Luke is talking to Sonny, again at his club. "Your guys can’t find any trace of Kevin?"

"The guy isn’t out on the streets," Sonny tells him.

"Any chance that he left the city?" Luke asks.

"Could be," Sonny answers. "I’ve got guys asking around, but if he left immediately, or stole a car, he could have escaped."

"So," Luke says, "Kevin escapes, conveniently finds a knife, kills Gina who just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, then vanishes."

Sonny, following Luke’s thinking, nods. "I see where you’re going. Kevin really didn’t have enough time to kill Gina."

"Not unless he just happened to find a hunting knife laying around GH, and unless he knew where Gina would be—or unless Gina was just the first person to come along when Kevin was in the mood to kill someone," Luke says.

"Mac said that Kevin wasn’t out of anyone’s sight for more than 10 minutes, maybe less, before all exits were sealed off," Sonny adds.

"You think he had help?" Luke asks. "But, who?"

"Not Lucy," Sonny says, "She wants him to get help, and since the charges were dropped, there’s no reason for her to help.. Besides, she’s honestly scared for him. No, Lucy didn’t help him escape."

"But you think that unless Kevin was extremely lucky all the way around, he had help. Frankly," Luke says, "I don’t think that Kevin’s all that lucky."

"Me, neither," Sonny says. "And he’ll need help on the outside, if he’s still in the city."

"Interesting," Luke muses. "Why would anybody want to spring Kevin?" Hmmmmmm

"I think he wants a divorce," Bobbie says to Ruby as she sits sipping coffee in Kelly’s Diner.

"I thought that the two of you were trying to work things out," Ruby comments.

"We were," Bobbie says. "Kevin was…maybe we should have seen someone else."

"I can’t believe that Dr. Collins would hurt anybody."

"I wouldn’t have believed it of Ryan, either, but he was a serial killer."

"And now, Tony is leaving," Ruby returns Bobbie to the problem at hand.

Bobbie frowns, then says, "It’s like he’s changed. He’s different, somehow, alive again, like he hasn’t been since BJ…no, it’s not like that. If I didn’t know better….nah, Tony wouldn’t. He’s too decent, too stuffy."

"Bobbie, no man is too stuffy to have an affair, if that’s what you’re hinting at."

"But Tony?"

"Even Tony," Ruby says. "He’s a man…"

At that moment, Carly hurries down the stairs from her room at the diner. With a quick glance at Ruby and Bobbie, she heads for the door.

"Be careful," Ruby calls out. "There’s a killer out there."

"I’ll be careful," Carly answers.

Ruby turns back to Bobbie, saying, "She’s a sweet kid, but a little confused—even defensive at times. She reminds me of you when you were younger."

"Maybe that’s why I want to yell at her sometimes—so she doesn’t make the same mistakes I made."

"Mistakes that will haunt you all your life," Ruby injects, knowing the track Bobbie's thoughts are taking.

"Don’t I know it," Bobbie nods. "And, my mistakes have caused pain for other people. Maybe if I hadn’t….."

"Don’t start," Ruby tells her. "You can’t change what happened."

Bobbie settles back into her chair. "I don’t even think I can change the future." Hmmmmmm

"I want something done, Uncle," Nikolas says to Stefan. "I want Gina’s killer found and punished.." Nikolas is hurting, and Stefan can see the boy’s pain. It is the pain for which there is no cure, and the only surcease is anger’s outlet. "She didn’t deserve this—this…" He turns away, fighting a boy’s tears with a man’s resolve. "I’m a Cassadine," Nikolas says, "whether I like it or not. It’s a name with power."

"It is," Stefan agrees, aware of where this is leading. "What would you have me do?"

"Find the killer. Whatever it takes," Nikolas tells him.

"And then?" Stefan asks.

"How much power do we have, Uncle?"

"Enough," Stefan tells him. "Enough, in most cases, to do as we please with impunity."

"Then let’s act, Uncle," Nikolas says. "We can’t change what happened, but we can punish the criminals."

"We can," Stefan says. "We can punish those who wronged us, or who wronged those we love—though we may not operate strictly within the boundaries of the law." He pauses for effect. "Does that bother you?"

"Gina’s death bothers me," Nikolas says.

"And the ramifications of taking action?" Stefan asks.

"Uncle, if this is our legacy, so be it."

"Then," Stefan says, "Blood will have blood." Hmmmmm

Stay tuned!! Have Luke and Sonny stumbled onto something? Has Bobbie figured out the source of Tony’s new found lease on life? Will Carly be careful? Has Nikolas unwittingly taken the first step towards embracing the dark side of power?? And, even more disturbing, whose blood was Stefan referring to---Gina’s, or Stavros’??? Hmmmmmmmm

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