Martha’s Vineyard

Jason: Sonny, courtney's all right. Do it.

Ric: Do it.

Jason: [yells] Shoot him! Your sister could have died because of him!

Sonny: I can't do it.

Jason: [whips out gun and points it at Ric] I'll do it.

Sonny: No --

ric: Ok, sonny, tell him. You'd better tell him. Sonny!

Sonny: That scum is my brother.

Jason: He isn't mine.

[Gunshot]

[Sonny knocks Jason’s arm away and Jason grabs Ric and has him in a choke hold]

sonny: Leave him alone.

Jason: Let me finish him.

Sonny: Leave him alone! My brother doesn't die.

Jason: Sonny, i'm sorry if it's your brother -- if it is and it's not another lie. But either way, he almost killed courtney and he raped carly. He needs to pay!

Sonny: Leave him alone, jason. [yells] Leave him alone!

[Ric coughs]

sonny: Ric. Ric! Get out.  [Ric leaves]

Jason: Sonny, how could you -- how could you let him walk out of here alive? He raped your wife.

Sonny: He says he didn't, jason.

Jason: And you believe him? What about carly?

Sonny: Carly thinks that he did. I don't know.

Jason: Sonny --

sonny: What do you want me to do?

Jason: This is crazy. Ric has been working against you. He teamed up with faith. We know this for sure. He wants you dead!

Sonny: Not dead. Destroyed. He wants me alive --

jason: Who cares what he wants?

Sonny: My mother does! He says she's his mother, too.

Jason: Then why is he trying to destroy you?

Sonny: Because she chose me and not him. You may not understand this, but I cannot kill my mother's son.

Jason: So you're going to let him destroy everything that you have, hurt your sister, rape your wife? What will it take? What does ric have to do before you put him into the ground?

The hospital

Carly: Here. Have some of these.  [hands her a bag of junk food] They're full of calcium.

Courtney: Yeah, you need calcium. And I'm supposed to be eating that.

Carly: All right. More for me.

Courtney: Hey, don't even try.

Carly: Oh. What? You don't want this? What is this?

Courtney: Ew.

Carly: Oh, chicken. Runny nastiness with broccoli? What is that?

Courtney: Don't make me laugh.

Carly: Oh.

Courtney: I want to get out of the hospital before i need a.J. And his -- his little forklift to carry me out.

Carly: Oh, man. Oh. Do you think you could sleep?

Courtney: Maybe.

Carly: Yeah? You should.

Courtney: You know, you should just go, really.

Carly: Well, I do need to get home.

Courtney: Will you double-check at the front desk, make sure no one called?

Carly: I promise I will.

Courtney: Ok. And take those, please. Take them away.

Carly: All right.

Courtney: The doctor said i should rest. I --

carly: You want this?

Courtney: No. I might as well try.

Carly: All right. You call me if you need anything, all right?  [she kisses the top of her head]

Courtney: Ok. Bye.

Carly: Ok. Get some rest.  [she leaves]

Martha’s Vineyard

Jason: Sonny, come on, we need to get going.

Sonny: Yeah, I know, I know.

Jason: What are you doing?

Sonny: I don't expect you to understand, jason. Maybe nobody will. But a lot of things happened in this house.

Flashback

Young sonny: I won't wear it.

Adela: Yes, you will.

Young sonny: Will not.

Adela: Oh! [she falls down the stairs]

Young sonny: Mommy! Mommy!

End Flashback

Jason: Sonny.

Sonny: I didn't want to remember.

Jason: What did ric tell you?

Sonny: I was 6, 7 years old. My mother and I spent the summer in this house. Ric's father owned it, and my mother worked for him. They fell in love. He got her pregnant. He wanted to marry her, divorce his wife.

Jason: And she was pregnant with ric?

Sonny: Yeah.

Jason: Do you believe him?

Sonny: That summer, you know, my mother had all the money she wanted, the kind of life I wanted to give her.

Jason: Ric told you all this?

Sonny: I was starting to remember. At home, i'd see carly on the stairs, and i thought that something was wrong, you know? My mother -- my mother fell down those stairs because of me, and then we had to leave.

Jason: Why?

Sonny: Because mr. Lansing didn't want to deal with me, so my mother had to choose. And she chose me.

Jason: Over ric?

Sonny: I remember some of it. I remember. I was at the top of those stairs. And she was -- she was putting on this raincoat, latching this thing on it. I didn't push her. She fell. It was my fault.

Jason: No, it wasn't your fault.

Sonny: She might have a great life right now, you know? Look at this. All the money she wants with -- with a man who would love her for who she is --

jason: Ok, how did ric know -- know any of this stuff?

Sonny: Because his father told him. But I knew -- I've known all along. She chose me.

Jason: Sonny, this isn't like you. Why'd you let him go?

Sonny: For my mother. For my mother. I had to -- I owe my mother more than you'll ever know. I will not kill her son in cold blood.

Jason: Ric hates you.

Sonny: Yeah.

Jason: And I know that you know that.

Sonny: Yeah.

Jason: And that's not going to stop.

Sonny: Mm-hmm. I owe it to my mother to give him another chance, jason. And if he comes after my family, then i'll just -- I'll protect myself. But I can't –- I can't -- i can't kill my brother. And you're not going to, either.

The Hospital

[Jason comes in with flowers]

Courtney: Hey. They're beautiful.

Jason: I never really picked out flowers before.  [He hugs her]

Courtney: Hey.

Jason: You ok?

Courtney: No -- no broken ribs. Serious bruises. And the cat scan's ok.

Jason: That's good.

Courtney: Yeah. I just want to go home.

Jason: You will.

Courtney: Can you tell me what happened?

Jason: I found sonny. He's on his way home right now.

Courtney: Good. Carly was worried about him.

Jason: That's good, because he's going to need her tonight.

Courtney: What about ric?

Jason: Ric's alive. For now.

Jason: Sonny says he remembers the house.

Courtney: What do you think?

Jason: Courtney, I -- it explains a lot. It explains why sonny was so important to ric and why ric didn't kill sonny. Look, I'm going to tell you something. Sonny doesn't really talk about his mother much. And when he does, he says that she was gentle and loving and she went through hell. And now sonny blames himself because he knows how different her life could have been.

Courtney: Yeah, but sonny was just a kid. He can't blame himself.

Jason: I know. He still -- he still feels guilty. And, of course, ric wants him to feel that way. I don't know what changed, but when sonny looks at ric, he doesn't see an enemy anymore. He sees his mother's son.

Courtney: So ric -- ric's going to get away with everything that he did?

Jason: That's how sonny wants it.

Courtney: What about you?

Jason: Ric's never going to hurt you again. I'll make sure of that.

[Jason lowers the lights and walks over to her bed]

Jason: Your ribs hurt?

Courtney: Not really. [she grabs his hand] I miss having you next to me.

Jason: Well, you need to rest.

Courtney: I'd rest better if you were holding me. [she pulls him closer]

Jason: [he gets in bed with her and wraps his arms around her] Is that ok?

Courtney: It's much better than ok. You know, I never --

jason: No, no, no. You need to rest. Just think about getting better. I'll take care of everything else.