At the Quartermaine boathouse docks, Brook Lynn hopes that her son is happy, healthy, and loved, and that today is special for him. Chase finds her in tears and asks what is wrong. She tells him that it’s her son’s birthday today. She can’t stop thinking about him now that they are starting a family. Chase says she’s been trying to bury this secret for years, and now it’s being dug up, so of course she’s thinking of him. Brook Lynn cries she’s been dreaming lately that he comes and finds her, and she’d do anything to meet her son.Chase says they can still look for her son, but she refuses. Her son must be the one who wants to find her, and Chase says that maybe someday he will. Brook Lynn says if he’s not curious and his life is whole, maybe she should be grateful. Chase tells her that makes her a great mom, and he can’t wait until their baby comes. She realizes she’s late for rehearsal and kisses him before leaving.
Happy Birthday, Gio
Gio is rehearsing at the Nurses’ Ball space. Lois is with him, and Sonny arrives and brings Donna in. The little girl asks him to play her song, so he plays “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” Lois asks Sonny why he’s here, and he says the kids are rehearsing their number down the hall, and Donna heard Gio playing and had to come over.
Gio shifts and plays a song from Sleeping Beauty and Donna twirls and dances to it. She asks if he’ll play at her birthday party in September, and he says he will. She asks when his birthday is, and he says it’s June fourth. Sonny practically has to drag Donna away and back to her rehearsal, and Gio continues to practice. Lois mumbles, “Happy Birthday, Gio.”
Lois Opens Up to Chase
Lois heads to the boathouse docks and runs into Chase. He says she just missed Brook Lynn and assumes she came here for the same reason her daughter did: it’s her grandson’s birthday. They sit down to talk, and Lois says it was so hard for Brook Lynn to go through labor and then give that kid up. She was so proud of her strength. Chase says not every mother would have handled it the way she did, and Brook Lynn told him that she felt safe and loved because of her mom.Lois knows keeping this from Dante has to be brutal for Chase. He admits it’s hard, but it’s not his secret to tell. Lois wonders if she made a mistake not encouraging Brook Lynn to keep her baby. He says she did the best she could, and Brook Lynn was so young. He tells her to focus on the here and now, and wherever Brook Lynn’s son is, he has a family who loves him, and that’s because of her.
Lulu Gains a Supporter
Lulu is on the phone at a coffee shop, calling about the St. Ignatius Catholic adoption agency in Brooklyn. Cody stumbles upon her and could have sworn Tracy said she dropped her adoption story. She confirms she did, and she was only tying up some loose ends. Cody sits with her and says this article really hurt Brook Lynn, and he keeps catching her in lies about it, so he needs the whole story. Lulu admits she’s looking into finding Brook Lynn’s baby boy with Dante, whom she gave up for adoption.Cody is shocked, as he just assumed Brook Lynn terminated the pregnancy because she never mentioned the baby again. Lulu says she didn’t and explains how she accidentally uncovered that Brook Lynn put her baby up for adoption. She says she confronted Brook Lynn, who confirmed it. Cody never thought Brook Lynn would keep a secret like this from Dante. She agrees, and though she tried to stay out of it, Dante has a son he doesn’t know about, and it’s not right. She says it’s her problem, but Cody feels that, as someone who has been lied to for most of his life about who he is, he can’t stay out of this either and wants to help.Lulu is relieved that finally, someone has her back. He asks if they should tell Dante now, but she says she needs more information. She gets a call back and finds out the church closed its adoption agency in 1987. Therefore, Brook Lynn couldn’t have used them to put her baby up for adoption. Cody asks why she’d lie about using that agency? Lulu thinks Brook Lynn lied because she knows where her son is, and she thinks Dante’s son is Gio.
Dante’s Still Angry at Gio
At Lulu’s, Kristina covers with Dante and tells him that she was driving by the accident scene that night and saw what was left of Ric’s car.
Kristina’s saved by the bell when Rocco arrives home. She says she’s so glad he’s all right, and then takes off to watch Donna’s Nurses Ball rehearsal.Dante wants his son to tell him everything that happened at that beach party. Rocco tells him he was the one who decided to play the drinking game, and it’s not Danny’s fault. Dante says Danny shouldn’t have left him alone, and not to defend him or Gio. Rocco says Gio didn’t do anything wrong! He never even remembers seeing Gio, and he could barely keep his eyes open when Danny found him. Then, all of a sudden, Gio was there and he remembers he was so worried about getting in trouble.
