Georgie and Robin met in the hospital parking lot. Robin was just leaving and Georgie was coming back to see Spinelli before her volunteer shift started.

"I'm sorry about last night," Georgie said.

"You were right; I realized that today when Patrick and I were in court. I listened, really listened for the first time, when he was talking to the judge and I realized how unfair and unreasonable I was being. You were absolutely right, Georgie; I had no right to take this baby from Patrick just because I wanted things my way."

"I'm so glad you finally came to your senses," she said, hugging her.

"Let me guess," Robin said with a grin as she looked at the bag from Kelly's. "Barbecue chips and orange soda for Spinelli?"

"The Jackal's comfort foods," Georgie said affectionately.

They smiled at each other and Georgie went into the hospital. Her smile faded as she thought about the confession she was about to make to Spinelli. How would he react? Would he be as ashamed of her as she was of herself?

"What's wrong? Didn't it go well with your father and Dr. Robin?"

"Robin, yes, Mack? Yes and no."

He gave her a puzzled look.

"I told him my reasons for staying and he kept arguing with me. Neither of us got angry like we did last night, but we kept going around in circles and he wouldn't let up, so finally I-"

She looked away from him.

"What did you do?" he prompted her patiently.

"I lied to him. I told him I hadn't been accepted into the program and I hadn't wanted to tell him. I told him my grade point average suffered because grief over Maxie made it hard for me to concentrate, especially during the first month or so."

"But you showed me the acceptance letter and you told me you passed everything in both semesters, even though your sister's death was just before finals week."

"Mack hasn't checked my grades since High School and I never got the chance to show him the acceptance letter."

He took her hand.

"I know you, and you wouldn't have lied to him if you felt you had a choice. You didn't lie to him with malice; you lied so he would feel better. You said he would beat himself up if you stayed for him; I take it that's what he was doing?"

She nodded.

"Then you did the right thing."

She relaxed slightly.

"Then why does it feel so wrong?"

"Because you hate lying as much as I do."

He was right. Someday she would tell Mack the truth. For now, it was better that he believe she had failed her classes rather than think he had failed her.

Lulu waited for Johnny on the peer. He had been at Kelly's when Georgie had told Mike she wasn't going abroad and had watched Lulu's exchange with her intently. When Georgie left, Johnny asked her to meet him on the peer when her shift was over. He said he needed to talk to her about something.

She suddenly heard raised voices; Claudia and Johnny were arguing. She inched closer to the Coffee House, wanting to eavesdrop.

"Devlin is dead, John; there's no way any of the funds in his account can be traced back to the family and there was never any record of him working with us!"

"You don't think Jason Morgan is gonna figure all of this out? He's gonna figure out that you and I put the hit out on Sonny when Michael was shot!"

Lulu froze. Michael's shooting had been Johnny's fault? But he was so surprised when Spinelli had come to the Haunted Star to tell her and had found her with Johnny! He had denied it and she'd believed him! What was wrong with her?

She couldn't let him know she knew with Claudia standing there. She and Claudia hated each other. If given the chance, Lulu believed, Claudia would kill her if only to keep her away from Johnny. She would confront him after Claudia left.

"Jason killed Devlin," Claudia said. "He knows he was the one who shot Michael."

"Do you honestly think he's gonna be satisfied with that? Why would a doctor put a hit on a mobster and shoot a little boy? Jason's probably still looking into it and eventually he will find a connection to us and Michael's shooting!"

"Not if we keep our heads!"

"We should go to Jason and tell him!"

"I'm not letting this touch you, John!"

"You don't have a choice! Lulu will hate me when she finds out! I'd rather have her find out from me than have Jason or Spinelli tell her!"

"You think you coming clean with her is gonna make a difference?"

"It might."

Lulu could hear in Johnny's voice that he knew it was only wishful thinking. He was right. Johnny and his sister had put her innocent little cousin in a coma for the rest of his life. She would never forgive him!

"Please, Johnny, don't do anything until I talk to Daddy. Let me see if we can't erase our connection to Devlin completely; I'll use some of my hacking skills, too, if necessary."

Claudia was a hacker? Lulu should give that information to Jason and Spinelli. The Jackal might have to go up against her when the mob war that would result in the information about Michael's shooting broke out. She only hoped he would be safe, that Jason would protect him and Kendra. She didn't want either of them to end up like Michael, and anyone horrible enough to shoot a twelve year-old boy to get at his father would have no reservations about killing a tech guy and his baby to get at Jason.

Johnny agreed to give Claudia twenty-four hours, then he would go to Jason. Lulu was going to confront him first, then she was going to go to Jason herself. Johnny had betrayed her in the worst way; he had let her think he was a good guy when he'd been involved in the shooting of an innocent member of her family.

She had chosen Logan over everyone, including Spinelli, and then she'd done the same with Johnny. Michael's shooting was partly her fault. If she hadn't chosen Logan, he wouldn't have hurt her. If he hadn't hurt her, she wouldn't have hitchhiked. If she hadn't hitchhiked instead of doing what anyone with a brain would have done and going to Spinelli or someone else she cared about, she wouldn't have met Johnny. If she hadn't met Johnny, Michael would be home with his mother and brother now, playing video games and eating junk food.

She had to make this right. She was going to sever all ties with Johnny and then go to Jason and tell him everything she knew.