Carly follows Patrick to the ER and finds an injured Max. “Max what happened? Where’s Sonny? Where’s Courtney?”

Max puts the icepack on his head and looks up at Carly. “There was an explosion at Courtney’s apartment building. Mr. C asked me to take him and Courtney to her place because they needed to talk about something. I was waiting downstairs when the explosion happened. I got hit by the debris.”

Carly lifts up the ice pack to see the deep bruise on Max’s head. “At least you’re ok. I can’t lose you Max. You’re one of the best bodyguards we have.”

“Thanks a lot Mrs. C. That means a lot to me.” Max gets up and walks Carly over to where Patrick is talking to Monica and Steven. “What’s going on? Why does everyone look so sad? Where’s Sonny?”

Just then a low voice is heard. “I’m right here.” Carly drops her pocketbook and runs over to Sonny hugging him. She begins to cry and he wipes her tears. “I thought you were dead,” she says. “Everyone had these sad looks on their face and I was just….I was worried for the kids.”

“Yeah, yeah. I’m doing alright. Just a little banged up.” Sonny limps over to Monica and asks about Courtney. “Is she alright? I saw the medics taking her into the ambulance as they were taking me away.”

Monica clenches her clipboard. She doesn’t like Sonny or Courtney very much, but having to deliver this news is saddening even for those she doesn’t like. “I’m sorry Sonny. But Courtney didn’t make it. She died en route to the hospital. The medics did everything they could to save her, but it wasn’t enough…..I’m sorry.”

Sonny begins to tear up a lot. He turns his back and walks towards the window before collapsing and crying in the chair. Carly isn’t sure what to say to him. She wants so badly to comfort Sonny, but doesn’t want to fall back into the same patterns that she has in the past. Even though she’s just lost her best friend, she offers to call Mike and everyone else. Sonny turns her down and says he’ll handle it. He tells Carly that he received her voicemail earlier and to go be with her brother. He needs her more than he does right now. Carly wipes the tears from her eyes as she kisses Sonny on the forehead and walks away.

Down the hall, Monica turns in her resignation as the Chief of Cardiology. She thinks of all the good times she had being the boss, the lives she saved and the ones she lost. She knows that as much as she likes being the Chief of Cardiology, she can’t risk Alan finding out about her ongoing affair with Kevin. She just can’t. On the desk, she leaves her letter of resignation and letter of recommendation for David. Damn that David Hayward. Damn him to hell. She’ll make sure he gets his.

Elsewhere in the hospital, Carly steps off the elevator just in time to see Elizabeth walking over to Lucas. She tells Lucas that he is able to see Brandon now and offers to walk him to the room. Lulu notices something is wrong with Carly, but Carly tells her not now. Dillon goes to walk with Lucas, but Maxie steps in his way. “Haven’t you done enough for one night?” she bitches to him. “I think Lucas needs his space right now.”

Dillon becomes angry with Maxie and gets in her face. “Since when have you been named caretaker of Lucas? And since when did his actions become part of your business.”

“Lucas is my cousin and I’d do anything for him.” She grabs Dillon’s hand and pulls him back over to the waiting area. “Including keeping the people who he’s unhappy with away from him.”

Lucas slowly approaches Brandon’s hospital room. The closer he gets to the room, the more he can feel the pit in his stomach deepen. What will he be able to say to make it all better?

On the next Port Charles: Endgame

- Lucas asks Brandon for forgiveness but will Brandon be able to forgive him?