and it was a way of — of trying to get Johnny released, but Alexis panicked and she went to Jerry Jacks, who came to my father’s suite and dragged Johnny out by gunpoint, and when Jerry finally released Johnny, he told –
Carly: Jerry released him?
Claudia: Yeah.
Carly: Well, that’s not Jerry’s style, so you should consider yourself lucky there.
Claudia: For now. Jerry told Johnny that he would kill him if there were any more threats against Alexis or her children. I’m just — I’m hoping that you can help me. Maybe you can talk to Jerry and get him to back off.
Carly: You know what? You said Johnny was in danger because of a mistake you made, and so far I’m not seeing your fault in any of this.
Claudia: Well, no, it’s just that Alexis — I mean, the idea that Alexis might — might be the answer to getting Johnny out was — was initially my idea, although I never — obviously, never intended it to escalate to the point of threatening her children. My father wants revenge against Jerry, and Jerry would just as soon kill Johnny. Carly, everybody needs to step away from the brink here, so I was just — I was hoping that maybe you could talk to Jerry, convince him to back off.
Carly: Jerry won’t listen to me. Jerry doesn’t listen to anybody. But I do understand what you’re going through. It really hurts when someone you love is hurt by the mistakes that you make.
Claudia: Thank you for hearing me out. And it’s weird, who would have thought that you would know and understand where I’m coming from?
Jerry: Ah, so nice of you to make time for an old friend.
Claudia: I am not your friend. What do you want?
Jerry: Assurances. You’d be a fool to try to hurt me.
Claudia: Your affidavit tying me and Johnny to the shooting of Michael Corinthos, I got it. I’m clear on the terms. You stay alive. It stays sealed and unread.
Jerry: Oh, but sadly, this isn’t working for me. I think — I think your father should be in the loop.
Claudia: What good would that do?
Jerry: Well, you see, I’m thinking Zacchara will order a hit on me after my adventures with John yesterday, and I think he needs to know what happens if I die. I think someone needs to tell Daddy that you and your brother are accessories in the shooting of little Michael Corinthos.
Claudia: If you’re on a murder-suicide mission, Jerry, go right ahead. My father’s guards will take you out on sight and your affidavit is sealing me and Johnny’s fate.
Jerry: Come on, you’re scrambling to buy time for you and your brother. As it happens, I am enjoying my life at the moment. But I am just tired to look over my shoulder. I think Anthony needs to know that if I die, you and your brother will be exposed as accessories in little Michael Corinthos’ shooting.
Claudia: Give me 24 hours. Okay? I’ll find a way to fix it.
Jerry: At long last, you’re an optimist. Tell your father or I will. Time’s running out.
Claudia: Daddy? Daddy, you can’t kill Jerry Jacks.
Anthony: You’ve been told to stay away from the business.
Claudia: If you kill Jerry Jacks, Johnny’s going to end up dead.
Anthony: If you’re telling me that your brother’s life is at stake, I’m going to need details.
Claudia: I did something. I was involved in something that went bad. And Jerry knows about it. If he ends up dead, John and I will both be killed.
Anthony: What the hell did you do? And how is your brother involved?
Claudia: Well, it was about the shooting of Michael Corinthos. When Sonny kidnapped Johnny, we both wanted him dead and John wanted to do it himself. I talked him down and I found another way.
Anthony: So you sent in a guy you knew nothing about. A guy who shot a kid. This is why you don’t belong anywhere near the family business.
Claudia: Look, the guy was always reliable in the past.
Anthony: If this ever gets out, Corinthos and Morgan will hunt you and Johnny down and kill you both.
Claudia: That is why Jerry needs to stay alive.
Anthony: You did this to your own brother? You wanted to drag him down because you’re a jealous, spiteful slut. And no one knows that better than me.
