Liz was leaving....honestly a lot of what she said I believe was another instance of GH taking complaints they get and read online and repeating dialogue...a lot of people wanted her to say what she did for a long time...I think that they believed she was leaving and so they obliged...

I think if we want to know where Liz's story is going in the future....we will probably have to wait a few weeks until we get to some after re-hiring

exactly
this was her exit story
closure for liason
we saw that today
also thinking we will get more of that in their next scenes
doesnt' mean things won't be changing in a few weeks.
also could mean they still plan on moving forward with jalame
they just now think jason is redeemed so jason/ sbu fans will come back and watch
they think rh liz fans will stick around watch for her "new direction"
and they hope liason fans will stick around and watch

remember it was divide and conquer for frons. break liason fans into rh liz fans and jason sbu fans. he did that to a degree
only fans turned on both characters. fans knew they were written ooc and he gutted them both. hence why ratings tanked big time.
hence why rh was fired. cause her fans and liason fans were not going along with his agenda and being trained.
he figured he could get rid of rh and that would somehow make his it couple likable rme
now they figure rh liz fans will be happy she still has her job and watch
they are banking on liason rh and burton fans buying this a closure and they will stick around to watch them as individual characters all the while hoping for them as a couple

i see jakes death as nothing more as a quick plot point to get fans to like liz jason and lucky (even skunk) as characters again
like 06 to 08 never happened. they all made mistakes. with jake gone now they have all moved on.