In a room at the hospital, Laura found Curtis participating in physical therapy. Curtis shared that he had been listening to a breaking news bulletin about Jason having turned himself in to the authorities. Curtis wondered if Jason had been the person responsible for Curtis being in a wheelchair. Laura expressed skepticism that Jason would have targeted Sonny.
Curtis surprised Laura when he wondered if Jason had shot at Curtis on orders from Sonny. Laura asked what possible reason Sonny might have to want Curtis dead. Curtis said that a "theory" had been floated that Jason's death had been staged. Curtis added that, if the theory was true, Sonny would have access to a hitman that was untraceable.
Laura asked who was posing the theory, and she warned Curtis that there were people who could profit from Curtis turning against Sonny and Jason. Laura encouraged Curtis to consider the source of the theory. Curtis said that he knew Laura was only looking out for him, and he added that he was grateful for Laura's friendship. Laura said that Curtis would always have her friendship.
Also at the hospital, Chase and Brook Lynn were taken aback when Finn and Gregory stepped off the elevator. Gregory appeared out of breath and in pain, but he refused help from both Chase and Finn. Gregory soon grew irate before he raised his voice. Gregory ordered Chase, Finn, and Brook Lynn to "back off." Gregory insisted that he wasn't an invalid and that he refused to be treated like one. When Finn apologized, Gregory said that Chase and Finn's lives shouldn't revolve around Gregory's health.
Gregory stood up to call for a ride share. "Which I am perfectly capable of doing," he noted. After Gregory left, Finn told Chase and Brook Lynn that the couple might want to consider moving up their wedding date, given that Gregory's health was worsening. After much discussion, Chase and Brook Lynn agreed to downsize their wedding in an effort to move up the wedding date.
At Sonny's penthouse, Ava opened the door to Michael. Michael shared with Sonny the news that Jason had turned himself in to the police. Sonny was unfazed and uninterested in hearing Michael, and he told Michael to leave. Michael refused. "It's always something with you, Michael. Save it. I'm not interested," Sonny snapped.
Ava said that Michael needed to leave. When Michael continued to insist that Sonny listen to Michael, Sonny grew furious. Sonny recalled that Michael had hired Dex to send Sonny to prison. Sonny added that Michael had also kept the secret that Nina was responsible for the anonymous tip that Carly and Drew had committed insider trading. "Jason left Dante at the pier to die! What is wrong with you?!" Sonny yelled.
Michael lashed out at Sonny for not trusting anyone, and he vigorously defended Jason. Ava wondered if it was possible that Jason had shot Dante by mistake. Ava reasoned that it would explain why Jason had stayed to administer first aid to Dante. When Michael mentioned forgiveness, Sonny again rebuffed Michael.
Ava stood silently by as things remained tense between Sonny and Michael. On his way out, Michael offered to be there for Sonny. "Look, if you need anything or just someone to sit at Dante's bedside with you, I'm -- I'm here," Michael said. "I won't," Sonny replied firmly.
After Michael left, Ava watched as Sonny poured a strong drink. Sonny sipped slowly before he asked Ava to join him. Ava agreed. Sonny bemoaned that he no longer knew who to trust, and he added that Jason wasn't the person he'd once known. Ava posited a theory. "I think Jason stopped being that man the minute you got back from Nixon Falls and found him with Carly," Ava said slowly.
Sonny listened as Ava continued. "(Jason) may have thought you were dead, but he certainly got together with Carly pretty quickly, didn't he? Different kind of betrayal, sure, but I think it further proves that Jason just... isn't a man that you can depend on anymore," Ava said. Sonny listened intently to Ava before he turned away. Ava stepped closer to Sonny, and she placed her hand on his chin. "There is somebody else you can depend on, Sonny," Ava said softly as she gazed into Sonny's eyes.
Sonny's gaze met Ava's before he looked away. Sonny noted that the evening was late. Ava whispered that she and Sonny should go to bed. "Sleep well," Sonny said warmly. "You, too," Ava replied, and she smiled affectionately at Sonny. As Ava turned to head to bed, Sonny called out Ava's name. "I'm glad you're here," Sonny said sincerely. "I am, too," Ava said, nodding in agreement before she headed to her room.
At Bobbie's Diner, Jagger told Carly that Jason was in police custody. Carly and Jagger soon argued. Carly righteously defended Jason. Jagger quipped that Carly believed she was "the expert on everything." "The name Jason Morgan means nothing to me. But Jason Quartermaine is a whole other story," Jagger added.
Jagger recalled that he and Jason had both fallen for Karen Wexler many years earlier. Jagger said he'd always believed that Jason had been a good person instead of "Sonny Corinthos' gun for hire." Carly said that at least Jason wasn't a liar. Carly asked whether the FBI knew that Jagger had once been friends with Jason -- and that Jagger had always hated Sonny.
Carly added that Jagger had a conflict of interest. "So, if you had any integrity at all, you would recuse yourself from both their cases. And since you don't, I want you to get the hell out of my restaurant. You go find your food somewhere else," Carly ordered on her way out of the diner.
In the interrogation room at the Port Charles Police Station, Jason insisted to Anna that he hadn't shot Dante. Anna found it strange that Jason had agreed to speak to "Agent Cates" in private for almost an hour earlier that night. When Anna mentioned "the good ol' days," Jason asked her to clarify. Without using Jagger's first name, Anna said that she'd learned from Robin that Jason and Jagger had fallen in love with the same girl at one point in high school many years earlier.
Jason noted that he had no memories of his youth because of the car accident he'd been involved in many years earlier. "Yeah, but you know that John Cates was Stone's older brother. He used to go by the name of Jagger... Probably had no reason to mention it. Years ago. Has absolutely nothing to do with why you're in handcuffs now," Anna said. Jason grew irate when he realized that Agent Cates and Jagger were the same person, and he slammed his fists on the table in frustration. "I've been working for John Cates since November 2021," Jason said.
Anna was floored when Jason revealed that he had been working as an informant for the FBI since the collapse of the tunnel on Cassadine Island in 2021. When Jason mentioned Britt, Anna's face shifted. Jason learned that Britt had died on New Year's Eve 2022. Jason was temporarily speechless before he spoke warmly of Britt. Jason recalled that he had escaped the tunnel and returned to the main house on Cassadine Island. "And that's when two FBI agents stopped me... and placed me under arrest," Jason revealed.
Jason said he had continued to disclose his whereabouts since late 2021. "They brought me to Quantico, put me in a room with no windows, and John Cates came in. And he played a recording for me. It was proof of RICO violations and criminal conspiracy. They offered me a deal. The FBI wouldn't file charges... if I agreed to act as an informant," Jason said. "On Sonny?" Anna asked.
Jason said that he would never work as an informant against Sonny, then he continued. "There's a company called Pikeman... Cates thinks that, um, Pikeman has been selling illegal arms to rogue states and anybody flagged by the NSA. But Pikeman has really close ties to the WSB. That's why the FBI investigation couldn't be on the books," Jason added.
Jason said that, in order for him to reach whoever was in charge of Pikeman, he'd had to sign on as a military contractor. He added that he had been working as a mercenary soldier since he'd been rescued in 2021. "I was at the warehouse. I was a part of the team that was sent to eliminate Sonny," Jason admitted.
Jason confirmed to Anna that Pikeman had tried to eliminate Sonny on three separate occasions -- at the Metro Court pool, in Puerto Rico, and at the warehouse several nights earlier. Jason was adamant that he hadn't been present at the two previous attempts on Sonny's life, and he noted that Pikeman sent a different team of mercenaries on each attempt to eliminate someone. "They were prepping me as a sniper, so we had to review the two other failed attempts. That's how I know about them," he admitted.
Jason said that he had no idea why Pikeman was targeting Sonny, and he alluded to an executive at the company who made decisions on who to target. Anna asked if Jagger had known that Jason had been assigned by Pikeman to eliminate Sonny. Jason confirmed that Jagger had known. Jason added that he had given Jagger access to Jason's itinerary for the night of the warehouse shooting.
Anna grew furious when she realized that Jagger hadn't been honest with her. "So, when Cates and I went into that warehouse to confront Sonny and Ms. Wu, he knew that you were on the roof with a sniper, ready to target Sonny?" Anna asked. "Yes," Jason said as he nodded. "Bastard!" Anna fumed.
Jason said that he had made sure that Hamish had missed hitting Sonny. Jason recalled that he and Hamish had been scheduled to meet an extraction team on the docks but had encountered Dante instead. Jason reiterated that he had complied with Dante's order to freeze and that Hamish had subsequently shot Dante.
Jason added that Hamish was dead and that Pikeman's extraction team had made sure to dispose of Hamish's body. "Okay. I guess that all tracks. Except for one thing. Once the sniper was dead, and you'd called 9-1-1, Dante was in really bad shape. Why didn't you stay with him until the first responders arrived?" Anna asked.
Jason said that he had only been trying to honor his deal with the FBI. "If I would've stayed with Dante, I would've been arrested. I don't think Cates would have wanted that. And I'd been shot, and I needed a place to hide. I needed a place to heal. I called 9-1-1 for Dante. I knew the police recorded my voice, but I had no idea that there was a shot of me on the roof with the sniper. I thought maybe I could go back to the FBI. If they couldn't use me for Pikeman, they could use me for something else," Jason admitted.
Anna asked if Jason had been discussing future work for the FBI with Jagger during the two men's conversation earlier that night. "If Dante dies... I get charged with capital murder. Then I will be of no use to the FBI, if I'm in prison for the rest of my life," Jason said. Anna told Jason not to give up on Dante. "(Dante's) a very determined man. And by saving him, you may well have saved yourself," Anna said.
At the same time, Carly had appeared in the lobby of the police station. Carly stared into the interrogation room, where she saw Anna sitting with Jason.
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