General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that Martin Gray (Michael E. Knight) will pop up again during the week of May 4-8. Martin will be on hand to meet with his client, Nelle Benson Archer (Chloe Lanier), which he probably won’t be thrilled about. Nelle certainly isn’t the easiest person to work with!
Nevertheless, Martin ultimately cares about getting paid. Nelle got a sizable sum from the sale of her ELQ shares, and she’s got a steady income thanks to her new job at Crimson, too. In fact, Nelle’s newfound financial security will give Nelle confidence going into this custody battle.
Nelle definitely doesn’t have a fortune that can compete with the Corinthos clan or the Quartermaines, but she’s got enough that it’s not a concern. Any judge will see that Nelle’s more than capable of providing for her son financially. Being a stable mother that Wiley Quartermaine-Corinthos (Erik and Theo Olson) is another matter entirely!
That’s exactly what Martin will point out during this meeting with Nelle. Martin’s a straight shooter, so he doesn’t sugar-coat things with Nelle. He’ll be honest about Nelle’s chances in court, but Martin won’t tell Nelle what she wants to hear.
General Hospital spoilers say Martin will point out that Nelle’s a felon, but Nelle will protest that Michael’s also done a stint in the slammer. She won’t see why her own jail time should carry more weight, but Nelle’s stint was more recent. GH fans know Nelle hasn’t had much of a chance to prove her stability.
Although he’s taken a step back at ELQ for now, Michael’s successful CEO and a respected member of the Port Charles community. If Martin gets updates on Michael’s upcoming plan to marry Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen), that could leave the attorney with more concerns. Regardless, Martin will warn Nelle that the best she can hope for is shared custody – if she even gets that.
Of course, that’s not going to work for Nelle, who wants to push Michael out of the picture completely. Nelle will wonder what she can do to boost her chances, so Martin will note that she needs someone to testify on her behalf – someone who can vouch for her desire to be a devoted mother and attest to the changes in Nelle.
There obviously won’t be people lined up around the block to help Nelle out! She doesn’t have and friends or family to rely on – that she knows of anyway. However, it turns out Nelle will unknowingly ask her own mother to speak for her.
Nelle won’t have anyone else to turn to, so she’ll ask Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) for a huge favor. Neither one of them knows about their bio mom-daughter connection yet, so this will set up some interesting developments. General Hospital spoilers say Nelle will deliver a plea and hope that Nina will pitch in.
Nelle has opened up to Nina about her desire for a white-picket-fence kind of life for Wiley. She wants to give Wiley a better childhood than her own, which seems like one of the few genuine things out of Nelle’s mouth. Nina could understand Nelle’s perspective, so she’ll probably agree to help.
Unfortunately, Nina’s already vowed to help Michael and the Corinthos family! There’ll be a moment of truth as Nina takes the stand. Nina will have to decide who she’s going to side with, so will it be Nelle or Michael? Will Nina end up tanking Nelle’s shot at scoring custody of Wiley?
It’d make the most sense to take the story in that direction. That way, Nelle will hate Nina’s guts when their necklace shocker hits hard. Whatever the case, General Hospital spoilers say Nina will play a huge role in who gets custody of Wiley. As other GH news comes in, we’ll deliver all the details.
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