Nikolas' Voice: Hey, we can't turn back from this, you know that?
Emily's Voice: You're different. It's Courtney, isn't it? I'm too late.
Lucky: Hey.
Nikolas: Hey.
Lucky: You expecting to run into Courtney again?
Nikolas: No, Lucky, I'm not. But I'd be a liar if I said I didn't want to. I can't get her out of my head.
Emily: Sonny. Hi.
Sonny: How's the guesthouse? Okay for you?
Emily: Oh, it's perfect. I don't know how I can ever repay you.
Sonny: I do. I need to ask you a favor.
Emily: Sure. What is it?
Sonny: My boys, you know, they need to know that their world is okay and that everything's under control.
Emily: Something's wrong. I can tell. Anything you say to me will remain between us.
Sonny: Their mother -- she's in trouble, and I think she's -- she's having a breakdown. And I recognize it, and Michael should never see her like that.
Emily: Where is she?
Sonny: She's upstairs in the main house. I brought her here last night.
Nikolas: We were all there at Wyndemere together. Emily somehow sensed the connection, I guess, whatever it is, between Courtney and I, and then Courtney started denying everything left and right. It was just -- Lucky, it was impossible for me to hide something that was clearly obvious.
Lucky: You've got to show some sense of self-control. Emily deserves that. She supported you through one crisis after another.
Nikolas: Yeah, and damn it, I did the same for her. And anyway, I don't think it's about Emily.
Lucky: Emily was raped --
Nikolas: I know that.
Lucky: Trying to get you out of prison, and this is her reward, you obsessed by another woman?
Nikolas: Lucky, listen, it's not that simple, okay? I have tried to love my wife and she kept pushing me away over and over again.
Lucky: I thought you promised to wait for her.
Nikolas: I did. I know I did, okay? I intended to hold on to Emily, to be whatever she needed me to be. Okay? I wanted nothing more than for her to feel safe with me, okay, and if that meant just holding her, great. If that meant giving her space, I could do that, too. She could rant and rave or stay silent. It didn't matter, I was ready for anything. But you know what, what I got was nothing. Okay? She didn't need me anymore.
Lucky: Nikolas, this isn't about you.
Nikolas: That's exactly my point. I -- I became so overwhelmed by how lonely I was going to be in that marriage. And then there she was. I mean, there came Courtney, as alone and feeling as irrelevant as I did. I didn't want to have feelings for her, okay? She certainly didn't need me complicating her life. But I don't know. We started something together that just took on a life of its own.
Lucky: Which takes us right back to self-control.
Nikolas: Self-control? I -- I can do that. I can have self-control. I can deny myself. I can ignore Courtney forever. It's not going to change what I feel about her.
Sonny: You didn't hear the gunshots last night?
Emily: Carly tried to shoot you?
Sonny: No, no, she was shooting at the pictures and the furniture. The cops came in and --
Emily: Oh, my god.
Sonny: They wanted to take her to a psych ward or maybe lock her up in an institution. I can't do that to her.
Emily: Sonny, are you sure you can handle her here? I mean, if Carly needs help --
Sonny: No, no, Carly would never make it in a mental hospital. The minute she wakes up strapped to a bed with, you know, people all around her shooting her up with drugs -- she prevented me from that hell. I can't do that to her.
Emily: Of course you can't. Yeah, I'd love it if the boys stayed with me in the guesthouse. There's plenty of room even for Leticia when she gets back, and it'd be easier on everyone.
Sonny: It'll be for a little while because she just needs some quiet, no stress, and it's just very important that the boys are close by, you know, just when, you know --
Emily: When she's ready?
Sonny: Yeah, when she's ready. Just a couple days.
Emily: Yeah, well, you know, we can play it by ear. It's not like I have any great plans.
Sonny: I don't want anybody to know about this.
Emily: Then no one will.
Emily: Hi.
Nikolas: Hi. Michael.
Michael: Hello.
Nikolas: No work today?
Emily: Took a couple of days off.
Nikolas: Oh. Hospital won't fall apart without you?
Michael: Oh, my dad asked. He would've taken me --
Emily: Hey, Michael, listen, we really don't need to talk about that. Why don't you go inside and get yourself an ice cream?
Michael: Okay.
Emily: Okay.
Nikolas: Wow. It's only been 24 hours since you walked out of our marriage and you've already got a whole new set of priorities, babysitting Sonny's kids, keeping his secrets. What didn't you want him to tell me?
Emily: I don't want to talk about this here.
Nikolas: Well, I mean, I'm just curious. It seems that Sonny and Jason tell you to jump and you ask how high.
Emily: Jason's out of town.
Nikolas: Yeah, yet there's not one sacrifice that you wouldn't make for him or for Sonny. Tell me, how did they win the Emily sweepstakes and I got left out in the cold?
Emily: Jason and Sonny treat me with respect and they tell me the truth.
Nikolas: I tried that. It didn't really work out so well.
Emily: When they need help, they ask. It doesn't get any simpler than that. Sonny needed help with Morgan and Michael today.
Nikolas: Yeah, yeah, and somehow you managed to free up your schedule and make time for them, didn't you?
Emily: No, Nikolas, I'm not going to apologize for spending time with my little nephews, but, you know, if you're looking for someone to blame for the failure of our marriage, then, you know, I'll volunteer. I mean, between the rape, hospital duty, med school, my obvious blind devotion, as you say, for my brother and his crew, I, you know, pushed you right into Courtney's arms.
Nikolas: You didn't want me in your life, Emily.
Emily: Nikolas, if that's the way you see it, then I'm not going to argue with you. The bottom line is our marriage is over. You were wronged, I was betrayed, and that pretty much leaves us with nowhere to go.
Nikolas: You know what, it's just --
Michael: Here you go.
Emily: Thanks, sweetie. Oh. Okay, we should go. Come on.
Jax: Nikolas.
Nikolas: Oh. What?
Jax: Don't even think about crawling after Courtney.
Nikolas: Courtney? Where do you come up with this stuff, really?
Jax: No, I'm just saying that if you go after my wife, I'll break you in two.
Nikolas: I don't think you have what it takes to break me, and courtney can speak for herself.
Jax: She already has.
Nikolas: Great. That's -- that's great. So leave me the hell alone.
Emily: How's Carly doing?
Sonny: I think it's worse than we thought. I know I told you it was only going to be for a couple days --
Emily: I'm not going anywhere, Sonny, I mean it, as long as you're okay with me being here.
Sonny: Yeah. It's the greatest thing.
Emily: Okay. And between me and Leticia, we'll make sure that Morgan and Michael get all the love and attention they need. You just worry about Carly.
Michael: Hey.
Sonny: So your brother's asleep?
Michael: I think I bored him to death.
Sonny: How do you like the guesthouse?
Michael: It's nice. It's like a mini version of our house.
Sonny: Okay, I got a big favor to ask you, buddy.
Michael: Okay.
Sonny: Your mama's not feeling very well right now.
Michael: Does she have a cold?
Sonny: No, no. It's a little -- a little more complicated than that. She's got -- she's not feeling very well in her head a little bit, okay, and things are mixed up.
Michael: Well, I think I know what you mean. She was acting kind of weird the other day.
Sonny: She was?
Michael: Yeah, just for a few minutes. I wasn't scared or anything.
Sonny: That's because you're a brave little boy.
Michael: Okay, what's the big favor?
Sonny: Okay, your mama needs some peace and quiet, but she still wants to have you boys close by, okay, because she needs, you know -- just in case you -- she wants to see you or something, you know what I mean? So I'm going to have you stay -- you and Morgan with Emily in the guesthouse.
Emily: Listen, Michael -- listen, what your mom needs now is for you to teach Mmorgan how to play catch and do that puzzle with all the animals, and she needs you to run hard and jump high and be a kid without a worry in the world.
Sonny: What do you say, Michael? Can you do that for me and your mama?
Michael: Sure. But can you tell mom that Morgan and I love her?
Sonny: She already knows that, but I'll go ahead and tell her again, okay?
Michael: Thanks.
Nikolas: Hey, wait. Hey. Is this how it's going to be? Every time we see each other, you run like hell? We can't even be friends?
Courtney: Nikolas, Jax has about a million reasons not to forgive me, but he has anyway and he's taken me back. So in fairness to him, to me, the least I can do is not compromise our reunion by spending time with you.
Nikolas: Did he ask you to avoid me?
Courtney: Look, it's my commitment to my marriage, Nikolas. Come on, I owe Jax at least that much. So look, if you care about me in the least, you will respect that choice.
Nikolas: Fine, I'll do whatever you want, if you answer me one question. Are you still in love with him?