"Opal, Myrtle, Anita and Brooke are gathered at Wildwind to offer support and comfort Maria who is still reeling from Edmund's death. Brooke let's Maria know that the limo was ready to take her to the airport where Sammy is soon due to arrive. Before she can leave for the airport though Erica arrives. Maria is less than happy to see her, convinced that Erica's reason for being at Wildwind have little to do with offering her condolences. Maria's patience quickly reaches it's limits as Erica gives Myrtle a hug and starts talking about Edmund. She demands to know why Erica is really there, calling her of being a phony and suspecting her of having an agenda. Maria asks her if it's to gloat over Maria's misery and asks her if she feels Maria had it coming to her. She goes on, accusing Erica of loving the fact that she had caught Maria and Zach in the cemetery that long ago night and running to Edmund with the news of what she perceived as Maria's betrayal. Erica counters, pointing out that Maria did betray Edmund with Zach and suggesting that Maria lead Zach on which ultimately lead to him killing Edmund. Maria is shocked beyond words and leaves the room.
Brooke meanwhile ushers Erica away and confronts her about her own past. Erica in turn expresses her disgust how everyone is standing by an undeserving Maria whom she feels used Zach and Edmund and pitted them against each other. Disgusted with Erica's attitude, Brooke orders her to leave but Erica ignores her, instead bringing up Jamie's current state of affairs. Brooke's anger mounts and lets Erica know, in no uncertain terms, to leave her son alone or suffer the consequences before once again insisting on Erica leaving Wildwind. Erica responding by expressing mock sympathy for Brooke's own grief over losing the man she loved but could never hold on to. At that point Anita approaches the two and warns Erica to back off. She doesn't. She turns her wrath on Anita, blaming both her and Aidan for Lily's current traumatized state. Erica then shocks both women when she tells them that Lily had witnessed Edmund's murder.
As the judge brings the court proceedings to a close, Ethan thanks Livia for expediting things and getting his charges dropped. Kendall then asks Ethan how he would like to celebrate before making several romantic suggestions. Ethan tells that he would love to do everything that she suggested but first he would like to watch Zach be arraigned for Edmund's murder. Kendall is a little taken aback, worried that Ethan's obsession with seeing Zach punished will hurt him in the end. She tries to get through to him by sharing her own painful history with her father but it doesn't seem to have much impact on Ethan.
Aidan pays a visit to Zach in jail. He wastes no time pointing out that while Zach admitted to killing Edmund and had it in him to carry it out he doubts Zach would have deceived Maria like that. His suspicions are further piqued by the fact that for months Zach had denied the accusations that he shot Ryan so it doesn't make sense he'd suddenly confess. Zach has little to say to that and is saved from being questioned by Aidan further when his attorney arrives to discuss the case before their appearance in court.
As Zach is brought before the judge, Maria takes a seat next to Aidan to watch the proceedings. Zach makes quick work of the proceedings when he tells the judge to make things easy on all involved he should just lock him up and throw away the key. The judge isn't impressed. He warns Zach's attorney to get a handle on his client and then denies granting Zach bail until the trial. After Zach is brought back to his cell, Maria pays him a visit. She demands that he assure her that he did not kill Edmund because of her.
After being paged in court, Aidan arrives at Wildwind. Anita and Brooke are frantic because they can't find Maria. He tells Anita that he had just left Maria behind at the courthouse. Anita is puzzled as to why she would be there but Brooke isn't. She understands Maria's need to see her husband's murderer face a judge. Anita then tells Aidan that the reason she paged him was because of Lily, then proceeds to tell him what Erica had revealed earlier.
Later, at Jack's apartment, Erica remembers the events that lead to her suspecting that Lily had witnessed Edmund's murder. A knock at the door reveals Aidan who is there to question Lily about the murder.
A furious Greenlee goes to confront David about telling Ryan about the truth serum he had given her. He tries to explain that he told Ryan because he thought she was planning on using it on him. He goes on to tell her that he was worried about her. Greenlee scoffs at the mere suggestion that David gave her more than a passing thought. She reminds him that months before she had come to him, worried about her mental state and he had promised to check her out only he didn't. He was too concerned about Babe to follow up on his promise and as a result she ended up nearly taking a flying leap off of a building and then wound up in the psych ward. David is shocked, having no idea that Greenlee had been committed. She goes on to share with him her suspicions about Jonathan being behind the drugging and then further shocks him with the revelation that Jonathan abused Maggie who subsequently has left town. David, having no idea that Maggie had been hurt much less left town, is livid. He reaches for a vial, intending to confront Jonathan but Greenlee stops him. She tells him that killing him won't solve a thing. David assures her that he had no intention of killing him, just deaden his violent tendencies. After Greenlee leaves, David calls Ryan and leaves him a message warning him to take care of Jonathan or he will.
Jonathan wakes up to be informed by an angry Ryan that he had confessed to poisoning Greenlee. Jonathan is confused and denies the accusation. He tells Ryan that he didn't do it but Ryan is adamant that Jonathan confessed and is guilty. Furious, he reminds Jonathan about how much he risked for his brother. He then demands to know the details about Jonathan's actions. Jonathan continues to deny poisoning Greenlee but Ryan is relentless in his pursuit of the truth. Backed into a corner, Jonathan makes a startling revelation. He admits that Ryan's brother did poison Greenlee but it wasn't Jonathan, it was Braden. Ryan is stunned then immediately rejects the mere suggestion that Braden was behind the poisoning, pointing out that, given his history 5 years ago, if he showed his face in town everyone would know. Desperate to convince Ryan that he's telling the truth, Jonathan confesses that approximately a year ago, before Jonathan came to town, he was awoken one night to find Braden, drunk and unstable, sitting on the side of his bed watching him much as their father Patrick used to. Braden, it seems, had broken into Jonathan's apartment and told him a story about having been hospitalized in Canada and receiving anti psychotic medication that he didn't like so he had stopped taking the medication. According to Jonathan, it was the same drug that was used to poison Greenlee. Ryan still refuses to believe Jonathan. He asks him why Braden would want to hurt Ryan. Jonathan tells him that Braden felt Ryan wasn't entitled to the Cambias fortune after what he did to him. Seeing a hole in the story, Ryan points out that he did nothing but protect him but Jonathan counters, claiming Braden felt abandoned by Ryan in the end and was intent on punishing Ryan for that. Jonathan then confesses that the real reason he came to Pine Valley was to protect Ryan from Braden. Ryan still refuses to believe Jonathan but decides to play along for the sake of argument, asking him why Braden would want to hurt Greenlee. Jonathan delivers another shock when he tells him that Braden poisoned Greenlee because Ryan didn't die when Braden shot him. Ryan points out that Zach had confessed to the shooting so obviously Braden couldn't have done it but Jonathan is adamant. He tells Ryan that he knows Braden shot Ryan because he was there and saw it happen. He goes on to give Ryan proof that Braden is behind everything when he hands him a note Braden slipped under the door the other night. Ryan unfolds the note and reads aloud: "Jonathan, quit getting in my way. Ryan is going to die and you're not going to stop me." Just then there is a knock at the door. When Ryan goes to answer it, Jonathan stops him, fearing it could be Braden."
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