Meanwhile…
"Hi, this is Ali. Leave a message." Ali heard her answering machine say as she towel dried her hair, deciding to not answer right now as she thought it was Veronica and she would just call back… after all, the two did grow up together and knew each other like sisters.
Instead, it was an infuriated Scottie Wheeler, who had somehow found out that Amber attacked Britt.
"You, Ali Castillo, are a vengeful little bitch! You resort to sendingsomeone to attack my daughter?! Whycan't you-"Scottie shouts, the call being cut off by Gina walking in and answering the phone.
"Why can't you and your daughter leave my kids alone, Scottie?! Britt is a disrespectful little brat and it's easy to see where she gets it from!" Gina says, Ali rubbing her sore makeup less eyes… and the fact that it was Gina who answered made Scottie hang up as Ali readjusted her pajama top.
"Miguel tell you what happened?" Ali asks, Gina seeing the bruise on her daughter's knee.
"Yeah… we've all had those kind of days. Even your dad." Gina says.
"Dad used to drink himself senseless? What about Uncle Sonny?" Ali asks, slightly surprised as Gina nodded, Gina thinking back.
10/2/84…
"Sonny… quit trying to run into traffic." Gina says, the young detective trying to guide a drunken Sonny to the apartment. "You've got to try to sober up, we have an early day tomorrow!" She says, Sonny blowing a raspberry at her.
"We solved the case, we needed to unwind!" Sonny says, Gina managing to help him into her apartment and laying him down on the couch.
"You're usually in control of yourself. Why'd you drink heavily tonight?" Gina says, lightly brushing Sonny's hair back.
"Caroline… wants to take Billy... and move away to Atlanta." Sonny says sadly, Gina pulling him into her arms.
It wasn't long until Sonny fell asleep in her arms and Gina helped him up, guiding him to her room and helping him lie down on his left side.
"Sonny… you'll find happiness with someone one day. But I don't think that it'll be me… we're at very different places in our lives." Gina whispered, absentmindedly tucking some of Sonny's short hair behind his right ear and setting out a bottle of aspirin and water before she headed into the restroom to wash her makeup off.
Dressed for sleep, Gina tucked Sonny into the bed before climbing under the covers herself and turning the lamp out.
It was gonna be a long day tomorrow… and she wanted to be rested up enough for it.
Present time…
"You weren't kidding when you said those days were rough." Brady says after Sonny told him about the time Caroline wanted to take Billy and leave Florida.
"Things had only just started going downhill… but we pulled through in the end." Sonny says.
"I think Amber's acting like her old self again…" Brady says, Sonny smiling.
"That's good… it's been way too long since I even heard her laugh." Sonny says.
Outside, Amber was sitting in a lawn chair when a small alligator wandered up to her and rested its head on her right foot, making her chuckle.
"Well, hello to you too." Amber says, lightly patting the baby alligator on its head as Julia wandered over to her. "Hey, Mom." She says, Julia smiling at the alligator.
"Aw, looks like Elvis did." Julia says.
Meanwhile…
"Close those!" Ali mumbled as Miguel yanked the curtains open, letting the sun in and nearly blinding Ali.
"Come on, wake up!" Miguel says, lightly swatting Ali's bruised knee and not knowing it was bruised.
"Ow! Miguel, don't do that!" Ali says, Miguel pulling the covers up and seeing the bruises that were about the size of the edge of the coffee table. "I couldn't see straight last night. And don't attack Brady anymore, he was only helping me." She says, Miguel propping Ali's knee up on her extra pillow.
"He had me freaking out." Miguel says.
"He's a gentle person." Ali says.
"I didn't know that." Miguel says.
"Well, what did you think?" Ali asks.
"Initially, I thought he'd put something in your drink and hadn't expected me to be home, put it that way." Miguel says.
"He wouldn't drug me…" Ali says, Miguel seeing the look in her eyes. "He has a twin sister… who was also attacked back in January and it went a hell of a lot further than what Calderone did to us." She says, Miguel's eyes widening in shock.
"Damn… Calderone?" Miguel says.
"I think he had help… Amber ended up dying three times because on top of the attack, she was shot." Ali says.
Across town, Amber walked to the front of the house… and smiled when she saw Izzy trying to sell what Amber guessed was stolen jewelry.
"Dad, come see this." Amber says, Sonny walking to her and seeing Izzy.
"Some things never change." Sonny says.
"He's done this before?" Amber asks.
Sonny nodded before he and Amber walked over to Izzy, who smiled.
"Sonny, long time no see, amigo!" Izzy says happily.
"Izzy Moreno, still up to your old scams, I see?" Sonny asks.
"No scam. Genuinely made jewelry at low prices." Izzy says, Amber examining a diamond necklace.
"Genuine? Who are you trying to fool?" Amber asks sarcastically, Izzy backing up slightly.
A while later…
Ready for the day, Ali found herself at a beach with Brady… and let out a low, humorless chuckle as it started raining heavily, her and Brady running towards the boardwalk and taking shelter under the pawn shop awning.
"Well, welcome to South Florida." Ali says, wringing the water out of her raven curls.
"Does it always start raining randomly?" Brady asks with a slight laugh as he shook the rain water out of his blonde hair… and some of that water onto Ali, who let out a startled yelp as she almost slipped, Brady catching her.
His large hands rested on her sides, she was like a small china doll underneath his touch as they looked at each other.
Having to crouch a bit, Brady leaned in and his lips crashed against Ali's as her hands rested on his face, reciprocating the kiss as the storm raged on around them.
Slowing Jake's car down, Alicia's eyes widened in shock… to her, it was like Sonny and Gina over 20 years ago.