S&L: Episodes 47-49 (UPDATED)

- GH begins in the office of Dr. Lainey winters. Lorenzo Alcazar has requested to meet with her to discuss Diego’s departure from his life. Lainey tries to get Alcazar to see that Diego leaving was not his (Lorenzo’s) fault. As she reads the letter, she gets better insight into the mind of his young son. She offers to be someone that Lorenzo can confide in if he wants to. Much to her surprise, Lorenzo decides that he wants to continue having therapy sessions with Lainey even though Diego is now gone.

- Elsewhere, Monica walks into Kevin’s office crying. He doesn’t get up from his desk, but asks her what’s wrong. Monica cannot believe the things that Alan said to her and is furious with the fact that he’s gotten her so upset. Kevin wipes the tears from her eyes and remarks on her beauty. Kevin tells Monica that she needs someone who’ll love her unconditionally and won’t be so insulting to her. As much as Monica wants to fight her attraction to Kevin, she can’t. Monica asks Kevin to make love to her right there and now. Kevin thinks they should do it in a more private area, but Monica wants him now.

Monica begins carefully removing what’s on Kevin’s desk. Kevin gently pushes her into the chair, then knocks EVERYTHING from his desk. He then leans Monica on the desk and begins to kiss her. She kisses him and unbuttons his shirt as he goes to unbuckle his jeans. Unbeknownst to the two of them, David Hayward enters Kevin’s office to get a psych consult for patient when he stumbles across the two of them. Shocked, he takes out his camera phone and snaps a few pictures before leaving unnoticed.

- Meanwhile, Sam is staring out of the window in Lucky’s apartment. A voice echoes in her head. “He hurt you, and now he must pay” repeats over and over in her head. She sees a woman fall off her porch but is caught by her husband. A flash occurs, triggering a memory to when Jason caught Liz after she was pushed by Helena. Sam clutches the spot on her neck where her necklace used to be when she hears someone come in.

Sam: Lucky I didn’t think you’d-

Sam is speechless when she turns around. The person who just entered the apartment is Nikolas!

Nikolas: What in the hell? Sam? Where…you’re dead!

Sam: What?!

The two of them stare at each other, unsure of what to say next.

Lucky: Hey Sam, sorry I took so long. I needed to….Whoa. Nikolas.

Lucky is unsure of what to say. Before he can get another word out, Nikolas punches Lucky in the face. Sam rushes over to Lucky to help him and yells at Nikolas for punching him.

- At the Port Charles Park, the media is preparing their notes for Carly’s press conference, scheduled to start any minute now. Lulu fixes her hair and tells Carly she looks fine. Carly and Lulu both smile at each other, then make their way to the podium. Carly begins to get nervous but when she sees Bobbie, Noah, Sonny & the kids she gets a boost of confidence.

Carly: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please? My name is Carly Corinthos. I’ve invited you all here to today to make an announcement. Recently I’ve been acquiring companies under the CarCor Industries banner. I’ve been positioning myself for a huge acquisition and it looks like my hard work has paid off. Thanks to some smart….business investments and alliances that I’ve made….I can now reveal that I am now the new owner of Deception Cosmetics.

Everyone in the crowd whispers amongst themselves. Carly looks over to her family to see them kind of surprised as well.

Carly: I was involved with Deception Cosmetics a few years ago, but I had a very small stake in the company. I respect everything that my aunt Laura Spencer did for the company, but my vision is so much more. With the help of the community, current and future workers, Deception will once again be at the top of the field.

Lulu: We plan on taking Deception to the next level and then some.

Reporter: Excuse me Ms. Corinthos, but what does this woman have to do with your company?

Carly: This woman. This beautiful, remarkable, intelligent woman here is my cousin Leslie Lu Spencer. She is the daughter of Luke & Laura Spencer. She has been by my side through all the crap I had to go through to purchase the company. Lulu is young, energetic and full of life. She is someone who I could rebuild my company around. You can expect to see Lulu as the interim Face of Deception.

Reporter: Isn’t that a blatant case of nepotism?

Carly: Of course it is. But this is my company. I will familiarize myself with the staff and the models, but until I do, Leslie Lu Spencer is the Face of Deception.

Reporter: We haven’t heard much from Jax Cosmetics in the past few years, will they return to the market as well?

Carly: Jasper Jacks and I have worked out a partnership deal. As of last week, I own a considerable amount of stock in Jax Cosmetics.

Reporter: What other things do you have in store? And will the recent downfall of Basic Black affect any of your business decisions?

Carly: Well…for one thing we are not only working with cosmetics. Beginning 2007, we will begin work on our fashion line. Both Jax Cosmetics & Deception will team up for a ground breaking fashion show in March. Not only will our models wear our make up, but they will model our clothes as well. As far as Basic Black goes, I hear the idiot that was running the company caused them to go bankrupt. I can assure you all that Deception will not face the same fate as Basic Black. We will knock down any and all competition and will reign supreme. Why you ask? Because I’m Carly Corinthos. And I’m that damn good.

On the next GH: Secrets & Lies-

- Nikolas lays into Lucky for keeping Sam’s presence a secret
- Audrey asks Liz whether she really wants to be with Lucky or not
- Tracy is angry when Luke takes off for another adventure
- Lucas reaches out to Bobbie