Olivia: Ok, honey, here are the paint samples that you requested.

Carly: Thanks so much for dropping them by.

Olivia: Tell me why you're all of a sudden so hands-on about painting conference rooms when you're a couple of weeks away from giving birth?

Carly: I need a distraction.

Olivia: From what?

Carly: Oh, you know, it's that mother thing where everything's racing through my head on a continual loop, just going around and around.

Olivia: Yeah, I've been there.

Carly: I think I'm freaking out. You know, every little ache and pain, I'm so afraid I'm going to go back into labor.

Olivia: Well, can I get you something? A cup of tea or something?

Carly: No. with sonny out of town.

Olivia: Well, sonny was stressing you out?

Carly: No, but sonny stresses Jax out, and then Jax stresses me out. So with him gone, everyone's happy.

Olivia: Well, I wouldn't worry about Jax. It's sonny I feel sorry for, being dragged off god knows where by that psychopath wife of his.

Carly: [Chuckles] What's the latest story on Claudia? You still blaming her

***

Olivia: Claudia hated that I was with making our lives a living hell. Carl so you've said.

Olivia: So I broke up with him because, you know, I couldn't take it anymore.

Carly: Yeah, I didn't buy that the first time you told me, and I'm not buying it now.

Olivia: There's nothing to buy, Carly. She was making me certifiable and now she's out of my hair, so... Carly, give me a break. We're just alike. If someone pisses you off, you're going to come out swinging. Which, by the way, I think is a great quality.

Olivia: Right back at ya.

Carly: Right. It doesn't make sense you're gonna walk away from Johnny just because Claudia doesn't approve.

Olivia: You know I'm not a quitter, Carly. But at a certain point, it's just not worth the pain, right? To me or to john.

Carly: Hmm. You know what you need to do? When sonny gets back in town, go over there and tell him everything that going on.

Olivia: Oh, we've already been there. I went to his house. I was going to tell him everything about Claudia. He told me she was his wife and I needed to stop bad-mouthing her. Yeah.

Carly: You're joking.

Olivia: No. I'm not. So the subject of Claudia is off with sonny. End of story.

Carly: Hmm. It's time I opened sonny's eyes to that lunatic he married.

**

[Knock on door]

Olivia: Come here! Did anybody see you come in?

Johnny: Well, yeah, the pizza delivery guy did. But--hey, do you think he's working as a spy for my sister?

Olivia: I wouldn't put it past her.

Johnny: Come on.

[Olivia moans]

Johnny: Maybe I should have climbed up the fire escape, huh?

Olivia: Or you repelled from the top of the building.

Johnny: It's ok, relax. We're safe, all right? Sonny and Claudia are out of town, at least for a while.

Olivia: Better safe than sorry. You know, if Claudia figures out about this little reconciliation, all hell's gonna break loose.

Johnny: Well, as long as Claudia thinks she's getting what she wants, there's not going to be any trouble at all, all right?

***

Olivia: Hey, do you want something? I got leftovers in the fridge.

Johnny: No, no, no, it's all right. Thank you. I already ate.

Olivia: You already ate?

Johnny: I--yeah.

Olivia: Tomorrow night, I'll make chicken cacciatore. You'll think you died and went to heaven. How about that?

Johnny: God, I wish I could take you out and be with you in public in front of people. I know none of that's possible. We're keeping this under wraps.

Olivia: There's nothing wrong with some intimate evenings at home.

Johnny: No, but... I'm very sorry for all the trouble Claudia's caused.

Olivia: Hey, it's not on you what your sister does.

Johnny: Yeah, I know. But I'm worried that she's only getting worse. You know, the closer she gets to sonny, the more powerful she becomes. And we both know that doesn't sit well with her.

Olivia: Yeah, yet power seems like the only thing she wants.

Johnny: Yeah, but she can't handle it. She's unstable. She... [Sighs] I don't know. I'm just worried there may come a time when I have to stop her.

Olivia: At do you mean?

Johnny: I may need to tell the truth. She's the one who's responsible for getting Michael shot.