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Bold & The Beautiful Transcript

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Ridge: Good morning.

Taylor: Well, it is now. Thank you.

Ridge: I did knock.

Taylor: Mm, yeah, I thought I heard something. Usually kelly just barges in here.

Ridge: Yeah, no, I heard that. That’s why I like being in the guest house, because they don’t come over, unless somebody comes with them.

Taylor: Oh, see, you’re missing out. Mm, you are. There’s nothing better than having your grandbabies barreling in in the morning and jumping on the bed.

[ Taylor laughing ] This isn’t bad either.

[ Phone ringing ]

Thomas: Hey, uh, did dad have a meeting this morning?

Steffy: Uh, I don’t know. Why?

Thomas: Well, he’s not here yet.

Steffy: Oh, that’s because he’s still here. With mom.

Thomas: Wait, they’re sleeping in?

Steffy: Yeah, I heard him making a coffee this morning, I think he brought a cup up to her.

Thomas: Hah, that sounds, uh, cozy, maybe I should give up this whole house hunting thing, and come move in with you two.

[ Both laughing ]

Steffy: Well, if, if mom and dad do get closer, the guest house is available.

Thomas: You think they’re gonna stay together?

Steffy: With brooke out of the picture, what would keep them apart?

Deacon: Sheila.

Sheila: Why are you never happy to see me?

Deacon: You want the reasons chronologically, or alphabetically? Come on, I’m working here.

Sheila: Yeah, or are you daydreaming about your sweetie, brooke? Well, just cheer up, okay? Because I have a feeling she’s gonna come creeping back to you, very soon.

Deacon: You know, if you’re gonna keep showing up here, you might as well just get your old job back.

Sheila: Oh, you wanna spend more time together?

Deacon: No, that way you’d have a legitimate reason for being here.

Sheila: Yeah, this is what I get for being supportive?

Deacon: All right, let’s hear it. More news about brooke.

Sheila: Well, I think your dream of a future with her is more promising.

Deacon: Doubtful.

Sheila: When did you become such a pessimist? I mean, if– if you need somebody to, uh, boost your confidence, or rev that engine, I am more than happy to help. But once you’ve been with me, brooke is going to be a letdown.

Deacon: You know, I think that’s a personal best. Three unsolicited sexual advances in the first five minutes, that’s amazing. I mean, did I miss something here? Is brooke no longer married to ridge?

[ Knocking on door ]

Thomas: Hey.

Hope: Is your dad around?

Thomas: No, what’s up?

Hope: Look, I– I don’t want all of this to become an issue for us. It’s just–

Thomas: This is about your mom.

Hope: Yes. She’s in a really bad place right now, and the things that she’s saying is– she can’t forgive herself, and she’s pushing ridge away and it’s almost like she would rather give up the man she loves than risk disappointing him again. And I just– I need ridge to understand that that night would have never happened if they weren’t drinking.

Taylor: Did you get any sleep last night?

Ridge: You mean did I stay up and think about the conversation that we had?

Taylor: Or the conversation you had with brooke.

Ridge: Still processing it.

Taylor: I’m sure.

Ridge: Just so unexpected. She’s setting me free. One terrible night and everything we had is… gone. I’m steve, I lost 138 pounds in nine months on golo

Deacon: You think this is great, don’t ya? That– that brooke somehow deserves what’s happening to her?

Sheila: You know what, you’re asking the wrong questions. What you should be asking is, “what happens next, and how can I be a part of it?”

Deacon: See, that’s how you think, not me. Not anymore.

Sheila: Oh, what, you’re going to leave brooke all alone? You’re gonna stand back and give her space? When has brooke ever shown anybody any– any deference? Any courtesy? No, she has always injected herself into everybody else’s lives. She is the complete opposite of taylor. Taylor stayed away, she didn’t want to interfere. No, she is humble, she is kind, she is thoughtful.

Deacon: Write her a fan letter already, jeez.

Sheila: She knew how important it would be for me to spend time with finn and hayes. And that– that’s why I, I know what getting back to ridge means to her.

Deacon: Because you guys are bffs now?

Sheila: Look, if taylor’s happy, I’m happy. If her family is– is secure and thriving, that means I might be able to spend more time with my son and my grandson. Heck, she might even convince steffy to– to give me a chance.

Ridge: No, so– so don’t watch that one because it’s a complete waste of time.

Steffy: Hi.

Ridge: Hey. You look ready. What’s going on?

Steffy: Looks like you two had a good morning.

Ridge: It’s all right.

Steffy: I– I’m gonna be heading out. So don’t worry, you guys can have your privacy.

Taylor: Oh, stop. It’s so quiet. Where are the kids?

Steffy: Out with amelia. So the house will be all… to yourself.

Ridge: What’s– I’m going to the office myself, in a few minutes.

Steffy: Hey, take your time, no rush. No rush.

Taylor: Honey, it’s not what you think, your father brought me coffee this morning.

Steffy: Mm hm.

Ridge: Yeah, I’m staying in the guest house because of your generous…

Steffy: You don’t have to explain. I– I’m not here to pry. No judgement, no judgement.

Taylor: Aw, thank you. No, I– maybe a little.

Steffy: But I can’t pretend what I’m– look at you two! Like, there’s this energy. I mean, come on, the smiles on your faces, it’s beautiful, and I love to see it.

Hope: I want to see ridge. Do you know where he is right now? Is he over at your sister’s? Because I’ll go over there if I have to.

Thomas: That’s not a good idea.

Hope: Why? What else do you know?

Thomas: My dad is happy, where he is. Him and my mom are reconnecting. He’s not thinking about brooke. And she shouldn’t be thinking about him.

Hope: Of course she is thinking about him. That’s her husband. And my mom still loves ridge. And I know he still loves her too.

Thomas: They’re not together anymore, hope. My dad is happy where he is. He’s finally reconnecting with my mom, it’s what he wants, it’s what we all want. Look, they, they’ve been apart for a very long time. And they finally have a chance to be together. I’m going to support them in that. In any way that I can. When tired, achy feet make your whole body want to stop,

Steffy: I’m not making any assumptions, even though you two are glowing.

Ridge: Uh, your mother’s glowing. I don’t glow.

Steffy: Hm.

Taylor: Oh, it’s just nice waking up where you belong, surrounded by people you love.

Steffy: And who love you.

Ridge: And here I thought it was the coffee.

Taylor: Or the coffee delivery man.

Steffy: Okay. That is my cue to go.

Taylor: No, don’t be silly. I’m just happy. Having your father here has been wonderful.

Steffy: It’s been wonderful for all of us. And dad, I don’t want you to feel like you’re under a microscope, but I can’t hide being excited. I mean, I am seeing the two of you together. It’s even better than I remember. Maybe I appreciate it more now. Seeing the way you look at each other, the love that you have and the way it’s endured in spite of everything, and it fills me with so much hope for you and our family. Hey, this is your chance to have lasting love. And I know that’s what you want, especially after all of betrayal and disappointment. Brooke has put you through a lot, but that is all behind us now. And I know it hasn’t been painless, but honestly, I’m glad about the way it’s all working out.

Deacon: So things are looking up for you and taylor, so who the hell cares what it does to brooke’s life?

Sheila: Well, then why don’t you do something? Go to her, comfort her. I seem to remember that she has a weakness for that.

Deacon: Wow, you can actually manage to make doing something nice feel dirty.

Sheila: I’m just saying, why don’t you go and show her some support?

Deacon: Sheila, this whole thing has turned her life upside down. You know, one minute, everything’s fine. The next minute she’s out of control. She’s downing shots of vodka and passing out.

Sheila: Mm, that karma’s a bitch.

Deacon: It’s funny ’cause I thought you said that karma was a good thing.

Sheila: I guess it depends on what you deserve.

Deacon: Oh, okay, now I get it, because she came between you and your son. You know who the hell cares if her marriage is in flames?

Sheila: I don’t see you shedding any, any tears right now, deacon.

Deacon: Hey, look, you know, I– I wouldn’t care if brooke is free of forrester, but I also wouldn’t bet money on it. Look, when it comes to brooke, ridge is a boomerang. You have to share this little advice with your gal pal, taylor. No one should underestimate the commitment between ridge and brooke.

Thomas: I’m not putting you off, hope. I just, I don’t know what else to tell you.

Hope: Okay, so that’s why I should speak directly to ridge.

Thomas: Or you could let our parents handle this on their own.

Hope: I know my mom is perfectly capable of handling her own battles. It’s just that she’s lost in her own sorrow right now, and she can’t really see clearly, I mean, she’s confused.

Thomas: Yeah, but my dad isn’T. He is happier than I’ve seen him in a long time being with our family, and my mom is ecstatic. Look, I’m not saying this to hurt you or be a jerk, I just– my dad still cares about brooke. He always will, and she’s always going to care about him. But if she’s saying that it’s over, and he’s accepted that, why push him to rethink it?

Hope: Because this is what they do. They’ve split up before, and it’s always been temporary.

Thomas: Mm, and no offense, I am very much hoping this time will be different.

Hope: Why, because of my dad? Because of my mom’s relapse? I mean– you really think it’s fair that her one mistake just jeopardizes the entire life that they’ve built together?

Thomas: No, it’s not that, it’s, it’s because my mom is home. And she and my dad have a chance to make it work. I have a meeting I have to get to.

[ Hope sighing ]

Ridge: Hope.

Hope: Ridge.

Ridge: Hi.

Hope: Uh, thomas wasn’t sure if you would be able to make it in today. Um, look, he told me about you and taylor, and I get that my mom has set you free. But she’s really hurting right now, ridge, and she thinks that by punishing herself, by losing you, is going to fix all this and you know, that is not true. Please don’t let her mistake cost you all those years of love that the two of you shared together. Just. Give her another chance. Please don’t give up on my mom.

Meet ron.

Sheila: Ridge moved out. He’s living with taylor.

Deacon: Yeah, that doesn’t mean that he’s moved on from brooke.

Sheila: That’s exactly what it means.

Deacon: I think you need a history lesson.

Sheila: Brooke is free. That bond that was holding her to ridge has been severed. No, their destiny has come to a screeching halt. You can’t revel in that? What, you’re still doing the good guy act?

Deacon: Not an act.

Sheila: Brooke is upset right now. You can’t blame yourself for that. You had nothing to do with her marriage imploding.

Deacon: If it wasn’t me, then what happened? I mean, she can’t explain it. You think you can?

Sheila: Yeah, I sure as hell can. Ridge may have left because of you, but he’s not coming back because of taylor. That’s who he really wants to be with, and can you blame him? I–I know what brooke has done. We all know what she’s done. Ridge sees it too, and he can’t trust her.

Deacon: Stop, just stop, all right. You’re not going to trash brooke like this. It was one crazy night. Yes, things got out of hand. But that doesn’t sum up who she is. It doesn’t define her character.

Bartender: Deacon. I’ve got a delivery, I need your help in the alley.

Deacon: I’m on it, I’m on it.

Bartender: Come on.

[ Phone ringing ]

Thomas: Hello.

Sheila: Oh, thank god. I thought I was going to have to leave you a message.

Thomas: Don’t call me.

Sheila: Well, you assure me I have nothing to worry about, and I won’T. Say it, thomas, you’re not going to tell anyone the reason why brooke drank that night. You want to keep your parents happy. Then you need to keep our secret. Are we good?

Ridge: Your mother has been very open with me. We discussed this.

Hope: She is pushing you toward taylor because she can’t forgive herself for what she did.

Ridge: This is what she wants.

Hope: The real question is, is this what you want, or do you want to give my mom another chance? Because if there’s even this possib–

Ridge: She let me go. She set me free.

Hope: She’s doing that because she thinks that is what she deserves. She’s trying to be noble and have everyone think that she’s going to be okay.

Ridge: She is going to be okay. She’s gotta keep going to those meetings, stay away from bad people and just focus on her recovery.

Hope: That’s all she can focus on, is that one question, “why did I drink, why did I drink?” She asked that over and over and over again, because what happened that night was not like her, ridge, the same way that this– what you’re doing is not like you. I mean, you moved out, you’re reconnecting with taylor while you are still married to my mom. But two wrongs don’t make a right.

Steffy: Don’t do that, hope. Don’t judge my father for wanting to be happy–

Ridge: She’s just concerned about her mom.

Steffy: She’s making it sound like you’re cheating on brooke.

Hope: Um he’s still married to her–

Steffy: And I’m his daughter, we’re his family, he’s staying at my house and he’s with his grandchildren.

Hope: And taylor.

Steffy: Yes. But my mother tried to help you. She tried to reach out to brooke to get her to tell the truth, because that’s the kind of woman she is. Unlike your mom–

Ridge: Can we not do this, please? Let’s not fight–

Steffy: No, this is ridiculous. Why are we doing this? Oh, we’re going to just pretend “brooke made a mistake. She was drinking.” No. She made a choice. She kissed deacon. She let him sleep in your bed. Yes, she regrets it. I’m sure she hates herself for it, but she can’t take it back. My father is finally moving on. He and my mother are enjoying this time together. They’re reconnecting. He’s finally remembering what it’s like to be with someone who he can rely on and trust. Dad, please don’t let her back in. Come home to us. Your family, the forresters. Not hope, not brooke, not the logans.

[ Ridge sighing ]

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Taylor: Okay. Tha– that– no. That’s– this. [ Exhaling ] There’s no rush here.

Ridge: No.

Taylor: There’s no expectations. That kiss was nice, though.

Ridge: Mm-hmm.

Taylor: So… if you ever do that again, you know, I– I might be into it.

Brooke: I just love you so,

so much.

I wish to god

that I deserved your love.

But I don’T.

I don’t deserve it.

That is why I am

setting you free.

Ridge: For the record,

the only life I ever

wanted was with you.

Hope: Mom. What’s going on? Have you talked to ridge yet because it’s not too late, if you’re upset.

Brooke: It is. And I have to accept it, honey. My marriage to ridge is over. And I have nobody to blame but myself.

[ Sighs ]

Thomas: I am

done playing games.

Spit it out!

Sheila: And I switched

the labels.

Brooke didn’t have a clue.

Thomas: You switched

the labels?

Sheila: Yeah, it really was

some of my finest work.

Steffy: Not inspired?

Thomas: No, you know what? You’re right. You’re right. I should just give up on this and uh, try again tomorrow. What brings you back to work?

Steffy: You. I want to know what’s going on. And please don’t tell me, “it’s nothing.”

Grace: Excuse me? I know I didn’t just hear what I think I heard.

Paris: It’s true, mom.

Grace: You and carter…

Paris: We’re in love.

Grace: You mean to tell me you have feelings for the same man that’s caused your sister so much pain?

Carter: Look, grace…

Grace: No. You look, carter. You look me in the eyes and you tell me you’re worthy of my daughter. Because we both know you aren’T. This is wrong. This is so wrong. And there’s no chance in hell I’m gonna let this continue.

Thomas: Why do you think something’s going on?

Steffy: Because you’ve been acting really strange, like you’re carrying some kind of weight. Not to mention this sudden attitude shift about brooke.

Thomas: There’s been no shift about brooke. All I said is that she’s going through a lot and maybe we shouldn’T… add to that, you know? There’s no– there’s no reason to kick her when she’s down. We are getting what we want, right? Mom and dad, back together.

Steffy: Yeah, but why does it sound like you feel guilty about it?

Hope: It isn’t too late. If you go to ridge–

Brooke: He was here, honey.

Hope: Okay, well, that’s a good sign, right?

Brooke: He just came to pick up some things.

Hope: Well, did you tell him that the two of you needed to talk and work through this?

Brooke: I told him to go.

Hope: Go?

Brooke: Go to taylor’s, so he can have a life without misery.

Hope: Mom, no.

Brooke: Yeah, I did. I told him that. I did it for his sake, honey. I just want him to be happy. So I told him to go.

[ Taylor sighing ]

[ Exhaling ]

Taylor: It must have been hard for brooke to give you your freedom and let you go. Freedom looks like different things to different people, you know? And, you gotta figure out what that looks like for you. Ridge, this– this can’t happen unless you know what you want. Do you even know if you’re ready to move on? Why give your family just ordinary eggs

Paris: Mom, could you please just hear me out?

Grace: There’s nothing to hear. If you tie yourself to this man it will be your downfall. Do you not understand how the forresters would react?

Paris: Okay. If this is about zende–

Carter: We don’t want to hurt zende?

Grace: Oh, sure you don’T. That’s why my daughter’s half naked in your apartment tonight.-Honey, you have created an extraordinary life at forrester creations, a life that should include zende. I am not going to let you do it. I am not going to let you destroy everything you’ve been working toward.

Steffy: After all these years, brooke could finally be out of dad’s life.

Thomas: Yeah, but, um, not really, right? Because there’s rj, obviously they have a kid together. They have a bunch of connections and they work together–

Steffy: There you go again.

Thomas: There I go, what?

Steffy: This, like, tone. Like you feel bad for brooke. What’s changed?

Hope: I can’t believe that you’re just, giving up like this.

[ Brooke sighs ]

Brooke: I don’t want to, hope, I don’T. But I don’t have much choice.

Hope: Mom. Of course you have a choice. Ridge is the love of your life, that’s what you’ve always told me. Remember that story about how you laid eyes on him for the first time and you knew he was the one? You can’t just let that go without a fight.

Brooke: I don’t want him staying with me out of obligation.

Hope: Oh, mom, how are you an obligation?

>>Brooke: Honey, if he would rather be with taylor…

Hope: Who is saying that he does?

Brooke: I don’t know. I just– I’m trying not to be selfish here. I’m trying to do the right thing, what will make him happy.

Hope: By pushing him to taylor?

Brooke: I just want to give him his freedom, you know? And yeah, maybe taylor is better for him. Maybe he should be with her. She’s– she’s calm and she’s sweet. Everything I’m not. And this way he wouldn’t have to worry about going out of town and me kissing every guy every time he leaves.

Hope: Oh my gosh, mom, you don’t do that and you wouldn’t do that again.

Brooke: Yeah, well, it never should have happened in the first place. He deserves somebody that is completely, completely devoted to him. And it certainly isn’t me. I mean, all I ever bring him is dis– disappointment.

Taylor: It’s too soon for you to answer that. A relationship like the one you have with brooke, you just don’t move on from that.

Ridge: But I do want to move on from the drama, the heartache.

Taylor: Good. Yes. Let our grand kids bring the drama. Kelly is really good at that. And hayes is almost at that age.

Ridge: And I want to be here for it, every minute.

Taylor: I’m glad you’re here. Even thomas is bringing douglas over more to hang out with us. It’s like we’re one, big, happy multi-generational family.

Ridge: Mm hm.

Taylor: I’m enjoying this. Spending time with our grand kids and our kids, watching you. Just moment to moment. And this is a good moment.

(Ziploc tab zip opening) to let you do it. I am not going to let you sabotage your career, your future for this man.

Paris: Zende and i aren’t exclusive.

Grace: But he wants to be. How would he feel if you found out the reason that you don’t want to be exclusive is because you’re here lusting after carter? Tell her, carter. Tell her whatever this is, it’s over. And you’ve got your career to think about. Don’t you? Tell her, carter. Tell her to go back to zende.

Thomas: Maybe brooke does deserve a little pity in this situation.

Steffy: Seriously? Do you or do you not want to see our parents happy together?

Thomas: Of course, I wanna see our parents happy together.

Steffy: Good. So then stop feeling sorry for brooke. She brought all of this on herself.

Hope: Yes. Ridge was hurt by what happened. But you cannot tell me that all those years of history and the great love that the two of you have shared, that that is worth giving up on.

Brooke: No, honey, it isn’T. I’m just trying to see it from his perspective. Oh, god. Have I made a mistake?

Hope: Do you want this? I mean, you– you do want your marriage to ridge, right?

Brooke: More than anything.

Hope: Then, you have to keep fighting.

Brooke: Oh, honey, I– I mean, how many times can he, he forgive me? How many times can I disappoint him? I mean, look at everything I’ve done. Kissing bill. Kissing deacon. Drinking. Maybe stephanie was right all those years ago. She knew she didn’t want me around ridge ’cause she knew the kind of woman that I was… brooke logan, slut from the valley.

Hope: Mom!

Brooke: Well, there’s truth to it, isn’t there?

Hope: Mom, I don’t want you thinking about yourself, and stephanie had no right.

Brooke: Honey, she had a right. She wanted her son to be happy. She wanted her son to be– to be with a good woman, a woman of substance. And I didn’t understand that then but I certainly understand that now. She wanted him to be happy and she was so adamant about it. And I can see that… because I want that kind of joy for ridge. I do. He should have that.

Taylor: I’ve missed this. This. Your company. I’ve never stop loving you.

Ridge: No. Pain hits fast.

Paris: Mom, I’m not a child. And you don’t have any say on who I date. Carter and I have feelings for each other and you can’t order him to turn them off or push me towards zende.

Grace: Is that what you think, carter? That I don’t have a right to my opinion? That I don’t have a right to be concerned about the damage this little fling will cause?

Carter: She’s right.

Paris: What?

Carter: I don’t want you to jeopardize everything for me.

Paris: Carter, stop. You just said you loved me.

Carter: I do, I do, and I love you too much to let you ruin your life.

Paris: You don’t mean this.

Carter: I do. I do. If zende proposes, say yes. Be his wife.

Hope: I don’t know what has gotten into you and why you’ve suddenly decided that taylor is the better match for ridge.

Brooke: Well, she won’t go around kissing other men, that’s for sure.

Hope: Okay, fine. Maybe not. But why are you idealizing taylor as if she’s some kind of saint who will never cause ridge any pain? Because she’s human, mom. She has made her share of mistakes. I mean, do you think that ridge has just suddenly forgotten all of the reasons that they’ve broken up in the past before? Do you think that he didn’t notice that she’s been mia for years? And yet, she’s better for ridge? I– I get that you have told ridge to, “go be free and to be with taylor”, but I see through this whole martyr act. And I am not buying it. I’m not, okay? Because I am not giving up on the two of you. And neither should you. Especially when I know that you still want a life with ridge.

Brooke: I do. Of course I do, honey. I don’t want to give up on this, either. I don’T. I mean, a part of me keeps on hoping that he’ll just come back, you know? And that he’ll forgive me and just forget about all the mistakes I made and we could just move forward. I didn’t want this. I didn’t want any of this.

Taylor: I know you’re trying to process a lot of emotions right now. I am too. I know your head is spinning. You don’t have to pretend that it’s not, not with me.

Ridge: Thank you for understanding.

Taylor: Yeah. Thank you for letting me be here for you.

Brooke: I don’t think I’ll feel for any man what I feel for ridge. I will always love him. And I’ll always wonder what went so wrong. Why did I do it, hope? Why did I let my destiny slip away?

[ Thomas sighs ]

Sheila: This is your chance

to save your father, to rid him

of brooke, permanently.

This is your chance to keep

your family together.

All you have to do

is keep quiet.

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Brooke: As difficult as this is, ridge, I am letting you go. You deserve to move on with your life. And you can’t do that with the way things are.

Ridge: I realize that.

Brooke: I–I never expected this to happen. I didn’t want to have to make this decision. But it’s only fair to you. You don’t need to be with a person that is so self-sabotaging, destroys her happiness, along with the happiness of the people that she loves the most. And I do love you. I do. I love you so much, ridge. And I always will.

Steffy: Thanks, amelia.

Thomas: Bye.

Steffy: Have a good night! Okay, I’m going to go check on the kiddos and make sure they’re in dreamland.

Thomas: Yeah, you know, give ’em both a kiss for me, all right?

Steffy: No, no, no, no, you are staying here. I still have a bone to pick with you.

Thomas: About what?

Steffy: Earlier at the office, it seemed like you were backsliding about dad and brooke. And for the life of me, I can’t imagine why.

[ Baby whining ]

[ Steffy sighing ] I’ll be right back.

[ Baby whining ]

Sheila: So, I bought a

bottle of champagne

that was real.

And I switched the labels.

Thomas: You switched

the labels.

Sheila: It really was

some of my finest work.

Quinn: So, I was thinking we could mix and match, you know? I mean, keep it youthful and fun, but still in your face, um, kind of, what your design evokes, right? So, I was thinking maybe, I don’t know. Like, this? This piece with that ring, or, or maybe even, how about this? This with that? I like that.

Zende: I like them both. But the bracelet is a must, whatever direction we go, it is kick-ass.

Quinn: Ah! That’s what I was going for. You know who would look great in this? Paris. The dress, the bling, it’s totally her. Hey! What happened with that engagement ring you had me make for her?

Grace: Carter, I know you’re home. I’m not leaving until you open this door.

Paris: What is my mom doing here?

Grace: I mean it, carter. I will camp outside this door all night if I have to. But you and I, we’re going to talk. I will not be ignored!

Quinn: Oh, did I overstep? Should I not have asked about the engagement ring?

Zende: No, it’s– it’s fine. You designed it. It’s only natural you’d wonder, especially since paris isn’t wearing a ring, and we never announced an engagement.

Quinn: Mm, she turned you down.

Zende: Not in the way you mean, no.

Quinn: Okay, far be it from me to pry. I just know how excited you were to ask paris to marry you.

Zende: Unfortunately, I never got to pop the question. But hey, I still might give it a go anyway, see how she feels now.

[ Grace knocking on door ]

Paris: I don’t understand. Why is she here?

Grace: Open this door, now!

Carter: I– I don’t know, but she’s clearly upset.

Paris: About what?

Carter: You know, how about you go upstairs? You stay out of sight. I’ll talk to her, I’ll see what she wants.

[ Grace knocking on door]

Paris: No, no. That– that’s crazy. I’m not ashamed. I think that we should just tell her.

Carter: No, that’s not– that’s a bad idea.

Paris: Why? She wants me to be happy. She’ll understand. Hey, I got this.

[ Grace knocking on door ]

Grace: How dare you? How dare you do this?!

Steffy: Look, what you said about brooke earlier, that you weren’t willing to excuse all of her behaviors, kind of implies that you’re willing to excuse some of them because she was drinking. And if you do that, you create an opening for brooke. And she’ll use it.

[ Door clicking ]

Thomas: Hey, mom!

Taylor: Hi!

Thomas: How was your day?

Taylor: It was good! It was good. It was busy. You know what, I did have a really fun surprise today. Your father stopped by the office because he just wanted to see me.

Steffy: That’s so sweet. Of course he couldn’t stay away.

Taylor: Nah, it was– it was nice. But you know, he’s still really struggling with everything that happened with brooke.

Ridge: Setting me free? Offering me a divorce, just like that? Is that what you want?

Brooke: Isn’t that what you want? I mean, you’re already living there at steffy’s, and taylor’s there. I don’t really know what’s going on between you two.

Ridge: Nothing’s going on. That’s not– we’re not– I’m, I sleep in the guest house.

Brooke: Oh, okay. Uh… I just thought you’d be happy.

Ridge: Happy? Do I look happy to you? You think this makes me happy? You think any– any part of this makes me happy? If you can choose to be kind to your body

Quinn: So, what do you think she’s going to say?

Zende: If I actually do it this time, ask for her hand?

Quinn: Well, you said she’s not seeing anyone.

Zende: Not as far as I know.

Quinn: You’re not seeing anyone either, at least that’s kind of the way you made it sound.

Zende: I’ve been to drinks a few times with sequoyah, but–

Quinn: She’s not paris, and paris is the one.

Zende: I’ve spoken with her mom. She insists that paris will say yes if I pop the question.

Quinn: Well, that’s encouraging!

Zende: I’d like to think so, too.

Quinn: So, are you going to it? Are you gonna– are you gonna finally ask the girl for her hand?

Zenda: I don’t want to pressure paris into anything. I respect her too much. But I also want her to know that saying “I do” is not the end of anything. It’s the start of an exciting, new journey with the person you love most in the world. That’s who paris is for me: The woman I want to make my wife.

Grace: I can’t believe this! I can’t believe what I am seeing!

Carter: Grace–

Grace: I don’t wanna hear a word from you.

Paris: Mom, stop. Okay, I realize that this is probably a shock–

Grace: Probably a shock?

Paris: No, okay, I get it. I do. But you have to understand, carter and I have been getting closer recently, and I think that he’s an amazing, amazing man.

Grace: What about zende, huh? What about him? He loves you!

Paris: I know–

Grace: You two have been dating for months. And you have so much in common. How could you do this to him?

Paris: Mom, it’s not like that.

Grace: Oh, it absolutely is like that because of this person! This man who obviously has no morals. This will not go on a moment longer, do you hear me, carter? Not a moment longer.

Steffy: Mom, I know you can’t help being a psychiatrist, you want to care about everyone, but like I told thomas, when it comes to brooke, and I don’t mean to sound heartless, but she’s done this all on her own. The drinking, the turning to deacon, it was all brooke, no one else.

Brooke: I know how taylor feels about you. She never stopped loving you, ridge. She never gave up hope that some day she would have a life with you, a life that she always wanted.

Ridge: This isn’t about taylor. It’s not about what she wants or needs. It’s about you and me.

Brooke: Uh, it is. It’s also about taylor, and your kids. Because you want a life of peace. That’s what you told me, ridge. That’s why you went over there. And I so badly wanted to just tell you to stay here with me, that I’m your destiny. But then why would I do that? I really had to think about it, you know? ‘Cause I don’t want to hurt you anymore than I already have. I will always, always hate what I did that night. I will hate what I did to us, to our marriage, how I hurt you. I’ll never forgive myself for that, ridge. I just love you so, so much. And I wish– I wish to god that I deserved your love. I do. But I don’t, I don’t deserve it. So, that is why that– that is why I am setting you free. That is why I am letting you go.

Ridge: I– I can’T.

[ Sighing ] I’m going to have somebody else pick up my stuff.

Ridge: For the record, the only life I ever wanted was with you.

Brooke: Oh, god.

[ Gasping ] I’m amber, I’ve lost 128 pounds with golo,

Zende: There’s no other woman for me than paris. I have to assume there’s no other guy for her than me.

Paris: I don’t want to hurt zende. He is important to me.

Grace: I know he is. And carter knows that as well. But that didn’t stop him from making a move on you, and backstabbing zende.

Carter: Okay, with all due respect, that is not–

Grace: I don’t want to hear a word from you. None of this would be happening if it weren’t for you.

Paris: That’s not true. Zende and i were at a crossroads in our relationship, and we both decided to keep things casual. He’s been seeing one of the models.

Grace: He’s not interested in her, he’s interested in you! Zende loves you. He wants a life, he wants a future with you. Zende is the man you’re supposed to be here with, not carter. Carter was engaged to your sister, and he broke her heart. And I am not going to stand idly by and let him do the same thing to you!

Paris: That won’t happen.

Grace: Oh, it absolutely will happen. Look at his track record. Every relationship he has had has resulted in one casualty after another. Zoe, quinn forrester, and lord knows how many other women before them. There is a reason why this man is single. It’s because he’s a player. And he is playing you.

Paris: No, that’s not how it is. That’s– that’s not who carter is.

Grace: I am not going to debate this with you. This will not go on any longer. It never should have started.

Paris: Mother, please!

Grace: Come on, paris. It’s over. Whatever this is between you and carter, it is over, right here, right now! Do I make myself clear?

Taylor: Yeah, your father has so much to work through right now, so many things are getting thrown at him all at once. We don’t need to add any pressure to him.

Steffy: Maybe someone should tell that to brooke. She’d never let go of dad.

Thomas: Just stop picking on brooke, okay? She’s– she’s been through a lot recently.

[ Phone ringing ]

Thomas: You serious with these– really? Yeah. Uh, yeah, what’s up?

Taylor: Um, I’m going to head upstairs and decompress. Um, will you uh–

Steffy: Let you know once dad gets here? I will, absolutely.

Thomas: No. No, no, no, no, just– just uh, just stay there. I– I’m coming in. I’ll take care of it. Okay.

[ Phone beeping ]

Steffy: What was that all about?

Thomas: Something at work I gotta go head in and fix it.

Steffy: No, not– not ’til you tell me why you keep defending brooke?

Thomas: I’m not defending brooke, okay? I’m just– I’m just saying maybe we should think this through and not exactly assume that we know–

Steffy: Assume what? Assume what, that we got this all wrong? That somehow brooke isn’t responsible for what happened that night? Even though she’s repeated over and over that she is?

[ Door clicking ]

Thomas: Hey dad. How’s it going?

Steffy: Hey, what’s going on?

Ridge: Uh, I don’t know. This whole situation with brooke is just getting more and more upsetting.

Steffy: You want to talk about it?

Ridge: I don’T. I don’t want to talk about anything. I just want to– I just want to be here with you, with your brother, with your mom, and your kids, and just enjoy this solace and peace that I feel when I walk into your house. Is that okay?

Steffy: Mm hmm.

Thomas: You uh… you know I want what’s best for you, right?

Ridge: Yeah.

Thomas: All right, good, okay. I’m sorry, I have to cut out, go back to work, so. I’ll see you. My hygienist cleans with a round head. you are coming with me.

Paris: I am not leaving! I love him. And he loves me, too.

Steffy: You know, dad, you don’t have to answer this if you don’t want to–

Ridge: Oh, thank you.

Steffy: Why did you go see brooke?

[ Ridge sighing ]

Steffy: I know you worry about her.

Ridge: Of course I worry about her. I worry about her falling off the wagon. She’s still my wife, you know?

Steffy: Yeah. But there is a woman in this home who would never do the things brooke has done to you. Someone you can trust. And who loves you so much.

Ridge: Your mother’s here?

Steffy: Yeah, she’s in her room. Go be with her. I’ll go check on the kids.

[ Door knocking ]

Taylor: Come in. Hey!

Ridge: Hey, doc.

Taylor: How was your day? What happened? Talk to me.

Ridge: I– I went to see brooke. And she’s letting me go. She offered me a divorce.

Taylor: What? You’ve got to have mixed feelings about that.

Ridge: Yeah, I’ve got mixed feelings about a lot of things. My being here in this house with you is…

Taylor: Wha– what? What being here in this house with me?

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[ Brooke sighs ]

Brooke: I wish I could just wake up and have all this be a really bad nightmare. You over at steffy’s with taylor and not here with me. But it happened because of the terrible choices that I made. And I hurt you. I let you down. And I don’t even know why. Or how.

Thomas: How did you do it?

How did you get brooke drunk?

Sheila: So I bought a bottle

of champagne that was real

and I switched the labels.

Brooke didn’t have a clue.

Steffy: No daydreaming allowed. That sketch isn’t going to draw itself, you know.

Thomas: Hey, steff. How’s it going?

Steffy: Seems like you’re thinking about something. What’s on your mind?

Zende: It means a lot that you support my having a future with your daughter.

Grace: You are the perfect – the only – man for paris.

Zende: I’m not saying that I don’t agree. I’m just surprised by your sense of urgency. You said that I need to make a move on paris before it’s “too late.” What do you mean?

Grace: Whatever this is

between you and paris,

it ends today.

Or I’m going to the forresters.

Paris: I could stay right here in your arms.

Carter: Yeah. Huh. I don’t want to let you go either. But we have to stop.

Grace: You know my daughter. She’s an extraordinary, young woman.

Zende: She sure is.

Grace: She’s smart, she’s intelligent, independent.

Zende: Not to mention, gorgeous.

Grace: But I doubt you’re the only one that thinks that.

Zende: Is there another man in paris’ life?

Grace: No.

Zende: You sound sure about that.

Grace: I am. Because the only man for paris is standing right here in front of me.

Paris: This moment is too perfect to do anything but go with it.

Carter: I’m just saying, paris–

Paris: No. Don’t think. Don’t say. Don’t look for problems. Just be here with me now. Look. I– I understand. You think your track record with women is not the best.

Carter: It’s horrendous.

Paris: Doesn’t mean that that’ll apply to us. Maybe I’m the one who’ll break the pattern.

Carter: If only.

Paris: There you go again, thinking that this’ll be a dead end, but I disagree. And for the record? I’d do anything to be with you.

Steffy: What is going on with you? You look so serious and intense.

Thomas: Just thinking.

Steffy: Oh, I see. You’re experiencing an unfamiliar strain on your brain.

[ Chuckles ]

Thomas: Ha-ha.

Steffy: I don’t get– mom and dad are getting closer. You should be as thrilled as I am. He finally sees brooke for who she truly is.

Brooke: I so regret what I did to us.

Ridge: I, I didn’t come here to make you feel bad. I came here because I wanted to see you and to make sure that you’re okay.

[ Scoffs ]

Brooke: You wanted to make sure I wasn’t drinking.

Ridge: Yes, I– so much more than that. You’re with me all the time. I carry you in my heart. If you have type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure

Zende: I am not sure-what I did to inspire your confidence in me, but I appreciate it. It’s nice, having the reinforcement.

Grace: I just want my baby girl to have the very best things in life. And that includes a man of integrity who’ll put her first. I see the way you look at paris, and I know her heart is safe with you. I know that you care about her and that you will love her in a way that she deserves to be loved.

Zende: For the rest of my life. I was ready to make things official on new year’S. I had the ring and everything.

Grace: Obviously you– you didn’t propose.

Zende: I had the wrong take on where we were as a couple. I thought we were on the same page about our future. That paris wanted to get married. But then she started saying all these things that made it very clear she wasn’t there yet. Paris is about that single life. So… I didn’t bring out the ring. It’s still so hard to believe. I mean, I pay attention to things. I can’t believe I was so far off base. It makes me think that something changed in paris. I just don’t know what.

Grace: You know what I think?

Zende: Tell me.

Grace: You need to get that ring, find paris, and go through with the proposal this time.

Carter: You shouldn’t say things like that.

Paris: What, you mean the truth? That I’d risk everything to have these moments with you? I would. Your turn.

Carter: My turn. Okay. Ah, truth is that I can’t get enough of you. Even though I know for so many reasons it’s wrong for us to be together.

Paris: But how can something that feels so right be wrong?

Carter: Paris, you literally take my breath away.

Paris: Ooh, yeah. That’s more like what I wanted to hear.

Carter: But I’m telling you that this– us… it can’t be. You deserve a man who can give you the best of everything. That’s not me. It’s zende.

Steffy: I think you’re forgetting the magnitude of brooke’s betrayal. Dad begged her not to let deacon in. He warned her that this would cause trouble in their marriage. Fast forward: New year’s eve. They’re drinking, kissing, and sleeping in our father’s bed. That’s like a huge slap in his face. That is the most disrespectful thing brooke has done and that is saying a lot.

Thomas: And I do agree, but-

Steffy: No, there’s no buts, thomas. Brooke should have stayed away from deacon.

[ Steffy sighs ] Look, I don’t mean to snap at you. It just kills me when people excuse brooke’s behavior. Yes, she was drinking with deacon, but that doesn’t make her blameless. You get that, right?

Brooke: It means so much to me that despite everything I’ve done, how badly I’ve messed up, you still care about me.

Ridge: Well, I can’t help it. You’re part of me. That’s never going to change.

Brooke: I’ve done a lot of soul searching about why I self-destruct. And–

[ Scoffs ] I still haven’t figured out why I haven’t grown or learned anything from my mistakes. I mean, why? Am I just going to self-sabotage for the rest of my life? Why can’t I change?

Ridge: I don’t have an answer for you.

Brooke: You forgave me for bill. And I told you that would never happen again. And then I did the same thing with deacon. That’s just who I am.

[ Sighs ] I want you to be happy, ridge. I do. I mean, truly happy.

[ Sighs ] That’s why I’m going to say this. Even though it truly kills me. But I am… I’m gonna let you go. Dawn is flipping the way america does dishes.

Grace: I can’t say why paris pulled back on your relationship. Sometimes people get scared when they care too much. But I can tell you what I do know. Paris loves you, zende.

Zende: I used to think so. But I’m not so sure anymore.

Grace: Well, then get sure. And stop holding back. You need to claim your future. Because if you wait too long, it will pass you by. I don’t want that, and you don’t want that. I want the best man for my daughter. And that’s you, zende. So, you go get that ring.

Zende: But paris does not want to get married.

Grace: Correction. “Didn’T.” I talked to my daughter. You propose to paris and she’ll say yes – I’m certain of it. She’ll be your wife.

Paris: Why do you keep pushing me at zende?

Carter: Because he’s the better man for you.

Paris: What if I don’t agree?

Carter: Then I’ll have to work harder at convincing you. You deserve a life full of love and happiness, okay? Career, 2.5 kids, and a big old mansion to raise them in. Zende’s a forrester. He can give you that and more.

Paris: Carter–

Carter: I’m serious. I’ll only drag you down.

Paris: You’ll never get me to believe that.

Carter: Have you actually thought about what it would cost you to be with me? Your job here at forrester, your friends here in L.A. Peaceful existence with your mother. I don’t want to be responsible for that, paris, so forget about me. If zende proposes, do yourself a favor. Accept.

Steffy: It would be unthinkable to me that you in any way would justify brooke’s behavior with deacon. So, please tell me that’s not happening.

Thomas: Of course not. Not with all of her behavior, anyway.

Steffy: What part do you think is okay?

Thomas: Nothing. I don’t think anything was okay. But she was drinking.

Steffy: [ Scoffs ] That’s not an excuse!

Thomas: I know.

Steffy: Dad finally had enough. He came back to mom where he belongs. Do you want him to be happy?

Thomas: How do you even ask that question?

Steffy: Good. Then case closed. Let him be happy with mom.

Brooke: I get why taylor feels like sanity to you after all this emotional chaos that I’ve caused. No more scandals with her. You know, she’s steady and she’s predictable.

[ Ridge sighs ]

Brooke: In a good way.

[ Sighs ] And I’m not. I mean, you want to be able to trust your partner, right? And I can’t seem to give that to you, so…

Ridge: I– I wanted all that stuff with deacon to go away. I wanted everything to be fine. I– I–

Brooke: It’s unfair of me even to ask you to try, ridge. I’m not going to. I love you. And I always will. More than anything. And that’s why I’m doing this. That’s why I’m willing to letting you go.

[ Sighs ] I will give you a divorce. Go with simparica trio it’s triple protection made simple!

Paris: I– I care about zende. He is a wonderful guy. And yeah, at some point I did think we’d have a future together.

Carter: You still can.

Paris: No, I can’T. Because something happened in the meantime that changed everything.

Carter: Oh, paris…

Paris: No. Okay, let’s just get clear on this so we can stop going around in pointless circles. You happened, carter. At a certain point, we noticed each other in a different way, and nothing has ever been the same since. You can’t deny it.

Carter: I wouldn’t even try.

Paris: I’ve never met a man who touches me on such a deep level.

Carter: And I’d never met a woman like you. A woman ready to risk everything for me, paris, I just wanna sweep you in my arms and never let you go. But it is so complicated. And there’s so many people who would never understand or accept our relationship.

Paris: I don’t care about other people!

Carter: You should. They’re central to your life.

Paris: Not like you.

[ Sighs ]

Carter: When you look at me like that you make me almost believe it’s possible.

Paris: Okay, then believe it, carter. It’s in our hands. All we have to do is make it happen.

Carter: And what about the life you made happen here? The one that forrester made possible? You ready to throw that away? Paris, the family embraced you, with zende, and in your own right.

Paris: Okay, and I’m– I’m so grateful. And I love my job. But I love you more.

Carter: You love me?

Paris: Yeah. I said it. I love you. Now what?

Carter: I love you, too.

[ Laughs ]

[ Knocking on door ]

Grace: Carter, it’s grace buckingham.

[ Knocking ] Open this door now!

Steffy: Brooke is done. Dad can never be happy with her – not after the way she behaved with deacon. There is no excuse for what brooke did. None.

Brooke: I cherish our life together, ridge. I do. And I would do anything to get it back. I just realize that that’s not possible after I carried on with deacon that night. I mean, I see that now. Now that we’ve had a chance to be apart. But I am so, so grateful for all of the times that we did spend together. And our wonderful adventures and moments. And I’ll never forget it.

[ Sighs ] It’s just– I messed up. And it will never be for us. So I have to just… I have to let you go. I’m not going to fight this. I’m not.

Ridge: I’m trying to wrap my head around this.

Brooke: Well, I, uh… I don’t want you to feel obligated or, you know. I just… I want you to feel okay about this, so I’m willing to make this divorce just painless. You know, quick and easy and simple.

Ridge: You’re really saying that?

Brooke: Yeah, I’m really saying that. Because you told me you can’t be with me anymore, so why not be with somebody that you care about? Really, like, taylor. You know. Your other family. Just go. Go, be with them, ridge.

Ridge: How did we get here?

Brooke: I don’t know. But I certainly don’t blame you. I don’T. I just know that I messed up and I’m so sorry. I am– I’m so, so sorry. Because I love you. I– [ Sobs ] Please. You have to know how much I love you. I will never, never stop loving you.

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Thomas: What you did was wrong, sheila.

Sheila: No, brooke kissing deacon. That’s what was wrong.

Thomas: You got her drunk.

Sheila: Yes, I did. And I take full responsibility for that. But everything else that happened new year’s eve, you can blame that on brooke.

Thomas: My dad has been so messed up over this and I was this close to telling him.

Sheila: Yeah, but you didn’T. You kept your mouth shut because we both know your father’s much better off without brooke.

[ Brooke sighs ]

[ Door knocking ]

Brooke: Come in. Ridge. It’s good to see you. What are you doing here?

Grace: You don’t have to say a word. I can tell from the look on your face.

Zende: I’m that easy to read, huh?

Grace: Zende, I would never want to put you on the spot.

Zende: No, it’s okay. You’re paris’ mom. You can be straight with me.

Grace: Let’s just say I know love when I see it. And you’re still in love with my daughter.

Paris: Look, I– I know I surprised you by coming over but carter, I just can’t stay away from you.

Grace: She wanted to see you. The model who just left.

Zende: Sequoiah.

Grace: She’s beautiful.

Zende: No argument here.

Grace: Sequoiah was interested in going on a date tonight but you didn’t say yes.

Zende: I still have a lot of work I gotta get done. I didn’t want to commit to plans just to cancel later.

Grace: Is that all it is, zende? Because it’s fairly clear to me, the woman you really want to be with is paris.

Paris: You’re the man I really want to be with. I can’t pretend that that’s not true.

Carter: You heard what zende was saying.

Paris: He knows how I feel.

Carter: Not about me.

Paris: No, but he knows that I want to keep things loose and casual. Only you know how I feel about you.

Carter: Zende considers me a friend, paris. Do you know what people would think?

Paris: We’re not doing anything wrong so can we just stop focusing on everyone else and just focus on you and me?

Ridge: I thought I’d pick up some clothes.

Brooke: Oh, okay. Um. Well, I, I could have them sent to you if you’re not comfortable being here.

Ridge: I’m comfortable. Like, driving up here everything looked so nice. Flowers and… flowers and– I could’ve sent somebody over here to pick up my stuff, I could’ve waited for you to go to work. I came by because I wanted to see you. I’m worried about you.

Sheila: You made a wise decision, thomas.

Thomas: Yeah, I’m not so sure about that.

Sheila: Why not? And what’s the problem? Your parents are finally having the opportunity to find joy together again after all these years. Do you really want to be the one responsible for taking that away from them? From you and steffy, their grandkids?

Thomas: You set brooke up. You put this whole thing in motion. Why would I keep it a secret? I brought in ensure max protein,

Grace: I’m rooting for you, zende. I believe you can make my daughter very happy.

Zende: I’d like to think so, but I appreciate paris being honest with me, telling me that she wants to keep things casual, date other people.

Grace: My understanding is you both agree to it. But it seems you’re ready to be exclusive.

Zende: I am. But… I guess I read things wrong. I didn’t realize that paris and I weren’t on the same page until she told me. Now I’m just going with the flow. I do appreciate the time I get to spend with her. And if things are meant to happen with paris, cool. But if not–

Grace: Don’T. Don’t give up just yet.

Zende: Has paris shared anything with you? Do you know if she’s seeing someone else?

Grace: End it with

paris or I’ll go to ridge.

Carter: It’s over.

Grace: Good.

Zende: Grace, do you know something that I don’t? Is paris involved with some other guy?

Paris: No. Don’t tell me we have to stop doing this. You deserve joy and fulfillment and so do I.

Carter: I know. I know, I know. But paris, if we have to sneak around–

Paris: Maybe we don’t have to.

Carter: There’s so much at stake.

Paris: What’s at stake is our happiness. Look, I don’t want to hurt zende, either but I can’t shut off my feelings. And no matter how hard you try to, neither can you.

Brooke: So I guess you’re still staying at steffy’s?

Ridge: Yeah.

Brooke: Okay. Well, I’m not going to keep you from doing what you came to do.

Ridge: Are you okay?

Brooke: Uh, I’m getting by.

Ridge: Hey, don’t do that. I know we’re not together anymore, but… I love you, I’m always gonna love you.

Brooke: And I’m always going to love you.

Ridge: I get it. The timing of this is, it’s awful.

Ridge: I came here because I want to make sure you’re not unsupported.

Brooke: No. I’m– hope is right down there, you know? She’s doing wonderful–

Ridge: No, she– yeah, she– she’ll– she’ll do whatever she can and so will I.

Brooke: Thank you.

Ridge: You’ve been doing a great job with your sobriety and trying to stay on top of things and I just want to make sure you keep doing that. It only takes one moment of weakness.

Brooke: I know.

Sheila: Brooke doesn’t care about you. Why are you defending her?

Thomas: She is an alcoholic. What you did isn’t fair.

Sheila: When has she ever been fair to me? To your mother?

Thomas: I’ve had issues with brooke in the past but she is an alcoholic and you duped her into drinking. You know how evil that is?

Sheila: I really thought it was quite brilliant. Yeah, I got so much more than I bargained for.

Thomas: Brooke thought she was drinking non-alcoholic champagne that night. How did you trick her?

Sheila: Like I said, the least you know, the better.

Thomas: No, I wanna know.

Sheila: You know what? This is just gonna remain a mystery because I am not gonna tell you my methods.

Thomas: Sheila, tell me exactly what you did to brooke right now. Hi, I’m karen.

Zende: Has paris shown interest in other guys?

Grace: I don’t believe she’s seeing anyone.

Zende: Not that she doesn’t have every right to. Paris can do whatever she wants. She made it clear that she didn’t want to be exclusive with me.

Grace: But that could all change in a heartbeat, you never know.

Zende: Paris is aware that I’ve been out on some dates. She does not seem to mind.

Grace: My daughter has always been very popular and vibrant and self-assured, ever since she was a little girl singing in the choir.

[ Laughs ]

Zende: From choir to dodger games, huh?

Grace: Exactly. My girl is a force. And that may be intimidating to some men. But you, zende, you’re the kind of man that’s worthy of a woman like paris. And I don’t need to tell you. You already know. So don’t let her slip away. Make a move before it’s too late.

Thomas: How did you do it? How did you get brooke drunk?

Sheila: Magic.

Thomas: I’m not kidding. Tell me now.

Sheila: You know, it really doesn’t matter. What’s done is done and it isn’t going to change a thing.

Thomas: If you don’t tell me right now, I’m going to go straight to my father and tell him.

Sheila: You wouldn’t dare.

Thomas: Try me. I am done playing games. Spit it out.

Sheila: I really don’t like being backed into a corner. But, okay, you want to know? I’ll tell you. So I went to il giardino and I overheard brooke talking about how wonderful the non-alcoholic champagne was that eric served during christmas. She ordered a bottle to be delivered to her house for new year’s eve. And it got me thinking. So I bought a bottle of champagne that was real. And I switched the labels. Brooke didn’t have a clue.

Thomas: You switched the labels.

Sheila: Yeah, it really was some of my finest work.

Brooke: It just consumes me, this desperate need to understand what drove me to destroy my entire life.

Ridge: I know it’s killing you. It’s killing me too. But I’m not going to turn my back on you and the fight you’re in, the pain you’re feeling.

Brooke: I made such a mess of us. And I know that you have sympathy for me, at least the fact that I was drinking–

Ridge: It’s not sympathy. What do you say– no, I’m not here because of pity. I’m here because I love you. I’m concerned about you, despite everything that happened. I just wanted you to stand by me, defend me. Just– I’m not here for that. I– I just wish I could take the pain away.

Brooke: I wish you could, too. But because of the choices I made that night, because I drank, I wake up every morning without you. I’ve lost the person that I… I love more than life itself.

Grace: Don’t sit back and wait for life to happen. You’ve got to act now. If you want a future with paris, don’t wait. Or you might lose her forever.

[ Paris chuckles ]

Paris: Tell me if I’m saying this way too much but you really are amazing, carter.

Carter: No, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of hearing you say that.

Paris: Good, ’cause pi have a feeling I’ll be saying it a lot.

Carter: And I don’t think I’ve ever met a woman so… spectacular in every way. But you’re trouble.

Paris: Oh, I’m the good kind of trouble.

Carter: Is there such a thing?

Paris: You’re looking at her. How about this? We do this justice and stay present and in the moment. I mean, what we just shared was beautiful. And I don’t want to take away from it. And I want to experience it again.

Brooke: No matter how many times I say, “I’m sorry,” I know it’ll never be enough.

Ridge: Well, you don’t have to apologize anymore.

Brooke: Well, I can’t help it, ridge. I mean, I am sorry. I messed up. I’ve– I’ve made terrible choices. And I can’t blame it all on the alcohol. I mean, I have to take some kind of responsibility. I’m the one who hurt you. I let you down. I can’t blame that on anybody else.

[ Brooke sighs ]

Thomas: Brooke was sabotaged. You used her alcoholism as a weapon against her.

Sheila: Yeah, well she had it coming. You have no idea the threats that she’s made against me, vowing to keep me away from my son.

Thomas: You can hate her all you want, sheila, but to plot revenge like this? To deliberately undermine a person’s sobriety?

Sheila: Yeah well, she had it coming. You know what? She– she’s hanging by a thread, by a very dirty, thin, little thread.

Thomas: My son was there. What if brooke had gotten behind the wheel? She would have been driving under the influence.

Sheila: Well, you know what? It didn’t happen. None of that happened. No one got hurt. Except for brooke… and her marriage that is suffering deeply.

Thomas: Stay away from brooke. You are not to mess with her any longer. You hear me?

Sheila: I just lit the match. Brooke’s the one that started the dumpster fire. She could have told deacon to leave but she didn’T. No. She put her lips on his, betraying your father and the vows that she made to him. This was her fault and now she’s paying the price. And it’s a price that can only benefit you, thomas! I know you want to see your parents back together again. And I know how much taylor adores ridge. And your sister has been trying so desperately to reunite them. And now that can happen, because of me.

Thomas: You went too far, sheila.

Sheila: No, it’s now or never. This is your chance to save your father, to rid him of brooke permanently. You don’t think that she’ll cheat on him again? Because, you know she will, and she doesn’t need my influence to do it. This is your chance to keep your family together. All you have to do is keep quiet. No one can know about this. Not taylor, ridge or brooke. They can never know about any of this. We have to keep this between us, thomas. This has to be our secret. And you’ve got to take it to your grave.

[ Thomas sighs ]

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Ridge: Son, whatever it is, you can talk to me.

Thomas: It’s nothing,

Ridge: It’s nothing? It’s not nothing, you just said it was something. Something surprising. Talk to now, you just pause, and you have nothing to say. What is it? Are you hiding something?

Taylor: Sheila, I have a few minutes, if you’d like to sit down.

Sheila: Yeah. I just– I don’t know why we’re all so surprised that brooke is finally showing her true colors, showing us who she truly is. I know that… you have way too much class to laugh at her misery, but you got to feel a little good seeing her lose.

Taylor: No, I don’T. Sheila, nothing feels good about that. She’s not well.

Sheila: You shouldn’t worry about brooke.

Taylor: Well, despite our differences. You know, I’m– I’m concerned about her, you know? Something triggered her that night and spiraled her out of control.

Zende: So what do you think?

Paris: It’s, uh, wow, it’s– it’s gorgeous. What did hope say?

Zende: I haven’t shown it to her yet. I wanted to run it by you first.

Paris: Me? You’re the super talented, successful designer.

Zende: And you are my muse. You inspired this design, paris.

Paris: Oh, wow, I, I don’t know what to say.

Zende: There’s nothing to say. When you’re a designer, you’re always looking for inspiration. When it hits, you just have to run with it.

Paris: Well, I’m sure it hits with all of the beautiful models fighting after your attention, like sequoyah. Are you going out with her tonight?

Zende: Would it bother you if I did?

Carter: Oh, I didn’t realize you guys were in here. Just need to pick up a file, I’ll be out of your way in a second.

Zende: No, no, actually stay, you just came in at the right time. I was just asking paris if it would bother her if I went out with sequoyah again. She hasn’t answered yet, but I think it’s pretty obvious.

Carter: I think whatever this is, it’s between you two.

Zende: Oh come on, carter. You know paris as well as I do. Well, almost.

Carter: I just don’t think I should be in the middle of this.

Zende: You are in the middle of this. You’re a friend, and i need your help. Lately, I feel like whenever I’m trying to talk to paris, what I mean to say, it’s just– it’s not coming out right. Maybe your being here can help with that.

Paris: Zende, what– what’s going on?

Zende: I asked earlier if me seeing sequoyah again bothers you, but I already know it doesn’T. Now, I don’t mean to judge. I just mean that you’re the one who said you wanted to keep things loose and free, and I agreed. But I guess I’m still just getting used to things being casual. And I guess you are too.

Paris: Yeah.

Zende: I do have one more question, though. Are you seeing anyone else?

Sheila: You’re finally getting what you want. Don’t worry about brooke. She’s going to meetings, she’s got the support of her family. She’s going to be fine. Just go on.

Taylor: Listen, sheila, like I said, she, she’s sick. She– she needs help. For a lot of things, but, you know, ridge, ridge is determined to figure out what happened. He really is. He wants answers. She was successfully sober for a very long time. Then all of a sudden, boom, she got triggered and something set her off.

Sheila: Well, it’s like I said before, who knows what happened, I mean, brooke doesn’t know, and she probably never will.

Ridge: Son, please, what’s going on? Your mom and I are concerned about you.

Thomas: Don’t be. I’ve been waiting for this for a really long time. Seeing you guys together, happy. And I know how much this means to mom. And– and I hope it means the same to you. And I know that you care about mom but–

Ridge: But– but you want to be protective. I get it and I appreciate it. And you’re right, there’s a lot of things to figure out. And not just taylor and me, but with the whole family. There’s things we got to talk about, but you got to know that I’m so happy that she’s here. She’s been my rock through all this with brooke. She listens to me and I’M… I’m grateful she’s in my life. I’m amber, I’ve lost 128 pounds with golo,

Zende: I know it’s really none of my business if you’re seeing someone. And the only reason you know about sequoyah is because we work in the same building.

Paris: Yeah.

Zende: I still would have told you, though. Would you have asked me if I was seeing anyone?

Paris: I– I don’t know, I wouldn’t want to make you feel like I was putting you on the spot.

Zende: Is that what you feel like I’m doing? Paris, it was not my intention to make you feel uncomfortable or put you on the spot, or whatever.

Paris: Zende, I know that.

Zende: What I’m trying to say with all of this is that… I still care about you, paris. I haven’t forgotten about you. And I hope you haven’t forgotten about me.

Carter: Look, I– I really shouldn’t be part of this, and it’s clear that you both still have a lot to talk about, so I’m going to head home.

Zende: No, no, carter, wait, hold on. I’m sorry. That was a little inappropriate to bring up with both of you here, but I really appreciate you hearing me out and I appreciate your friendship.

Sheila: So you think if you can pinpoint brooke’s trigger, it’ll help her with her recovery?

Taylor: Possibly. Yeah, I– I think everyone has unhealed trauma and we all deal with it different. But if we could find brooke’s core wound, I think it would help her tremendously in breaking the cycle.

Sheila: Why are we talking about brooke? We should be discussing you and ridge. I mean, it is so great that you two are finally coming back together after all this time.

Taylor: Sheila, I– I know that you, um, you’ve put a lot of energy into trying to gain my trust, but… considering our history, I, I don’t feel comfortable with this.

Sheila: I apologize.

Taylor: No, please don’T. I just wanted to set a boundary.

Sheila: And I understand I need to earn your trust, taylor, and I’m hoping that one day we will be closer. Who ever would have thought that a year ago we’d be spending christmas eve together. I really do appreciate you extending that olive branch. And you’re a good person, taylor, you deserve the very best.

Taylor: Thank you. That’s very kind.

Sheila: No, it’s true. You deserve to win. And I know that I’m not supposed to talk about this, but I’m really happy that you and ridge are working your way back to one another. You coming to los angeles, reuniting with ridge. Yeah. That’s exactly the way that I would have orchestrated it.

Ridge: I got to ask you something.

Thomas: Yeah.

Ridge: Do you doubt how much I care for your mom?

Thomas: No, no, I don’T.

Ridge: Good.

Thomas: Yeah, I just, um… I just hope things are going to be different. Look, every time that brooke does something, she’ll do something terrible, she’ll hurt you, and then you always forgive her. Look, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t even be bringing this up–

Ridge: No, no, no, no, no, no. You’re absolutely right. It’s always been like that. Brooke and I were together and then somebody screws up and we find our way back to each other, we forgive and, and it’s been like that your whole life. I know that. But thomas, I promise you, I thought this time was going to be different, this whole thing with bill. And we worked through it, and I thought we were going to be stronger for it. And then deacon shows up. She makes out with him and she sleeps with him in our bed and she defends him. So whoever I thought brooke was, whoever I thought she could be, I– she’s not.

Thomas: You were even willing to forgive her, and she let you down.

Ridge: Why is that? Why, we were good, we were in a good place. Yeah, hope and deacon, they were a problem, but not– we had it covered, we were, we were fine. And I know she was drinking. I get it. She took full responsibility for everything. But you know what, that doesn’T… it doesn’t let her off the hook. She’S… she’s not blameless. Homegrown tomatoes…nice.

Sequoyah: It’s beautiful, as always.

Zende: Thank you, but everything looks beautiful on you.

Sequoyah: Do you have any plans tonight?

Zende: I am not sure what my evening looks like, I have all these deadlines that are starting to stack up. I may have to pull an all nighter.

Sequoyah: All work and no–

Zende: I know, maybe I’ll be able to finish all of it. I’ll let you know. Dr. Buckingham, hey.

Grace: Hello, zende. And remember, please call me grace. I hope I’m not interrupting.

Zende: No, no, not at all. We were just finishing up.

Sequoyah: Grace, how’re you?

Grace: I’m good.

Sequoyah: Well, I’ll get going, then. Hopefully I’ll see you later.

Grace: That’s interesting.

Zende: What is?

Grace: Turning down an evening with a very beautiful woman who’s into you?

Zende: You overheard?

Grace: I did, and I’m sure I’m overstepping, so I apologize in advance. But are deadlines the real reason why you didn’t want to go out with that model tonight or is it because you rather be with paris?

Carter: Are you serious? You didn’t send the file? How many times do I gotta tell this guy? I didn’t tell him. You need to wake up, man, you need to wake up.

[ Knocking on door ]

[ Knocking on door ]

Paris: Carter, it’s me. I just had to see you.

Sheila: You wouldn’t do it, thomas, you wouldn’t destroy everything that’s so important to you.

[ Knocking on door ] I’m busy.

Thomas: It’s me.

Sheila: Did you tell ridge? Did you tell him what I did to brooke?

Ridge: Hey.

Taylor: Hey, ridge.

Ridge: I’m sorry to just barge in, but I had to tell you what I just learned. We’re eating and drinking foods and beverages

Carter: This is dangerous. Paris, you coming here like this?

Paris: I know, but I just had to see you.

Carter: I figured you’d still be talking to zende.

Paris: You heard him. He is still seeing sequoyah, keeping things casual.

Carter: But it doesn’t change the way he feels about you.

Paris: Carter, I can’t stop thinking about you, and I get the sense that you can’t stop thinking about me either.

Carter: Paris.

Paris: Stop… talking.

Taylor: Okay, so, so what did you learn? Is it about thomas?

Ridge: He finally opened up to me.

Taylor: Okay, what? He told you what was going on?

Ridge: He did.

Taylor: Is it bad? Is it okay? What did he say?

Ridge: It’s fine. It’s all right. I don’t even know where to start.

Taylor: Oh my god.

Ridge: No, no, no. It’s okay. He told me… he told me he is so happy that you’re back and that we’re spending time together.

Taylor: That’s– that’s– that’s the big news?

Ridge: Yeah, I need an excuse to see you. Taylor: Okay. You need an excuse to work me up, too, because you’re a master at that.

Ridge: Thank you.

Taylor: You never… need an excuse to see me.

Ridge: No?

Taylor: Na uh.

Sheila: Did you tell your father?

Thomas: No.

Sheila: Oh wow, finally someone with a brain. You don’t look at me that way. It’s because of me your mom and dad have a chance to be together again.

Thomas: But at what expense? Ruining brooke’s life?

Sheila: Oh, you’re worried about her?

Thomas: You drove her to drink. All right, I’m not fond of brooke, but you’re playing with her sobriety.

Sheila: Yeah, but you know what? She’s betrayed your father on numerous occasions. It was only a matter of time before it happened to–

Thomas: You got her drunk.

Sheila: I did. But I didn’t make her kiss deacon. Or press her body against his or put him in her bed and let him lay his head on your father’s pillow. I certainly didn’t try to get her to lie to cover the truth. Give me a break here, okay? I’ve given you all a gift. You, steffy, your mother and father. You have a real shot at finally being a family again. You’re welcome.

Thomas: This is wrong.

Sheila: Is it? Why can’t your mom win, just this once? You know, you did the right thing by not telling your father what happened to brooke that night. So you just keep using your head. You keep quiet. And watch your parents… get the chance they deserve. If you want your parents to have their happily ever after, then be smart. Don’t breathe a word of this to anyone. You need to keep this secret forever.

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Taylor: Well, you left early. Did you sleep well?

Ridge: I slept great, the mattress in the guest house is amazing.

Taylor: Are you trying to make me jealous, because the mattress in the guest room, not so much.

Ridge: Really? Well, if you ever want to switch it up, I take bribes.

Taylor: No, no, I like sleeping in the main house. It’s close to the grandchildren– oh my gosh. Is this yours? It’s beautiful.

Ridge: I wish. This is thomas’ latest, pretty cool, right?

Taylor: Really? Oh, my– well, you taught him, well.

Ridge: Thank you.

Taylor: Yeah. Speaking of thomas, did you talk to him, did you find out what he was talking about?

Ridge: No, I haven’t talked to him since we were here. Um, yes, I know it’S… curious.

Taylor: Yeah, but he said he had a meeting. You’re the co-ceo, so you should know about his meetings.

Ridge: Uh, not if it’s a meeting for, I don’t know, maybe he’s trying to find a new house. Let’s not worry about it.

Taylor: Yeah.

Ridge: Until we have to worry about it.

Sheila: What are you doing here? How did you find me?

Thomas: Doesn’t matter. We need to talk.

Sheila: I think I made it perfectly clear I– I am not going to say anything–

Thomas: Sheila, I’ve got questions. And if you hadn’t ran out yesterday when steffy got home then I would’ve asked you–

Sheila: You didn’t say anything to steffy, did you? I swear to god, if you told anyone about what we spoke of–

Thomas: Sheila. Are you responsible for getting brooke to drink?

Sheila: I wasn’t going to say anything to you about any of that, but the way that you were talking to me, telling me that– that I wasn’t welcome at steffy’s and that I needed to stay away from steffy and finn? From hayes?

Thomas: Yes. But what? Were we supposed to just, like, roll out the welcome mat for you because you got brooke to drink?

Sheila: Your parents are getting back together again, aren’t they? Ridge has finally realized that his life would be so much better with taylor. So, yes, I do think I deserve a little respect here. Because none of that would be happening if I hadn’t put things in motion.

Thomas: You got an alcoholic to drink. Real respectable.

Sheila: It’s a beautiful thing. Bad things happen to bad people. Brooke had it coming. That bitch deserved every last drop.

[ Brooke sighs ]

Ridge: You chose deacon

over me.

Brooke: No. No,

I didn’t do that. No.

Ridge: I told you,

he was going to put a wedge

between–I told you he was

going to ruin everything.

And you invited him

into our house.

Into our bed, logan,

into our bed.

It’s gone,

there’s nothing sacred.

I can’t do this anymore.

Deacon: Brooke? Are you okay?

Brooke: You shouldn’t be here, deacon.

Deacon: I’m thinking I’m exactly where I need to be.

Ridge: I know I said not to worry about thomas, but now I keep thinking about this being surprised by something. What does that mean?

Taylor: I don’t know. You sure it wasn’t like a happy surprise?

Ridge: It didn’t sound like it on the phone. But you know what? Whatever it is… I’m sure he’ll tell us when he’s ready. Right?

Taylor: Yeah.

Ridge: Yeah.

Thomas: I don’t understand. You weren’t there, were you?

Sheila: I was nowhere near.

Thomas: Then you couldn’t have had anything to do with brooke drinking. You’re making it up.

Sheila: No, I’m not. I get full credit for her slipping off of the wagon. While you guys all sat around wringing your hands, lamenting over brooke’s position in your life? You know, I took action. Your parents have another chance together because of me. So stop your threats and stop telling me that I don’t belong. It might do you good to adjust your attitude and be a little more thankful that I’m around. I’m the kind of person you want working for you, thomas. Not against. Just ask brooke.

I may have moderate to

severe rheumatoid arthritis.

Sheila: This is our little secret, right? What I did to brooke? You know your father, and if he thinks that brooke was the victim, he’s going to run right back to her. Do you really want to put your mother through that kind of pain?

Thomas: Tell me how you did it. How did you get brooke to drink?

Sheila: No, no the less you know, the better. You need to stay innocent in all of this, all right? There was a problem, her name was brooke, and I took care of it. You know… a lot of what I did, I did because of you… because of your family, what I– what I did to you when you were young, taking your mother away from you and letting brooke just move right in. She’s threason ur parents hav en apart allse yrs. Thanks to me, brooke is going to be permanently out of the picture. Unless you open a door for him to go back to her. And I know you don’t want that to happen. I know you want to see your parents reunited. You just think of the future your parents could have, together, the future… that you can give them, if you just keep silent. Do you understand? Not a word of my involvement. Not a word to anyone.

Deacon: I know you must feel like you’re alone right now, but you’re not. I’m here.

Brooke: Thank you.

Deacon: It’s just hard to believe that he would take off like that. Just because you dared to tell him that I didn’t do anything to you.

Brooke: That was just the breaking point.

Deacon: I can only imagine how painful this is. It’s got to be hurtful having him go back to taylor and his family that he has with her.

Brooke: Yeah, yeah, that’s very hurtful. But it’s also understandable. I mean, he told me over and over again about his concerns about you, his feelings. And I didn’t listen. So I can understand why he reacted the way he did. Why he left me alone like this.

Deacon: Hey. You’re not alone. Not as long as I’m here.

Ridge: That’s it. One vanilla one caramel, but the caramel one you– yes, it’s a little complicated,

Taylor: It’s not complicated.

Ridge: It’s almond milk, very hot, and light on the syrup, just two pumps of that and that’s it. And make sure there’s a sleeve on the cup so it doesn’t get too hot. I know. Believe me. Thank you. Okay, thanks.

[ Sighs ]

Taylor: Very good. How do you remember that after all these years?

Ridge: I don’t know. I forget things, names, phone numbers, birthdays, but your latte order, it’s– it’s stuck. And if you want the pizza, I got that covered too.

Taylor: Yeah, that’s right extra–

Ridge: Extra– no.

Taylor: No.

Ridge: Extra sauce, easy on the cheese.

Taylor: You remember better than I do.

Thomas: Did someone say pizza? Because you can count me in.

Ridge: Hey, son.

Taylor: Hi.

Thomas: It’s good to see you both. Like, you’re so relaxed, it has been such a long time since you’ve been happy and laughing.

Ridge: Well, your mother definitely lifted my spirits. New densify from crest pro-health.

Brooke: You know, I really do appreciate your support. I do. You have to know that. It’s just– can I ask you for a favor?

Deacon: Anything.

Brooke: When you’re criticizing ridge, it doesn’t really feel like support. And it doesn’t feel great, either, when you talk about ridge going to taylor’s, so. I need to own this. I need to take responsibility. And I’m the one who opened that bottle. I’m the one who started drinking, who insisted that you drink with me. And we kissed and I lied about it. Well, I just didn’t tell ridge about it, but that’s the same as lying, right? So once again, I let ridge down.

Deacon: I just wish you wouldn’t do this, I wish you wouldn’t– put all the blame on yourself.

Brooke: What– who else is there to blame? I married ridge, I took vows. I made a commitment to him to be faithful. What do I do? The second he leaves town, I’m opening the bottle and drinking and kissing and– kissing a man that he despises.

Deacon: Okay, just listen to me. It’s totally okay to take responsibility for that, but, you know, ridge can take a little responsibility himself he doesn’t have to act the way that he is, flying off the handle at me every time, or worse? Deciding that the grass is greener with taylor.

Brooke: Maybe it is.

Deacon: What?

Brooke: I don’t know. Maybe it could be.

Deacon: Why would you say that?

Brooke: I’ve been talking to hope about this. And maybe thomas and steffy are right. Maybe I will never be able to break this pattern, this behavior of mine. So, yeah, maybe taylor is a better woman for ridge.

Ridge: Well.

Taylor: Give that intern a raise because she knows how to place an order.

Ridge: Noted. Mm, should’ve gotten you some coffee, but I didn’t know when you were coming in.

Thomas: All good.

Taylor: Are you going to ask him?

Ridge: Oh–

Thomas: Ask me what?

Ridge: Uh, you were on the phone yesterday talking about a meeting.

Taylor: Yeah, you– you told your father something, something surprised you, something surprising.

[ Phone beeps ]

Taylor: Oh, shoot.

Ridge: What’s the matter?

Taylor: Well, it’s– it’s a patient that I’m worried about. I need to get back to the office. Well, unless there’s something there that you want to talk to us about. Something you want to tell us?

Thomas: No, no, no. Not yet, anyway.

Taylor: Okay. Okay. I love you.

Thomas: I love you too.

Taylor: All right. Thanks for the coffee.

Ridge: Any time.

[ Ridge sighs ]

Thomas: Have you ever smiled this much?

Ridge: Yeah, maybe it’s been a while. A long while.

Thomas: Looks good on you. I hope it stays that way. I’m steve, I lost 138 pounds in nine months on golo

Deacon: No one knows what’s going to happen in the future, brooke. I mean, maybe ridge will wind up with taylor. But that does not mean that she’s the better woman. And I never want to hear you to say that again. Listen to me, you’re emotional right now, and you let your guilt tear you down. And just because ridge can’t see how terrific you are doesn’t mean that I can’T. And come on, you’re– you’re brooke frickin logan, the brooke logan. Any man would walk barefoot across a desert of hot, broken glass just to be with you. It was too much with the broken glass, wasn’t it? I know they’re not all winners. But the point is… I just think you’re amazing.

Taylor: Yeah, it sounds like you’re finding some clarity. That’s wonderful. Hey, I have you– I have you next down for next tuesday. Is that right? Okay, good. Okay. You’re welcome. Bye-bye. Sheila.

Sheila: Excuse me. I was just wondering if you had a moment.

Taylor: I do, I do. What– what brings you by? I just can’t stop thinking about what you told me the last time. How you and ridge are are, are working your way back to one another. And taylor, that makes me so happy. I know that it makes you very happy, sheila, because you’ve made that very clear, but I never told you any of that. You’re jumping to conclusions.

Sheila: No, it was written all over your face then just as it is now. I think that you and ridge are going to have a very long, joyful relationship.

Taylor: Are you a psychic now? Is that it? I appreciate your confidence. Thank you.

Sheila: Of course I’m confident. And brooke crossed a line, she kissed deacon, and there is no way that ridge is going to go back to her.

Taylor: Yeah, well, you know, we’re– we’re taking it one day at a time. There’s, there’s a lot of emotions going on right now and ridge is– he’s confused and hurt, frustrated.

Sheila: Well, that’s a good thing that you’re there for him.

Taylor: Yeah, yeah, I am. It’s been nice spending time with him. It really has that– kind of feels like a dream.

Sheila: Well… then you’re living proof that dreams can come true. Because of one night, one crazy night. That’s all it took for brooke to destroy her marriage.

Taylor: Yeah, yeah. Brooke brooke messed up kissing deacon. But, you know, she was drinking that night.

Sheila: Of course, I haven’t forgotten.

[ Phone ringing ]

Taylor: Yeah. She still doesn’t know what possessed her to drink alcohol.

Sheila: And she probably never will.

Taylor: Hello. Oh, are you calling about the new assistant position? Thank you so much. Um, what is your name?

Thomas: Dad, I got to say, mom brings out the best in you.

Ridge: She always has. There’s something about her. I don’t know. She just makes things lighter in a way, you know, especially with all the stuff happening with brooke. Maybe this sounds selfish, but I think I’m at an age now where I deserve some happiness. And brooke self-destructs. Always has, I guess, and she makes bad choices, and why am I telling you this? I’m sorry, you’ve got your own stuff too.

Thomas: No, no, no, no. Come on, I’m always here for you.

Ridge: I know that, and I appreciate it. But something’s going on, what is it? What is this thing you talk about surprising something. What was it?

Thomas: Yeah, it’s very surprising. Something that could… change everything.

[ Phone ringing ] I have to take this. Hello.

Sheila: Have you said anything?

Thomas: Not yet.

Sheila: Well, then you better make that never. Because I’m here with your mom right now. I got to tell you, I have never seen her happier. You don’t want to ruin that for her, thomas.

Thomas: I got to go. My dad’s waiting on me.

Sheila: You’re with him? Don’t say anything, thomas. Promise me.

Ridge: Now, you just said it’s something that can change everything, and then you take a phone call. What’s going on? I need to know what it is.

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Thomas: My family should thank you? You are the reason that my mother and father are back together?

Sheila: Is it really so hard to believe that I could do something good?

Thomas: You haven’t done a single good thing in your whole life, sheila.

Sheila: Wh– you don’t know. You have no idea.

Thomas: You know, you’re right. I don’t know. I don’t know why you would think that we would welcome you with open arms. You need to leave. Okay? Stay away from my family. Stay away from steffy. Stay away from finn. Stay away from the kids. Okay, we don’t need you coming back into our family and screwing it up.

Sheila: Oh, don’t you dare! The arrogance. What, you– you just think that this happened out of the blue? That after all these years of your mother playing second fiddle to brooke, that her luck miraculously changed? Your family is reunited because of me.

Ridge: You know, people are going to talk, right?

Taylor: Mm.

Ridge: Say things that they shouldn’T.

Taylor: Yeah, thank you, thomas.

[ Sighs ]

Taylor: I know you don’t want gossip about us getting back to brooke and hurting her.

Ridge: Or you, or the kids. We’re still trying to figure this out. One moment at a time.

Ridge: Right.

Taylor: Yeah. But sooner or later, people are going to hear about you and brooke.

Max: Ridge.

Ridge: Hey.

Max: Taylor.

Taylor: Hi.

Max: Hey. I heard something’s going on between you and brooke. You okay?

Bill: Thank you.

[ Clears throat ]

Wyatt: So apparently, there’s trouble in paradise with ridge and brooke?

Bill: Hah! Well, that’s no surprise.

Liam: Yeah, well, before you lay it all on deacon, just know that brooke has taken responsibility for it.

Bill: That doesn’t surprise me either. Whenever things go bad, brooke takes the blame. Like it’s her fault that forrester can’t stick around, tough things out. Just a matter of time before he pushed the eject button and bailed. The guy’s never made brooke happy, and he never will.

Liam: Yeah, well, you’re right about one thing, brooke is not– she’s not happy. I mean, and as someone who’s been living on the property, I can tell you what a toll this is taking on her.

Brooke: Oh, I hate this feeling. What if there’s nothing to do to make it right? What if I just have to accept it?

Hope: And just let ridge be with taylor?

Brooke: If she’s going to make him happy, yeah.

Hope: Mom, come on, you can’t just let ridge walk away from your marriage like that.

Brooke: Honey, what else can I do? I have hurt him. I have let him down. I’ve betrayed his trust again and again. I mean, maybe it’s time to just stop. Set him free.

[ Sighs ]

Bill: Ridge can’t really believe that brooke wants to be with that two-bit convict, deacon. No, it’s just an excuse to race back to taylor.

Liam: I– I don’t think that’s how it happened, exactly. But—

Bill: What are you talking about, liam? Right? Ridge gets exactly what he wants and brooke gets to feel terrible about it.

Wyatt: Well, things were a little rocky between ridge and brooke before taylor even showed up.

Bill: When aren’t things rocky between those two?

Wyatt: Really? I mean, it’s coming from you?

Bill: All right. All I’m saying is, wise guys, brooke deserves a whole lot more than she’s ever gotten from ridge.

Ridge: Oh, max, is that the, uh…

Max: Milan proposal.

Ridge: Already? Seriously. Wow.

Max: Come on. Ridge forrester asks for a favour…

Ridge: But this is fast, even for you. I appreciate it.

Max: Well, speaking of favours…

Ridge: Ah, okay, here it is. What do you need? What can I do?

Max: Bikini.

Ridge: Well, I don’t know if we have anything in your size, but I’ll– I’ll–

Max: No, no, the guys are going out to bikini tonight. I’m trying to get carter to come out. You think you can get in his ear and convince him?

Ridge: Ah, I’ll see what I can do.

Max: Alright appreciate it. I’ll let you two get back to it.

Ridge: Okay.

Max: Seriously, you and brooke, everything…

Ridge: It’s fine. Let it go.

Max: You sure?

Ridge: Yeah.

Max: All right. Okay, man. All right.

Ridge: Thank you. Told you. They’re going to speculate.

Taylor: Yeah, you can’t stop that.

Ridge: No, but I don’t want it getting back to brooke or impacting you in any way.

Taylor: I know. I’ll be fine.

Ridge: Brooke isn’T.

Taylor: I know. I know you’re worried about her. Please don’t feel bad about caring. It’s one of your best qualities. One of them.

Hope: Mom, if you want this to be over that’s one thing–

Brooke: Ah, I don’T. Are you kidding me? I can’t even imagine a life without ridge.

Hope: Well, then how can you even think about giving up? Because you know that won’t make you happy. I mean, at this point, it’s just you punishing yourself.

Brooke: I don’t know how this happened. Ridge and taylor. It didn’t have to be this way.

Thomas: Everybody knows what happened, sheila.

Sheila: Is that so?

Thomas: Yeah, brooke got drunk, she made out with deacon, right? And then she slept in the same bed as him and apparently nothing else happened besides that. But that’s the reason that my parents are spending time together now, okay? So, we don’t owe you a damn thing and you had nothing to do with it.

Sheila: You know what? If you believe that, you are just as delusional as brooke. I mean, all– all her talk about destiny and fate. I had nothing to do with it? Why do you think brooke got drunk in the first place? I got covid in september of 2020, and a few weeks later,

Bill: All forrester’s ever done is let brooke down.

Liam: Yeah, and– and we can see why you’d feel that way.

Bill: Ah, boy, you two. It’s the damn truth.

Wyatt: From your perspective, dad.

Bill: Yeah, “that’s from my perspective,” wyatt

Wyatt: Why? What did I do?

Bill: I am telling it like it is. Forrester is a deadbeat. Just as bad as deacon.

Liam: Oh–

Bill: He’s just never been held accountable.

Liam: Okay. I know. But– but ridge is not the point. Brooke is the point. How much pain she’s in, how devastated she is. That’s the point.

Bill: Okay, number one, I don’t need you to tell me what the point is, liam.

Liam: It’s okay.

Bill: Brooke should be mad as hell. Where does forrester get off making her feel like a failure when he’s the one who quit? Again. That’s the point.

Wyatt: You’re making it sound like she didn’t see this coming.

Liam: Yeah it was touch ‘n go for a minute there, but they thought they were gonna get through it.

Wyatt: What, so brooke wasn’t worried that taylor was coming back at all?

Liam: She wasn’t until steffy and thomas started pressing the issue because obviously, they want their parents back together, stick to family…

Bill: Right. Right. Right. Giving ridge another excuse to bail on brooke. How many times has he left her hanging for taylor? How many times? And now he’s doing it again?

Ridge: Brooke feels like I abandoned her.

Taylor: Yeah, but you didn’T. When she told you about her drinking, you were so there for her.

Ridge: ‘Cause I told her I would be. Be there for her and I’d support her. I don’t understand. I don’T. Why-why is the– the first thing she goes to… lying to me? Why? Why wouldn’t she tell me what’s going on after everything we’ve been through, you’d think we could say anything to each other. Why did any of this happen in the first place?

Hope: You’re allowed to be upset with me, mom. Practically everyone warned me that this would happen.

Brooke: Hope, this is not your fault.

Hope: I brought dad back into our lives. I invited him over for new year’s eve.

Brooke: Honey, I opened the vodka bottle. I insisted your father drink with me. Now, I certainly am not going to blame that on anybody, especially you. It was my decision not to tell ridge the whole truth. I let him down. And because of that, I’ve lost him.

Thomas: You know why brooke got drunk on new year’s eve?

Sheila: I was asking you.

Thomas: No, you implied that you had something to do with it.

Sheila: Don’t put words in my mouth, thomas.

Thomas: I’m not putting words in your mouth. I am listening to what you’re saying. What did you do, sheila? Tell me.

Sheila: I don’t need to tell you anything, thomas. You said it, brooke got drunk, she kissed deacon, you have your family back. And brooke? Brooke got exactly what she deserved. Or should I say, what she ordered?

Thomas: She ordered non-alcoholic champagne.

Sheila: Huh. Non-alcoholic. Really?

Liam: See, hope is just worried that ridge and brooke won’t survive this.

Bill: She should be.

Wyatt: Nice. Very compassionate, dad.

Bill: It’s got nothing to do with compassion, wyatt. It’s a fact. Ridge hit the door the first chance he got.

Wyatt: Yeah, but ridge and brooke have gone through things like this before, and it’s never affected their marriage. Like when they had to deal with the deacon thing.

Liam: Well, that’s right. I mean, that was– that was tough, but they were determined to work through it.

Bill: Until taylor showed up, giving ridge another excuse to bail out.

Liam: Yeah. Here– here’s the thing. Hope thinks that they can get out of this tailspin, if brooke doesn’t give up. And the thing is, that’s a big if because, you know, ridge and brooke have been through a lot over the years, and there’s obviously a limit. You can only weather so many disasters. And hope’s afraid this is the final nail in the coffin. But it’s so weird because they were doing great over the holidays. You know, brooke was excited about new year’s, ridge was doing his best to come home,

Hope: Yeah, but you’re going to meetings, you’re back in recovery.

Brooke: I’m talking about what I did with your father.

[ Sighs ]

Ridge: Maybe that’s a pattern I’m bound to repeat. Maybe… maybe taylor is the right woman for him, after all.

Taylor: I can’t tell you what to do, but I can be here for you while you work through it.

Ridge: I’m glad you are.

Taylor: I know. I know you don’t want to hurt anyone, ridge. Not brooke, not me. And I don’t want to see you hurt, either. But you don’t have to go through this alone. Neither does brooke. You have me and the kids here to support you, and brooke has her family to lean on. I know you want to figure all of this out, but right now, just… just let it breathe. One moment at a time. Okay?

Ridge: Okay.

[ Sighs ]

Sheila: I– I didn’t know you could get drunk on non-alcoholic champagne.

Thomas: You can’T.

Sheila: And yet brooke got drunk, fell into deacon’s arms.

Thomas: Brooke wasn’t lying about the champagne, sheila. Hope was there when it was delivered, it wasn’t the real stuff.

Sheila: I’ll bet she guzzled it right down. I mean, why not? I mean, no booze. Where’s the harm in that?

Thomas: You’re saying there was alcohol in it? You spiked her drink?

Sheila: I wasn’t there, thomas, I– how can I spike someone’s drink when I’m not even in the room?

Thomas: You said that brooke deserved this. You said brooke ordered this. Are you saying that brooke actually drank real champagne? She doesn’t know why she drank that night. Are you saying that she drank alcoholic champagne without realizing it? I’m right, aren’t I? I’ve been telling everyone…

Hope: I don’t believe that ridge is better off with taylor. And neither do you.

Brooke: Ridge does.

Hope: Mm, ridge told me that he loves you and he always will. So, you need to hang on to that. Mom, I don’t want you throwing years and years of your experiences away as if it doesn’t matter. As if his potential with taylor is more important than the life you currently have with him. I invited deacon over for new year’s eve. I am the one who did not see the danger there. I mean, mom, you were so excited to see ridge that night, you were practically giddy about it.

Brooke: Maybe I should have just told him the truth from the beginning.

Hope: So, be honest with him now. Don’t let him just walk away. Go to him. Talk to him. I promise you, it is not too late.

Thomas: It was you. You’re the reason that brooke got drunk.

Sheila: Brooke’s an alcoholic. She fell off the wagon.

Thomas: Sounds like she was pushed off the wagon.

Sheila: You think I drove her into deacon’s arms?

Thomas: Think it was a part of your plan.

Sheila: My plan?

Thomas: Yes. To sabotage the relationship between my dad and brooke, so that they would split up. That’s why I should be thanking you, isn’t it?

[ Phone rings ]

Thomas: It’s my dad.

Sheila: What are you going to tell him?

Thomas: Hey.

Ridge: Hey. Where are you?

Thomas: Uh, something wrong?

Ridge: No, I’m here at the office with your hot mom and we’re thinking of ordering lunch and looking at your designs.

Thomas: You want me to come to the office right now?

Ridge: Yeah, unless you’re busy.

Thomas: Yeah, I’m– I’m sort of in the middle of something. Unscheduled meeting.

Ridge: Oh, an unscheduled meeting, huh? Doesn’t sound like it’s going very well.

Thomas: Came across something unexpected. I need a little bit more time to dig into it.

Ridge: Huh.

Taylor: Is everything all right?

Ridge: Yeah, yeah, he’s just being a little cryptic, and that’s never a good thing when it comes to thomas.

Thomas: How did you get brooke to drink? You weren’t there on new year’s eve, and that’s how this all started – the rift between my dad and brooke and why my parents are together right now. You’re the one who set this all in motion.

Sheila: No, no, I’m not. Brooke is the one that did that. I tried to warn her, and she knew threatening me could cause her harm. And you know what? She is paying the price right now. And your mother is reaping the benefits. So, yes. You know what? I do feel like I deserve some gratitude right now, thomas because, for the first time in years, your mother has an opportunity with your father. You all have an opportunity at–at a true reunion. You don’t want to ruin that for them. You don’t want to deny your parents an opportunity at– at long-lasting happiness. Now, do you? Thomas, don’t give brooke a way back to him. Don’t do it. You just keep quiet and you’re going to have the– the happily ever after, the family that you have always dreamed of. Don’t tell ridge. Just don’t do it.

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Deacon: I know that you’ve always believed that ridge is your destiny. But how much longer can you chase this? You need a guy who is not going to bail on you when things get tough and is not going to run into the arms of his ex, when they do. Look, ridge needs to grow the hell up. I mean, I’m sorry, but he needs to quit pitting you against taylor. And he needs to stop putting conditions on his love. A man who truly sees you would never do that. You need a man like me. I’m who you need in your life, brooke. Because I see you.

Steffy: You can’t let brooke get to you, mom. She’s desperate. She’s going to say anything to try to undermine you and dad.

Taylor: She’s fighting for her marriage.

[ Steffy scoffs ]

Steffy: A marriage she threw away.

[ Door clicking ]

Thomas: Hey, mom, I thought you were still at the office.

Steffy: She had a visit from brooke.

Thomas: Ah.

Taylor: As you can imagine, she’s, she’s not very happy with me.

Steffy: Let me guess. She thinks that you’re trying to seduce dad away from her.

Thomas: Oh, please, that is brooke’s playbook, not mom’S. She just can’t handle the fact that dad wants to be here with mom and our family. Not her.

Taylor: Well, she actually thinks that all of this is temporary because your father still loves her.

[ Thomas sighs ]

Hope: I realize that you told my mother that you can’t do it anymore, that despite the love that you have for her, she’s made it impossible for you. And that’s because of–

[ Sighs ] Well, because of my dad. And because she keeps defending him. But ridge, please, you have to understand, that is because of me, because she knows how much I want a relationship with my dad.

Ridge: I do understand that. What makes you think I don’t? I get it. I always got it. What makes you think I don’t?

Hope: Ridge, please. Can I just finish? I get that you and I don’t always see eye to eye, but I can see that you still love my mom and she is desperately in love with you, so let that be enough. Let that be enough for the two of you to come together again and to work through whatever it is the two of you need to work through. Just tell me that you’ll try. I don’t want this to be some impulsive decision where you just throw it all away, where you don’t even work to save what the two of you had before that awful night.

Brooke: Unlike you,

I own my mistakes.

There was a part of me that lay

dormant for a very long time,

and it resurfaced somehow,

and I still don’t know how.

And I don’t know why.

[ Sighs ]

Sheila: Oh, if you only knew the truth, brooke. But you never will.

Thomas: Don’t listen to brooke.

Steffy: Yeah, she just wants you to doubt what dad’s saying.

Thomas: Yeah, it’s killing her, knowing that dad wants to come home to you and not to her. I mean, look, we– stef and I see this. We see the kind of peace you bring to dad’s life. Alright, you’re like an oasis for him. You bring him happiness and fulfillment.

Steffy: Brooke can think that dad still loves her, but thomas is right. When dad looks at you, you can see the love in his eyes, a love he’ll only have for you.

Ridge: Hope, I appreciate what you’re trying to do.

Hope: She wasn’t herself that night.

Ridge: No, she wasn’T. She was drinking. Right? That’s the thing.

Hope: Oh, come on. I mean, don’t you have questions? I mean, even mom has questions that she doesn’t have the answer to. And I am not, I’m not excusing her behavior, but she did take accountability for what happened that night, and she is getting help so something like that will hopefully never happen again.

Ridge: And we are all very proud of her for that. Excuse me.

Hope: Ridge, you were so supportive of her then. You were going to meetings with her. You stood by her. Why can’t you stand by her now?

Ridge: Because this is not the same thing. How is it the same thing?

Hope: Okay, okay, fine. But there is one thing I know, and that is that there is no other man for my mother but you, ridge. And there will never be another man.

Deacon: Will you indulge me for a second and just think back, all those years ago, how amazing we were? We could have that again. I’m offering you a real partnership, brooke. I’m talking about giving you my total devotion, my undying loyalty. Two things you will never have to question or doubt. I’ll be the man you deserve, and I will be the man you, you can count on no matter what comes our way. Everyone remembers the moment they heard…

Thomas: So, mom, did you ever imagine this when you came back to L.A.? Having a fresh start with dad?

Steffy: Dad was in trouble, and it was because of brooke and the train wreck that she is.

Thomas: Yeah.

Steffy: He needed a way out.

Thomas: And that’s what you give him.

Steffy: Mm-hm.

Thomas: You give him a way out.

Taylor: You know, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen myself as a way out. I–

Steffy: You know what we mean.

Thomas: Yeah.

Taylor: Yes, I– I’m glad that your father feels comfortable turning to me. But right now, we’re just taking it moment to moment. The rest we’ll see.

Thomas: Well, you’re like a safe harbor for him, mom.

[ Sighs ]

Steffy: And now, it seems like he’s ready to chart his own course. I know that’s what you’ve been hoping for. Not that you need a man to have like a happy, fulfilling life, but–

Thomas: Right, but when dad is that man… you have this whole history together. You have children and grandchildren. That’s got to feel pretty perfect.

Taylor: You know what else feels perfect? Family. Family means everything to ridge and me. Our family means everything.

Steffy: We feel the same way.

Thomas: Yeah, I just hope that now things can finally settle down. You know, dad finally knows what he wants, and it’s you, and– and no one’s going to come along and get in the way of that, no matter how hard they try.

Ridge: Listen, I– I respect you for coming here and taking responsibility for your part in this nightmare.

Hope: Well, I mean it. At the end of the day, my mother loves you, ridge, and she wants to fight for your marriage, so I hope that you will give her a chance too. And sure, you, uh, may not be wearing your wedding ring right now, but I don’t believe that you could give up on brooke logan so easily. Not after all these years. And I am certain that there is a part of you deep down that knows there is a way back for the two of you. I mean, hell, if getting pushed out of a helicopter, a vegas wedding and your meddling kids hasn’t stopped you yet, then why should this? For better or for worse. You two made vows to each other, you made a commitment, and your love has overcome a lot and sure, it is being tested right now. But let it overcome this too.

Keith: Well, well, the hotel’s favorite guest.

Sheila: Hey, keith.

Keith: Your accommodation still satisfactory?

Sheila: Yeah.

Keith: Good.

Sheila: Very, very much so good.

Keith: Good. Well, I figured as much since you seem to have taken up residency here. So, where you off to?

Deacon: I’m not trying to pressure you, I know how much you’re dealing with, and I don’t want to add to that.

[ Sighs ]

Deacon: I just think that you need to take a realistic look at where you stand. Ridge has all but abandoned you for taylor.

Brooke: Deacon, please.

Deacon: I know you don’t want to believe it, but if you’re not going to be honest with yourself, brooke… come on.

Brooke: I am. I am. I am being honest with myself. Really. I understand the odds are against me. Ridge is finding comfort with taylor and his other family right now. But in time…

[ Sighs ] Look, I can understand why you’re skeptical. I get it. I know you want me to move on. But the thing is, even if I were able to do that, ridge would always have my heart. I’m sorry. I mean, we have an incredible, wonderful daughter.

Deacon: Yeah.

Brooke: And we’ll always stay connected because of her. It’s just that ridge will always be my soulmate, my destiny. I brought in ensure max protein,

Brooke: I don’t know why ridge and I are being tested again. But I know it all started that fateful night…

Deacon: That we kissed.

Brooke: The night that I drank. Lost controL. And did things I wouldn’t have done otherwise. I don’t know why I started drinking in the first place.

Deacon: I don’t know. I don’t have an answer for you. But even if I did, I would still be concerned for your commitment to ridge. That it would just lead to more heartache, especially now, because he’s moving back towards taylor. Okay, so I’ve pretty much spilled my guts here.

[ Both chuckle ] So, I think I’m gonna go, but, uh… before I do, I just, I just want to say one last thing. I just want you to know that I would do anything for you. Anything. And I will always be here for you. I’m not going anywhere.

Brooke: Thank you.

[ Sighs ] What have I done?

Ridge: How about now, is that better?

Petra: Much. Amazing how one little adjustment can make all the difference. You’re a genius.

Ridge: Oh, stop.

Steffy: And a handsome one too. Right, mom?

Taylor: That’s right.

Ridge: That’s all for now. Thank you, petra.

Petra: Thanks. Oh, by the way. Congrats to the both of you.

Ridge: Congrats?

Petra: Yeah, you and taylor. Thomas mentioned something about his parents reconnecting.

Steffy: Well, we’re hopeful.

Taylor: I will have a talk with thomas.

Ridge: Where is that kid anyway?

Taylor: He is at steffy’S. He said he had to wrap up some phone calls.

Thomas: Yeah. Three bedrooms and an infinity pool? Absolutely. I’d love to see it, uh, how about today? I’m kind of sick and tired of this whole house-hunt thing. Yeah, okay, that sounds good.

[ Door knocking ] Alright, bye. Did you forget your keys?

Sheila: Ah, I’m sure you were expecting someone else.

Thomas: Yeah. Amelia, with the kids.

Sheila: Well, I’m sorry to disappoint. Your mom’s secretary, I called and they said that she was at home, I came by to see taylor.

Thomas: No, I don’t know exactly why you want to talk to my mom, but you’re not welcome here, sheila. You should go. Now.

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[ Sighs ]

Taylor: You okay?

Ridge: Yeah, it’s been one of those days.

Steffy: Brooke, again? Is she still pressuring you, trying to get you to come home?

Ridge: No, it’s not, brooke. Thank you, though.

Steffy: This time. But remember, she betrayed you. You didn’T. So, you shouldn’t feel guilty for saying enough is enough.

Brooke: So, you went to ridge on my behalf too?

Hope: Yes, I– I’m not sure how it went with dad. I’m sure he tried his best and I thought that I should give it a try as well.

Brooke: Well, please tell me you had better luck than deacon did.

Hope: Well, I said what I thought would get through to ridge, and I pleaded with him to find forgiveness. He still loves you, mom.

Brooke: As much as I will always love him. But…

Hope: But what?

Brooke: I don’t know. I– I, I really don’t know. I mean, yes, of course, I’m going to always fight for our marriage. But it hit me, you know? I’ve caused him all this pain and all this disappointment, and… how could I do that? How could I do that to the man that I love? How could I do that to ridge?

Hope: Mom, it was not intentional.

Brooke: I know. I know it wasn’T. But maybe I need to be brutally honest with myself. Maybe I’m not the right woman for ridge. Maybe he’d be better off with taylor.

Hope: Mom. Stop. Please, I hate seeing you talking like this.

Brooke: Honey, I– I did this. I mean, if ridge and taylor end up together, it’s because of what I did. The choices I made. I am responsible. Nobody but me.

Sheila: I’m not welcome here?

Thomas: Absolutely not. My family’s been separated for years, in large part because of what you did. You shot our mother, sheila. Which pushed her away and, and made my dad lean on brooke. So actually, none of this would have happened if it weren’t for you.

Sheila: I did a terrible thing. I’ve done a lot of terrible things. But I’m changing, thomas, I swear I am not that person any longer.

Thomas: According to you.

Sheila: According to your mother as well. Okay, all right. That– that might be pushing it a bit, but she, she really is trying to give me a cha– a chance. Can’t you please do the same?

Thomas: No. No, steffy and I are finally getting our family back together. My mother and my father suffered for long enough because of what you did. And they are finally, finally, having a chance at happiness. So, no, I don’t think I’m going to let you come back into our lives and mess with anything. In fact, you should get out of our lives forever.

Sheila: Get out of your lives? This is because of me. The demise of– of ridge and brooke and your mom and dad’s reunion. I am the one responsible for that. You should be welcoming me here with open arms right now, not banning me from the family. You should be thanking me profusely for what I’ve done. After all these years, your mother finally has a chance with ridge because of me, thomas. Me.

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Brooke: When you moved back to L.A., I thought, “why not? Why not be friends? I mean, why continue this rivalry when it’s no longer relevant? Right?” But you were just biding your time. You were just lulling me, waiting for that perfect moment to move in on ridge.

Taylor: Oh, my god. I know that that is a very convenient way for you to look at it because it makes you the victim–

Brooke: Your little plan isn’t gonna work, taylor. Just stay away from my marriage.

Ridge: I’m not interested in anything you have to say.

Deacon: Well, you’re gonna listen to me because I’m trying to do you solid. Look. Guy to guy, I get it. You’re angry with brooke because of her lapse with me but it doesn’t mean you have to go boomerang back to taylor. Ridge. Work things out with your wife, man, all right? Forgive brooke.

Hope: I wonder what’s going on with ridge and my dad?

Liam: If I had to put money on it, I think I’d say nothing good.

Hope: You think that I made a mistake asking my dad to talk to ridge?

Liam: Listen, I know your intentions were pure. Obviously, you’re trying to save your mother’s marriage. It’s just… you know, having deacon be the one to plead brooke’s case to ridge? May not have the desired effect.

Finn: You hear that?

Steffy: No, I don’t hear anything.

Finn: Exactly. It’s you and me with the place all to ourselves.

Steffy: It has been a while.

Finn: I say we take full advantage.

Steffy: Mm. Baby, sometimes I just hate being a grown up but we can’t, we can’t, we can’t, we can’t, we can’T.

Finn: Mm, please do not tell me that.

Steffy: My mom could come home any minute.

Finn: Hmm…

Steffy: I’m sorry, baby.

Finn: No, not sorry as I am.

Steffy: I hope you’re not starting to regret my mom staying here.

Finn: No, not at all. I’m just, uh, really in love with you.

Steffy: Hm.

Finn: And I know how much it means to you, having taylor so close.

Steffy: Yeah, I am amazed by everything that’s happened since my mom’s been back. It really is like a dream come true.

Hope: This whole situation is a nightmare. You know, I never thought that we would wind up in this place again. I–I mean, mom and ridge seemed happy and now this? My mom might lose ridge to taylor, again. History repeating itself. And why? All because of one drunken night with my father.

Deacon: I’m gonna make this quick because this isn’t my idea of a good time.

Ridge: Well then, you should leave. Or I can throw you out, whatever’s easier.

Deacon: You know– go ahead. Take your best shot, man. Go ahead if it’s gonna– if it’s gonna make you feel better and allow you to actually hear me–

Ridge: What is it you’re looking for? You want brooke to come in and save you again?

Deacon: Ridge, come on, enough. Please. Forgive her. Don’t fall back into old patterns and leave brooke hanging for taylor.

Brooke: You have plenty to say about my bad behavior. What about yours? I thought you were supposed to be so much better than me.

Taylor: Well, those are your words, not mine.

Brooke: That’s what you and thomas and steffy think. But there’s nothing high-minded about going after somebody else’s husband.

Taylor: No, that is not the way that it happened, brooke. The reality of the situation is that things have changed. And your secrets and your lies are what made that happen, not me. Your little fling with deacon or whatever you want to call it, helped ridge see what was right in front of him: His family. And those are his words. He says he wants to come home.

Brooke: Ridge already has a home. With me. I’m his wife.

Taylor: Ridge took off his wedding ring. I’m not sure how much longer you can make that claim. Smooth dark chocolate, refreshing peppermint,

Finn: What was your favorite thing about your parents when you were growing up?

Steffy: My favorite thing. You’re going to limit it to one?

Finn: Okay, just the, uh, the top three. Ascending order.

Steffy: Okay. I think number three would have to be their mutual respect. My mom and my dad, they were never careless with each other. Not the way brooke is with my dad.

Finn: Had the same example. When you’re a kid, the world can be a scary place but if home can be where you can feel the ground underneath your feet, you can face anything and know it’ll be okay.

Steffy: Yeah, exactly.

Finn: Okay, number two.

>>Steffy: Number two would have to be the laughter. I mean, my father could crack my mom up like, yeah. She was the only one that got his humor and trust me, not everybody does.

Finn: Number one.

Steffy: Number one would have to be love. My mom and my dad, they– they radiated love. And as a kid, that’S… what I knew I wanted when I got older. And after a few false starts, I finally got it.

[ Steffy sighs ]

Deacon: Just listen to brooke. Really hear what she has to say. She wasn’t herself that night–

Ridge: She wasn’t herself that night because she was drinking, right? It doesn’t change the fact that she was making out with you. She slept in our bed with you. She defended you.

Deacon: She wasn’t defending me. She stopped us from killing each other. Why is that so unforgivable?

Ridge: Because she took your side. After everything you’ve done, she took your side. And I’m not okay with that. Never will be.

Deacon: Look, I don’t have to tell you, brooke’s got a good heart. She knows the meaning of forgiveness. You could take a page out of that book instead of defaulting back to taylor.

Ridge: You know what, deacon? Thank you for coming by. You reminded me that I need someone in my life that I can trust. I need stability. And I don’t have that with brooke.

Deacon: You know, maybe you’re right. Maybe it is too late for you and brooke.

Brooke: You must be loving this, thinking that you’ve won. That my marriage to ridge is over.

Taylor: Oh, stop, brooke. No, I don’t take any pleasure in your pain.

Brooke: Because my pain is your pleasure. If I’m in pain, it’s because I’m losing ridge. And if I’m losing ridge, who better to pick up the pieces?

Taylor: I have never stopped loving ridge, ever. But I’ve also never wished harm on your marriage.

[ Brooke laughs ]

Brooke: Oh, god. Why don’t you tell that to ridge? He might believe you. I certainly don’T.

Taylor: Okay, that’s fine. Ridge being done with you has nothing to do with me. Brooke. This is all you.

Brooke: No, I know. I take full responsibility for what happened.

Taylor: It doesn’t seem like you are. It’s like you’re trying to blame me for ridge leaving you.

Brooke: No, I’m not. I know that it was all my fault. I chose to drink that night. I chose to kiss deacon. I wish I could take it all back, I really do.

[ Sighs ] But then, when I told ridge about it, he said that he loved me, that he would forgive me. That we would work through it all together. And then, he went to see deacon and they were fighting, so I jumped in and i defended deacon. And that’s when ridge snapped. That’s when he went to you, stayed the night with you and you… kissed. I mean, ridge may think this is what he wants but I don’t know. You should enjoy it while you can. You and thomas and steffy, just enjoy the time you have with your sweet, little family. It’s not gonna last. Ridge will come back to me, taylor. He always does. He loves me. And you know that.

Taylor: Hey, do i smell baking?

Steffy: Mm-hm, it happens from time to time. You know, now that dad’s coming back, I thought it was a good reason to celebrate so I’m baking some cookies.

Taylor: Aw. That’s so sweet. He’s gonna love that.

Steffy: Is, uh, everything okay?

Taylor: Yeah, yeah, there’s just, there’s a lot going on.

Steffy: Mm-hm. And that’s good, right? I mean, the family’s coming back together. I was telling finn that this feels like such a dream.

Taylor: Yeah, that’s the thing about dreams. Sometimes they come with a rude awakening.

Steffy: Okay. What’s wrong? Please don’t try to play it off.

Taylor: I– I had a visitor today.

Steffy: Sheila? Again?

Taylor: No. It was, brooke, actually.

Steffy: Oh, no wonder you’re in a mood. I can’t even imagine what brooke had to say.

[ Knocking ]

Ridge: Your mother’s not here.

Hope: Oh, I know. I think you and I need to talk.

Ridge: So you heard what happened?

Hope: Yeah, but nothing has happened that you can’t take back yet.

[ Ridge sighs ]

Ridge: I didn’t want any of this. But here we are.

Hope: Ridge. My mother loves you.

Ridge: And I will always love her.

Hope: So then, fight for her. Fight for your marriage. I mean, she’s sorry that she hurt you. So can you please just not turn your back on her? Please, ridge?

[ Door opening]

Brooke: Deacon.

Deacon: You were hoping for ridge. Hope filled me in. Brooke, I’m sorry. I know your marriage is in trouble. Ridge and I are having a hard time communicating right now, but we’ll work it out–

Deacon: Don’t do that. Don’t, don’t sell yourself short.

Brooke: What does that mean?

Deacon: It means I’m sorry you’re going through this because you don’t deserve it. (Asaad) when I was little,

Steffy: So, what happened?

Taylor: Well, brooke was upset, as you can imagine.

Steffy: Yes, she always is when she betrays dad.

Taylor: Mm-hm. She told me she wasn’t gonna stand by and let me “steal” her husband.

[ Steffy laughs ]

Steffy: Talk about projection. I mean, what? She thinks you’re responsible for brooke drinking and kissing deacon? Okay. No. She was the one who sabotaged her own marriage.

Taylor: Yes, she did. But she’s been forgiven for worse. Bill spencer. Your father moved on from that.

Steffy: Yeah, because dad went through that, he doesn’t want to go through it again. He put his trust in brooke and she threw it in his face. I’m telling you mom, it’s over. He’s coming home to you. You’ll see.

Ridge: So, you and deacon a tag team, now? He was just here defending your mom.

Hope: Yeah, well, he did that for me as kind of a last resort sort of thing. I thought he might be able to get through to you. So if you’re angry, it’s– I’m the one to blame.

Ridge: I’m not angry at you. You’re a loving daughter who wants to clean up her mom’s mess.

Hope: I also need to clean up my mess. Ridge, I am sorry for the part that I played in what happened between the two of you. I never should have allowed my need for a relationship with my father to have a negative impact on your marriage to my mom.

Ridge: I’m surprised by that. I thought you would like the opportunity to have your parents back together.

[ Hope laughs ]

Hope: My mom loves you. You are the one who makes her happy.

Ridge: I believed that once.

Hope: You still should. My mom would have never had drinks with deacon that night, let alone kissed him, had she had been sober. And I think you know that. So please don’t throw away your entire marriage before you even talk to her, before you sit down and listen to her point of view and look into her eyes and see the love that she has for you. I think maybe then, you might be able to find forgiveness.

Deacon: You’re the most amazing woman I’ve ever met. And you’re not perfect. I mean, no one is. But any man, any man would be beyond lucky to have you by his side. I think ridge is being too hard on you.

Brooke: Because I hurt him. I just feel like my whole world is crashing down around me. One minute, everything was fine and the next– what happened to me? I mean, how could I betray my husband like that?

Deacon: Brooke, it was one kiss. That’s all.

Brooke: Deacon, you and i shared a bed together, a bed that I sleep in with my husband.

Deacon: Absolutely nothing happened. You didn’t even know I was there till the next morning, which is more than I can say about ridge and taylor. Yeah, I know he spent the night with her.

Brooke: It’s not what you’re insinuating.

Deacon: Okay. All right. All I’m saying is, I’m sorry. All right? This is a– an indignity that you shouldn’t have to suffer. Okay, I get it. The guy– the guy got upset. He got his feelings hurt. Well, you know what? Man the hell up. Work things out with your wife. You don’t go running into the arms of another woman. To taylor? Come on. Where’s the– where’s the respect?

Brooke: I can’t deny it does bother me thinking of ridge and taylor together. But ridge and I will work through this. And I’m willing to do whatever it takes.

Deacon: Again? Come on, how many times have you guys been through this? You know, you have a fight, you split up. You fight like hell to get back together. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Brooke: All couples have their different challenges.

Deacon: Yeah, but your marriage to ridge has been nothing but. Think about it, from the very beginning, you’ve always had to question your place in his heart. Meanwhile, he bounces back and forth between you and taylor. And you know, now, finally, finally, you felt like you were on solid ground and here you are again. I– I get it. We, we had a kiss. We had a– a dumb, drunken kiss on new year’s eve. But for him to run into the arms of another woman? Look, I’m not saying this to upset you and hurt you. I just want you to see– I want you to see your worth. You are so amazing. You– you deserve to be respected and cherished. And loved. Unconditionally. I think it’s time you hang things up with ridge. You know, and all that, that painful history that comes with it. I mean, he’s moving on and it seems like he’s doing it pretty damn quickly. I think it’s time you move on too, to a man who has always loved you, who will never let you down, no matter what. I know that you want that man to be ridge. But it isn’T. And it probably never was, and it never will be. But that man does exist. And he’s standing right here in front of you.

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[ Upbeat music ]

Taylor: I imagine you’re experiencing every emotion in the book. I know I am. It’s a lot to process. Remember, there are no expectations here, no matter what the kids are saying. You said you wanted to come home? This is your home. The kids and I will always be your safe place. You’re safe.

Brooke: I’ve heard enough out of you, sheila.

Sheila: The truth hurts, doesn’t it, brooke?

Brooke: What do you know about the truth? Nothing. Because this doesn’t even concern you. So, go. Just leave. Get the hell out of my house!

Sheila: You’ve been so cruel to me. Not willing to show one ounce of compassion. And look at where you are. You’re in this great, big house all by yourself. And now, you are finally going to know what it feels like to lose someone you love.

Deacon: If I had known how much trouble this would have caused, I would never have been drinking with your mother. I swear.

Hope: Yeah. You both made quite a mess. But, there is a way you can make it right.

Deacon: You want me to go to ridge and tell him to take your mother back.

Hope: Yes. I want you to try and save their marriage.

Carter: What have we done?

Paris: Exactly what we’re about to do again and again…

Carter: And again.

Hope: I know I’m putting you on the spot.

Deacon: No, it’S… it’s okay. You’re worried about your mother, I get that. I’m just kind of surprised you’re asking me to do this.

Hope: Well, I wouldn’t be asking if it wasn’t important.

Deacon: Fo– forrester despise me. I mean, I got the bruises to prove it. He’s not going to listen to me.

Hope: You know what? Ridge should’ve never done that to you.

Deacon: Hope, listen to me when I tell you this. I could’ve taken him out. I went easy on him. I’m just not sure this is a good idea.

Ridge: I, um… I feel myself here. And you and the kids and their kids, they just make me… I feel a sense of stability. Does that make sense?

Taylor: Yes, it does.

Ridge: And you’re right. This is complicated and… I am. I’m running the gamut.

Taylor: Hey, look. I would be more worried about you if you weren’t experiencing all of these emotions.

Ridge: I know what I’m experiencing. I just wish there was something tangible. And I’m sorry to keep bringing up brooke–

Taylor: Don’t be sorry about it, ridge. You’re processing. This is so important.

Ridge: But, I don’t know if I am processing it because it doesn’t make sense to me. Why does it– why does everything go wrong again?

Sheila: Couldn’t control yourself. You boozed it up. Cheated with deacon.

Brooke: It wasn’t like that.

Sheila: You didn’t turn to deacon? Yeah. That’s what I thought. You know, I’m sure ridge is tired of all the excuses.

Brooke: I am not making excuses. I take full responsibility for what happened that night.

Carter: Mm… we shouldn’t be doing this.

Paris: Give me one good reason.

Carter: I can’T.

Paris: That’s right. You can’T. You have nothing to feel bad about, carter, and neither do I. There’s nothing wrong with anything that’s happening here. So, can we stop thinking about everyone else except the two of us?

Hope: I’m watching her try so hard to keep her marriage from crumbling and she has begged ridge to understand that her loyalty is to him and not to you.

Deacon: But he doesn’t want to hear it.

Hope: I just– I don’t know what else to do.

Deacon: Look, it’s no fun being the cause of their issues. I didn’t come back to L.A. To complicate brooke’s life.

Hope: I believe you. Heck, when I look back on things, I…

[ Hope sighing ] I wish I had respected ridge’s concerns because it did drive a wedge between the two of them and I need to take some responsibility for that.

Deacon: Well, so do I.

Hope: So, are you saying that you will go to ridge and try to make him see the other side of things?

Deacon: Yes, I’ll do it, but I am not making any guarantees.

Taylor: I know you’re still struggling and I don’t want to leave, but I have a paying patient that’s waiting for me, so.

Ridge: A paying patient? Okay, cool. That’s–

Taylor: No, I–

Ridge: No, no, no. Don’t do that. I can sit on your couch a little more. I have money. What do you– what do you need?

Taylor: It’s– it’s about all of this, ridge. It’s about… brooke being brooke. She sabotaged your marriage again. And I know that she is eager to figure out what led her to drink, and so are you. But we may never know why and– and those answers that you are so desperately trying to figure out may never come.

Brooke: You know, sheila? This doesn’t involve you in any way whatsoever. So, just stop sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong.

Sheila: You touch me like that again and this will be the last time that you do. And I could say the same thing for you, brooke. Who are you to try and keep me away from my son? My grandson? Treating me like I’m the town pariah?

Brooke: I am just trying to save them from your influence.

Sheila: My influence? Oh, my god. Like you’re the one to talk about– about that. You get a little tipsy and– and you– you kiss your ex while your husband is stuck in a blizzard?

Brooke: Unlike you, I own my mistakes. There was a part of me that laid dormant for a very long time and it resurfaced somehow. And I still don’t know how and I don’t know why. But, I am making sure I am doing everything I possibly can to make sure that side of me doesn’t materialize again.

[ Sheila laughing ]

Sheila: How self aware. I think it’s too little, too late since ridge has already gone back to taylor. Oh, I guess that mean your destiny with ridge is over.

[ Brooke sighing ]

[ Sheila laughing ] Bummer.

(Ziploc tab zip opening)

Liam: Hey.

Hope: Oh, there you are!

Liam: Yeah, sorry. Driving, couldn’t text you back. What’s going on?

Hope: Yeah, um, so… I did something.

Liam: You did something? What kind of something? What do you mean?

Hope: Um… something that I– that I hope is good and helpful?

Liam: What did you did?

Hope: I asked my dad to go to ridge on my mom’s behalf.

[ Knocking on door ]

Ridge: What the hell are you doing here?

Deacon: Just hear me out before you go–

Ridge: Why do we even have security? Why?

Deacon: I’m here to do something I didn’t think I would do in a million years.

Ridge: And what is that? Tell me that you’re a homewrecking loser? Common knowledge.

Deacon: I’m here to convince you to go back to brooke.

Taylor: Yes, good work today, jamie. Oh, it was my pleasure. So, same time next week, right?

[ Taylor laughing ] I will. See you next tuesday. Brooke. Please don’t come to my office unannounced.

Brooke: I’m sure it’s no secret as to why I’m here.

Taylor: No, I know why you’re here.

Brooke: I’m sure you do. You always have me pegged, all figured out. Well, you should know how fiercely I fight for what I love. And you should know better than anybody that I will never let you steal my husband away.

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Paris: That was incredible. Like, the best ever.

Carter: Just about to say the same thing.

Paris: Then, I guess we must be a perfect match.

Carter: Guess so.

Paris: I know you said you couldn’t do this, but I don’t regret it. We’re free. There’s nothing keeping us from being together.

Liam: You asked deacon to go to ridge?

Hope: Yup. I was hoping that he might be able to convince ridge that the night between him and my mother didn’t mean anything. Do you think I made a mistake?

Liam: Well, I don’t know– I don’t know. Maybe, maybe not? Maybe not. But, you remember what happened last time they were in the same room together, right? They almost ripped each other’s heads off.

Ridge: You came all the way up here to tell me about my wife.

Deacon: Look, I get it, all right. You hate me, I’m the worst guy on the planet, blah, blah, blah. The thought of me and brooke together makes you nuts. It was one kiss.

Ridge: One kiss, two kisses, on top of the covers, under the covers, really doesn’t matter. It was betrayal.

Deacon: You’ve already forgiven her, right? I mean, you– you already forgave her, you can do it again.

Ridge: Thank you, deacon, for telling me what I can and can’t do.

Deacon: You are a stubborn son of a bitch, aren’t you? This is what happened. It was a drunken kiss and then she stopped us from beating the hell out of each other. Now, why can’t you just let it go? Or maybe you don’t want to?

Ridge: What’s that supposed to mean?

Deacon: What it means is you couldn’t have run back to taylor any faster if you were usain bolt, could you? Yeah. I heard all about it. I didn’t hear about it from brooke ’cause I haven’t seen her, but you need to. As much as I hate to admit it, she wants you, not me, you and only you.

Ridge: You really are a piece of work, aren’t you?

Deacon: What– what can I say here? You wanna be mad at somebody, be mad at me, not brooke. Don’t do what you always do, which is run back to taylor crying.

Taylor: Okay. Okay, I understand that you’re upset, brooke, and believe it or not, I… I wish things had gone differently.

Brooke: Me too.

Taylor: Do you remember when I first came back to town? We talked about being friends?

Brooke: Yes. Yes, I do. How ironic, considering you made out with my husband.

Taylor: I did. I don’t think you’re really in a place judge though, are you brooke, really? I mean, how did we get here? It’s the same story, the same patterns over and over. Why?

Brooke: I didn’t come here for a therapy session.

Taylor: Why is it you consistently ruin what you have with ridge? It’s usually with some guy who’s giving you attention. Someone that ridge hates. It’s a dysfunctional pattern you have there, brooke. And you also told my grandson, douglas, just to forget what he saw. Don’t tell anybody. I think you can benefit from getting some help.

Brooke: Possibly. But, how I would benefit most is if you were to keep your hands and your lips off my husband. Are we really doing this again, taylor? I mean, really? Yes, I had one night that I regret with deacon, but I was under the influence. I’m an alcoholic and that’s something I thought you would understand because you’re a professional. You’re a psychiatrist and you help people, but no, no… you took advantage. Ridge was hurt and he was disillusioned. He just needed time to cool off. He would have come back to me that night.

Taylor: But he didn’T.

Brooke: No, he didn’t because you didn’t give him one second before you pounced. You and your children, all over him, getting into his head, keeping him away from me.

Taylor: Brooke, stop.

Brooke: Oh, come on. Don’t even deny it. You know it’s true. What you’re doing is wrong. You’re the one who’s going to end up getting hurt because I love my husband. I am not going to let him go. I’m not going to let our future go. You should know that and I sure as hell am not going to let you, you interfere in my marriage.

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[Brooke sighs]

Ridge: I love you with everything. We can’t do this anymore, we can’T. You will always be my logan.

[Sobbing]

[Sobbing]

Steffy: Hey, dad. You’re here.

Ridge: Uh yeah, I thought I’d come in, do some work. How you doing?

Thomas: Just uh, texted mom. Said she hadn’t heard from you.

Steffy: Yeah, when you left her earlier, you said you were going to talk to brooke.

Thomas: What’s going on?

Sheila: Hey, sourpuss. Come on, why so grim?

Deacon: You’ve got to start hanging out somewhere else.

Sheila: Oh, but then I’d miss you in action and I gotta tell you what? That apron is working for me.

Deacon: Sheila, how many times do I have to tell you? We can’t be seen together. Brooke could come in any minute.

Sheila: Well, does that mean that you want to go back to my place so that we can have a little privacy?

Deacon: Mm. Tempting, but I think have to wash my hair tonight and I’m working now, so…

Sheila: Can you take a break? Maybe we can go back to your broom closet because what I want to tell you, you definitely want to hear.

Carter: Zende will never

know about us,

nobody will.

Paris: Don’t you want

to be with me as much

as I want to be with you?

Carter: You are– you’re

amazing, you’re beautiful,

sexy.

We have to end our involvement.

Grace: Whatever this

is between you and paris,

it ends today or I’m

going to the forresters.

I don’t know how you got

them to forgive you for

your affair with quinn but

I doubt it will happen twice.

[Knocking]

Carter: Paris.

Paris: Surprised to see me?

Carter: I am. What brings you by?

Paris: I couldn’t stay away any longer.

Sheila: I’m about to make you a very happy man, deacon sharpe.

Deacon: We are not going back to my room.

Sheila: That’s right, because all you can do is think about your precious brooke, right? Well, maybe, maybe that’s why I’m here. I mean, this pathetic desire that you have to rekindle your relationship with her may not be so far-fetched.

Deacon: Wait a second. Are you– are you saying that you were actually wrong about something?

[Sheila laughs mockingly]

Sheila: Go on! Go on, joke!& I just had a very interesting conversation. I think that door may be open now to brooke.

Hope: Mom! Mom?

Brooke: Oh, honey!

Hope: Mom, what happened? What is it?

Brooke: Ridge was here. He just left. And he didn’t come home last night because he was with taylor.

Thomas: Uh, you didn’t let brooke talk you into giving her another chance, did you?

Steffy: Because, dad, you know how that’s going to turn out.

Ridge: I owed her the truth. So I told her I spent the night at your house with your mom. Not an easy conversation. If you have copd, ask your doctor about breztri.

Paris: Seeing you at work is not the same and I certainly don’t get to see like that.

Carter: Paris this, uh, this won’t work. You and me, it can’t happen.

Paris: You keep saying that.

Carter: And believe me, I wish I didn’t have to. Paris, I can’t deny what I feel for you but I won’t repeat what I did to eric, the way I betrayed him and his family.

Paris: You’re not betraying anyone. Zende is seeing other people, we’re not exclusive.

Carter: But he wants to be. He was going to propose to you.

Paris: Because he misunderstood our relationship, making all those plans when the only thing I want is standing right in front of me. Carter, I want to be near you. I want to feel your arms wrapped around me. I want to feel your body pressed up against mine. I know you want that too.

Sheila: Why aren’t you jumping for joy? I mean, I mean, didn’t you hear me? You were right. The– the argument, ridge’s fit of rage, brooke coming to your defense? That was the end. Ridge is going home to taylor.

Ridge: This situation is painful for everyone involved.

Thomas: And we respect that.

Steffy: But brooke put you in this situation, remember? She’s the one who betrayed you.

Thomas: Yeah, the bottom line is you chose to be with mom and you come back to our family.

Ridge: Wellbrooke’s my family, too. We’re always going to be connected.

Steffy: Yeah but you can’t be with her anymore.

Thomas: Yeah, she broke your trust too many times. I mean, she slept with deacon. Dad, you can’t go back to her. Dad?

Ridge: She didn’t sleep with deacon and I know this is important to you and I appreciate your loyalty to your mother, but I don’t want to answer any more questions. Thanks.

Brooke: Ridge is already moving on. I mean, they’ve been kissing and everything. I can’t believe it.

Hope: I didn’t want to believe it either. Steffy told me that ridge and taylor were together.

Thomas: Dad, you ended things with brooke. Yeah?

Steffy: We don’t expect you to be overjoyed about this. Telling brooke must have been hard, but it is for the best. I mean, you’re coming home to safety and security. I truly believe that.

Thomas: Yeah, and and you believe that, too.

Steffy: There’s something I, uh, I need to take care of.

Thomas: Okay.

Taylor: Hey, sweetheart.

Steffy: Mom, mom, it happened.

Taylor: What happened?

Steffy: Dad spoke with brooke, it’s over. I think it’s over between them. Can you come by the office now? Dad needs you. Does sinus congestion and pressure make breathing feel impossible especially at night?

Paris: We’re not committed to anyone else so we could be together, if we want to be.

Carter: Paris, we already talked about this.

Paris: Okay, but you never explained why. I know that you don’t want to upset zende and the forresters. You’re trying to protect my career.

Carter: Yes, all of that’s true.

Paris: But it shouldn’t be more important than the way we feel about each other. Why are we denying ourselves something that feels so right? We could be so good together, carter. We just have to trust this connection and chemistry. Why are you trying to end things before it even starts?

Carter: It’s already gone too far.

Paris: [Scoffs] What, what what does that even mean?

Carter: It’s over.

Grace: Good.

But I’ll be watching, carter.

Make sure you stay

away from my daughter.

Paris: What’s going on, carter? Be honest. I need to know.

Deacon: So, taylor told you that she and ridge are back together.

Sheila: Why do you do that? Why do you question everything that I say?

Deacon: Oh, because I know how your obsessive brain works.

Sheila: Yeah, but you’re the one that told me ridge walked out on brooke.

Deacon: Yeah. And then brooke went after him.

Sheila: It doesn’t matter because he’s with taylor right now. It worked, deacon. I, I think ridge finally had enough. And with brooke coming to your defense? It just sent ridge straight into taylor’s arms.

Deacon: Wait a second. So, so ridge ran to taylor because of me?

Ridge: He can’t trust brooke anymore. No, she’s made too many mistakes and quite frankly, he thinks that you’re one of her biggest. So, come on. Good things are happening for you, and taylor and it’s all because of your drunken night with brooke.

Brooke: How could this happen? How can my whole world just fall apart?

Hope: Mom, ridge hasn’t stopped loving you.

Brooke: No, no, he hasn’T. He told me he will always love me, hope. He just can’t– he just can’t be with me. He needs peace and stability and I can’t give him that.

Hope: You know that is not true, mom. The two of you have been happy for a very long time.

Brooke: Yes. Yes, we have. So why, why did I do that? Why did I drink that night? Why did I kiss deacon? It doesn’t make sense! And I love ridge. I love him. And I can’t lose him. It can’t end this way, hope, it can’T.

Thomas: Look, we understand that this is difficult.

Steffy: I’m guessing brooke made sure of it.

Ridge: She thought we could get through this.

Steffy: A few months ago, maybe she could have convinced you to try. But things are different now. There’s another woman in your life. A woman who loves you. Always has. You have someone there that you can rely on. I’m amber, I’ve lost 128 pounds with golo,

Paris: There is no reason to hold back.

Carter: There are other things to consider, paris. Other people.

Paris: I can’t stop thinking about you. The night we had, how you held me in your arms, all the things we said to each other.

Carter: Yeah, I think about it, too.

Paris: Then what are you going to do about it? Why are you fighting this, carter? You want me as much as I want you. Don’t you?

Deacon: It’s not that I doubt you. No, actually I do doubt you but it’s just– it’s just hard to believe that ridge and brooke might finally be over.

Sheila: Yeah, well, believe it. Karma works, my friend. Everyone eventually gets what they deserve.

Deacon: So if I finally get a shot with brooke, I’ve got karma to thank.

Sheila: And me. Especially me.

Brooke: I haven’t had a drink in years, and that night I was completely out of control. How could I let it unravel like that? How? It doesn’t make any sense.

Hope: Mom, what happened, happened. And I do believe that the two of you would have gotten through it. But taylor came back to town and then steffy and thomas started pushing for their parents to be together again and…

Brooke: Right. And every second that he spends in that house, every second he spends with taylor, they are going to convince him that that is where he belongs. I just need to remind him that this is where he belongs. He belongs here in our house with me, hope. And if I don’t– if I don’t let him know that, I am going to lose him to taylor for good.

Taylor: So brooke knows that you spent the night at the house with me.

Ridge: I didn’t want her to hear it from anybody else, so yeah.

Taylor: It must have been difficult.

Steffy: And now, you can move on. You said everything that needs to be said. You can finally focus on your future. And mom. And us. I think we agreed I’m going to stay in the guest house.

Taylor: Yes, you are going to stay in the guest house. That’s a smart idea. There are a lot of complicated emotions with this. This is going to take a while, this transition.

Thomas: That makes sense. But dad was not happy with brooke, but he will be happy with us.

Taylor: Okay, I think you’re oversimplifying it just a little bit.

Steffy: But sometimes the best decisions are simple. I don’t think dad realizes that because life with brooke has never really been simple. I mean, it’s always been, like, one crisis after the next, one problem after another. Anyways, that is in your past. This is your future. And I think it’s going to be amazing.

Thomas: Yeah, you see that.

Taylor: Well, this, there’s a lot to this, okay? Your father has endured a lot with brooke. So right now, it’s not going to feel like something to celebrate.

Steffy: We love you, dad. You know you can count on us. We would never let you down. You have a woman, right here, who loves you more than anyone. Dad, we’ve watched you struggle for years, rationalizing brooke’s behavior, making excuses for her, trying to convince yourself that everything is okay. But now it is okay because you have people who truly want what’s best for you and care about your well-being. The strength of this family. Our time has come. It’s time for the forrester family to reunite. We can.

Ridge: Okay.

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Brooke: Tell me you still love me ridge. Tell me I’m your logan.

Ridge: You’ll always be my logan.

Brooke: Okay. Then we’re fine, everything’s going to be okay.

Ridge: Listen to me.

Brooke: No, it’s fine. You’re here and that’s what matters. That’s all that matters. I know you were upset and you just needed some time. I totally understand.

Ridge: I don’t think you do.

Sheila: I’d ask you who you were thinking about but that smile pretty much says it all. How is ridge today?

[ Steffy sighing ]

Thomas: Are you wondering what I’m wondering?

Steffy: It depends, what are you wondering?

Thomas: How mom could go back to work with everything that’s going on. I mean, you would think she would be as worried as we are.

Steffy: I don’t know. I wonder what dad’s saying to brooke and how she’s reacting.

Thomas: You know how brooke is taking it. With her usual torrent of tears. Plus a patented promise of, “oh–oh, I’ll never do this to you again as long as you just come back to me”.

Steffy: The woman has never learned to graciously walk away but it’s not her I’m concerned about. I’m concerned about dad. He’s susceptible to brooke. Especially, when she turns on the waterworks. If he caves to her again.

Thomas: If dad isn’t done with brooke this time, he’ll never be.

Steffy: I think mom’s the difference. I mean, she basically said that they didn’t make love last night, but they really connected. Dad wouldn’t have let that happen if he was going to go back to brooke.

Thomas: Yeah, but getting brooke to accept that?

Hope: Getting my mom to accept what? You’re talking about my mom and your dad, aren’t you?

Thomas: Um. Good morning to you, hope. Yeah, look, a lot has happened in the last 12 hours.

Steffy: And it’s not looking good for brooke.

Hope: What is that supposed to mean?

Steffy: Hope, I know you love your mom and you think that she can do no wrong–

Hope: That is not true. We all make mistakes. My mother included–

Steffy: I’m gonna stop you right there. I’m so tired of hearing you defend your mother–

Thomas: Okay. Hope, we realize that you– you want this issue to be solved by the fact that your mother drank, right? And something mysterious made her pick up that bottle. But that doesn’t change the fact that she did it. And after she did it, she made out with your father, which hurts our father.

Steffy: But honestly, none of that matters now because I think brooke and my father’s destiny is about to end.

Taylor: Sheila, you can’t– let me guess, audrey wasn’t at her desk.

Sheila: Nope, she wasn’T. You might need a new secretary.

Taylor: Sheila, you can’t just come in here. You should have waited until she was back.

Sheila: Yeah, I know. I know. You’re right, of course. But I was– I was just so excited to find out.

Taylor: Find out what?

Sheila: Find out what’s going on between you and ridge, especially now that he knows about brooke’s latest betrayal. There’s no way he’s going to forgive her. Given that it’s deacon, ridge’s worst enemy? And after all, one man, even one as understanding as ridge, there’s no way he’s going to be able to put up with a tramp of a wife like that.

Taylor: Okay, hey, sheila, if you came here to bash brooke, you just need to get out–

Sheila: No, I didn’T. I didn’T. I am here as a self-proclaimed member of team taylor. I’m just here to–to congratulate you.

Taylor: On what?

Sheila: On being patient. On letting brooke dig her own grave with no help from you. You took the high road, taylor, as you always do. Now the path is clear for you to reunite with ridge. At long last.

Brooke: Ridge, whatever you’re about to say…

Ridge: I don’t want to hurt you.

Brooke: I know. And I didn’t want to hurt you either, but that’s exactly what I did.

Ridge: Please, please. Please, don’T.

Brooke: Don’t what? Don’t apologize for letting you down? Because I did. I’m going to apologize over and over again. I feel so bad about that night. And now, to see you with your wedding band off, I mean, what does that mean, ridge? Don’t tell me you’re giving up on us.

Ridge: About last night.

Brooke: I don’t care about last night. I care about now. Now. This very moment. And you telling me that you love me and that we’re going to work this out.

Ridge: I spent the night in malibu.

Brooke: With steffy.

Ridge: Steffy… and taylor. We hit the bike trails every weekend

Hope: I wouldn’t count my mother out just yet. She’s still married to ridge.

Thomas: For how much longer, though?

Hope: You know, thomas, I really didn’t appreciate you preventing my mother from seeing your father last night. I don’t feel like it was your place to interfere in that way.

Steffy: He had every right. He was standing up for our parents. For our mother.

Hope: Why? Why would taylor need the two of you to stand up for her? She shouldn’t be involved in this. Or is she?

Steffy: You’d have to ask my mom.

Hope: I’m asking you.

Steffy: I’m pretty sure you won’t like the answer.

Hope: Look, I know that ridge didn’t come home last night. I know that he stayed at your place and I know taylor is also staying there as well, so if you’re implying what I… what exactly are you implying?

Sheila: So, you see, taylor, I am totally in the loop. Deacon has filled in all the blanks. I just–I know that, that ridge is done with the brooke or at least close to it, which leaves an opening for you. If you’ll take it. And I hope you do, because I know how much you still care for ridge.

Taylor: Sheila.

Sheila: I know. I know what they say. It’s all about timing. Timing is everything. But I know how long you have waited to be reunited with ridge. I just hope that the wait isn’t too much longer. Unless… it already is over? Why, why did I not see this before? I– this glow that you have on your face. This joy in your eyes. Ridge is through with brooke.

Brooke: I wish you had just come home after you and deacon fought.

Ridge: I couldn’t do that. Not the way I was feeling.

Brooke: I know, so you went to steffy’S.

Ridge: I went to steffy’s ’cause I needed to find a safe place to land.

Brooke: I can only imagine what steffy and thomas were saying about me.

Ridge: I’m not going to deny it. They think that I would be happier with taylor.

Brooke: Mm-hm.

Ridge: Especially now that they found out about you and deacon.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: I–I amm so sorry, ridge. I wish that night never happened. And I don’t understand why I had that urge to drink. It doesn’t make any sense to me.

Ridge: Well, maybe it does. God, I love you. I love you so much. But we can’t keep doing this to each other. I– I don’t belong here anymore.

Brooke: No, you do. You do belong here. With me, ridge. We are husband and wife. And we can’t let anybody or anything change–

Ridge: It’s already changed! It has changed, right? There’s a reason why I took off my wedding band. Does sinus congestion and pressure make breathing feel impossible especially at night?

Hope: So did thomas really have a meeting to go to or was that just an excuse so that you and i could…you know what? Forget it. Tell me about last night.

Steffy: I thought you already knew.

Hope: I know that ridge didn’t make it home.

Steffy: I’m sure that really upset brooke.

Hope: They’re still married, steffy.

Steffy: The point is, brooke has defended your father so many times. My dad finally reached a limit. He turned to us, his family. He turned to the woman he could trust. My father never has to question my mother’s loyalty. She would never do anything to hurt him or betray him the way brooke has. I mean, are we really surprised why my father would want to spend the night with my mom?

Sheila: You and your family really deserve this, taylor. God knows it’s been a long time coming. And I am so grateful to you for giving me a chance. It’s because of you, steffy allowed me to come over for christmas eve and spend time with–with finn and hayes. Unlike brooke, who vowed to do everything in her power to make sure that ridge would not allow me access to my son or grandson. Look, I know how that must have sounded, but–

Taylor: It sounds like you have a vested interest in this.

Sheila: No, it’s–it’s really more about brooke being brooke, doing what she does best: Running into another man’s arms, betraying ridge because of one night, one drunken night with deacon sharpe that has really blown up on her. But it has given you a chance at rekindling your relationship with ridge and I–I am really so happy for you and your family, taylor.

Brooke: I don’t believe it.

Ridge: Logan–

Brooke: I won’T. You wouldn’t do that to us, ridge. Are you actually saying that you made love to taylor?

Ridge: No, it didn’t go that far. But it could have if we hadn’t stopped it.

Brooke: I hate to think that you were with her last night. But one night is not going to affect what we have, ridge. I won’t let it. We will survive this. You’ll see. We will. If you have copd, ask your doctor about breztri. Look hope, I think you should know that, uh, my father took off his wedding band. It’s over between your mother and my father. And I know it’s going to be hard for brooke to hear, but she has to realize this day was coming.

Hope: No, steffy, I don’t think she did. She still believes that their love can get them through this.

Steffy: Well, obviously she’s wrong. My father’s had enough.

Hope: You never wanted their marriage to work, did you? That was all just a charade. You were rooting for their marriage to fail so that your mother and ridge could reunite.

Steffy: I’m not going to apologize for wanting my father’s happiness. Brooke couldn’t give that to him. Not for long anyway. As for your mother’s latest offense, she only has herself to blame.

Sheila: My plan worked. Switching those champagne labels, getting brooke to unknowingly drink. Yeah. Now, brooke and ridge’s destiny has come to an end. Oh, boo-hoo. Boo-hoo. I warned you, brooke, not to mess with my life, my family’S. You’re paying the ultimate price now.

Brooke: I won’t let this be the end for us, ridge. I won’T. Okay, so we both made mistakes. So now, we just have to forgive each other. And we can recommit to our marriage. Work harder with our relationship and just do better. I know we can. We can and we will.

Ridge: You know what I thought? I thought it was always going to be you and me in the end. Just the two of us standing there. Too much has happened now. I don’t want to argue anymore. I don’t want you to hurt me. We’re just getting too old for this, you– I can’t do this anymore.

Brooke: What’re you talking about? What do you mean you can’t do this anymore? Ridge, I’m–I’m sorry. I mean, I’m–I’m sorry for everything that happened that night. I’m sorry, I never should have defended deacon the way I did. Come here. God. I love you. I don’t want to lose you. You are my soul mate. You are my destiny. And we gotta hang on to each other, okay? We can’t let each other go.

Ridge: Look at you. You’re even more beautiful than the first day I saw you. I love you with everything. Because you’re the one. You’re the one I was young with. We can’t do this anymore, we can’T. You will always be my logan.

[ Brooke sobbing ]

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Ridge: Good morning.

Taylor: You’re still here. It wasn’t a dream. You came home.

Thomas: Hey!

Steffy: Hey. Keep your voice down.

Thomas: Because the kids are asleep, or because dad’s car is still in the driveway?

Steffy: So observant. The latter.

Thomas: Really? Dad never left?

Steffy: Mom and dad are together as we speak.

Thomas: That is what I’m talkin’ about! Whoo!

Steffy: Oh, my god, you’re so aggressive.

Thomas: Sorry.

Hope: Hello? Mom.

Brooke: I’m alone, honey. Come on in.

Hope: Ridge?

Brooke: No…

Hope: What does that mean?

Brooke: Ridge didn’t come home last night.

Thomas: I was afraid to trust it, you know? I mean, I know dad said that he was back with us. And I kept brooke away. In person and by phone. But, um…you know how– how resourceful brooke can be when it comes to dad?

Steffy: Yeah, but you couldn’t be sure if brooke had gotten to him somehow, changed his mind.

Thomas: Obviously, she didn’t change his mind, ’cause his car is still parked right out front.

Steffy: We don’t know what’s going on, but all I do know is mom and dad were in her bedroom last night and we haven’t seen them since.

Hope: Mom, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what to say.

Brooke: Well, I don’t know what to think. I mean, I do, but I hate this.

Hope: Well, maybe it’s not what you’re thinking. Maybe ridge just needed some more time to cool down, so he booked himself into a hotel room. Wouldn’t be the first time.

[Knocking]

Eric: Brooke? Hope, hi. Um, I–I came as soon as I could. What’s wrong? What’s the problem?

Brooke: Oh, eric. You’re my last hope. I so want to believe it’s not true. I’m hoping and praying that you spoke with ridge last night and you can assure me that he’s not where I think he is.

Taylor: I’m having a déj vu moment waking up with you. Like so many mornings before, like no time has passed.

Ridge: It’s familiar to me, too. All of it.

Taylor: So about last night…

Ridge: What about it?

Taylor: It was so, so good kissing you, being in your arms. It–it felt so good. So right. But I–I have to ask you a question.

Ridge: Sure.

Taylor: Mm… any regrets? Listen, I’m done settling. Because this is my secret.

Taylor: So, if we’re being honest, and–and I think we are… a lot changed literally overnight. And I just– I just want to know, do you regret any of this?

Ridge: I–I–I think me sleeping over there was the right choice. And glad we didn’t–

Taylor: Yes. Yes, me– me, too. I didn’t mean that.

Ridge: You want to know if I have regrets. I do. I do have regrets. I regret… that I–I didn’t see what brooke was doing, that she was gonna choose deacon and throw away everything we had. I– I regret that. But I don’t regret being here with you. This beautiful, amazing, honest, giving woman who’s always been there for me, has always wanted the best for me. So, I’m gonna focus on that.

Taylor: I like the way you think.

Ridge: Hmm.

Taylor: I’m sure steffy and thomas are wondering what we’re doing. They want this so bad.

Ridge: They do? They mention something?

[Taylor laughs]

Taylor: What? You didn’t hear them? I could have sworn that–

Ridge: Mm-mm. No.

Taylor: They’ve been relentless.

Ridge: Especially steffy. She’s like a dog with a bone, and she…

[Taylor laughs]

Taylor: Just like her grandmother. Stephanie would be so proud.

Ridge: Hey.

Taylor: Hmm?

Ridge: Can I, um…

Taylor: What?

Ridge: Can I buy you a cup of coffee?

Taylor: Yeah. I know a great place.

Eric: Look, I’m sorry. You’ve been doing so well for so long. Uh… are–are you–are you getting help?

Brooke: Yeah, I–I’m going to meetings.

Eric: Uh-huh. You still wanting to drink now?

Brooke: Oh, god. Absolutely not. I mean, look at what it’s done to my life.

Eric: All right. Well, I’m sorry. I’m sorry this has happened. I have not spoken to ridge. I don’t know, uh… I can’t really put your mind at ease as to where he spent the night last night.

Brooke: I think we all know.

Hope: Uh, not necessarily, mom.

Brooke: I defended deacon and ridge reached his limit.

Hope: Mom, frankly, I think that ridge overreacted. You were trying to stop a fight and you were trying to protect both of them.

Eric: I doubt very much that ridge sees it that way.

Brooke: Look, I don’t want to spiral into this negative thinking, but if ridge did spend the night at taylor’s, how am– how am I not supposed to be worried about the future of my marriage?

Thomas: You know, I want to get my hopes up, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. Mom being a shrink and all, she probably decided, “let’s talk about our feelings,” and then they didn’t reconcile.

Steffy: It would be mom to sacrifice her own happiness if she thought dad had the slightest amount of doubt in his mind.

Thomas: It’s really quiet. Where are the kids?

Steffy: Oh, finn took kelly and hayes out to make sure they didn’t disturb mom and dad.

Thomas: Smart.

Steffy: I don’t want to jeopardize anything getting in the way from mom and dad having a moment like this. This could be huge for our family.

Thomas: Yeah, like a game changer.

Steffy: Our parents back together? We’ve been wanting this, like, our entire liv–

Taylor: Good morning.

Thomas: We certainly hope so.

Ridge: Hey, good morning.

Thomas: Hi!

Steffy: Hi.

Taylor: Your dad’s home.

Steffy: Oh, mom.

Ridge: Come here. It’s good to see you.

Thomas: You, too! Aw.

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Brooke: If I was just able to talk to ridge, I think could’ve gotten through to him.

Hope: Still can’t believe that thomas wouldn’t even let you inside.

Eric: And he confiscated ridge’s phone so that he couldn’t get any messages or texts from you?

Brooke: Thomas and steffy are doing their best to push their parents together again.

Eric: Well, I don’t condone their tactics, but I do understand what they want.

Brooke: Yeah, well… except for one tiny detail: Ridge and I are married. We are husband and wife. And ridge loves me. I know he does.

Hope: Of course he does.

Eric: No one is disputing that.

Brooke: I know, and everything just spiraled out of control that night ’cause of that one stupid, destructive decision. Why did I drink? You could see the domino effect. And then when I explained it all to ridge, he said that he loved me and that we could work it all out. And then, I–I defended deacon!

Hope: Because ridge was beating him up.

Eric: You tried to stop it. Anybody would have done that.

Brooke: I know. But that was the last straw for ridge. But I’m not gonna give up.

[Voicemail tone] Ridge. Hi. I’m sorry for everything that’s happened. I know I let you down again, and I just… want a chance to make things right. So, if you would just come home and be here with me, and we can– we can talk about it.

Steffy: I can’t believe it. Seeing the two of you together.

Thomas: Yeah, you know, I– I gotta say, I was hopeful, but I never actually thought this was gonna happen.

Taylor: I didn’t either.

Steffy: I kept remembering what it was like when we were a family, you know? Witnessing the two of you. You know, the love between you two was so inspiring. Dad, you’re not wearing your wedding band?

Ridge: I’m going to go talk to brooke.

Taylor: Good idea.

Ridge: Anybody seen my phone?

Taylor: No.

Steffy: Uh, maybe you left it upstairs in mom’s bedroom.

Ridge: I don’t think so.

Thomas: Uh, here it is.

Ridge: Oh, good. Thanks.

Thomas: Yeah.

Ridge: Oh, boy.

Taylor: I can only guess.

Ridge: Uh, I gotta go see her face to face.

Steffy: Are you sure?

Ridge: Steffy, please.

Steffy: She’s just gonna turn on the waterworks and have so many excuses. This is where you belong.

Ridge: And I’ll be back. See ya.

Thomas: Bye, dad.

Ridge: Love you, guys.

Thomas: Love you.

Taylor: Steffy, your dad is just doing what he has to do. It’ll be fine.

Steffy: I hope you’re right.

Taylor: Hey. Come here. Goal!

Steffy: Was there anything we could’ve done to keep dad here?

Thomas: Stolen his car key?

Steffy: Why didn’t you think of that sooner?

Taylor: No. A face to face with brooke can’t be avoided. Some things have to happen face to face, and ending a marriage is one of those things.

Steffy: You really think dad’s going to do that?

Taylor: That’s his intention.

Thomas: Look, I–I’m sure that that is true. I am. But historically, brooke has had the ability to reel dad back in over and over again, no matter what she’s done, no matter how bad she’s hurt him.

Steffy: You should just go there. Stake your claim. Stop being polite.

Taylor: I–I’m not gonna do that.

Thomas: I don’t know. I think I–I have to agree with steffy here. It might be a good idea to go to brooke and establish some ground rules from the beginning.

Taylor: Oh, god, I don’t know. I mean, if I am 100% honest, I guess I could say that sure, I’m concerned about brooke. But really, I am–I am trusting that what we shared together was real–all of us–and– oh, gosh.

Steffy: Mom, there is no doubt in my mind that you two belong together.

Thomas: Yeah, absolutely.

Steffy: Yeah. After all this time, we deserve this. We need to be a family again. And I honestly believe this is the end for dad and brooke.

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[Door opening]

Brooke: Oh. Ridge. You’re home. Oh, ridge. Oh, thank you for coming back. I am–I am sorry. I am–I am so sorry to have betrayed your trust and I never meant for that to happen. I mean, you know if I was sober that never would’ve happened. Kissing deacon, that is– that’S… unthinkable.

Ridge: Yeah. Until it isn’T.

Brooke: But it was the alcohol. I mean, you said that you understood that, right? You told me that you loved me. I know because I hear those words in my head. You said that we could work through this.

Ridge: I also told you to keep that guy out of our lives. Did you hear that?

Brooke: And I’m sorry. I mean, I was just trying to support my daughter. It was so strange, everything that happened. I mean, first you calling and saying that you weren’t gonna make it home because of the storm. And me, with this inexplicable urge to drink. And then deacon coming back to find his phone. It’s just such a strange series of events that occurred. It’s unpredictable. It’s–

Ridge: That’s–no, yeah, that’s–that’s unpredictable, but not–not what happened. Because I told you, you let that man into your life, someone’s gonna get hurt. And we did. When it was all said and done, you defended him.

Brooke: No, no, that’s not what happened.

Ridge: That’s exactly what happened.

Brooke: I know you went to steffy’S. I came to look for you. I wanted to talk. And thomas was outside and he wouldn’t let me go near the house. I know he was just trying to be protective. But what happened? I mean, did you stay there? Did you sleep on the couch?

Ridge: I stayed there.

Brooke: I know that thomas and steffy and taylor were probably trying to make it sound like you belong there. But you don’T. You belong here. With me.

[Ridge scoffs] Ridge, we love each other. We said vows to each other. We promised that we would be there for one another for the rest of our lives. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do. Where’s your ring? Why aren’t you wearing it? What happened last night? Please don’t tell me you’re giving up on this, ridge. I love you so much. Just tell me you love me, too.

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Ridge: My home is with you, doc.

Brooke: Ridge and taylor together right now.

Hope: Mom, you drove all the way to steffy’s to speak to your husband.

Brooke: Well, I tried to, but thomas wouldn’t let me near the house.

Liam: And you’re sure ridge was there?

Brooke: Yes, I’m sure. I saw his car in the driveway. And thomas was just standing there like a security guard. He said that ridge didn’t want to be bothered. Disturbed.

Liam: Why is–why is– why is thomas playing gatekeeper all of a sudden? You have every right to talk to your husband.

Brooke: I know. I had to get to him. I had to explain. And I didn’t mean to hurt him. I don’t know why I kissed your father.

Hope: Mom, you were impaired. Ridge should realize that.

Brooke: And I thought he did. But then, when I went to il giardino’s, he was beating up on deacon.

Liam: And you reacted the way any reasonable person would by trying to diffuse the situation.

Brooke: I just wanted to stop the fight.

Liam: So it’s that. It’s in ridge’s mind, that is you defending deacon.

Brooke: Yeah, but I wasn’T.

Hope: No, of course not. You want to work things out with ridge.

Brooke: Of course I want to work things out. But I feel like he’s slipping away from me.

Hope: It’s not right for thomas to block you from seeing ridge.

Liam: Was ridge even like aware that you were over there?

Brooke: I have no idea. I don’t think so.

Liam: And–and to be clear, thomas has ridge’s cellphone?

Brooke: Yeah. He hasn’t been getting my calls or my texts.

Hope: Oh, no wonder you haven’t heard a response.

Brooke: Exactly. And now, for sure, I won’t be able to reach him.

Liam: You know, I really kind of thought that thomas was done with the whole like manipulating situations and–

Hope: Well, he’s probably just doing steffy’s bidding. You know, they’re trying to matchmake their parents.

Liam: Yeah, exactly. So, what, are we? Fifth grade?

Brooke: So infuriating! Steffy is there putting things in ridge’s head right now.

Hope: She has been waiting for this opportunity for a while.

Brooke: Oh, I know that. Steffy and thomas. They’re trying to keep ridge and me apart so they can push their parents back together.

Ridge: You get the feeling that we’re–

Taylor: We’re not alone.

Steffy: No, no, you are not alone. There’s two of us.

Thomas: Yes, sorry for interrupting.

Ridge: These kids have terrible timing.

Steffy: I–wow. I’m in shock. I mean, when we were kids, if we walked in and saw our parents kissed, it would be like, so grossed out. But this? This? To see the two of you… so connected. It feels like a dream.

Ridge: It’s real. It’s very real.

Steffy: I can’t even with this right now. Oh my gosh. I don’t want to cry. But I’m like…

Thomas: It’s mom and dad, it’s pretty incredible.

Ridge: Your mom is incredible. This is it. This is my home. I don’t mean this house. This is your house. But it’s my home with you. With you.

Steffy: Wow. If you have type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure

Brooke: Deacon and i crossed a line.

Hope: Yes. A drunken kiss that you came clean about.

Brooke: Finally. And the guilt and shame was killing me, carrying it around since new year’S. I just felt good to get it off my chest.

Liam: Well, I mean, from how it sounds, ridge was willing to move on from it.

Brooke: Well, he wasn’t thrilled about the whole situation. But yes, we did have a very open and loving conversation.

Hope: I mean, ridge has to get that that entire night was fueled by alcohol, right? Like, you wouldn’t have kissed my dad sober. You wouldn’t have let him crash here.

Brooke: No, that’s true. And before ridge left to get some fresh air, he told me that he loved me. And I really believe that our marriage was intact and that we were going to get through this horrible experience. And now… now, I’m just scared. I’m scared… he’s not going to come home.

Hope: Mom, he will.

Brooke: No, I don’t know, hope. What if he doesn’t? I mean, what am I going to do? I have to do something. Liam. I mean, is there anything you can do to help?

Liam: What do you want me to do?

Brooke: I don’t know. Just go over there and say, you need to see kelly and get inside the house and pull ridge aside and talk to him.

Hope: Mom, I doubt that ridge is going to throw your entire marriage away over this.

Brooke: Well, he could, hope. He could. And I certainly don’t want that to happen. So please, liam, go over there and talk to ridge, please.

Hope: Do what you can.

Liam: Yeah. Okay. Okay, I’m going to try.

Brooke: Thank you.

Steffy: You’re coming home?

Ridge: If your mother will have me.

Steffy: Of course she will. She loves you. Mom always loved you. Isn’t that right?

Taylor: Your daughter is correct.

Ridge: She always is.

Steffy: I’m glad you’re willing to accept that.

Ridge: I’m finally coming home to you, my family, and I’m sorry. My eyes are open now on this. A lot of time to make up for.

Thomas: You don’t have to apologize for anything, but it is nice to hear you say that.

Steffy: Yeah. Yeah, we do have a lot of time to make up for. But we can do it together.

Taylor: And I’ve also been gone. I missed out on a lot. I stayed away mostly because it was so hard being here without you… and our family.

Steffy: But that’s all about to change.

Taylor: A very welcomed change.

Ridge: Yes, it is.

Thomas: Well, we always wanted you two to be happy.

Steffy: I was so grateful that you’re coming home to us. To mom. And mom, you are such a remarkable woman. You deserve this more than anyone.

Taylor: We all deserve this.

Steffy: All right, we’re going to leave you two…alone.

Thomas: Yeah, we’ll– just go for A…walk.

Steffy: Congratulations.

Taylor: Thank you.

Ridge: Okay.

Taylor: Yeah, well, I guess this is it. The moment we’ve been waiting for. Welcome home, ridge. Life’s been hard enough.

Taylor: The kids are so happy.

Ridge: Probably they know what’s best for us, better than we do.

Taylor: Is–is this really happening? Is it?

Ridge: Us putting our family back together? Yes, I hope so.

Taylor: Maybe we had to go through everything that we did in order to get here. You know, we are– we are living proof that it’s never too late to start over. Feels so good to be in your arms.

Taylor: Mm. You know, I feel like the kids… are like watching us.

Ridge: Yeah. It’s weird, right?

Taylor: Should we–

Ridge: Little–

Taylor: Privacy.

Ridge: Yeah. I think that’s just what the doctor ordered. Let’s do that.

Brooke: Taylor’s been waiting for years to pounce on ridge. Mark my words, she’s going to use this to her advantage.

Hope: Mom, ridge loves you. You’re his wife.

Brooke: Well, then why isn’t he here? Why is he still over there?

Hope: Probably just went to go blow off some steam.

Brooke: The longer he’s at steffy’s with taylor and their kids, the more chance they’re going to put pressure on him to leave me for good!

Hope: Well, hopefully liam is going to be able to deliver a message and then he can come back here with some new information.

Brooke: I hope so. I hope he can get through to ridge. I hope he can get inside that house because if he can’t, I’m going to lose him. I’m going to lose the love of my life.

Hope: So sorry this is happening. I can’t help but feel partially responsible.

Brooke: Don’t blame yourself. This is my fault. I’m the one who ruined my sobriety. I– I chose to drink. I chose to ruin my life, my future.

Hope: And when I look back at it all, I wish I hadn’t been as insistent about my father being welcomed here. I–you know, maybe I should have respected that this is ridge’s house too. And maybe I was being an insensitive, little brat.

Brooke: No, you were nothing of the sort.

Hope: I should have just moved on. I just, I didn’t think that it would jeopardize your marriage like this, so I… I am so sorry, mom.

Brooke: Honey, stop. I don’t want you to feel guilty. Look, let’s just pray that liam can talk to ridge. And that he can communicate to him on my behalf.

Hope: Oh, mom.

Thomas: Did dad leave or…

Steffy: No, no. His–his car still outside. Which means–

Thomas: He and mom are–

Steffy: Yeah, they’re probably upstairs. They need a little privacy.

Thomas: Ew.

Steffy: I–

[ Knocking on the door ]

Liam: Hey, guys.

Steffy: Liam?

Liam: Yeah. Hey, it’s liam. I just saw you walking in from outside. I hope that’s okay.

Thomas: Did you know he was coming over?

Steffy: No, I wasn’t expecting you either.

Liam: Everything’s fine. I promise. Everything’s fine. I just– sorry, I should’ve called first. I just I thought I’d stop by, maybe to see kelly because I was right down the street.

Steffy: Oh, kelly’s with her friend. We talked about this, remember?

Liam: Yeah, of course. I’m sorry, I totally forgot.

Thomas: Did you really forget, liam?

Steffy: Or did brooke send you over here to speak with our dad?

Taylor: Are we doing this? Nyquil severe gives you powerful relief

Liam: Yeah, all right. You got me. I’m here for brooke. She’s really scared.

Steffy: She should be.

Liam: Okay. But you’re like, not even like letting her in the house. I mean, what’s– what’s going on there?

Thomas: I don’t know if that’s necessarily the best description of what’s happening. But I’ve got to say that, you know, if we did let her in, it would be like the same thing it always is. She screws dad over and then she begs and she pleads and she cries. And I think that dad deserves a little time away from her.

Steffy: Yeah, I wish I could welcome brooke into our home. But thomas is right. Dad’s moving on with our mom.

Liam: Okay, but they’re married. So–

Steffy: They shouldn’t be. Not after the way she’s been treating him.

Thomas: Yeah, liam. Look, maybe we could show some grace if this was the first time that she had screwed up. But it’s not.

Steffy: No, it’s not. She’s done this on numerous occasions. We’ve lost count. We have given her plenty of chances. But liam, it’s– it’s over now.

Liam: Okay, so let’s say it’s over. Why, then, would you not let her even talk to him? I mean, she drove all this way and you turned her away? And I hear you have ridge’s phone? Like what is going on there? What’s that about?

Thomas: Liam, it’s not like we’re holding him hostage. He can leave and go to brooke’s whenever he wants to.

Steffy: Yeah, but I wouldn’t count on that happening.

Liam: All right. Speaking of, where is ridge, exactly? Because I saw his car outside, I know he hasn’t left yet. But–

Thomas: Good question. You would have seen somewhere, right?

Liam: What are you– what are you doing right now? Why are you being so cryptic? Okay, if you’re that confident that ridge is moving on from brooke, why are you so scared of them communicating?

Thomas: It’s almost like he is someone else he’d rather spend his time with.

Steffy: Look, we’re not pulling the strings here. Our parents can make their own decisions. Besides, none of this would be happening if brooke didn’t do what she did. She drank to give yourself permission to be with deacon. Another scandal. Another betrayal. This is the last time she’s going to disappoint my father.

Brooke: Honey, I don’t want you blaming yourself.

Hope: Mom. I got caught up in my own needs. I wanted a relationship with my dad and I didn’t think about how that would impact the two of you.

Brooke: And I can sympathize with that. Because I didn’t know my dad growing up. But later, I was able to reconnect with him, as an adult. And that’s what I wanted for you. But you’re right. We shouldn’t have dismissed ridge’s feelings or concerns. But I did. Oh, wow. Am I realizing that right now?

Hope: Mom. No. Look, ridge will come around. All right? He always does.

Brooke: I mean, I didn’t like it when you and ridge were fighting, but I also wanted you to have a relationship with your father.

Hope: I know. But… I was being pretty stubborn. I will own my part in that. I could have met my dad in town for a coffee. I just didn’t think it would affect ridge as much as it did, having him around.

Brooke: Yeah, I didn’t either. And he really stood by what he believed, you know? And he said that something terrible was going to happen, but I ignored him. Instead, I defended deacon instead of my own husband. I mean, why? Why did I do that? I feel like I could be losing ridge to taylor as we speak.

Taylor: I’ve never stopped loving you.

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Steffy: Brooke betrayed you yet again. How many times has it been? Why do you put yourself through this? There is no reason, not with mom standing right here. She loves you. You should see this as an opportunity. Mom is back. Make a life with her. Make a life with a family you never should’ve left behind.

Hope: Ridge sho

Liam: Yeah, well, he’s going to be talking to her soon, whether he likes it or not.Dgisvethere. Who knows? My mom could show up to an empty house.

Liam: I don’t know, she seemed pretty confident he would be there.

Hope: Well, he better be because the sooner the two of them work through that, the better.

Brooke: Why aren’t you letting me through? Ridge is my husband. I have every right to.

Thomas: He doesn’t want to see you right now.

Brooke: Did he say that?

Thomas: He didn’t have to. After what you did to him?

[ Brooke sighing ] Yes, brooke. I know all about what you did with deacon.

Brooke: I was drinking, thomas.

Thomas: That’s not an excuse.

Brooke: I know, I know, that’s not an excuse. I love your father. I love the life that we have together.

Thomas: Sure. So why not just throw it away for one drunken night with deacon?

Brooke: It’s not something that I wanted.

Thomas: Sure, it is. Otherwise, why make out with deacon? Why take the first step?

Brooke: I keep asking myself that same question: Why did I start drinking in the first place?

Sheila: I still can’t believe you let ridge let you do this to you.

Deacon: Well, with brooke there I didn’t have much of a choice.

Sheila: So she got to see you as the victim and ridge as the bully aggressor? I suppose that could work.

Deacon: I’m not trying to work anything. I just knew it would hurt her a whole lot less if it hurt me. Actually, I’m not so sure about that now, but that’s why I stopped fighting.

Sheila: Even with all the horrible things that he was saying about you.

Deacon: I mean, you should have heard him. He actually thinks I targeted brooke. Yeah, that I spiked her drink. You know, she picked up that damn bottle all by herself.

Liam: I know it’s hard, but try not to worry. Your mom knows what she’s doing.

Hope: I want to believe that, but I don’t know. It already feels like their marriage is ending. I mean, ridge making assumptions, coming to blows with my dad and my mom drinking again and why–

Liam: Are you about to do that thing where you start blaming yourself? Because if so, don’T. Even if they do split up because of– you know what? They’re not, they’re not going to split up, okay? Your mom is over there. They’re talking it out. They’re not going to let this thing come between them.

Thomas: Does it really matter why you drank, brooke? I don’t think so. I’m not letting you in to see my father.

Brooke: Fine, then he can come out. He’s going to want to talk.

Thomas: Okay.

[ Phone ringing ]

Thomas: Oh, ah yeah. That’s right.

Brooke: You’re the reason why he hasn’t been calling me back?

Thomas: Turn around brooke. It’s time for you to go.

Taylor: Steffy, I appreciate everything that you’ve said. I really do. And I know how much you– you want your father to finally find peace, but… you’re putting too much pressure on him.

Steffy: No, I’m trying to do the opposite. I’m trying to take the pressure away. You get that right?

Taylor: No, but you– do you get that, that your father is going through so much as it is? I–I don’t want any of this to be overwhelming for you. It’s complicated enough.

Steffy: And that right there, mom, is exactly why you are the woman for him. Do you hear her? Do you hear how much she cares? She is willing to put you first. Brooke would never do that. She’s never done that. Dad, please tell me you’ve opened your eyes. Your future is right here. It’s standing right in front of you. Frontline plus is the #1 name in flea and tick protection.

Hope: I hate that ridge thinks that my dad came up with some evil plan to get my mom drunk.

Liam: Uh, yeah– I mean, I kind of get it though. Ridge was already highly suspicious of deacon. And then, the one night– the one night he’s out of town, this stuff goes down? It’s like.

Hope: I know how it looks, liam, but I believe my dad and my mom does too.

Liam: Yeah. Well, that’s kind of the problem. I mean, your mom believes deacon, she’s defending deacon. Ridge can’t handle that and that’s why we’re in this situation.

Hope: Well, it wasn’t just that. My mom relapsed that night. Her judgment was impaired. And I still don’t understand why, after all those years of sobriety, why– why she had to give in to temptation.

Sheila: Of course, brooke drank on her own. Ridge really thinks that– that you caused it somehow?

Deacon: Yeah.

Sheila: What, like you spiked brooke’s drink? And–and how did you pull that off?

Deacon: Who the hell knows? Probably thinks I was sneaking around with a flask, just waiting for my opportunity.

Sheila: Yeah, but ridge is even smart enough to know that–that brooke would taste a difference in her drink if you did something like that.

Deacon: Exactly. This guy is so blinded by his hatred for me– he doesn’t want to hear the truth. He doesn’t know who I am. I would never do something like that to brooke. I mean, come on? Spike an alcoholic’s drink? Who would do something that cruel?

Sheila: Who…indeed?

Brooke: I can’t believe you’re doing this! Taking his phone!

Thomas: He needs time, brooke. And if you’re not willing to give him that–

Brooke: He needs time with me, time with his wife, time to work through this–

Thomas: Not happening.

Brooke: Do you really think you can keep me away from my husband?

Thomas: I have to keep you away from your husband because guess what? You always do this. You always hurt him and then you have tears and your excuses at the ready. Save it for the next guy.

Brooke: The next guy?

Thomas: Yes, brooke, because he’s in there. He’s with a family that cares about him with a woman who actually cares about him. My mother is his future. It’s time for you to accept that.

Steffy: I’ll get out of your way and let you two talk.

Taylor: No, you don’t have to, honey.

Steffy: But I do, mom. This could be the most important conversation you’ll ever have. And mom, please be honest with dad. Tell him how you really feel. Because it matters. And dad, listen.

Ridge: Yes. Please listen to mom. This is the woman who you deserve. You know that. You always have.

Taylor: Doesn’t matter how old they are, kids just want their parents together?

Ridge: You know, I– I remember how I felt when my parents found their way back to each other. And not just me. Thorne. Felicia, kristen, they were… were beaming like little kids. I’m sure steffy and thomas would feel the same.

Taylor: There’s no pressure here, ridge. From any of us, okay? I just want what’s best for you. And you’re the only one that knows what that is.

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Sheila: I can’t see ridge and brooke lasting much longer. I mean, how many times does he have to walk out on her before he finally gives up? I don’t know. I think it could be the end of an era.

Deacon: Anything’s possible.

Sheila: And then what? You finally get your big chance with brooke. This fairy tale reconciliation?

Deacon: I’ll be there for her. Whatever she needs.

Sheila: I bet you will be. And if for some reason she turns you down, I can always give you something that she never could.

Deacon: Ah– watch it, please.

Sheila: Oh, I’ll be watching, all right.

Brooke: You really think your mother is ridge’s future?

Thomas: Is it that hard to imagine? Someone who actually values him, someone who respects him enough to not go off and sleep with the guy he hates most in the world?

Brooke: Okay, fine. I’m a horrible person and I don’t deserve ridge. I never have and I never will. Do you know how many years I’ve heard that, thomas? Before you were even born. But it doesn’t matter to ridge or to me because we know that we belong together, no matter how many hurdles are–

Thomas: Sleeping with deacon is not a hurdle!

Brooke: I really need to talk to my husband. Just get out of my way.

Thomas: No.

Brooke: You think you can stop me?

Thomas: What’re you gonna do? Gonna push me off the cliff again? So far as I remember, that didn’t score too many points for you last time.

Brooke: I am never giving up on ridge. Never.

Ridge: I know there’s no pressure from you. I know that. And I appreciate it. I’m very thankful for it. But what I could really use is some insight from someone that I trust very much. Steffy told me what she thought about my relationship with brooke and I… I would like to have your honest opinion.

Taylor: Brooke isn’t worthy of you. I don’t think she ever has been.

Ridge: Wow. But why– why would you say that?

Taylor: There are so many reasons. But the main one is… her pattern of turning to other men. Um, “following her heart,” as–as she likes to say, which is incredibly disrespectful of you and your marriage. She doesn’t seem to have much regard for your feelings. Or most people’s really. She does what she wants when she wants. And she’s learned that if she does get caught, all she has to do is cry. Beg for forgiveness. Claims she takes full responsibility and everything will just go back to normal like it never happened, so.

Ridge: I asked for honesty and you gave it to me.

Taylor: I can– I can stop.

Ridge: I don’t want you to stop. It’s important that I hear it. It’s just not easy.

Taylor: The truth is never easy when you have to hear it about someone you really want to believe in. And for you, that’s brooke. You want so bad to believe that her patterns have changed, but ridge, after all these years… it hasn’T. I don’t think it ever will. I–I think it’s just who she is, it’s ingrained. She’s the woman who will… turn to other men in a moment of weakness and not give it a second thought. I mean, if I were you…

Ridge: You would what?

Taylor: No, I’m not telling you what to do. This is your life. She’s your destiny, right? But when your destiny causes you so much pain, betrayal and confusion over and over again… maybe it’s time to check yourself and ask why you think you deserve that path? I think you deserve so much better.

(Ziploc tab zip opening)

Steffy: You’re still here? Are you looking for something?

Thomas: Someone. Making sure she doesn’t come back. Brooke came looking for dad.

Steffy: She was here?

Thomas: Yeah, I told her that he wasn’t available.

Steffy: Good for you. That’s not going to stall her for long. I’m sure she sent a thousand texts.

Thomas: And she’s called a million times. But dad isn’t currently taking phone calls, so.

Steffy: Nicely done.

Thomas: Yeah, we can’t let her get to him because otherwise she’s going to start crying and begging and he needs time to figure out what he wants.

Steffy: Yeah. Well, he’s inside with mom right now, hopefully realizing what life could be like with her.

Liam: I mean, you could just call her.

Hope: No, I don’t want to interrupt her, especially if she’s making progress with ridge.

[ Door opening ] Mom, what happened? Were you able to talk to him?

Brooke: No, I didn’t get a chance to.

Liam: What– what he wasn’t there?

Brooke: He was there, all right. But thomas wouldn’t let me.

Hope: What?

Brooke: I couldn’t even get to the front door. Ridge has no idea that I was trying to call him. Thomas has his phone. Thomas and steffy were trying to keep me away from ridge to give their mother a chance to plead her case! I feel like my marriage is just slipping between my fingers, now that ridge is stuck in that house with taylor!

Ridge: Thank you for your honesty.

Taylor: You’d do the same for me, right?

Ridge: Of course I would.

Taylor: I’ll always be honest with you, ridge. Even when it’s difficult.

Ridge: You always have been.

Taylor: How are you feelin’?

Ridge: I don’t know. It’d be easier to tell you how I’m not feeling because my– my head is spinning and everything I thought was right is not. And it just keeps happening over and over again.

Taylor: Yeah, I know that feeling. When you love someone so much and they they keep hurting you over and over. It feels like your world is falling apart.

Ridge: I heard from steffy, I heard from thomas, I know what they want. They want what they always wanted. They want me to come home and I thought home… was with brooke. And I’m not– I’m not saying that what we had wasn’t– wasn’t amazing. It was… until sheila–

Taylor: You moved on. No regrets, right?

Ridge: But you didn’T.

Taylor: Never. You were my husband. I came back to a life that wasn’t there anymore, so.

Ridge: What if the kids are right? What if I should be here? Someone who’s always been honest with me, who’s never betrayed me. Someone who’s always been there for me.

Taylor: Stop. I– I cannot go through this again. What– what are you saying, ridge?

Ridge: I want to come home, if you’ll have me.

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[Rattling]

[Exhaling]

[Groaning]

Deacon: Oh, man. Brother, you are a mess.

Sheila: Ouch. Ooh, that looks painful.

Deacon: Great.

[Scoffs]

Sheila: You either got a hit by a bus or somebody really, really doesn’t like you. So, which is it, deacon? Or do I even have to ask?

Brooke: I told ridge about everything that happened on new year’s eve. The kiss with deacon. Everything. And I told him I wouldn’t blame him if he walked away from me. But he didn’T. He told me that he loved me and that we would work through this.

Hope: Well, if you both want to, you will.

Brooke: If it ended there, but it didn’T.

Liam: ‘Cause ridge went after deacon.

Brooke: I was afraid that might happen. When I got to il giardino, though, they were there and they were fighting, they were hitting each other, and ridge kept hitting deacon over and over again. And I ran in and I yelled for him to stop. And I told him that deacon didn’t do anything. And ridge… ridge couldn’t believe that I was defending him. I think that I– I went too far. I made a terrible mistake.

Ridge: All right, you kids, I didn’t come over here to cause drama.

Thomas: No, you didn’T. You came over here to be with our family, where you belong.

Steffy: We know you’re hurt and you’re frustrated. But you came here ’cause you know that we hear you and we respect your feelings.

Taylor: No matter how complicated those feelings are.

Thomas: No, no, it’s not complicated. The reality is, is you know where you should be. And we don’t want you going back over there because of what brooke does. She manipulates you. You get caught in that same trap over and over again, so you need to stay here with our family.

[Glass crunching]

Deacon: Seemed like a good idea at the time. Ah, just be careful of all the glass.

[Glass crunching]

Sheila: So, what are you, running a fight club back here?

Deacon: I’m really not in the mood for jokes. Besides, it hurts too much to laugh.

Sheila: Well, it– it would appear your visitor bruised more than just your face. Am I right?

Deacon: I think the less I talk about this, the better, especially with you.

Sheila: Yeah, but you know what? I am a nurse. You should let me take a look at that–

Deacon: It’s– it’s– it’s okay, it’s okay. It’s nothing.

Sheila: Nothing? No. No, this is definitely something. What, did you run into ridge’s fist after he found out you spent the night with his wife?

Hope: Mom.

Liam: Hey, look. Ridge hasn’t had any time to cool off yet. Right? I mean, I’m sure after his scrap with deacon, he was really wound up.

Brooke: Yeah, yeah, he was. And the way he looked at me. He was in so much pain, like he just couldn’t take it anymore. And that’s exactly what he said. He said he can’t do this anymore. And now he’s not picking up his phone. I mean, I don’t know what to do. I need to talk to him. Why isn’t he taking my calls?

Thomas: All right, I’m gonna get you a new ice pack.

Taylor: Oh, that’s a good idea. You know, ridge, I understand that you lost your temper, but–

Ridge: Oh, no, but lo– I couldn’t get him. I had to do something because I know deacon did something to brooke that night, I know he did.

Steffy: No, no, no, no, no. Don’t make brooke out to be some kind of innocent victim. She wasn’T. And her reaction today proves that. Dad, come on.

Thomas: Steffy’s right. You said it yourself. She– she defended deacon.

[Ridge sighing]

Steffy: After everything that deacon has done, brooke sided with him, not you. You let her off the hook with that kiss. Letting deacon stay in your bed. And she thanks you by telling you to leave deacon alone? Dad, this is too much. If brooke can’t even give you the smallest amount of respect, she doesn’t deserve a life with you.

[Sheila laughing]

Sheila: Look at that. Oh…

Deacon: What, you don’t believe me?

Sheila: What, that you took it easy on ridge?

Deacon: I could’ve annihilated him if I wanted to.

Sheila: Yeah, well, then why didn’t you?

[Both grunting and groaning]

Deacon: Ah! Come on.

Brooke: Ridge! Ridge!

[Deacon grunting]

Brooke: Oh, my god, ridge!

What are you doing?

Stop it! Stop it!

Deacon: Restrained myself for brooke.

Sheila: Oh. Deacon sharp, the peacemaker.

Deacon: Sometimes the best thing a fighter can do is not fight.

Sheila: Yeah, but you know what? You had the chance to– to knock ridge down a peg and– and show him who the alpha dog, was and you didn’t take it.

Deacon: There’s a– a technique in martial arts where you use your opponent’s momentum against them. You let them defeat themselves.

Sheila: Oh, okay.

Deacon: Ow.

Sheila: Well, you’re such a big winner. Where’s brooke now?

Deacon: I don’t know.

Sheila: Probably with ridge.

Deacon: I said I don’t know. But she was here, and when she saw what ridge was doing, she defended me. Ridge: I’m not making excuses for brooke.

Steffy: Because she doesn’t have any left.

Thomas: Yeah, she used them all up.

Taylor: Well, your father isn’t happy with the way she reacted, so…

Steffy: Brooke betrayed him.

Taylor: Steffy–

Steffy: No, it– it’s more than that. Okay, she didn’t rush into deacon’s arms, but she took his side. She made dad out to be a bad guy.

Taylor: Well, you know, one thing I– I do know is that violence isn’t an answer. It never solves anything.

Steffy: Neither is forgiving brooke over and over again.

Taylor: All right, you’ve made your feelings very clear. But this is– this is your father’s life. These are his choices.

[Hayes fussing] I’m–

Steffy: Hayes is awake.

Taylor: Yeah, I’m gonna– I’m gonna get…

[Door opening]

Steffy: Mom doesn’t want to be in the middle of this.

Ridge: ‘Cause she understands I have to do this on my own.

Thomas: But you don’t, ’cause you can do it with your family. Okay? We’re here for you. We’re not judging you.

Steffy: We can see how unhappy you are. And it’s infuriating because it doesn’t have to be this way. Yes, you love her. We’ve accepted that. But you need to accept that she’s never gonna change. She’s never gonna commit herself to you the way mom could.

Brooke: He’s still not answering. Ridge. Please call me back. I love you and I am sorry. And we really need to talk about this and get past this. Please.

[Sighing]

[Hanging up phone] Oh, god, this isn’t working.

[Sighing] He’s not taking my calls. And I’m not going to just sit here and risk losing the man that I love.

Liam: What do you– broo– hey, brooke? What are you–

Hope: Mom, where– where are you going?

Brooke: I’m going to find ridge. And I’m pretty sure I know where to look.

Sheila: I hope you don’t think that brooke was impressed by your caveman antics, because getting into a fistfight, that is not a romantic gesture, that is a red flag.

Deacon: You’re right. Brooke didn’t like iT. As a matter of fact…

[Deacon groaning] … Brooke didn’t like it at all. Yeah. When she came in and saw what was happening with ridge, she yelled at him to stop. Said that wasn’t my fault, that I didn’t do anything.

Sheila: What, she yelled at ridge?

Deacon: Yeah, she practically had to pull him off me.

Sheila: Oh, now that is an image! Brooke coming to your rescue? I– ridge must have exploded.

Brooke: He was furious. Yeah, then he tried to pin everything on me. Everything from, you know, new year’s eve, the kiss, her drinking. You know, he actually said that I violated her, that I lured her up into their bed. But, you know, brooke, she shut him down. She said that if anyone was to blame, it was her.

Sheila: Oh, and how did that go over?

Deacon: Well, you know, the guy’s a textbook egomaniac. You know, he made it all about him. You know, said that brooke wasn’t loyal, said that she chose me over him. All because she wouldn’t go along with his lies.

Sheila: She really is such an angel. But I certainly don’t see her here patching you up.

Deacon: Nah, she went– she went after him.

Sheila: Went after him?

Deacon: He was angry. He walked out on her.

Ridge: I love how much you kids care about me.

Steffy: Mom cares, too.

Thomas: Yeah, but she’s not gonna come down on brooke. She’s got too much class for that.

Steffy: Yeah, she’s not gonna tell you what to do about your marriage.

Thomas: Though we all know what you should do. I mean, it’s pretty obvious, come on. There’s a reason that you came here right now and you didn’t go home with her. Because you know that her promises don’t mean a damn thing, and I know that sounds really harsh. It does. I don’t want to be the one saying this. Brooke I– is– is a huge part of douglas’ life, and she’s also– she’s hope’s mother. But… she’s hurting you. And I don’t like seeing that. And I don’t understand why you can’t see that there is someone in the other room right now that would never, ever betray you the way that brooke has.

Steffy: Defending deacon? This is what brooke’s been doing since he came here. Ignoring your warnings, your concerns.

Thomas: Steffy’s right. She does, she ignores your warnings, she ignores your concerns. I– it’s– it’s never gonna stop. Do you know what? I feel like I’ve said my piece and I– I don’t need to speak for steffy. I’m just gonna get some fresh air. Okay?

Ridge: What about you? Need some fresh air as well, or?

Steffy: You’re not getting off that easy. You heard from thomas. Now you’re gonna hear from me.

Hope: Ridge has walked out before, but he always comes back.

Liam: Yeah, well… it’s kind of how destiny works, isn’t it? No matter what.

Hope: My mom is right about one thing, though.

Liam: Mm?

Hope: This is not going to be solved via text message or a phone call. They actually need to sit down with each other and look– look each other in the eyes and–

Liam: Yeah.

Hope: Hopefully, ridge will see that she’s sorry. That she wasn’t choosing deacon over him, that– that she saw them fighting and wanted it to stop.

Liam: Yeah, that’s a– he has to understand that. She’ll make him understand it.

Hope: Yeah. I just– I don’t know how I feel about my mom going over to steffy’S. I’m sure ridge is there, but I don’t know what else she’s walking into.

[Vehicle approaching]

[Engine shutting off]

[Car door shutting]

[Footsteps approaching]

Brooke: Thomas. Is your dad here?

Thomas: Why?

Brooke: I– I don’t have time to explain. I just need to see him right away.

Thomas: He doesn’t need to see you.

Liam: So… what do we do now? I mean, we just head back to the cabin?

Hope: No, I– I want to be here for my mom if she can’t find ridge.

Liam: Hey. She’ll find him. And it’s gonna be okay. Your mom walked in on ridge beating up your father, right? Like, she– she freaked out like any rational person would, and she’ll explain that to him.

Hope: Well, the sooner she does that, the better. I can’t stop thinking about those things steffy said to me. About where ridge belongs and who he should love and be with and–

Liam: Yeah, that’S…

Hope: I just hope he remembers how much he loves my mom.

Brooke: I see your father’s car right there.

Thomas: Yeah, he’s here, but you shouldn’t be.

Brooke: I need to speak to him.

Thomas: Not right now. Just go home. Wait for him there.

Brooke: Thomas, I can’T. This is too important.

Thomas: If dad wanted to see you, then he would’ve come to your house. But he didn’T. He came here to be with me, steffy and our family.

Brooke: Oh, my god, what are you doing? I really need to talk to ridge. There’s something I need to discuss with him. So, please get out of my way–

Thomas: It’ll have to be another time and another place. I’m not letting you anywhere near my father right now.

[Gasping]

Ridge: All right. Here we go. I know what you’re gonna say.

Steffy: I said all of this even before mom came back.

Ridge: And I realize your mom coming here has brought out a lot of emotions and feelings for you and your brother. That has nothing to do with my situation with brooke.

Steffy: But dad, you don’t need to be in this situation. You don’t need to keep repeating the cycle. Like, aren’t you tired? Aren’t you tired of the lies and the secrets, always sacrificing your happiness for hers?

Ridge: That’s not what I’m doing.

Steffy: That’s what it looks like. That’s why thomas stormed out of here. He’s done watching you absolve brooke. Not after all of the infidelity and the indiscretion. Like, please tell me your eyes are finally open and you see brooke for who she truly iS. She’s a serial cheater, dad. She’s never kept her vows to you. She’s had her head turned by… your brother. And your father, bill, so many other enemies. She never puts you first. I mean, how many times do I have to say it? You’ve warned her to stay away from deacon and she ends up kissing him, and then she wakes up next to him–

Ridge: All right, I know–

Steffy: — In your bed!

Ridge: I know what happened.

Steffy: Ugh.

Ridge: And I get that you’re angry and you’re frustrated. And I am, too.

Steffy: I’m angry and frustrated with you. Because when– when are you gonna get off this merry-go-round? You just bend over backwards for the logans, you do everything that they want, even if it makes you miserable. Somebody has to say it, dad. Someone’s going to say it. Brooke’s never gonna be– she’s never gonna commit herself to you. She’s never gonna be loyal to you. Not the way mom could be. Mom tried to find happiness without you, and she did. She threw herself into work, and I’m really proud of her for that. But what about you? What are you doing to make yourself happy? Because whatever’s happening with brooke, it clearly isn’t working. So, what the hell are you doing, dad? This is–

Taylor: Steffy! Your father isn’t doing any of this to hurt you. He loves you and your brother so much.

Steffy: Well, mom, he needs to hear this.

[Taylor scoffing] Dad, mom is an amazing person and she loves you. How do you not realize that? How do you keep rejecting someone who is so loving? You just keep choosing brooke over her!

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Steffy: I swear, thomas, if dad stays with that woman, I don’t know…

Thomas: I don’t see how he could. I mean, we’re talking about his wife and deacon sharpe boozing it up and making out.

Steffy: It’s worse than that. That loser spent the night in dad’s bed with dad’s wife.

Thomas: Right? But they were, uh, “fully clothed and it was over the sheets”, like that excuses anything.

Steffy: Apparently, it does for hope, making every excuse imaginable for what brooke did that night.

Thomas: I’m guessing you gave hope a firm talking to about this whole thing?

Steffy: I did. Just like how mom undoubtedly did with brooke.

Thomas: Speaking of which, shouldn’t we have heard from mom by now?

Steffy: I think mom and dad are together. They have to be. I’m sure dad confronted brooke–

Thomas: Maybe not.

Steffy: Mom. Mom, what– what? What happened?

Thomas: What’s going on?

Steffy: What’s going on with dad?

Thomas: Is dad okay?

Steffy: What happened with dad and brooke?

Taylor: Let me get a word in.

Thomas: We just want to know what’s going on.

Taylor: I know.

Steffy: Yeah. Is it over with dad and brooke?

Taylor: Not according to brooke.

Thomas: What?

Steffy: What?

Taylor: Yes. Not only is she confident that she and ridge will get past what she did with deacon… she also claims that your father professed his undying love to her.

Hope: I still can’t believe taylor went and told ridge everything before my mom even had a chance to. You know, if she had just stayed out of it and steffy too, the–

Liam: Well, what did– what did steffy say exactly?

Hope: Well, for starters, she’s basically rooting for my mother’s marriage to end.

Liam: You know, we don’t know that it has ended.

Hope: I still haven’t heard from her and I’m worried because I’ve tried texting, I’ve called, I’ve left voicemail–

Liam: Okay, but– but just try not to go there right now because your mom and ridge have overcome challenge after challenge after challenge in their relationship. There’s no reason to think they can’t overcome this too.

Hope: Well, I hope you’re right. At least for my mom’s sake. I think I should try calling– mom. Oh, my gosh, I’ve been so worried. You okay? What is it? Mom. What happened?

Steffy: No, no, brooke is just saying that to you–

Taylor: Honey, we knew your father was gonna have a difficult time with this.

Steffy: Yeah, but he can’t ignore what happened with brooke and deacon that night.

Thomas: I think steffy’s right. Brooke’s gotta be lying. It doesn’t really make sense. Okay, so she cheats on dad and then he professes his undying love for her?

Taylor: I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. But, I don’t think she was lying to me. What’s the point?

Thomas: Uh, to save face in front of you?

Steffy: Keep from admitting that she lost dad for good this time.

Taylor: Only she hasn’t lost him.

Steffy: But we don’t know that yet. Not ’til we talk to dad. Then, we’ll figure out everything. Dad. Oh, my goodness.

Thomas: What the hell happened to your face?

Taylor: Who did this to you?

Ridge: It’s not as bad as it looks–

Steffy: It was deacon, wasn’t it?

Thomas: Oh, you went after him for sleeping with your wife.

Ridge: He didn’t sleep with my wife the way you mean. But yeah, he got what was coming to him.

Steffy: What about brooke? Did she get what was coming to her after deceiving you with deacon? The lies, the secrets, telling a little boy to keep quiet? And, despite all of that, you told her that you love her?

Steffy: How could you do that?

Hope: Did you talk to ridge?

Liam: Because we know you were planning to?

Brooke: Yes.

Hope: So, yes, you did talk to him or yes, you were able to tell him the truth?

Brooke: Yes, I did talk to him and I told him the truth. But, I think I was too late because apparently ridge learned about deacon and me through a taylor.

Hope: Uh, yeah, we– or, I know.

Brooke: You know?

Hope: Yes, steffy told me.

Brooke: Oh, of course. Yeah. I’m sure she was thrilled to spread the news.

Hope: Well, um, did ridge at least listen to your side of things?

Brooke: Yes, he most certainly did. Though, I’m not sure that it makes much of a difference now.

Ridge: Okay. Here we go.

Taylor: Here you go. Put this on.

Ridge: Ah, it’s not necessary–

Taylor: Yeah, it is.

Thomas: You look like hell.

Ridge: Yeah, you should see the other guy.

Thomas: Ha.

Steffy: Deacon deserved it after what he and brooke did.

Taylor: You know, steffy, just call finn, maybe, and see if he can come by–

Ridge: Oh, stop. Leave him at the hospital.

Steffy: Dad, no–

Ridge: Honestly, stop.

Taylor: You stop.

Ridge: No, no, I’m fine. It’s not necessary to push him to come over here.

Steffy: What?

Thomas: Why not?

Ridge: Because the kids don’t need to see me like this.

Steffy: No, kelly’s out. And hayes is sleeping. It’s okay.

Thomas: So, deacon got what was coming to him, right?

Steffy: Like brooke? Because it’s not all deacon. Brooke’s responsible, too.

Thomas: You can’t let her get away with this, dad.

Steffy: Do not let brooke get away with this. This is the sound of nature breathing.

Ridge: You chose deacon

over me.

Brooke: No, no, I–

I didn’t do that. No.

Ridge: I told you

he was gonna put a wedge

between us.

I told you he was going

to ruin everything.

And you invited him

into our house.

Into our bed, logan.

Our bed.

I love you so much.

But, I’m tired. I can’t–

I can’t do this anymore.

Hope: I know taylor got to ridge first, which was not her place but once you were finally able to talk to ridge and tell him your side of things, was he able to understand and forgive you?

Brooke: It’s just heartbreaking, seeing how much I hurt him. How much I let him down.

Hope: But you didn’t mean to, mom. You would never knowingly cause ridge pain.

Liam: Yeah, ridge has to realize that. He knows what’s in your heart, the– the love you have for him.

Hope: And, his love for you. He’s never stopped loving you, mom and your love has been tested over the years. And yet, it still remains.

Brooke: I know. I do. Ridge was very protective of me. He said, well, he insisted, that deacon spiked my drink somehow, got me drunk, but that isn’t what happened, honey. I drank on my own and deacon tried to stop me.

Hope: And were you able to tell ridge that?

Brooke: Yes. But, I still don’t understand what gave me that urge to drink in the first place.

Liam: Hey brooke, that’s an answer you may never get, but from how it sounds, ridge understands that the reason you weren’t yourself that night is because of alcohol.

Brooke: I just really thought that we were going to work through this.

Hope: “Thought”? Mom, what do you mean, “thought”?

Steffy: Brooke betrayed you. Not just with anyone, with deacon. You have to hold her accountable.

Thomas: She’s been doing things like this for so long. It’s gotta stop.

Steffy: She needs to understand that she can never do that to you again.

Thomas: Let what brooke did with deacon be the final straw.

Taylor: Okay, guys– listen. Both of you. We’re all going through a lot right now, but you’re really putting your father on the spot.

Steffy: We’re tired of brooke sticking it to him!

Thomas: Yeah, and we’ve watched it happen repeatedly. Enough, already–

Ridge: I heard you, both of you!

Taylor: This is a lot for your dad to process.

Thomas: What does he have to process?

Steffy: We don’t want dad to go through this again.

Thomas: And, he will go through this again with brooke because she never learns.

Steffy: No, she doesn’T. He already warned her to stay away from deacon and she didn’t listen. The moment you turned away, she was kissing him. She slept in your bed with deacon, the man that you despise.

Taylor: Okay, okay, just give him some time. Okay, please. This is a lot. Plus, he just got in a fight with deacon.

Ridge: I still think he did something to make her drink.

Thomas: Okay, let’s say he did. That doesn’t absolve brooke of anything.

Steffy: Mom talked to brooke. Brooke gave her the impression that you forgave her. I–I don’t care what excuses she had or how hard she threw deacon under the bus, but–

Ridge: She didn’t throw him under the bus. She was making sure he was okay. She was defending him. Goal!

Brooke: Ridge was furious with deacon. He thought that I had been victimized, that he orchestrated this whole night and he got me drunk. And then, he just left. He said he needed some fresh air. Then, taylor stopped by. She wanted to tell me that she knew what happened between me and deacon that night. Which I was already aware of because she told ridge.

Hope: So, in other words, she came by to gloat.

Liam: Yeah.

Brooke: Yeah, it certainly seemed that way. She was trying to act professional. She made it very clear that she believes that I drank in order, “to give myself permission,” to be with deacon, which isn’t true at all.

Hope: Of course it’s not. Did you tell her that?

Brooke: Yes, I did. But at that point, I was so worried about ridge and if he went to see your father. Made me nervous, so I ran out of here and I went to il giardino.

Liam: Did you find ridge with deacon?

Brooke: Yes, I did. It was horrible. They were there. They were both bloody, they were fighting.

Liam: What?

Briijel ridge was punching him over and over again.

Hope: Oh, my god.

Brooke: I know, I ran in there and I pulled them apart. I told ridge to stop it, that deacon didn’t do anything wrong. I did. And, he just stopped and looked at me. And he couldn’t believe that I was defending deacon. And at that moment, everything just…shifted.

Hope: Shifted how?

Brooke: Ugh. He told me that he believed me, you know, when that happened with bill, that something like that would never happen again. And yet, there it is. I did the same thing.

Hope: Mom. Hey.

Brooke: But he loves me, honey. I know he does. He told me he loves me. But, then he told me he– he couldn’t take it anymore. And he turned around and he walked out that door. And– I’m just afraid that I may have lost my soulmate forever.

Steffy: Brooke actually defended deacon to you?

Ridge: Yeah. And I don’t get it, after everything this bastard’s done to her. And now, she expects me to–

Thomas: Just forgive and forget? That’s classic brooke logan. She breaks your trust and then she turns on the waterworks.

Steffy: And tells you that you two are destiny and you forgive her, like you always do.

Ridge: Well, this time’s different.

Taylor: How is it different?

Ridge: It’s different because I can’t do this anymore. First, it’s spencer and now deacon. It’s too much.

Thomas: You’re damn right it’s too much. It’s a never ending cycle with that woman. Enough is enough.

Steffy: I agree, dad. I know it’s hard walking away from your marriage but–

Taylor: He didn’t say he was walking away from his marriage.

Steffy: Well, did you? Did you end it with brooke?

Ridge: I had to.

Steffy: Oh, dad. I’m sorry that brooke did this to you. But, maybe it’s good to finally be free of her, free of all of brooke’s toxicity and drama. It’s really nice to know that you came here, home to your family, the people who love you and who would never let you down.

Unleash the freshness…

Liam: Hey, brooke. Ridge is upset. He’s angry… right now, but he’s going to cool off.

Hope: We know you’re scared, mom. But if this is something that you want, you can’t give up.

Brooke: I’m not gonna give up on us. I will never give up on ridge and me. But you know what, you’re right. I am scared. Because when he walked out, it seemed like it was over. And, it can’t be, honey. It can’t be over.

Liam: Where did he go when he left il giardino? Do you know?

Hope: Pretty safe bet that he went to his other family.

Liam: Oh…

Brooke: I know he needed some time, but if he did go see steffy, thomas and taylor, they’re going to just pile on. I really need to speak with ridge.

Taylor: Steffy, your father knows that he can depend on us, that we’ll be here for him whenever we can.

Thomas: Unlike brooke, who only thinks about herself and her needs.

Ridge: Okay.

Steffy: Another man and another conquest.

Thomas: She loves that. She loves being pursued, worshipped even. It’s not enough for her to have a man who’s devoted to her. Nope.

Steffy: Dad, you stood by brooke for so much, for so many years and this is how she repays you? By sharing a bed, your bed, with the man who got her pregnant while he was married to her daughter. This is the man that you can’t stand. But did that stop her from bringing deacon back into your life, into her life? Of course not! Because brooke logan plays by her own rules. To hell with who she hurts, including you.

Taylor: Steffy.

Steffy: You see that now, right? You see that it’s never gonna be different. Brooke is never going to be different, dad. How can you live this way? You need to let go of brooke, let go of all the scandals and the heartache. Come back to us.

[ Phone beeping ]

Brooke: Ridge, I’m sorry, I am. I love you so much and I refuse to give up on us and our life together so please just, just call me back. We need to talk.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Steffy: This is where you’re cherished, respected. This is your family. Let us be here for you. Let us be the family that you need. Please, dad. Please come home to us.

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[ Dramatic music ]

[ Deacon grunting ]

Deacon: Come on! Get–get up!

Brooke: Ridge! Ridge!

[ Ridge grunting ]

Brooke: Ridge! What are you doing? Stop it! Stop it! Deacon, are you all right? It was me, ridge. I was drunk! Deacon didn’t do a thing.

Ridge: He didn’t do a thing? He didn’t do a thing?

Brooke: Ridge, stop it! What are you doing?

Steffy: I honestly didn’t think brooke could surprise me anymore, but she really topped herself. Spending new year’s eve with deacon while my father was out of town, stranded in a snowstorm.

Hope: All right, you’re making it sound like an affair when it wasn’t, and it isn’T. It was one night. There was drinking. Mistakes were made.

Steffy: Oh, please. There is always an excuse for brooke. You know, my father could have been so happy with my mom, but instead he puts up with scandal after scandal with brooke. And now this? Deacon sharpe? I don’t think my father is going to stand for it. I have to believe brooke’s hold over him is coming to an end.

Taylor: Deacon came back that night. He didn’t leave until morning.

Ridge: Brooke wouldn’t do that to me.

Taylor: I don’t expect you to take my word for it. Go ask your wife.

Sheila: You must be psychic.

[ Taylor sighing ]

Taylor: Excuse me.

Sheila: You picked the exact right time to come home.

Taylor: The right time to come home? I’m not sure what that means. But, why are you here, sheila?

Sheila: I just– I just wanted to come over and tell you how excited I was for you. And, in case you didn’t know already, I am team taylor all the way.

Taylor: Happy for me, why?

Sheila: I spoke to deacon. So, I know all about brooke’s latest infidelity, which can only benefit you.&

Hope: I know how you feel, steffy. You barely tolerate my mother because you blame her for ridge leaving your family when in fact, ridge chose my mother. And, I think you underestimate his commitment to her and his ability to forgive her. She messed up.

Steffy: Come on, hope. Stop with the justifications. Your mom reverted to her old ways. She gets bored, I guess and she wants to shake things up by cheating on my dad. How can you defend what brooke did with deacon?

Deacon: Brooke, can you help me up?

[ Deacon grunting ] Okay. All right, thanks.

Ridge: Isn’t it funny? You rush in here and the first thing you do is check on deacon.

Brooke: It’s not what I’m doing, ridge. I’m trying to keep you from tearing each other apart!

Ridge: This guy got drunk with you.

Deacon: I tried to stop her–

Ridge: Shut up! What kind of a man does that? Drink with an alcoholic? Just so you can slither into her bed. And, what kind of a woman defends a man like that? Please, no more. Please.

Allergies don’t have to be

scary.

Sheila: And, poor ridge. When I think about everything that he’s gone through over the years, the blows to his pride delivered by the one person who promised to honor him.

Taylor: Sheila, I don’t feel comfortable standing here and bashing brooke with you–

Sheila: And, you know what? I–I wouldn’t expect you to. You’re a psychiatrist. It’s your job to stay neutral. And, just for the record, I am not bashing brooke. I am–I’m simply saying that the truth. I mean, come on, you know better than anybody how many times brooke cheated on ridge and how deep he dug to try and forgive her. And he did, and he would take her back just to have to do it all over again.

Taylor: Sheila, it’s ridge’s life. He makes his own choices.

Sheila: Yeah. Well, I’ll bet you there are a few that he’s– he’s wishing he hadn’t made as–as we’re speaking here. Ridge should have stayed with you, taylor.

Taylor: Well, thank you. I–I guess.

Sheila: You’re good. That calm demeanor, not giving anything away but I know underneath, you have got to be so excited. Your wishes might finally come true.

Taylor: My wishes? What wish?

Sheila: You’re still in love with ridge, taylor. Anyone can see it. I get it and you have history together. Why wouldn’t you want to reunite your family? And now that brooke did her– I just– I feel really confident that you and ridge are going to find your way back to one another.

Steffy: You’re twisting yourself in knots because you’re trying to justify all the shady things deacon has done because he is your father. But, can you really look me in the eye and say that what deacon and brooke did wasn’t a betrayal of my father, that they didn’t disrespect him? Deacon slept in my father’s bed. And you’re going to stand there and defend your mom for allowing that?

Hope: My mother relapsed after years of sobriety. Her judgment was impaired. She doesn’t even remember half of that night, and she’s been torn up about the entire thing.

Steffy: I understand that she relapsed, but that’s still no excuse for brooke and deacon hooking up.

Hope: Are you really going to stand there and act all high and mighty when you too have made mistakes that you regret?

Steffy: This could have been avoided. My father warned you. He warned brooke to stay away from deacon. But brooke ignored it. And, now this happened.

Hope: My father came to see me on new year’s eve, to be with my family. He was at my mother’s house because of me. So, if you want to blame anyone for what happened that night, then blame me.

Steffy: I’m sorry, but I can’t let brooke off the hook. And I can’t imagine my father will either.

Deacon: I think we’ve established that you’re angry–

Ridge: Sut up! Or I swear we’re going to finish this right now–

Brooke: No! Ridge!

Ridge: Why do you do this? Why? Do you not see this dude for who he is, what he’s done to your life? He’s ruined it almost twice already. You don’t remember what he did to bridget? What he did to you? Your relationship with your daughter? How do you stand there and defend this guy?

Brooke: I don’t want you fighting. It doesn’t do any good.

Deacon: Look, nothing happened. Doesn’t that count for anything?

Ridge: Oh, it counts for everything. That’s why you were drinking by yourself? I forgot.

Brooke: You can’t even comprehend how sorry I am for what happened that night. And, I don’t even know how it all happened, but I have to own it.

Ridge: I don’T.

Brooke: What?

Ridge: I don’t want this. I–I… I can’t take this anymore.

Brooke: Ridge, what are you saying?

Steffy: You’re wrong about your father, hope. Deacon hasn’t changed. He’s a snake, he’s manipulative, he takes advantage. That doesn’t make your mom less guilty. She still opened the door to that train wreck.

Hope: For me. She did that for me.

Steffy: Your mom got drunk and she had deacon spend the night in my father’s bed. Stop trying to defend her. It’s embarrassing.

Hope: You know what? Ultimately, your opinion doesn’t matter. It’s only ridge’s reaction that counts.

Steffy: You think he’ll forgive her?

Hope: I hope he does, yeah.

Steffy: Yeah. I mean, why would this time be any different, right? Your mother will do what she always does: She’ll cry. She’ll beg for forgiveness. She’ll say she’ll never do it again. She wasn’t really thinking. But, she and my father are destiny. But, she will do it again. She will play my father for a fool. It’s not right. My father is a good man and he deserves respect. He won’t get that from brooke, but he will always get that from my mother.

Taylor: I want to be very clear, sheila. I am not a home wrecker.

Sheila: Not like some people.

Taylor: I am not out to break up ridge and brooke’s marriage.

Sheila: That’s the beauty of it, though. You don’t even have to. You can just sit there and let brooke destroy her own marriage. Wait for ridge to come back to your arms. That’s what I’m talking about. Timing. I wish I could just sit at your feet and learn.

Taylor: God, sheila. What are you talking about? I–I–I came back because I–I missed my kids and my grandkids and I–

Sheila: Okay. Well, fine, fine. You can call it whatever you want. Timing, fate, it’s all the same. Fact is this you came back at a very precarious time in ridge’s marriage. Maybe his destiny isn’t with brooke.

Taylor: Ridge and brooke have faced many challenges in their relationship, so.

Sheila: Yeah… but everyone has a limit.

Taylor: Brooke made a mistake.

Sheila: You think?

Taylor: Yep, she made a mistake. She was drinking, she’s an alcoholic. She didn’t–

[ Phone dinging ] She didn’t know what she was doing.

Sheila: Yeah, I’m well aware of that. Now, inevitably, one thing leads to another. All the little pieces falling into place.

Brooke: Ridge, please. You have to know that I wasn’t myself that night. I was weak. I take full responsibility. I’m an alcoholic. I fell off the wagon.

Ridge: You didn’t take full responsibility. You didn’t tell me what happened.

Brooke: That’s because I knew exactly how you would react. Hurt and disappointed and mad at me, going after deacon!

Ridge: Poor deacon. Is he gonna be okay?

Brooke: Deacon is hope’s father and you are my husband. I don’t want either one of you to end up in the hospital or worse. He did nothing wrong.

Ridge: What do you mean he did nothing wrong? What does that mean to you?

Brooke: Look, I know you’re disillusioned with me. I get it. I am disillusioned with myself. And, I don’t know why I had that uncontrollable urge to drink, but I did. And, I don’t think I’ll ever find out. God, I just wish I could take it all back!

Ridge: So do I.

Brooke: But you said that you still love me. You said that we can get through this.

Ridge: I do love you. But you’re with him. And you didn’t tell me. We had to find out from a little boy. What am I supposed to do with that?

Brooke: I just want you to be able to forgive me. Please. I can’t imagine my life without you, ridge. Let’s just– let’s just work through this, okay? We can get past this. We can. Together. After my dvt blood clot…

Steffy: I’m sensing you have some disdain for my father.

Hope: What? No. I love ridge.

Steffy: Really? Well, where was all the love when he warned you about putting your faith in your ex-con of a father?

Hope: Ridge was judging my dad on his past when I was taking him at his word in the present. And, it’s worked out well for us.

Steffy: Awesome. Great for you and deacon. Too bad for my father. His heart’s going to be broken again.

Hope: Steffy, I am sorry that ridge got hurt. I am sorry that my mother fell off the wagon with deacon. And I am sorry that I pushed too hard to make everyone let deacon in.

Steffy: I think you should push harder, pull out all the stops. Go on a real campaign and get your parents back together. Because I think very soon brooke is going to be free. My father’s done with this.

Taylor: It is a bit of a mystery. You know, I– brooke–brooke was really committed to living a sober life. I mean, of course, alcoholics backslide. It happens. But I don’t know. Brooke was doing so well for so long. I just don’t know what happened.

Sheila: Well, like they say, “how the mighty fall”.

Taylor: You know, there– there had to have been a trigger. Something.

Sheila: Could that trigger have been deacon?

Taylor: Yes. Yes, of course. Especially if they drank together. Or not. I don’t know. We’ll probably never know why brooke relapsed.

Sheila: Does it really matter? Because the damage has already been done?

Brooke: I won’t give up on us, ridge. I won’T. And you can’t either.

Ridge: I told you I didn’t want this fool in their lives, coming and going whenever he pleased.

Brooke: Oh, god, nothing happened!

Ridge: Nothing happened? He slept in my bed! That is something–

Deacon: Please, don’t lash–

Ridge: Shut up! Stay out of it!

Brooke: Ridge, please!

Ridge: “Oh, please, ridge”. I’m sorry. Did I yell at your boy? I’m so sorry! Why can’t I ever “please,” I said–didn’t I say to you, “please, please keep this wrecking ball away from us? He’s gonna ruin everything”. You know, I have a breaking point. But you just kept going. Right? Maybe you didn’t hear me. Maybe you just didn’t care.

Brooke: No, of course I care. I was trying to support my daughter.

Ridge: How is– how is making out with this idiot on new year’s eve supporting your daughter? Explain that to me! Why couldn’t you just wait for me? Why am I not enough for you?

Brooke: You are, you are enough for me. You’re the only man that I love, ridge.

Ridge: I know I’m the only man you love unless bill spencer comes around the corner flexing at you. Or this clown comes and tells you he’s always loved you. I love you so much but this hurts and I don’t know what to do.

Brooke: I am so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I didn’T. I’m so angry with myself, I’m so ashamed. I don’t know what made me drink in the first place. And, I just need you to forgive me, ridge, please. This one time. I can’t live without you.

Ridge: You chose deacon over me.

Brooke: No. No, I didn’t do that, no.

Ridge: I told you he was gonna put a wedge between us. I told you he was going to ruin everything. And, you invited him into our house. Into our bed, logan. Our bed. It’s gone. There’s nothing sacred. I love you so much. But, I’m tired and I can’t– I can’t do this anymore.

Brooke: No. No, don’T. Don’t–don’t go ridge, please. Ridge, I love you. Please don’t walk out! Damn it!

[ Brooke sobbing ] Why? Why?

[ Brooke sobbing ]

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[ Dramatic music ]

Ridge: Get up.

Deacon: Okay. All right. I deserve that. You get one free one. But you’ll never put your hands on me again.

Ridge: You violated my wife, our home and our bed. It ends today.

Taylor: I know about you and deacon.

Brooke: Yeah? Is that why you’re here? To rub it in my face?

Taylor: No, brooke. I’m concerned on so many levels.

Brooke: Sure you are, taylor. If you really were concerned, you would’ve come to me before running to ridge. You would’ve given me the chance to tell him myself.

Taylor: Is that what you’re telling yourself? Do not make me the bad guy in your story, brooke. You’ve had all this time to tell ridge the truth–

Brooke: And I was going to.

Taylor: And you didn’T.

Brooke: I just was about to, taylor. But guess what? You beat me to it.

[ Hope sighing ]

Brooke: I really thought

I could keep this secret,

but it’s tearing me apart.

I mean, ridge and I pride

ourselves on being honest

with each other,

no matter how painful.

Hope: So, you’re really

going to tell ridge

all of it?

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: Yes.

I mean, what choice do

I have? Drinking with deacon

and the kiss…

spending the night together?

He needs to know, hope.

He deserves to know.

Steffy: Long day?

Hope: Why do you ask?

Steffy: You seem preoccupied.

Hope: I’m working.

Steffy: It’s not, uh, more than that?

Hope: What do you mean, steffy? Would you like it to mean more that?

Steffy: No. I actually feel kind of sorry for you.

Hope: Sorry for me, why?

Steffy: Because of who your mother is.

Hope: Excuse me?

Steffy: Brooke’s dirty, little secret? It’s no longer a secret.

Hope: I have no idea what you’re talking about, steffy.

Steffy: Save it. We all know about brooke and deacon ringing in the new year together.

Hope: Well, that’s hardly news. My dad was invited to spend time with me and liam and the kids.

Steffy: And brooke.

Hope: Well, yeah. Obviously. My mom was there. It’s her house.

Steffy: It’s my father’s house too.

Hope: Okay. I see the point you’re trying to make and yes, ridge actually already knows that deacon was there that night.

Steffy: But brooke failed to mention a few things that happened that night. But it’s all cleared up now. My mom, thomas and I, we know all the details. So does my dad. My mom told him.

Brooke: I’m not proud of myself, taylor.

Taylor: Yeah, I imagine not.

Brooke: I’m not. I’m actually ashamed of what I did with deacon. I don’t like to hurt ridge. I don’t want to let him down, but I’m not going to defend myself to you, of all people. I don’t owe you that.

Taylor: No, I didn’t say you did. You owe it to ridge. You owe ridge a lot of things, actually, brooke. Fidelity being at the top of that list.

Brooke: Yes, of course. And my husband and I will work through that together. We don’t need your input. It was a kiss. It was a moment of weakness that I take full responsibility for.

Taylor: Do you, brooke? Do you really? Or are you just saying that because you got caught.

Ridge: All right. No more lies. What did you do to my wife?

Deacon: I didn’t do anything to her. We kissed once!

Ridge: Did you spike her drink?

Deacon: What?

Ridge: Did you slip her something? Like drugs, alcohol–

Deacon: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What–are you–what do you–

Ridge: What did you do to my wife?

Deacon: Are you kidding me? No! Nothing! If you have copd, ask your doctor about breztri.

Steffy: Your mother was unfaithful to my father.

Hope: Trust me, she regrets the choices she made that night.

Steffy: I’m sure she does, now that she’s gotten caught.

Hope: My mother has been committed to her sobriety. I mean, we still don’t even know what triggered her to throw it all away.

Steffy: Well, she definitely threw away her marriage right along with it.

Hope: Well, I hope not. I hope ridge can find it within himself to forgive her.

Steffy: Mm. I wouldn’t hold your breath, hope. I think my father is fed up with brooke’s behavior. The drinking? He could forgive. But the cheating?

Hope: My mother has been wracked with guilt.

Steffy: She should be.

Hope: You know, you’re not in a place to judge. We both know that you’ve done things that you have regretted.

Steffy: Hope, this keeps happening. Decade after decade. At some point, you need to hold yourself accountable and your mom just doesn’t do that.

Hope: Well, she is now.

Steffy: My father has been really worried about brooke. He thought she was all out of sorts because she relapsed. But it wasn’t just that. She spent the night with deacon while my father was stranded in a snowstorm. Once again, brooke betrayed my father. But, I do think this is it. This will be the last time.

Taylor: I understand alcoholism, brooke. I do. It’s a constant battle. You can never let your guard down.

Brooke: My guard was up. This urge came out of nowhere.

Taylor: Okay, well, your actions speak for themselves. Turning to another man? Brooke, this is a pattern. This is a pattern that has been going on for years and years. Not too long ago, it was bill spencer, another one of ridge’s least favorite people.

Brooke: You know what? This isn’t a therapy session and I’m not one of your patients. I don’t need an analysis.

Taylor: Maybe you do. Maybe you do because I’m right. Do you see the theme here, brooke?

Brooke: Not sure what you’re getting at. I just thank god I don’t have to answer to you.

Taylor: No, you don’T. Just yourself. And ridge.

Brooke: Yes. Yes, of course. I still don’t know what happened on new year’s eve. I’ve been going over it in my head a thousand times. But, what would you care, right? You know, as a mental health professional, you really should have a little bit more empathy.

Taylor: Is that what I should do? That’s what I should do in this situation for you? Yeah, brooke, I’m trying. I really am.

Brooke: Deacon did spend the night and we only shared one kiss and none of that would’ve happened if there wasn’t alcohol involved. I wasn’t in my right mind, taylor. I–I don’t even know what it was that made me take that first sip.

Taylor: I do. It was you. You did it so you could have an excuse to cheat on ridge.

Ridge: You went after brooke. You got my wife drunk.

Deacon: No. She was drinking on her own. I tried to get her to stop.

Ridge: Oh, she just started drinking out of nowhere after all these years? Really?

Deacon: You know, you got a pretty good left hook, forrester. No, hope invited me over for new year’s eve. We had a nice family time. I left, I forgot my phone and I went back.

Ridge: So, because you came back, she threw her sobriety out the window?

Deacon: She was was already drinking. Eventually, I joined in, I admit it, all right? And I am sorry, but I didn’t spike her cocktail and I sure as hell didn’t drug her–

Ridge: Then what happened, deacon? What happened? How did you end up kissing my wife? Go with simparica trio it’s triple protection made simple!

Hope: I can see where this is heading, steffy.

Steffy: I can too, and it doesn’t look good for your mom.

Hope: See? Your mom this. My mom that. Look, I– I don’t want this to turn into another logan versus forrester debate.

Steffy: Of course you don’t because the logans always win.

Hope: That is not true.

Steffy: But it is though. Brooke has my father. Or so she thinks.

Hope: You’re really hoping this breaks them up, aren’t you?

Steffy: I just want my father to be happy. To be where he’s truly appreciated.

Hope: With taylor.

Steffy: I’m tired of watching my father struggle with a woman who always has one foot out the door.

Hope: My mom? Ridge is the love of her life. She had one bad night fueled by alcohol.

Steffy: It’s not just that. It’s more than deacon. It was the back and forth with my grandfather. With thorne. All the mistakes she made with bill. Like the list of affairs are like a mile long. We can’t pretend that’s not the case.

Hope: Like taylor has never hurt ridge? Because i can think of a few instances, but the point is, steffy, that we should not be keeping score or doing this tit for tat. We should just let them handle it themselves.

Steffy: I think my father will see that there’s only one way to handle this. By ending it today when he finally kicks her out once and for all.

Brooke: You are wrong about that, taylor.

Taylor: I–I don’t think I am, brooke.

Brooke: Wow. I am living this. This is my life. This is my marriage and nothing that occurred that night had anything to do with you whatsoever. Yet, you feel like you have the right come in here and lecture me.

Taylor: Yeah, see… ridge and I have children together and we have grandchildren. I will always care about his well being, always.

Brooke: Hm. I’m sure about that. And to go back to your little assumption, I didn’t drink that night to give myself permission to be with deacon. Something unusual took over me.

Taylor: Well, it certainly wasn’t your conscious, was it? This pattern has been going on for so long, brooke.

Brooke: Well, this is different. I haven’t had a pull to alcohol for so many years. It’s like it had control over me.

Taylor: Brooke, you said you’re not going to make excuses, but that’s what you’re doing. Y–you’re making excuses.

Brooke: Okay. Well, I don’t really care what you think, taylor. And I’m really sick of your judgements through the years. Please, ridge understands me and he trusts me.

Taylor: Does he?

Brooke: Yes, he does. He told me that he loves me and that we’re gonna work through this. I really hate to disappoint you. We’re gonna be fine.

Taylor: Speaking of ridge, where is he?

Ridge: You’ve always wanted brooke. Always. Even before you went to prison.

Deacon: We found ourselves alone unexpectedly. We started talking about the past, all right? The booze was flowing. We got caught up in the memories. We kissed once.

Ridge: Wow. You got my wife drunk, brought her up to her bed and then what happened?

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Hope: It’s not right, steffy. Wishing for my mother and ridge’s marriage to end.

Steffy: I mean it, hope. I just want my father to be happy.

Hope: And you think that your mom is better for him than mine?

Steffy: Did you ever consider that might be true? My mother is a loving, reliable force in his life. In all of our lives. She’s really incredible. I mean, if your mom truly loved my father, she wouldn’t be looking at another man. She had deacon spend the night. The man that my father despises. For you to justify her decisions is like, it’s unreal, but I’m not surprised.

Hope: You know, no matter how you may feel about us, your dad loves my mom.

Steffy: Yeah, there’s no denying that. I’ll never understand it, especially when there’s another woman he can turn to.

Hope: Oh, my gosh. Here we go again. Do you ever hold ridge accountable for all those times that he left and his indiscretions? Or does he always get a free pass?

Steffy: My father doesn’t claim to be perfect.

Hope: Oh, and my mom does?

Steffy: We all know how manipulative brooke can be when it comes to getting her way.

Hope: Okay, you know what? Stop. Just stop. Stop bashing my mom. She’s never going to do anything like this again.

Steffy: I’ve heard that before. I’m just heartbroken for my father and I pray that he’s had enough of brooke. He’ll drop brooke and he’ll go back to my mother, where he should’ve been all along.

Ridge: You know it makes me sick, right? The thought of you and my wife in our bed?

Deacon: You know, I–I’m really trying to be patient with you here. I get that this would be a lot easier if you thought that I did something criminal.

Ridge: I think everything you do is criminal.

Deacon: Not anymore. I didn’t force her to do anything.

Ridge: Brooke was compromised. You took advantage.

Deacon: We were both drinking! Nobody was a victim here! You wanna blame me? That’s fine. Don’t blame brooke.

Ridge: I’ll always blame you for everything! Tell me I’m wrong!

Deacon: You know what I’ll tell you? I’ll tell you this. I have held back on kicking your ass so many times because hope and brooke were around. Well, I don’t see them here. So either get out of here or make a move.

[ Both grunting ] All right, man. You had enough?

[ Both grunting ] Really?

[ Both grunting ] Come on! Get up! Get up!

Brooke: Ridge? Ridge?

[ Deacon grunting ] Oh, my god!

[ Glass shattering ] What are you doing? Stop it! Stop it! Deacon, are you all right? It was me, ridge. I was drunk. Deacon didn’t do a thing.

Ridge: He didn’t do a thing? He didn’t do a thing?

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Ridge: You kissed deacon?

Brooke: I really am sorry. I know I should have told you when it happened. I know.

Ridge: This can’t be right. You wouldn’t do that.

Steffy: Dad’s going to need a lot of support to get through this.

Taylor: Yes, he is. He’s going to need support from all of us.

Steffy: Yeah.

Thomas: Got your texts. Are we doing this? We telling dad about brooke and deacon?

Steffy: Mom already told him.

Thomas: What?

Brooke: That’s right!

Sheila: Are you drooling?

Deacon: What?

Sheila: Careful. Somebody’s very jumpy.

Sheila: Why the hell do you always have to sneak up on people?

Sheila: I wasn’t sneaking, I–I just walk softly. What–what are you looking at anyway?

Deacon: Nothing. I just–I’m just thinking.

Sheila: Just thinking.

Deacon: Yeah.

Sheila: Well, then it must be about brooke. That would explain the drool, but… not the jumpiness. What’s going on with you, deacon? What’s got you so on edge?

Deacon: If I seem like I’m on edge, it’s because every time I turn around, there you are, staring at me with that creepy smile, harassing me about brooke.

Sheila: Harassing you? You know, I, I’m just trying to be a friend talking about things that I know interest you. And I know brooke is, is that number one topic. Although lately, when I bring her up, it’s–it’s like it’s upsetting you. Why, why is that, deacon? Because I certainly don’t want to talk about something that brings you any pain, but I am not a mind reader. You’ve got to be able to tell me.

[ Sheila gasping ] Unless it’s something that we can’t talk about in here because we could always go back to my hotel room if you’d like, and you know, have a little pillow talk.

Deacon: You are relentless, aren’t you? All right. I might as well tell you the truth because it’s coming out anyway.

Sheila: The truth? What do you mean?

Deacon: The truth about me and brooke. About what really happened that night that we got drunk.

Thomas: Okay, well, how’s dad doing? Is he okay?

Taylor: No, he’s not. He’s desperately trying to figure out another explanation for what happened.

Thomas: Another explanation for brooke to be kissing deacon?

Steffy: You know dad. Defending brooke ’til the end.

Thomas: Whatever. You know what? He’s probably just shocked. And this just needs to sink in.

Steffy: I’m sure brooke is going to turn on the waterworks and have some kind of excuse.

Taylor: Well, that’s exactly what she’s going to do. You know, you guys should know this. Brooke relapsed, so she’ll probably also just blame the alcohol for what happened, you know.

Steffy: Yeah, I’m sorry that happened to brooke, but that shouldn’t matter, because dad warned her over and over again to stay away from deacon, to not have him in their house, and she ignored dad. She even encouraged deacon to start hanging around. I mean, are we really surprised that brooke ended up kissing him? That he spent the night because that is exactly who brooke is. She can’t help herself. I mean, it wasn’t that long ago when she was caught kissing bill, now deacon. And in six months from now, it’s probably going to be another guy. Because when it comes to brooke, there’s always another man. We just got to get dad to finally realize it.

Brooke: I was… I was drunk, ridge. And I know that’s not an excuse, I do. I’m just–I’m really ashamed, okay?

Ridge: You were wondering why you drank. Now, you know why?

Brooke: I do?

Ridge: Yes. Deacon. He spiked your drink.

Brooke: No.

Ridge: He spiked your drink with something. That deceitful, little weasel. He wanted to get with you and he knew he couldn’t do it when you’re sober. So he–he did that. And you know what that is? That is criminal.

Brooke: No, I don’t think–

Ridge: Okay, now just–just…try to remember everything that happened that night. All of it. I’m amber, I’ve lost 128 pounds with golo,

Sheila: You and brooke got so drunk that not only did you share a kiss, but you shared her bed?

Deacon: Yeah, that about sums it up.

Sheila: Oh my god, this is too good, too good. You know the names they call her? They’re–they’re true, aren’t they?

Deacon: Okay, you know what? Stop. That’s not cool, all right? Nothing happened.

Sheila: Nothing? Sure.

Deacon: What part of passed out drunk aren’t you understanding? Even if I wanted something to happen, neither of us were in any state to make it happen.

Sheila: That you can remember.

Deacon: I can’t believe I gotta say this again. I woke up on top of the sheets, completely dressed. Now, just knock it off.

Sheila: All right. So it was just a kiss and a sleepover. That’s still explosive. That’s enough to ruin brooke’s marriage. Why would you tell me this?

Deacon: It doesn’t matter anyway. It’s all about to come out.

Sheila: No, brooke would never tell ridge. He’ll just walk away from her for the millionth time.

Deacon: Yeah, he’s going to be upset at first, but then logic should kick in. I mean, it was one kiss.

Sheila: And you shared a bed. Oh, I knew you were keeping a juicy secret from me, but god, I had no idea how juicy.

Deacon: Yeah. Well, it’s not going to be a secret much longer. Brooke decided that she can’t carry it anymore, and she wants ridge to hear it from her. She’s probably telling him right now.

Thomas: You don’t think dad’s actually going to buy whatever story brooke comes up with, right?

Taylor: Your dad doesn’t want to believe that brooke betrayed him, especially with deacon. He said I was misinterpreting.

Steffy: It’s kind of hard to misinterpret camera footage. There’s no denying deacon spent the night.

Thomas: This has got to be enough for dad to leave brooke, though. Yeah?

Steffy: Should be. But if she plays him again, I don’t know.

Thomas: We’ve tried over and over again with brooke, but… gosh, dad has got to wake up and leave brooke once and for all.

Brooke: I don’t think you want the details, ridge.

Ridge: I don’T. I don’t want the details. I need them. I know it’s going to hurt, but I’m your husband and I’m here for you and I want to know. So please.

Brooke: Ah, I, I told you what I remember.

Ridge: You told me about the drinking, but there’s something else you’re leaving out. There’s got to be. I understand why, but you gotta be completely honest with me because this doesn’t make any sense to me. Everything was fine until deacon comes in the house and you start drinking.

Brooke: No, it wasn’t like that. He didn’t want me to drink. In fact, he tried to stop me.

Ridge: Oh, he tried to stop you.

Brooke: Yeah, he was genuinely concerned.

Ridge: He’s a very genuine guy, yes. But, when you asked him to drink with you, you didn’t have to twist his arm or anything.

Brooke: I was very insistent. Almost like I was drinking already, but I hadn’t been. I just had some of that non-alcoholic champagne, you know, that bottle that we had–

Ridge: Did you put your glass down somewhere when you weren’t paying attention? Where he could have spiked it?

Brooke: No. Why would he risk that, especially in front of the children?

Ridge: I don’t know. But why–why is any of this happening? Why? Why would you all of sudden start drinking? Why would you all of a sudden kiss that man?

Brooke: It was an impulse. He was telling me how much he loved me. He never stopped loving me. And I just let it happen. Drinking always brings out the worst in me.

Ridge: Deacon brings out the worst in you. Trying to get a picture here. You guys, standing, what, over here? So, what, you’re just, uh, kissing with him, what? In a santa suit? Because that’s what douglas saw, right?

Brooke: Uh, yeah. He saw him put on a santa hat and I–I don’t know. He just found this hat and he put it on. We thought it was kinda funny at first.

Deacon: You thought it was funny?

Brooke: I’m sorry. I really am sorry. Be ready for whatever life throws your way.

Sheila: What, brooke is telling ridge right now? Oh, god. This is, this is too good.

Deacon: You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?

Sheila: You have no idea the way brooke treated me years ago, pretending to be my friend. It was all a lie. She hated me and the names that she called me. “Crazy, lunatic, psychotic.” No, she is just as bossy today, just as determined as she ever was, and telling me that I am never going to have a place in my son’s life? In my grandson’s? She’s going to do everything in her power to make sure of it? What gives her that right? So, yes… the idea of brooke finally having a little comeuppance? I do find joy in that. Immense joy.

Steffy: You know what’s so sad about all of this? None of this had to happen. If dad stayed with you, he would be truly happy. He would be. Instead, he’s dealing with all of brooke’s drama.

Taylor: I understand that you feel that way, steffy, but, you know, there is so much history even before the two of you were born.

Steffy: Oh, I know all the history. She slept her way through the forrester family. She became obsessed with all the wealth and the power, and the lifestyle. I–I just hope that dad finally sees brooke for who she truly is.

Taylor: Oh, gosh. You have no idea how many times I have thought the same thing. She always finds her way out of it. You know what?

Thomas: Mom?

Taylor: Not this time.

Thomas: I mean.

Ridge: You don’t have to apologize to me. Deacon did this. After you kissed, did anything else happen? I–I know he spent the night here. So after that kiss, you told him it was inappropriate, you would, you would never do that again. And he was so drunk, he just, you were kind enough to let him sleep on the couch.

Brooke: I was pretty out of it, ridge. And deacon knew that I should go to sleep, so he helped me.

Ridge: He helped you. He helped you to bed?

Brooke: He led me upstairs and–

Ridge: And what?

Brooke: And when I woke up the next morning, he was, he was there right next to me.

Ridge: He was there?

Brooke: Yeah, but not in–

Ridge: No, I know, where I, yeah, he was there.

Brooke: Nothing happened, really.

Ridge: Nothing happened?

Brooke: No.

Ridge: How do you know nothing happened? He didn’t touch you?

Brooke: No!

Ridge: Didn’t undress you?

Brooke: No, ridge, I swear, nothing happened. I–I was under the covers and he was on top of the covers, and we are both fully dressed. Really, I promise you nothing happened.

Ridge: Why do you keep saying nothing happened? What does that mean? “Nothing happened”? The guy comes in this house, you drink with him, you make out with him, you wake up with him, in our bed. That, that’s something.

Brooke: I don’t know. I’m just so confused. I’m really confused about that whole night.

Ridge: What’s confusing about it? Deacon did exactly what I, I thought he would do. He did exactly what I, I told you he would do. You give him an opening, and he hurts you. It’s what he does, this is all on him. Kids can change minds,

Brooke: I should have listened to you. I should have learned from my mistakes. You could have had so much more, ridge. Could have had a life with taylor, and a family with steffy and thomas. Everything they ever wanted. Instead, you got this. This mess. I don’t know why I keep slipping up. I don’t know why I keep sabotaging our marriage, but I do. I could understand if you want to walk away. But that’s not what I want. I want you. I will always be by your side. I choose you, ridge.

Ridge: You let me down. You hurt me.

[ Brooke sighing ] But you’re the love of my life. You’re my logan. I gotta get some air. I’m gonna make this right.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Steffy: I wouldn’t wanna be be brooke right now. Did you see the look in mom’s eyes?

Thomas: Long time coming.

Steffy: Wish I could be there, watch mom take her down.

Thomas: Yeah, mom’s not gonna put up with any of her excuses, that’s for sure. “Oh no, I can’t believe it. Like, he just fell on my lips, and then we kissed, and then slept on my bed. I just don’t know what happened.”

Steffy: Uncanny impression.

Thomas: I forgot the whole wiggle and jiggle that goes along with it. But I just don’t understand how dad falls for it every single time.

Steffy: I know, it’s mindblowing.

Thomas: Yeah, especially since mom is ten times the woman that brooke is. I mean, she, she’s given her entire life to helping others. She’s a world-renowned psychiatrist. And, and, and brooke? I mean, who the heck has she ever helped?

Steffy: Brooke will never compare to mom. Never.

[ Knocking ]

Brooke: I’m not in the mood for visitors.

Taylor: At least I knocked. I know what you’ve done, brooke. I know all about you and deacon.

[ Door creaking ]

Deacon: Ridge, I told you–

[ Deacon groaning ]

Ridge: Get up.

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Ridge: There’s something I need to know about brooke?

Taylor: I wish I didn’t have to tell you this, ridge. But if brooke would have been honest with you, I wouldn’t have–

Ridge: Honest with me about what?

Taylor: A–about new year’s eve and what she did.

Ridge: I already know what she did?

Taylor: I don’t think you do.

Ridge: I don’t? I don’t–I don’t understand.

Taylor: You know what? I don’t understand either. I will never understand how brooke says that she loves you and keeps doing the things that she does and you keep getting hurt in the process. I’ll never understand.

[ Taylor sighing ] But the truth has to come out. It’s about what brooke did on new year’s eve. And what she’s been keeping from you ever since.

Steffy: I’m sorry if the truth hurts.

Brooke: What truth? That you never wanted me in your father’s life? Much less married to him? I’ve always known that, steffy. But I never gave up hoping that you might come around.

Steffy: And I never gave up hope that you’d learn from your past. Never hurt my father again. Obviously, that was wishful thinking.

Brooke: All right, look. I don’t wanna do this, okay? I will tell your father that you stopped by.

Steffy: What, are you throwing me out?

Brooke: No. No, I’m asking you to leave so that this doesn’t escalate.

Steffy: I’m just asking questions. You’re the one that’S…being defensive.

Brooke: I’m not being defensive. I would just like to avoid–

Steffy: Giving me what? A straight answer?

[ Brooke scoffing ]

Brooke: What are you talking about? What–what straight answer?

Steffy: Do you really think I don’t have a right to question your commitment to my father?

[ Hope sighing ]

Liam: Hey.

Hope: Hey.

Liam: I got your text and I just wasn’t sure what to make of it, so I headed home. What’s going on?

Hope: Well, I’m sure you can guess.

Liam: Your mom. Okay, did something else happen?

Hope: No. It’s about to.

Liam: Is it deacon? Is deacon gonna go back on his promise and tell ridge everything that happened between him and your mom on new year’s?

Sheila: You know, you are going to wear a hole in that carpet. Maybe you should add something to your coffee.

Deacon: Yeah, nice try. You know, if you spent half as much time worrying about your son–

Sheila: You know what? You don’t have to bite my head off. I asked a simple question. You said, “if ridge only knew.” So, I simply said, “if ridge knew what?” Where is there harm in that? Unless… you said more than you intended to.

Sheila: I have a sixth sense about these things.

Deacon: You’re not gonna tell me you see dead people, are you? What things?

Sheila: The little slips that people inadvertently make that reveal a lot more than they ever intended.

Deacon: Okay, so now you’re psychic, right?

Sheila: You don’t need to be a psychic to know and see that there’s a lot more that went on between you and brooke new year’s eve than throwing back a few shots. Right?

Hope: This isn’t about my dad. I mean, not how you mean, anyway.

Liam: Okay, good. So deacon is staying quiet.

Hope: Not that it matters now.

Liam: Well, it matters. It matters because if deacon did go to ridge–

Hope: It would be too late.

Liam: Too late for what? I don’t understand what you’re saying right now.

Hope: Okay. My mom has been keeping this secret and it is eating her alive.

Liam: Yeah, I don’t blame her, but she’s been pretty adamant on not talking because if the truth ever comes out–

Hope: The truth always comes out sooner or later and that is something that my mom is well aware of, which is why she’s made the decision to tell ridge everything about what happened that night.

Steffy: You seem to think I have no right to question your commitment to my father. Why is that?

Brooke: Maybe because it isn’t anything new. Over the years, you’ve been very vocal about how you feel about ridge and me as a couple.

Steffy: For a good reason, as it turns out.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: Look, I know that you’ve always wanted your parents together, and I’m sure that you’ll never give up on that dream, but ridge made his choice.

Steffy: And nothing could possibly change that. Or so you think.

Taylor: Brooke is your wife and of course you love her, but if I were to turn a blind eye to this–

Ridge: Turn a blind eye to what?

Taylor: To what she did on new year’s eve that you don’t know about. I hate that I even have to tell you this, ridge, because I know how it’s going to hurt you, but I wouldn’t be a friend if I didn’t tell you–

Ridge: Don’T. Don’T. You don’t have to tell me. Like I said before, I already know.

Taylor: No, you don’T.

Ridge: Yes, I do.

Taylor: You do?

Ridge: Yeah.

Taylor: And you’re okay with it? You’re okay with what brooke did? People everywhere living with

Deacon: You know what that is? That’s you, fishing, trying to get me to say something–

Sheila: No, I’m trying to convince you that you can confide in me.

Deacon: Confide in you? If something else did happen between me and brooke, given your history with her, you would be the last person I’d confide in.

Sheila: You expect me to believe that nothing more happened between you and brooke on new year’s eve? I’m not buying it.

Deacon: Well, good. I’m not selling anything.

Sheila: Come on.

Deacon: No.

Sheila: Don’t be this way.

Sheila: No, you need to stop, all right? Just stop causing problems for brooke. I’m not having it. I’m not letting it happen.

Hope: And what if I’m wrong? What if ridge isn’t understanding and he isn’t forgiving and then that winds up costing my mom everything, losing the love of her life.

Liam: I–I, okay. I was being cautious. We don’t know that– that she would lose him, although it seems… pretty clear that it’d test their marriage in multiple ways.

Hope: It absolutely is going to. But, if I’m being honest, they have been through far worse and they keep winding up back together again. However, with taylor back in town…

Liam: What…what’s the worry there? That ridge would like turn to her if the truth came out? Or–

Hope: I’m sure steffy would love that. You know what? I hope steffy stays out of it and just lets them deal with it on their own because the last thing that I want is for that stupid forrester-logan rivalry to fire up again and with my mom and taylor fighting over ridge and it’s just like, the ripple effects that it has on our family, I don’t want that and I can’t imagine that steffy wants that either.

Brooke: I will be the first to admit that I’ve made mistakes in the past, but your father has always forgiven me. We love each other, steffy.

Steffy: You mean those… mistakes are behind you. But are they? Are they really, brooke?

Ridge: Oh, boy. How did you find out?

Taylor: Find out?

Ridge: About brooke.

Taylor: I was about to ask you the same thing. I had no idea you already knew.

Ridge: Because I know she told me.

Taylor: She did?

Ridge: Yeah. She feels terrible. Drinking on new year’S. Look… she’s going to get better, she’s going back to meetings, she’s going to get back on the wagon. She’ll be all right.

Taylor: I had no idea she drank on new year’S.

Ridge: That’s what we’re talking about, right? You said you found out.

Taylor: No, I–I didn’t know that.

[ Ridge groaning ] That might explain what happened. I brought in ensure max protein,

Liam: At the end of the day, this is between your mother and ridge, and like you, I hope it, you know, doesn’t turn into a thing, but our job right now is to just be there for your mom, no matter what happens. And look, you– you already have been.

Hope: I’m trying. My mom has been there for me through so much, and I just–I wanna do the same for her and so… I’m attempting to be encouraging and letting her know that ridge will… he’ll get past it in time. Hopefully. I mean, especially considering the circumstances were anything but normal that night.

Liam: I know it’s shoulda, coulda, woulda, but if deacon had just not left his phone that night, just that alone.

Hope: Wait, you’re not suggesting that my dad left his phone there on purpose, are you?

Liam: No, no, no. Oh, not even that. I’m just saying your mom wouldn’t be going through anything she’s going through right now if deacon hadn’t come back. Like yeah, she still might have taken a drink, but the kissing and the ending up in bed together, that part is the gut punch for ridge, right? It’s the fact that deacon, a guy who ridge has asked your mom to actually stay away from, ended up in her bed, which is his bed.

Deacon: Now, that does sound pretty damning, doesn’t it? And you remember that we were both fully clothed and I slept on top of the sheets.

Hope: Dad, hey, I didn’t realize you’d be stopping by.

Deacon: Yeah, so clearly I walked in on something. What’s going on?

Steffy: Actually, I’m trying to comprehend how my father is putting up with everything that’s gone on recently. Like you and hope insisting deacon be part of your lives.

Brooke: I don’t wanna talk about deacon.

Steffy: I’m sure.

Brooke: Except to say that deacon is hope’s father and hope wants a relationship with him.

Steffy: I get that, as misguided as it is, considering that deacon is a lowlife, but how can you embrace and accept him, especially with your history? You betrayed bridget. Your own daughter to get with deacon. You must be really into him. And my father must be a saint for putting up with your past. Hm.

Ridge: Wait, if this is the first y–you’re hearing of brooke’s drinking, then what did you mean repeating old patterns.

Taylor: Oh, god.

Ridge: Because you know, I never would’ve said anything to you if I didn’t think that you knew about it, that you heard about it because this is– this is private. This is her deal and… she regrets everything that happened.

Taylor: She does.

Ridge: Yes.

Taylor: The drinking.

Ridge: Yeah, what the– yeah, that’s what we’re talking about, right? What kind of a question is that? This is– this is hard. This is hard for her. We’re figuring it out. We’re going to meetings, we’re going to counselling, we’re gonna– yes, we’re gonna figure this out together because we always do.

Taylor: That has been true in the past and god knows you guys have gotten through what most couples could have never gotten through with her seemingly unforgivable things she’s done to you, but… there’s gotta be a limit, ridge. I understand your defense of brooke… but your commitment is misplaced.

Trelegy for copd.

Sheila: Oh, I know more happened between deacon and brooke than just drinking. But, if deacon won’t spill the beans… one way or another, I will find out everything and I will bury brooke logan once and for all.

Hope: How much did you hear?

Deacon: Enough to know you guys were talking about that night.

Liam: Well, what do you expect? She’s worried about her mother and ridge’s marriage.

Deacon: Why? Did something else happen?

Hope: Mom can’t keep going like this anymore. She’s hiding a secret from her husband. From ridge. And it’s consuming her entire life when she should be focusing on her sobriety and taking care of herself and it has gotten to the point where… where she feels like she has to do something about it.

Deacon: Wait. You’re not saying that she’s gonna…

Hope: Mom is gonna tell ridge about everything that happened between the two of you that night.

Brooke: Steffy, I’m not gonna stand here and listen to this. I really need to talk to your father about something, so if you don’t mind–

Steffy: No, no, no. Not just yet. There’s more that I need to say.

Brooke: What are you doing? Why are you doing this now? Bringing up old grievances and spewing your animosity?

Steffy: My family was destroyed because of you and you’ve always been smug about it. You’re gonna get what’s coming to you… sooner than you realize.

Ridge: I don’t know what you’re getting at, but I’ve gotta get back to my wife. She texted me and I wanna make sure she’s okay. Wanna make sure she knows she’s not alone.

Taylor: Right. Because you don’t want her to start drinking.

Ridge: Why do you do that? Why? She made a mistake. And she feels badly about it. You as a psychiatrist should understand that.

Taylor: Yeah, I do, and I’m also sober, so I’d have a lot of empathy if that was all that happened, but it’s not–

Ridge: Okay. Then what is it? What else happened? Let me have it! Just say it, please!

Taylor: This is so hard to tell you because I know how committed you are–

Ridge: I’m committed to my wife, yes.

Taylor: But that commitment isn’t reciprocated, ridge. Otherwise, she wouldn’t turn to other men. Men like bill spencer, right? It wasn’t that long ago that she was with him. Steffy told me all about it. Bill spencer is another man that you despise.

Ridge: Why would you do that?

Taylor: You deserve to be loved, ridge. You do. You deserve to be honored and appreciated and respected. And I just– I don’t think brooke is capable of that. She has this inherent flaw. This insatiable need to be wanted and desired by– by–by other men. That’s just– it’s who she is. It’s who she is at her core. She is–

Ridge: No, no, no, no! I’m not going to listen to this anymore. I’m not going to have you question that my wife loves me.

Taylor: You should!

Ridge: Why?

Taylor: Because she didn’t just drink on new year’s, ridge. There’s more.

Ridge: What’s–what’s more? You were there now? You were with her? No, you weren’T. She was alone.

Taylor: No, sh– she wasn’T. She was with another man you despise. A man that has been infiltrating your life for the last couple of months. Deacon.

Ridge: That’s it. That’s the big reveal after all that? I know deacon was there, and he left with hope, liam and the kids.

Taylor: Yes… but he came back. You weren’t there. He went back to brooke’S. I don’t know if they were drinking or not, I–I– I am not sure, but what I do know is that… brooke has let you down again. She has betrayed her vows to you. With deacon.

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[ Dramatic music ]

Ridge: Why– why are you doing this?

Taylor: I know that you want to believe that everything has changed and that brooke has changed. But you deserve to know the truth

Ridge: You told me the truth.

Taylor: Not all of it.

Ridge: I know what happened that night, taylor.

Taylor: No, she lied to you, ridge.

Ridge: So what are you saying?

Taylor: Brooke betrayed you. Again. This time with deacon.

Brooke: I’m going to get what’s coming to me? What does that even mean, steffy?

Steffy: Consequences, brooke. You can’t avoid them.

Brooke: Look, if there’s something you want to say, why don’t you just say it? I don’t have time for–

Steffy: You don’t have time for this.

Brooke: I don’T. I’m expecting your father.

Steffy: You know what I’m expecting? What I’ve been waiting for my entire life is to see my father be truly happy and treated with respect. I’ve never stopped hoping that one day my father was gonna wake up and realize that can’t happen with you. And now with this latest mess, deacon, the way you let him in, embraced him. It proves it. It proves that you are no good for my father. One day soon, brooke. Your bad decisions are gonna catch up with you.

Deacon: So brooke is really gonna tell ridge what happened? About the kiss, me staying the night, everything?

Hope: Mm-hm. She can’t live with the guilt, dad.

Liam: I mean, it’s torturing her.

Deacon: Yeah, but I mean, it’s really gonna make her feel better? Has ridge given her any sign that if she does tell him it’s gonna be okay?

Hope: She needs out from under this weight.

Deacon: Okay, I get that. But, I mean, she does realize what’s gonna happen when she tells ridge. I mean, is she ready for that?

Deacon: I’m just surprised. She has been so determined to keep it secret.

Liam: Yeah, well, douglas actually seeing it pretty much threw her,

Hope: Okay, sure, that might’ve been a part of it, but this has been building for a while and… ridge being as supportive as he’s been, it’s just compounding her guilt. I mean, she can’t live like this anymore. She needs to tell him the truth,

Deacon: Even if it’s gonna blow up her marriage?

Liam: I mean, isn’t that kind of what you secretly want?

Brooke: In hindsight, there are things that I wish I had done differently, yes. But you can’t question my love for your father.

Steffy: But I do. And you know why? Because I know you, your history. It’s the most consistent thing about you. Sooner or later, brooke, you always turn to someone else.

Ridge: You know, I don’t– I don’t know. I don’t know where all this is coming from, but… I assure you, my wife would never betray me with deacon.

Taylor: Do you think that I would tell you all of this if I wasn’t 100 percent sure?

Ridge: No and I know it’s all coming from a good place and all that. But sometimes we’re wrong.

Taylor: But I’m not wrong.

Ridge: No, you’re not wrong. You’re not. Deacon was at the place. He was at the party and then he left,

Taylor: But, ridge, he came back, he came back. He was alone with brooke. I don’t know if that’s when they started drinking, but… if it was, then that would explain what happened I know it won’t excuse it.

Ridge: What do you mean? What happened? You’re making it sound like something happened.

Taylor: Something happened. It’s why I called you. Brooke and deacon… they kissed.

Ridge: Now you’re just being ridiculous.

Taylor: I’m not being–

Ridge: You are being ridiculous! You weren’t there, were you there? No.

Taylor: But someone was, someone who would never lie,

Ridge: Who?

Taylor: Our grandson… douglas. He saw brooke and deacon kiss. Before treating your chronic migraine,

Deacon: I want brooke to handle this however she thinks is best. Whatever that is, I’m gonna support it.

Liam: I don’t know, man, don’t you think maybe you should… just try to stay out of it?

Hope: Liam, he’s just trying to say that–

Liam: I’m just trying to say, that this is between your mom and ridge. And let’s be honest, deacon’s done enough already.

Deacon: Hey, look… let me just say this again. All right? I did not want this to happen.

Liam: I hear you, but I don’t think you realize exactly how much trouble you’ve caused. And I’m not– I’m not just talking about brooke. It’s true. I’m talking about the entire family, including douglas.

Deacon: I’m sorry about that. I– I am. Is he still going around telling people that he saw grandma kissing santa claus? Those therapy bills aren’t gonna be cheap.

Liam: Except we all know that’s not what he actually saw. What he actually saw was you, in a santa hat, turning his whole family upside down.-Hope: Okay, you know what? Hopefully that won’t happen.

Liam: Hey, I’m all for being positive, but I think we should try to be a little realistic, too. Ridge hears the guy’s name and he blows a gasket. What’s he gonna do when he finds out about the kiss?

Hope: The important thing is that we will be there for my mom when and if that happens.

Deacon: She’s right. I mean, we’ll have her back, right? We’ll be there to support her. And if brooke thinks it’s time to admit what happened… I don’t know. Maybe… maybe it’s time for the truth to come on.

Brooke: I think it’s best if we end this conversation now.

Steffy: Did you get a text from my father? Is he coming home?

Brooke: Yeah, I asked him to and he is coming home. I would appreciate it if you weren’t here when he arrives.

Steffy: I’m sure he’d appreciate that, too.

Brooke: Before you go, I’d like to tell you something about my marriage to your father.

Steffy: Oh, brooke, you can’t tell me anything that I don’t already know.

Brooke: Well, then let me remind you… everything that you’re holding against me, all of the challenges that your father and I have faced together hasn’t weakened us, steffy. If anything, it has brought us closer together. It’s made us stronger.

Steffy: You don’t have to tell me how it worked. I already know how you drag my father in, it’s no secret, but let me tell you something, something you really, really need to hear. Nothing is more painful than watching history repeat itself.

Brooke: I think you should go.

Steffy: I’m going. I’m getting as far away from this… impending catastrophe as I can.

Ridge: Douglas doesn’t know what he saw. Thomas and steffy, they’re putting ideas,

Taylor: Ridge, they would never do that.

Ridge: No, not intentionally. I’m not saying that. Look, kid walks in and and says he saw… grandma kissing santa claus, and they just filled in–

Taylor: Saw… brooke kissing deacon.

Ridge: No, he did not.

Taylor: Yes, he did. I know this is hard for you to believe.

Ridge: It’s hard to believe because you’re taking a kid’s innocent story and making it sinister. Why?

Taylor: I’m– I’m not. I’M…

Taylor: Ridge, douglas was getting ready for bed, and then he realized that he left his stuffed rabbit at the house, and when hope and liam were with beth, he snuck out of the cabin–

Ridge: On new year’S.

Taylor: Yes. On new year’S.

Ridge: Here’s what I know about new year’S. Deacon came over and then he left with hope, with liam and the kids.

Ridge: That’s it.

Taylor: And then he came back.

Ridge: No, he did not.

Taylor: I saw it.

Ridge: You saw it how?

Taylor: Your home security camera.

Ridge: Oh, my home security camera. Now you’re not making any sense.

Taylor: Ridge, I saw it. I saw deacon come back to the house. He was there alone with brooke… and he didn’t leave until morning.

Ridge: What are you saying?

Taylor: Deacon spent the night with brooke… in your home. They spent the night together. (Cyclist) why is ice t in a speed walking crew?

Ridge: So you think deacon spent the night at my house on new year’s eve?

Taylor: I understand that you’re skeptical.

Ridge: I’m skeptical because I know what happened. Brooke told me the truth. She was drinking that night.

Taylor: Yes, it sounds like you’ve been incredibly supportive of her. You’ve been going to meetings and encouraging her sobriety, but there’s more to this story. She didn’t tell you everything. Deacon came back that night. He didn’t leave until morning.

Ridge: No, brooke was waiting for me to come home.

Taylor: But you didn’t get home. And her disappointment became self-destructive. You know that. The drinking was just part of it.

Ridge: All right. Here’s what I know: Brooke wouldn’t do that. Not with a bottom feeder like deacon, not with anybody.

Taylor: Okay, then why– why has she been so upset? Why is she not been going into work? Why… why does hope say that… your marriage is in trouble?

Ridge: Okay, enough. Brooke wouldn’t do that to me.

Taylor: I don’t expect you to take my word for it. Go ask your wife.

Ridge: That’s a good idea. That’s exactly what I’ll do.

Taylor: Ridge…

Ridge: What?

Taylor: I am not saying any of this to hurt you. You’ve been lied to. You deserve so much better.

Deacon: It’s important that you both know that brooke didn’t intend for this to happen. Neither did I.

Liam: Yeah, but if it does cause her marriage to implode, I mean, you’re gonna be right there to help her through it, right?

Deacon: Well, of course.

Liam: See? Told you.

Deacon: Knock it off, will you? You know what I mean.

Hope: Liam, that is not fair. If my dad had wanted to damage brooke and ridge’s relationship, he easily could have. He could have gone to ridge. But did he? No, because my mom asked him not to. And he didn’t say a single word. Not one. Look, I don’t know how this is all going to work out, but I can say… that my dad is not all to blame.

Steffy: Where’s dad? Did he come over? Did you talk to him?

Taylor: I– I tried.

Steffy: Did you– did you tell him what we saw, the security footage? Mom.

Taylor: He didn’t want to believe me.

Steffy: Okay, I’m gonna go talk to him–

Taylor: Honey, he– he left. He went to brooke’S.

Brooke: Oh, ridge. There you are. Uh, I was about to text you again. Thanks for coming home. There’s something that I need to tell you. Something I should have told you a while ago. Don’t settle for products that give you a sort-of white smile.

Deacon: This is not why I came back to L.A. I hate this.

Hope: I just don’t want to focus on the worst case scenario, okay? Ridge has forgiven my mom before for far worse, so I have to believe that he will understand.

Deacon: Yeah, this is ridge we’re talking about. When it comes to me… I think brooke’s walking into a buzz saw. I hope he understands. I really do. But how the hell is he gonna understand what happened when brooke and i don’t even understand what happened that night?

Steffy: You said dad didn’t believe you?

Taylor: Yeah. Yeah, he– he couldn’T. He’s defended brooke so many times, it’s– it’s like a reflex for him.

Steffy: But he knows you wouldn’t lie.

Taylor: Yeah, but he just kept saying, oh, you’re mistaken, you’re confused. It’s– he wants so desperately for there to be another explanation.

Brooke: Well, I’m sure brooke’s gonna come up with an excuse.

Taylor: I hope she’s honest with him. Even if she is, she still kept this huge secret from him.

Taylor: This is gonna hurt him so bad.

Steffy: This is exactly what he was worried about… deacon coming back into town to rekindle things with brooke. That is exactly what happened. But we don’t know what happened at the house. We just know that deacon was there.

Steffy: And that douglas saw them kissing, mom. That is more than enough. Dad should realize that brooke is not committed to him.

Taylor: I don’t know that your dad is ready to face that. He has put so much faith in brooke. I don’t think he’s capable of… of seeing that… she could turn to deacon.

Brooke: I really need to talk to you, ridge. Can we sit?

Ridge: I want to– I want to talk to you too.

Brooke: Yeah, but me first, okay? It’s– it’s about new year’S.

Ridge: Oh, new year’S.

Brooke: You know how concerned you’ve been about me? About how anxious and upset I was about my drinking? Well, I wasn’t just drinking. I mean, more happened that night that I regret.

Ridge: What? What happened that night?

Brooke: Well, when you called and your plane was grounded… I wasn’t here alone. I was with deacon. He came because he had left his phone here and he came to get it and he was leaving again. And then you called and you told me that you couldn’t make it. And of course, I was very disappointed. What did I do? I just grabbed a bottle of vodka and I had a drink and… a second. I just…

Ridge: Did he stay here?

Brooke: Yes, he did. He did stay. And I wasn’t myself, ridge. The way I was acting and… my behavior, I don’t really understand it. Something… happened between deacon and me.

Ridge: What happened?

Brooke: We kissed.

Ridge: You and deacon?

Brooke: Yeah. I don’t know why– I don’t know why that happened. All I wanted was to be with you, ridge, to spend new year’s with you, that’s– that’s all I wanted. And yes, I was drinking and I know that’s not an excuse. I know that. Just say something.

Ridge: Okay. I know.

Brooke: You know?

Brooke: Taylor told me.

Brooke: Taylor?

Ridge: She told me… what happened and I said there’s no way, there’s no way you would do that. You just– you… you don’t have to explain this to me. Not the drinking part, you already… you didn’t lie about that. Tell me about deacon being here, because that’s what… that’s what douglas saw, right? But taylor seems to think that, um… deacon stayed the night and that…

[ Scoffing ] This makes no sense to me because you wouldn’t do that. Not to me, not… not to you or us. The marriage we have, you… you wouldn’t have an affair… with deacon, right?

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[ Upbeat music ]

Finn: I was hoping that’d put a smile on your face. That’s better.

Steffy: You always make me happy. You’re like my little bit of sanity when the world doesn’t make sense. Brooke and deacon, like, what? What is going on?

Finn: I know.

Steffy: This is going to kill my father. Not only were they kissing, deacon spent the night. He slept in my dad’s bed. What was brooke thinking? I don’t understand.

Taylor: I’ve been asking myself that same question all night.

Finn: You didn’t sleep well?

Taylor: I kept thinking about what steffy and thomas told me. And it’s like, I don’t understand. What possessed brooke to turn to deacon and betray your father?

Ridge: I’m worried about you.

Brooke: Don’t be. I’m fine.

Ridge: You’re not fine. Keep beating yourself up over something that happened on new year’s eve. Hey. You made a mistake.

Brooke: Yeah, I did.

Ridge: We all make mistakes. Uh, you fell off the wagon but now you’re back on it. Give yourself some credit.

Brooke: I’m sorry.

Ridge: You don’t have to apologize to me for anything.

Brooke: Yeah, I do. You deserve better than the woman I was that night.

Ridge: Can you help me with this? Can you please convince your mother to stop doing this to herself?

Brooke: I–I just don’t understand. I still don’t understand it. Why I made the choices that I made that night.

Sheila: I’m a little hurt,

deacon, that you didn’t tell

me yourself. You and brooke,

drinking buddies. Wow.

Who would have imagined that?

[ Knocking on door ]

Sheila: Oh! He lives.

Deacon: Sorry to disappoint you.

Sheila: Actually, I’M… I’m oddly pleased to see you here. And all in one piece I’m assuming. Ridge left all of your body parts intact?

Deacon: I’d drop the trust-maker so fast he wouldn’t know what hit him.

[ Sheila laughing ]

Sheila: I would pay to see that but I’m guessing that you didn’t even come close. So, what happened when ridge came gunning for you anyway?

Deacon: Ridge, what a pompous ass.

Sheila: Well, what did he say?

Deacon: Oh, he just demanded I do what I do best and leave. You know, hit the road, abandon my daughter.

Sheila: Well, I can’t help but notice but, hm, you are still here.

Deacon: Yeah, I don’t take orders from ridge forrester.

Sheila: You know what? That would be stupid of him, to think that he could intimidate you anyway. You’re nowhere close to being prepared to leave this happy little dream of yours, where you get to spend a happy life with your daughter and grandkids. And– oh. Hm… let’s not forget the main motivator. Brooke.

Ridge: I wish you could see yourself the way that I see you. This–this strong, capable, amazing woman. You are loved by– by me, by your daughter. And hey, you made a mistake. Are you perfect? You– you’re pretty close but no, you’re not perfect. We all make mistakes. We all fall down. That doesn’t matter. It’s the getting up that makes a difference. And you do always get up with grace and with dignity. You said it to me so many times, “there’s nothing we can’t get through if we’re together.” Right?

Brooke: I wish I could believe that, ridge.

Finn: I’m still pretty new to all the family dynamics but I have to admit, I’m pretty shocked.

Steffy: Me too. Though I shouldn’t be considering brooke’s history of scandals, especially with deacon. Thank god douglas saw. Or we–we would have never have known. Brooke was trying to conceal it. She even told douglas not to tell anyone about what he saw.

Taylor: What?

Steffy: Yeah.

Taylor: Are you serious?

Steffy: Mm-hm.

Taylor: This situation is so concerning on so many levels for douglas, for ridge… brooke, god, this pattern of behavior never seems to end.

Steffy: I have no sympathy for brooke. All she does is hurt dad. He needs to be free of her. Dad needs to be with you, and the forrester family. This is where he belongs. It’s true.

Find your rhythm.

Sheila: I got to admit, I– I really didn’t think you stood a chance in hell with brooke.

Deacon: And now you do.

Sheila: Well… gotta admit. You might just pull this off.

Deacon: Thanks for that vote of semi-confidence.

Sheila: Well, the one thing that I learned is that it could be dangerous to underestimate you. Gotta respect that.

Deacon: Takes one to know one.

Sheila: So, what’s your plan?

Deacon: I don’t have a plan. I don’t believe in ’em. In my experience, you’re just settin’ yourself up for disappointment. Kind of like to shoot from the hip, you know? Just go with flow.

Sheila: Take advantage of every opportunity.

Deacon: Oh, and you don’t?

Sheila: Yeah, I do. It’s just that you seem to be a whole lot better at it than me. I mean, you’ve made inroads with hope and brooke and I am still on the outside looking in when it comes to my son.

Deacon: Yeah, but sheila, come on. I mean, you’ve had some serious disadvantages. I’m not needling you but not the least of which– you shot finn’s mother-in-law. And now? Look, hang in there, just stay the course. You always knew that this was going to take time.

Sheila: Yeah, it still doesn’t mean I’m not all jealous of you. And there you were spending new year’s eve throwing back drinks with brooke.

Sheila: Come on, tell me the truth. You don’t have even the smallest desire to go to ridge with this explosive information that could destroy brooke’s marriage?

Ridge: Hang on one second. Are you questioning my commitment to you and our family and our marriage?

Brooke: What if I’m not the woman that you think I am?

Ridge: I know exactly who you are. You make mistakes. You know why? Because you’re not perfect. I just said that. I’m glad you’re not because if you were, you wouldn’t need me.

Brooke: I will always need you.

Ridge: Yeah?

[ Phone dinging ] Well, that’s good because I’m not going anywhere, ever. Okay, I lied.

Brooke: About?

Ridge: About not going anywhere, ever. I got to go.

Brooke: Oh?

Ridge: You wanna come with me?

Brooke: No, not today.

Ridge: Call me if you need me and you take care of her.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: God! Ugh, you know, keeping the secret is– is killing me. I–I really don’t think I can do it anymore.

Hope: What are you saying?

Brooke: I have to tell ridge the truth.

Taylor: I’m worried about douglas. I feel horrible for ridge. Is there any way we could be wrong about this?

Steffy: Cameras do not lie. We cannot let brooke and deacon play dad for a fool, having an affair in his house.

Taylor: It’s terrible.

Steffy: We have to protect him. Dad needs to know what is going on right underneath his nose.

Taylor: You know, I wanted to sleep on it, make sure that we weren’t jumping to conclusions… but it’s all right there. Deacon went back to brooke’s and didn’t leave until morning.

Steffy: Dad deserves to know.

Taylor: He does. We won’t let brooke get away with this.

Sheila: Drinking with brooke gives you powerful ammunition. Ridge would never have that. I mean, the dreaded deacon and his precious logan, I don’t think so. Oh, come on, deacon. Admit it. Don’t– don’t you want him out of the picture for good?

Deacon: Look, it’s not what brooke wants, all right? No matter what you and i think about ridge, she loves the guy. I’d never take a wrecking ball to her marriage.

Sheila: Oh, you’re serious.

Deacon: I mean, believe me, I wouldn’t mind landing a couple of shots to that massive ego. I mean, if anybody deserves to be taken down a peg or 10, it’s ridge forrester. And it would be pretty damn sweet if I was the one to do it.

Sheila: Hm, a little bit of poetic justice, huh.

Deacon: You know, you should have heard him. You know, the way, the way that he was just talking down to me, just being condescending. Just so sure of his superiority. So arrogant. Telling me that brooke’s out of my league. You know, that I’d never have her. If he only knew.

Sheila: If ridge only knew? What?

[ Sheila laughing ]

Brooke: I really thought I could keep this secret but it’s tearing me apart. I mean, ridge and I pride ourselves on being honest with each other, no matter how painful.

Hope: So, you’re really going to tell ridge all of it?

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: Yes. I mean, what choice do I have? Drinking with deacon and the kiss. Spending the night together? He needs to know, hope. He deserves to know. Especially since he’s been so loving and so supportive. And all because he thinks I’m anxious that I was drinking alone but it’s more than that. And every time he encourages me, it just makes me feel… just more guilty.

Hope: Well, you know how I feel about honesty. So, I support your decision and I think it’s a really brave thing to do. We all know how ridge hates deacon, but more importantly, he loves you. So, if–if I were a betting person, I would bet that you will be able to make ridge understand and that he will forgive.

Steffy: We have to tell dad right away. I mean, the longer we wait, the bigger the chance brooke could figure out that we’re on to something and she can make some crazy excuse that dad will accept. I mean, this could be it, mom. This could be the thing that wakes dad up.

Taylor: I’m not even thinking about that. I have no desire to break up brooke’s marriage.

Steffy: You don’t have to do that. Brooke’s doing that all on her own.

Taylor: You’re right. You know, it’s funny. I–I thought maybe brooke and I could, you know, forget about the past and try to forge some kind of friendship, but nope. There she is, back to her old patterns of infidelity and lies.

Steffy: Mom, he has to know.

Taylor: He will. I’ll be the one to tell him.

Steffy: Are you sure? I mean, I can, I don’t mind doing it.

Taylor: Yeah. Don’t you think he needs to hear it from me?

Steffy: Yeah. I know it’s going to be hard for dad to hear about brooke’s betrayal, but… this could be a wonderful new chapter for our family. It really could be. Nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard.

Deacon: Morning, sunshine.

[ Door closing ]

Steffy: Hello, brooke.

Brooke: If you’re looking for your father, he left for the office.

Steffy: No, actually, I’m–I’m here to talk to you.

Brooke: Oh. Well, have a seat.

Steffy: I’m good standing.

Brooke: What would you like to talk to me about?

Steffy: My father. What an amazing man he is.

Brooke: He most certainly is.

Steffy: You, of all people should know that, I mean, you spent a lot of time together. So much history. I guess you could say it was destiny. You’re a very lucky woman.

Brooke: Yes. Yes, I am.

Steffy: Mm. And dad has been through so much. Especially with you. He stood by you, he defended you for all your scandals and betrayals.

Brooke: I’m sorry?

Steffy: Yeah, that’s exactly what you say. So funny. And then my dad forgives you and he takes you back. That’s what I– I meant by, “lucky,” because not a lot of men would hang in there.

Brooke: All right, if your intention was to come here and insult me, you’ve succeeded.

Steffy: What can I say? I try to be supportive for my father–

Brooke: Where is this coming from, steffy?

Steffy: I want someone in my father’s life who is true, who is loving, who is committed to him and only him. And that will never be you, brooke.

Ridge: Knock, knock.

Taylor: Hi.

Ridge: Hi.

Taylor: Hi. The kids are with amelia, steffy just stepped out. Thanks for coming so quickly.

Ridge: Sure, sounds urgent so here I am. Talk to me.

Taylor: God, I thought this is going to be easier.

Ridge: What? What–what are we doing?

Taylor: You know I always have your best interest at heart, right?

Ridge: Sure. Never questioned.

Taylor: Okay, good. And I wouldn’t be a friend if I–if I kept this from you, so…

Ridge: Kept what from me? What are you telling me?

Taylor: Um…

Ridge: Okay, let’s make that easy for you. The kids are okay?

Taylor: Yes! I– I should have said that.

Ridge: Perfect. The kids are fine. I can handle anything else. Please.

Taylor: That’s true. That’s true. Your loyalty to brooke has always been a thing of wonder, ridge. You know, you have stood by her through so many things that most men would–

Ridge: I’m gonna stop you right there. Why are we talking about brooke?

Taylor: Because… because your loyalty is misplaced.

Ridge: Why does everybody think they need to criticize my wife? Why?

Taylor: I don’t want to be in a position to criticize your wife but I am because of her actions.

Ridge: Her actions? What are you implying?

Taylor: I’m not implying anything. God, I’m usually better at this. Okay, um… I wish I didn’t have this information that I’m about to tell you because I know how much pain it’s going to cause you. But it’s about your wife and what she did on new year’s eve.

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