Johnny tells Lulu they can hide out in the old apartment for a while; it belongs to his former piano teacher, Professor Siegal. Lulu's touched when Johnny tells her how his mom found this teacher and how music saved his life, but that doesn't stop her from fretting: She ruined his life, etc. She tells Johnny about Laura killing her stepdad and how it led to Laura's mental breakdown -- and Lulu fears that will happen to her as well.
Anyway, the kids are interrupted by Sal, a menacing-looking guy who lives downstairs. Johnny says they came for a visit, and Lulu spins a fantastic story about being a froshie at NYU and how Johnny needs the prof's advice on whether to stay in the band or go the classical route. But Sal busts them: The professor is dead.
At Jason's penthouse, Maxie tells Claudia that Spinelli won't help her unless Jason orders him to. Claudia threatens to tell Spinelli about paying Maxie to sleep with Johnny, thus breaking up him and Lulu, but Maxie beats her to the punch and spills all.
Of course, Spinelli doesn't care about Maxie's past and is impressed she told him instead of letting Claudia blackmail her. Claudia goes to the PCPD. Maxie's so glad to have Spinelli in her life and decides to spend the night there, but Mac begs to differ. Later, after Spinelli drops Maxie off at home, she comes face-to-face with shirtless Matt, otherwise known as the wrench in the Spixie romance.
Anthony throws a glass across the room when he learns Johnny's on the lam. He tells Trevor that he will rip his heart out if Johnny dies.Later, Anthony says that, once Johnny returns, Lulu's as good as dead.
They go to the PCPD, where Ric gets in Jason's face and Nikolas attacks Anthony out of fear for Lulu. Nadine, having bailed on her date with Matt (spilling marinara sauce on him), arrives to comfort Nik and takes him home, where she urges him to talk to her.
Earlier, Jason and Nikolas agree that Lulu was probably in on the impromptu kidnapping. Claudia arrives to ask for Jason's permission to get Spinelli to help her find Johnny. Jason agrees, but only if Claudia will tell him when Johnny contacts her. It's Claudia's turn to agree, but only if Jason can guarantee protection for her brother. It looks like Jason and Claudia are coming to a nice understanding ... .
Meanwhile, Carly and Jax go 'round and 'round about their marriage. Carly scores a major point when she says Jax tends to bail on all of his marriages just when the going gets rough. She even uses her trump card Morgan as a ploy to get Jax to stay. Jax tells her he can't live with her kind of love, but kisses her anyway before leaving.
Carly knows he still loves her and starts scheming immediately to get him back.
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