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Bold & The Beautiful Transcript

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[ Dramatic music ]

Taylor: Brooke’s been unfaithful to your father?

Thomas: And not just with anyone, mom.

Steffy: With deacon.

[ Taylor gasping ]

Ridge: I have an idea. Let’s forget about that night.

Brooke: I wish I could.

Ridge: Well, why don’t we start by you stopping to torture yourself. It’s a good start.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: I’m just so ashamed, ridge.

Ridge: I know. I know that. I can feel it in… every corner of this house, every ounce of your being. You need to learn to forgive yourself. When do you think that’s going to happen?

Brooke: Probably never.

Ridge: Never, huh? That’s a long time. It’s going to be hard for all the people that love you. So, that’s your plan? You’re just going to keep punishing yourself?

Brooke: There’s really no punishment too great for what I’ve done.

Ridge: How about that? How about we keep going to meetings? I’ll go with you. You can go as many times as you want. I know I can’t fix this for you… but I want to fix it with you. I’m here. Don’t forget that.

Paris: I care about you. I’m falling for you. I thought you felt the same way too. You’re gonna end things before we’ve even given ourselves a chance?

Carter: We’ve already let this go too far, paris.

Paris: We kissed a few times.

Carter: And I shouldn’t have let that happen.

Paris: And each kiss was more incredible than the last one. Don’t tell me you don’t feel it too. It’s not just me. These feelings are strong, carter. This connection… why are you letting it go?

Grace: Zende is who

my daughter should share

her life with.

End it with paris

or I’ll go to ridge.

Paris: There’s something between us, carter. Your eyes are giving it away. I don’t know why you’re suddenly trying to deny it.

Carter: I’m not denying you.

Paris: You said you couldn’t stop thinking about me. That you even see a future for us.

Carter: I do, paris. That’s all true. You’ve been on my mind constantly since that first kiss. I’ve fallen for you more than you even realize.

Paris: So, I’m right. I’m not crazy. You have fallen for me.

Sheila: Hey.

[ Finn sighing ]

Finn: Sheila.

Sheila: I–I know. I should’ve called first.

Finn: You just– you can’t show up in my office without giving me a heads up first.

Sheila: I–I was just at the bakery around the corner and… I just picked up a little treat for you. I know it’s silly, but I… I just wasn’t able to do things like this for you when you were a boy. They’re chocolate chip cookies. You can save them for later or take them home and share them with kelly.

Finn: Thank you. That’s–that’s really nice of you. But you–you… what if steffy were here? You know how she feels about you coming around.

Sheila: Yeah, but I know how busy she is. Your wife is always working. She’s always at forrester creations, so I imagine she’s spending a lot of time with her mother as well.

Finn: Yeah, she is. It…it means so much to steffy to have taylor back in town.

Taylor: Deacon? How could she– how could she turn to deacon?

Thomas: We’ve been asking ourselves the same question.

Taylor: You guys, this is a– this is a very serious accusation. I–I… I can’t imagine that brooke would actually do this. Put her marriage at risk again. Are you certain?

Steffy: Oh yeah.

Thomas: Yeah.

Taylor: How do you two know?

Thomas: We, uh, we heard it from douglas. Hello?

Paris: You can’t give this a shot?

Carter: I can’T.

Paris: You can’T. Carter, you can talk to me about anything. That’s why we connected so well. We can be real with each other, so just be real with me.

Carter: It’s hard to explain.

Paris: Look, I said if this is about zende, we both agreed to be casual. It wouldn’t be hurting anyone.

Carter: I don’t think everyone would see it that way.

Paris: What matters is how we see it.

Carter: Paris–

Paris: We can’t worry anybody else.

Carter: You know it’s more complicated than that.

Paris: It doesn’t have to be. And I know you’re worried about what the forresters would feel.

Carter: Zende’s one of them. He’s family.

Paris: That family adores you, even after what happened with quinn, and I’d like to think one day, they’d eventually be happy for us.

Carter: In a perfect world, I’d like to think that too, paris, but I won’t jeopardize your standing with the family or this company.

Paris: Let me worry about that.

Carter: Paris, it’s not about them.

Paris: What is it about then? It shouldn’t be about anything but us. This pull we have for each other. I can’t explain it, you can’t explain it, but it’s here and it’s not going anywhere. You want me as much as I want you. Tell me I’m wrong. You can’t because you know how good we can be together. I don’t know why you’re doing this, but I refuse to give up on us.

Sheila: I…I missed out on so many milestones when you were young. I… I knew you’d have a great life with your father and his wife. Giving you up as a newborn was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Finn: From what I’ve heard, my father kind of pressured you into it.

Sheila: Yeah, well, it did feel that way, but I don’t want you to resent your father more than you already do. There’s nothing that I can do to make up for the time that we lost. I–I just pray that I’ll be able to spend more time with you and hayes during your future. I–I don’t mean to put you on the spot again. I realize that there are things that I’ve done in my past that certain people won’t be able to forgive me for.

Finn: Yeah, I mean… steffy is definitely not there yet.

Sheila: I’m pleasantly surprised about taylor. Her ability to allow for forgiveness, I… I’m really hopeful that she’ll be able to convince her daughter one day. However, there is one person hellbent on making sure I have nothing to do with you or hayes’ lives.

Finn: Who?

Sheila: Brooke. I’m not too concerned. I have a suspicion brooke’s day of reckoning is gonna be here sooner than later.

Taylor: Douglas. What does douglas have to do with any of this?

Thomas: Douglas kept mentioning that he saw grandma kissing santa claus. Yeah, I was confused too. We all were.

Steffy: Yeah.

Thomas: But, uh, we found out that douglas that night had actually gone up to the house. He’d left his, uh, his little peanut butter stuffed animal there, so he, in the middle of the night, went up there and…

Steffy: And that’s when douglas saw brooke through the window kissing some dude in a santa hat.

Thomas: Except for it wasn’t jolly old st. Nick she was kissing, it was deacon.

Steffy: Yeah.

Taylor: Okay, hold on a second. How do you guys know it was deacon? It was probably your father.

Douglas: Nope. It wasn’t dad. I know that because I asked douglas and he said it happened on new year’s eve, not christmas eve.

Taylor: Okay.

Steffy: Remember? Dad couldn’t get home to brooke that night.

Thomas: Yeah. The jet actually couldn’t take off because of the storm, so dad didn’t return until the following day.

Steffy: So, then brooke turned to deacon.

Taylor: Oh, my god. That’s why she’s been acting so weird. I–I can’t imagine that your father would be okay with any of this, but… look, guys. I’m not making excuses, but it was just a kiss.

Steffy: That’s the thing.

Thomas: Yeah.

Steffy: It wasn’t just a kiss. Deacon spent the night.

Taylor: What?

[Inspirational soul music]

Grace: Why were you

hiding it? Because you know

it was wrong.

Whatever this is between

you and paris, it ends

today or else I’m going

to the forresters.

End it with paris.

Have I made myself clear?

Carter: When you start- to smile,

you make it impossible–

Grace: Hi, sweetheart.

Paris: Mom. Hey.

Grace: Is this a bad time? You seem a little preoccupied.

Paris: No, I just got back. I was at carter’S.

Grace: Huh. Carter appears to be quite the resource for financial advice. It’s nice of him to offer to help you with your investments.

Paris: Yeah.

Grace: You seem down. Have you eaten anything?

Paris: I’m really not hungry, mom.

Grace: Why don’t you try reaching out to zende? Maybe he’d like to join you for dinner? He’s such a good guy and he cares so much about you, sweetheart.

Finn: I need to check on some patients.

Sheila: Oh, I’m just glad I got the chance to see you. I’ve got to get out of here anyway.

Finn: What did you just mean about brooke just now?

Sheila: I–it was just something general. I mean, brooke’s never been supportive of me, but I’m not gonna let her or anyone meddle in my relationship with you.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: I wanna thank you for joining me at another meeting. Even though I am diligent about going, it was just really nice to have your presence there with me for added support.

Ridge: It’s eye opening, isn’t it? Seeing all these strong, amazing people fighting to hold on.

Brooke: I’m right there with them.

Ridge: Yeah. You’re fighting your fight. It amazes me how you can just be so honest and open with strangers.

Brooke: I trust them. We’ve become friends.

Ridge: Yeah. I don’t talk to my friends like that.

[ Brooke chuckling ] You know what stuck with me? You saying that drinking isn’t the worst part. That’s the shame that comes after.

Brooke: Yeah. It’s what happened after the alcohol that frightens me. The fear of waking up the next morning and the fear of every single day.

Ridge: You know what I see from the outside? I see this woman, this… beautiful woman standing up in front of all of these people, telling the truth about what happened on new year’s eve. I’m so proud of you.

Taylor: Okay, so, so douglas saw brooke kissing deacon. This has got to be so confusing for him.

Steffy: We didn’t want to drag douglas into this any further.

Douglas: Right. Or get into a situation where it was douglas’ word against brooke’s and…

Steffy: So, we got proof.

Taylor: Proof? What kind of proof?

Steffy: We used charlie to hack into dad and brooke’s security footage.

Taylor: You did what?

Steffy: I know, I know. Pushing the envelope here, but mom, we had to.

Thomas: Yeah, we were just looking out for dad.

Taylor: Of course you were, but, oh guys–

Steffy: Wanna see it?

Taylor: Yes.

Thomas: Okay. Okay.

Steffy: Everyone had gone home and then deacon comes back alone.

Taylor: Huh.

Steffy: Now, take a look at this. Look at the timestamp.

Taylor: Oh, my gosh. Is that–that’s him leaving the next day.

Steffy: Yeah.

Taylor: S–so, he really did spend the night.

Thomas: Yeah.

Taylor: How could brooke do this to ridge?

Itchy?

Grace: I can tell you’ve got a lot on your mind. Is there anything I can do to help?

Paris: No, mom, but thank you. I’ll be fine.

Grace: You are too young to be so stressed. What about what I suggested? Seeing what zende’s up to? I see how you smile when he’s around.

Paris: He’s probably busy working and we have a launch coming up, so.

Grace: He really is remarkable, and he loves you so much. He’s good for you.

Paris: All right, mom. I have a meeting coming up in a few minutes.

Grace: Okay, go. I’ll see you at home later. No rush.

Paris: All right.

Grace: Okay.

Paris: Bye, mom.

[ Grace moaning ]

Paris: I’ll see you later.

Grace: Okay.

[ Phone ringing]

Carter: Hello?

Grace: Carter? Grace buckingham.

Carter: Hi, grace.

Grace: I just spoke with my daughter. I gather you did what I asked? You ended things with paris?

Carter: I did, but it wasn’t to protect myself. I did it to protect paris.

I can’t watch her throw

away everything she worked

hard for at

forrester creations.

Grace: I’m glad you feel that way.

I couldn’t agree more. Paris can not be involved with you. You have to see that.

Carter: It’s over.

Grace: Good. It’s what’s best for paris and for you.

Now, I don’t have to go

to ridge and the forresters. But, I’ll be watching, carter. Make sure you stay away from my daughter.

Sheila: My plan worked. I got you to drink again, brooke. It’s only a matter of time before you screw up even worse… and your whole world comes crashing down.

Ridge: There are no secrets. You just stood up in front of everyone and showed them who you were. Your authentic self. And you were honest and raw and… I don’t even know how to explain this, but… seeing your bravery in front of everybody… made me love you even more.

Brooke: Oh, god.

Taylor: Brooke spent the night with deacon?

Thomas: Dad has been defending brooke for decades, and all the while, she’s just played him for a fool.

Taylor: Yeah, but it explains why she has been acting so weird lately, right?

Thomas: Yeah, because brooke is terrified that dad will find out.

Steffy: How much more is dad gonna take? How many more so called accidental kisses is he going to put up with? How many times can brooke cheat on him for him to actually say enough?

Taylor: He’s been so loyal to her.

Steffy: Beyond. Brooke’s just taken advantage of dad. That’s why we have to do something. Okay, mom, I know you didn’t come back to L.A. To break up dad and brooke. Thomas and I know you wouldn’t do that.

Taylor: No, of course.

Thomas: Well, brooke has been doing a good job of that on her own.

Steffy: Once dad finds out about brooke and deacon, that’s going to be the final straw and as much as I hate the thought of dad being in pain, it’s good to know that you’ll be there to help him. Finally, you two can reunite and we can all be a family again.

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[ Dramatic music ]

Thomas: Charlie, are you sure you can do this? Hack into a security system?

Charlie: Well, technically it’s not hacking. I mean, as– as head of security at forrester, I’m considered an authorized user.

Steffy: Forrester, sure, but we’re talking about the private residence.

Charlie: I set it up. I mean, I hung all the cameras myself. Carefully, precisely, to get the exact right exposure. I think you can consider me authorized.

Steffy: It doesn’t matter if you’re authorized or not. We need you to access the footage. We need proof that brooke kissed deacon.

Brooke: So you really believe my secret’s safe?

Hope: I do. You know, douglas says, stop talking about santa, right? And my dad promised not to tell anyone.

Brooke: Nobody else can ever know.

Hope: Especially not ridge.

Taylor: No matter what, I’m here for you. You know that. And that means that I am here for your wife, too. So if there’s anything that I can do.

Ridge: I–I appreciate all of that more than you know, but I’m actually not here as a patient. I’m here as a friend.

Taylor: Okay, fine. Listen, I can’t help myself. It’s the setting.

Ridge: I get it. Are you happy you moved back?

Taylor: Yeah. It’s the best decision I ever made.

Zende: Look, grace, I appreciate your support. I do, and I agree with you, I think paris and I could be very happy together. What am I saying? We are happy together now. We have a lot of fun. Well, we don’t have is the responsibility of commitment. And if that happens one day, great. But in the meantime, I’m fine with keeping things loose.

Paris: Well, you shouldn’t be. Trust me, zende. Keeping it loose? A bad idea.

Grace: Zende is who my daughter should share her life with. You are an older man who was engaged to her sister. End it with paris or I’ll go to ridge.

Paris: Carter, more wine?

Carter: Thank you.

Paris: So, you want to tell me why you’ve been acting so mysterious? What’s going on in that handsome head of yours?

Carter: Am I being mysterious?

Paris: A little bit.

Carter: I guess everything about the two of us, these feelings we developed… it’s been a bit of a mystery.

Paris: Something that neither of us expected, that’s for sure.

Carter: And it’s also something we’ve kept from everybody. It’s time for that to change.

Ridge: Here’s one of kelly on her birthday.

Taylor: Oh, oh, that is so cute. Steffy never sent that to me, would you?

Ridge: I’ll try. Of course.

Taylor: Too many birthdays missed, too many holidays.

Ridge: Well, not anymore.

Taylor: Not anymore.

[ Both laughing ] Makes me happy to see you smiling.

Ridge: Well, it’s been difficult lately.

Taylor: Yeah. Because of whatever it is that’s going on with brooke.

Brooke: I just have to trust you’re right. You know, and believe that nobody else will learn what happened.

Hope: Yeah. I mean there’s really no reason anyone should.

Brooke: Yeah, it’s just kind of hard not to be concerned. You know, knowing that taylor’s back in town and probably waiting in the sidelines, waiting for something bad for ridge and me to happen and thomas and steffy egging them on. I really don’t think that those two would care if my marriage were to fall apart. As long as their mother had… had another chance with ridge.

Thomas: Still sleeping soundly.

Steffy: Thanks.

Thomas: Yeah. So, how are we doing here?

Charlie: Now, I got the ip address. Just need the password, which is “lemon bars.” That’s it. I’m in.

Steffy: What? You are?

Charlie: Oh, yeah. We got live cameras here. We got a library, we got settings. Let’s see how far back the videos are saved. You say you want to go to new year’s eve?

Thomas: Yeah, yeah. Brooke was having a gathering. Deacon should be there and hope and liam too.

Steffy: Yeah, I think they left around the same time.

Thomas: Okay, yeah. Well, then we need to know if deacon came back.

Charlie: Let’s find out. Kim is now demonstrating her congestion.

Zende: A bad idea?

Grace: Yes, a bad idea. I’m just trying to–

Zende: Come in!

Sequoyah: Hey, zende.

Zende: Hey, sequoyah.

Sequoyah: So, I’m heading to my fitting now, but it shouldn’t take too long. We still on for tonight.

Zende: Definitely.

Sequoyah: Great. My turn to treat this time. No arguments.

Zende: Nope. None. None at all. I’ll see you later.

Sequoyah: Bye.

Zende: Bye. Before you say anything–

Grace: I’m not.

Zende: Your body language is.

Grace: Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I don’t get what you and paris are doing.

Zende: Look. Grace. Paris and I, we have an understanding, and please don’t be mad at her. It is not a crime to not want to settle down, especially at her age. And besides, I’m the one seeing other people, not paris.

Paris: So, what are you saying? You’re ready to start telling people about us, which I’m not totally opposed to, but we don’t really know what this is yet? If there’s a future here.

Carter: I can see it. A future with you. I realize it would be complicated, but I know it will be worth it.

Paris: I think you’re right. A future with you… I could see it too.

Ridge: Did you get it?

Taylor: I did. Oh my gosh, you’re right.

Ridge: You know the best part?

Taylor: What?

Ridge: His team lost 6-1 and he didn’t care at all. Isn’t that cute?

Taylor: Yes.

Ridge: This is nice. Thank you for making it easy.

Taylor: It’s always easy with us, right? I’m glad I can be here. You’ve… you’ve been going through a rough time carrying a heavy weight.

Ridge: Oh, I’m just building muscle. Summer’s coming.

Taylor: Oh, is that what you’re doing?

Ridge: Yeah.

Taylor: Is that how you got your thick skull?

Ridge: Hey.

Taylor: Hey. Oh, ridge. Whatever it is that brooke is going through, I… I know what a loving and committed husband you are to her. Whatever it is, she’s damn lucky to have you.

Charlie: Well, what do you know? A new suspect emerges.

Thomas: Suspect?

Charlie: Yeah, it’s a nefarious sort lurking at brooke’s doorstep on the day in question.

Steffy: Oh, no. It kind of looks like she’s getting a delivery.

Thomas: Yeah.

Steffy: We’re looking for something later in the night.

Charlie: You know, as a professional, I’m–I’m going to jot this down, okay? So, you got a pad and a paper anywhere? You got– ow!

Steffy: Oh, sorry. Damn cactus strikes again.

Charlie: Yeah. One request? Can we remove all dangerous plant life from the immediate vicinity? Thank you very much.

Thomas: Okay, do you want me to take over, charlie?

Charlie: I’m–I’m– I’m trained to push through the pain, thank you very much.

Thomas: All right.

Charlie: Okay, here we go. Okay, we got hope and liam leaving, carrying two very sleepy children.

Steffy: What about deacon? I thought he left?

Charlie: Affirmative. There he goes.

Thomas: Okay. Keep going.

Steffy: Yeah, come on.

Charlie: Bingo.

Steffy: Deacon came back. He came back. Got ya, brooke.

New vicks vapostick. Strong soothing vapors…

Paris: So, I have to ask, what’s inspiring this? You really want to put it out there and tell people about us?

Carter: I don’t want to run around and hide. I did that with quinn. It was wrong. It’s no way to start a relationship.

Paris: I get that. And so will zende. He’ll understand.

Carter: No. He won’T. Zende will never know about us. Nobody will. We have to end our involvement…tonight.

Ridge: Very kind of you, taylor.

Taylor: Well, you are a wonderful husband.

Ridge: Well, sometimes, a lot of times I question that.

Taylor: Yeah? I speak from experience, don’t I?

Ridge: Yes, you do.

Taylor: Ridge, whatever it is that’s going on, your faith in your wife is… it’s beautiful, and you really are there for her. I hope she’s always deserving of that.

Brooke: Oh, my god. I could just imagine what steffy and thomas would do if this were to get out.

Hope: Mom. Mom. I don’t want you to do this, okay? I don’t want you to get caught up in all the negative thinking and all the “what ifs”. Just believe that no one else is going to find out about what happened with dad that night, okay?

Steffy: Can you believe this? Dad’s stranded and he can’t make it back into town and what does brooke do? She invites deacon over.

Thomas: I know. It’s disturbing.

Charlie: Okay, okay, here we go. We’ve got motion on the patio. Could be deacon leaving. No. Oh no, no. Wait, wait. It’s just the opposite. It’s somebody approaching. It’s a small child.

Thomas: Yeah, that’s just douglas. He was looking for a stuffed animal.

Steffy: It must have been when they were kissing. Douglas saw.

Charlie: Bad news. I–I don’t think the cameras caught deacon leaving. I’m already into the next day.

Thomas: Wait. That’s weird. How’s that possible? You said you had the whole place covered, so how did deacon leave unnoticed?

Charlie: Did– wait a minute. Wait, wait. He–he didn’T.

Steffy: Didn’t what?

Charlie: Slip out… until the next morning.

Steffy and thomas: What?

Charlie: There he is. He’s leaving out the back way, dressed in the same clothes.

Steffy: I can’t believe this.

Thomas: He spent the night?

Steffy: I was disgusted before when I heard that brooke kissed deacon, but this?

Thomas: I know. Dad always wants to see the best in her. He wants to, you know, defend her. But.

Steffy: Well, this just shows that she isn’t worthy. I need a copy sent to me right away.

Thomas: Now, roger that.

Charlie: This… this isn’t going to end well for brooke, is it?

Charlie: For brooke? Absolutely not. But it is going to end well for our father, once he finds out the truth out about brooke and deacon.

(Ziploc tab zip opening)

Paris: You want to end this?

Carter: I care about you, paris.

Paris: Okay, so why do this? Why not see where this could go?

Carter: Because it would never work. Not after what I did with quinn and I know that you and zende aren’t serious and then it’s a completely different situation. The forresters will never see it that way. They’ll see me going after zende’s woman, interfering with another forrester relationship and that can jeopardize your standing with the company, with the family, paris. Can’t let that happen.

Paris: Zende will help explain to his family that we agreed to let things be casual. No one’s cheating here. I don’t see how anyone could be upset.

Carter: Just will. It’s complicated. Zende can give you the best life. Everything that being a forrester means.

Paris: I don’t care about that. Something is happening between us, carter. Something that I’ve never felt before and I’m guessing that you haven’t either. We owe it to ourselves to find out what we could have. I don’t want to let you go.

Carter: This is the way it has to be.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Ridge: You know what I miss? I’m just walking into this house, seeing you happy. Hearing you laugh, seeing you smile. Think we’ll ever get there again, you think we’ll ever get past that night? What can I do?

Brooke: I don’t know.

Ridge: I gotta do something. Can’t keep going like this. It’s not your fault.

Brooke: I want to believe that. I do. It’s just… I’m just scared.

Ridge: I’m not scared at all. Because I know what you’re capable of. I know what we can do together. Face anything. Nothing’s going to come between us. You have to believe that.

Thomas: So what’s your next step?

Steffy: We’ll figure that out once mom gets here, but she needs to know the truth about brooke. That there’s a chance that mom and dad could get back together.

Taylor: Steffy? Hey. I got your text. Hey, thomas.

Thomas: Hey.

Taylor: Hi. Is everything okay? Where are the kids?

Steffy: The kids are fine. They’re asleep.

Taylor: Okay. Well, you– are you guys okay? What’s going on?

Steffy: Well, you know how we’ve–we’ve talked about our family quite a lot recently, and, you know, we’re so happy to have you back. It’s just… it’s nice to finally be together. All of us?

Taylor: Yes.

Steffy: Yeah.

Taylor: Yes, it is. Your father and I were just talking about that.

Thomas: Wait. You were with dad?

Taylor: Yeah, yeah. He came by the office to check on me. It was very sweet.

Thomas: Huh.

Steffy: What’s going on, you guys?

Steffy: Mom, dad’s not just being sweet. He really cares about you.

Taylor: Yeah.

Steffy: You’ve confessed that you still love him.

Taylor: Because I do. Steffy, thomas. Is that why I’ve been called over here? Is that what’s so important? I… you guys, I don’t want you getting caught up in wishful thinking, okay. Your father is married to brooke and his life is with her and the logans. It’s really best if we all just accept that and move on, okay?

Steffy: What if we don’t have to? What if we could change that? I mean, we’ve all sensed that something’s off with brooke. Hope’s been worried. So is dad. Thomas and I, we finally figured out what it is. We know now.

Taylor: Wait, something really is wrong?

Steffy: Mm-hm.

Thomas: Very, very wrong.

Steffy: Look, I would never wish for the end of dad’s marriage, and i would hate for him to go through that kind of pain, but after seeing and hearing what we have, mom,

Taylor: Come on. Just tell me what’s going on.

Steffy: We’ve all– come on, mom. We have all given brooke the benefit of the doubt, and we did it for dad’s sake. We thought that she could put dad first, but she’s incapable of it.

Taylor: Steffy, just tell me what has happened–

Steffy: She cheated on him.

[ Taylor gasping ]

Taylor: What?

Steffy: Not just with anyone, mom. With deacon. With deacon.

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Steffy: Douglas thinks he saw brooke kissing deacon.

Thomas: He’s sure of it.

Steffy: So am I. But that’s not enough to convince dad.

Thomas: Okay, right now, we have my son’s word against brooke’s word. I’m not going to put douglas in that position.

Steffy: You don’t have to. I think I know how to get actual proof.

Brooke: I really wish you didn’t go to see deacon.

Ridge: I wasn’t trying to start anything.

Brooke: Makes me nervous. I don’T…

Ridge: Why- no need to be nervous. Deacon doesn’t know what happened on new year’S. Secret is safe.

[Throat clearing]

Zende: Yeah, I’ll give you those changes right away. Okay. All right. Bye. Grace, I’m sorry. I did not mean to keep you waiting.

Grace: It’s okay. I understand you’re very busy. You are a very successful, young man. And paris is very fortunate to have you in her life. And she knows that.

Paris: Wow. I know you said you had something special planned, but this?

Carter: Too much?

Paris: No, it’s perfect.

Carter: Well, this is going to be a night to remember. I wanted you to know that I went all out.

Paris: Well, you are off to a great start.

Zende: Your daughter is an exceptional woman.

Grace: You two make a gorgeous couple. And a happy one, too. Or so I thought.

Zende: So did I. But I am not sure how paris feels about me right now. That’s why I agreed to keep things loose and casual. Take the pressure off. I assume that’s why you want to talk to me.

Grace: It is, but I’m not going to be coy about that. I believe you and paris belong together. And paris may be a little confused right now, but I’m not. You are the only man for my daughter, zende.

Paris: Something smells good in here, and I’m not just talking about your cologne.

Carter: I picked up dinner from that thai spot you love.

Paris: Oh, their yellow curry is my favorite.

Carter: And these… are for you.&

Paris: Thank you.

Carter: It’s important to me, paris. I want you to know how much I appreciate you, and everything we’ve shared.

Paris: Carter, you’re so thoughtful. Okay, I’m gonna put these in some water.

Carter: Right there.

Grace: If you don’t end

things with paris, I will go to

the forrester’s and I will tell

them what you’re up to.

And this time,

they won’t forgive you.

Ridge: So I was just telling your beautiful mom that I ran into deacon, and he doesn’t know about the relapse.

Hope: I heard.

Brooke: Just wish I could go back and change what I did that night. I hate keeping secrets.

Ridge: Well, there are some things that not everybody needs to know, and with that in mind, I’m going to leave the two of you. I won’t be long.

Hope: Thanks, ridge.

Ridge: Right, uh. And I know deacon is family, but for your mother’s sake, let’s, uh, keep him out of what happened on new year’S. Cool? Bye.

Brooke: Bye.

Thomas: You think that we can prove brooke was with deacon?

Steffy: It’ll take some work, but maybe.

Thomas: Okay. I don’t want douglas involved.

Steffy: No, he already told us brooke and deacon were kissing. It’s up to us to get the evidence to bring to dad.

Thomas: Right. So what evidence?

Steffy: Something he can’t excuse or explain away. We need access to the video footage from dad and brooke’s security system. (Peaceful music)

Grace: I can feel how much you care about paris. She is extraordinary.

Zende: She is. And having paris in my life has made it so much better. I don’t want to lose her, but I don’t want to hold her back either.

Grace: I see.

Zende: My feelings for paris haven’t changed, but like I said, I am not sure that she still feels the same way about me.

Paris: Try it.

Carter: Mm! Oh, that’s spicy.

Paris: That’s why I like it.

Carter: Why am I not surprised?

Paris: Too hot for you?

Carter: Just right on the edge.

Paris: Maybe that’s how you like it. You’re thinking about it, aren’t you?

Carter: What?

Paris: The spark between us. I can’t stop thinking about it either. I don’t know what’s happening with us, carter, but I didn’t expect it to happen and I don’t know where it’s going, but I’d really like to find out.

[Knocking]

Taylor: Um, audrey, good. You know what, if you can give me the file on mr.Johnson, I’m going to need– ridge, hi.

Ridge: Hey. You got a minute, or you too busy saving the world?

Taylor: I always have a minute for you. What brings you by?

Ridge: I just thought I’d check on you and your new haircut looks, it looks really nice.

Taylor: Yeah?

Ridge: Mm hm.

Taylor: Oh, thanks. Yeah, it was getting so long. Seemed a little wig-gy.

Ridge: Never thought that. How are you doing?

Taylor: I’m wonderful. Even better, now that you’re here,

Brooke: Keeping this secret is making me miserable.

Hope: And you feel like you don’t have a choice.

Brooke: It’s deacon. If the truth gets out, it could be the end of my marriage.

Thomas: We need proof, but accessing footage from brooke and dad’s house? Steff, come on.

Steffy: I know a security professional who could, and luckily for us, he’s on the payroll.

[Phone ringing]

Charlie: This is security. What’s your emergency?

Steffy: Uh, it’s not an emergency, charlie, but I do need help with something,

Charlie: Madam ceo, this is head of security, webber, at your service.

Steffy: That’s what I like to hear. I do have a special assignment for you. Could you come to the house, so we can discuss?

Charlie: Come to the house, now?

Steffy: Yes, it’s urgent and strictly need-to-know. Don’t tell anyone where you’re going.

Charlie: Covert ops. Got it. You can count on me, boss. Be there before you can say “asap.”

Thomas: Okay, you think charlie can help us?

Steffy: We just need someone to get into dad and brooke’s security system. We need to get the footage and get proof that brooke was with deacon that night. I’m amber.

Grace: Yes, paris is young, and she’s gone through a lot of things since she’s come to los angeles. But she always speaks very highly of you, zende.

Zende: Paris and I, uh, get along together. I thought there was a future. Paris clearly just, she isn’t ready for that.

Grace: I know my daughter’s mind, as well as her heart. Never give up on her, zende. You can have the future you imagined. I am certain of it.

Paris: Are you sure you don’t need a little bit of help?

Carter: No, it can wait till later. We should, uh, talk about why I asked you to come over here tonight.

Paris: Oh, so you weren’t just trying to feed me?

Carter: It’s no secret… how I feel about you, paris. How much I admire you. You have this, this light about you. When I’m around you, I get this, this bursts of positive energy. It inspires me. Makes me want to spend even more time with you.

Paris: You do the same for me, even though I still feel a little guilty about zende, but, but he’s seeing other people, and agreeing to be casual. So there’s no reason that we can’t explore what you and I could have together.

Carter: Don’t look at me like that.

Paris: No?

Taylor: Sit down.

Ridge: Thank you. We missed you at the house the other night, but just know the kids are already planning another family dinner for us.

Taylor: Oh, that’s great. I was bummed I couldn’t get away the other night. Nothing makes me happier than spending time with you and our kids and our grandkids. But I have to ask, um, is, is brooke okay with this family dinner idea? She hasn’t been herself lately, ridge, I’m not the only one that’s noticed. Something’s going on with brooke. Talk to me.

Hope: Mum, I’m not going to encourage you to keep a secret, especially when I can tell how much it’s hurting you inside. But I do understand your fear.

Brooke: I just feel so trapped, you know? Not being able to tell ridge the truth, but, keeping it inside makes me feel sick, and I didn’t want to drag you into this, honey. And I am mortified that douglas knows, that he saw me kissing santa

Hope: Hey, mom. He didn’t recognize that it was deacon, and he hasn’t mentioned it in a while. So I really think the best thing to do is just put it out of your mind.

Thomas: What makes you think that charlie can do this? I mean, hacking into a security system?

Steffy: It’s the only way to get footage of what happened on new year’s eve, and charlie is familiar with the systems. He helped me access something with an ip address before, and I’m hoping he can do it again.

Thomas: Okay. All right. Let’s assume he can do it. Will he?

[Knocking]

Steffy: I think that’s him. Hi, charlie, come on in. Thank you for coming.

Charlie: Yeah. Thomas. Are we, are we expecting the whole family?

Thomas: No, no, no. It’s just us.

Charlie: Oh, oh! Well, listen, if you asked me over to watch the kiddies, this is uncle charlie on the case.

Steffy: It’s actually a security job, something that needs to be handled discreetly.

Charlie: What do you, uh, what do you need me to do?

Steffy: We need you to access the security footage of dad and brooke’s house.

New vicks vapostick. Strong soothing vapors…

Grace: My daughter is a very bright, young woman. But she doesn’t always know what’s best for her. I do. And I am not going to allow anyone or anything to interfere with the happiness I know you two could have together.

Grace: Whatever

this is between you and

paris, it ends today,

or I’m going to the forresters.

Paris: What is it, carter?

Carter: I don’t want you to think that I asked you to come over here under false pretenses. I did want to spend the evening with you, make it special, you know, I want you to understand how I feel about you, even if…

Paris: Even if? What is it? You can talk to me.

Carter: I meant when I said, paris. I asked you to come over here because I want to talk about us. We have to make a decision about this and where we’re going from here.

Taylor: Well, it’s clear that, that you and hope are both concerned about brooke for some reason. I’m not the only one that’s noticed. I– hope came by and she confronted me and steffy. She said that you and her were having a challenging time. Thomas said that she hasn’t been coming into the office, that she’s missed a few meetings. And whenever I bring up the subject of brooke with you, you, you make that face. Get tense.

Ridge: I’m not no, I’m not tense at all, it’s just not something I want to ge into. Everything is fine.

Taylor: I don’t think everything is fine. I think something is going on. I offered my support to hope. And brooke, they both turned me down, which I understand. I’m just going to ask you. Is there anything I can do to help brooke?

Hope: You need to enjoy your time with ridge and not waste it worrying about whether or not someone is going to uncover the secret because, frankly, I can’t imagine how they would.

Charlie: Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You, you want me to access ridge and brooke’s home security footage?

Thomas: And they can’t know about it.

Steffy: Not until we see what’s in the files.

Charlie: Did, did something happen while they were out, I mean, a jewelry heist, I mean, you think there was a crime?

Steffy: It’s a crime, all right, but not like you’re thinking.

Thomas: So can you do it, charlie? I mean, steffy says you know the system.

Charlie: Well, we upgraded the whole system when sheila came back to town. I picked out all the components myself, the top of the line stuff.

Steffy: So, you, you can do it? You can look at the footage.

Charlie: Yeah. I probably shouldn’t say this, but of course I can.

Thomas: Can you do it from here?

Charlie: Got a computer?

Steffy: Ye– yeah, here.

Charlie: Oh. Well, it should do the trick, I just have to know what I’m looking for.

Thomas: And remember, charlie, no one can know about this.

Charlie: On the qt, got it.

Steffy: We’re almost certain brooke was with another man on new year’s eve.

Charlie: Get out! I mean, stay, but what?

Steffy: Yeah. And right now, it’s our word against hers. So that’s why we need proof. We need evidence that she betrayed dad.

Charlie: Wow, this is sensitive stuff.

Thomas: Yeah, very sensitive stuff.

Steffy: And we’re just trying to protect our father, and I know you’d want that too.

Charlie: Of course. I just can’t believe that brooke would throw her whole life in the wood chipper like that. Eh. Okay, who’s the guy?

Steffy: Hope’s father.

Charlie: Deacon? Deacon sharpe?

Steffy: You understand why this is so urgent? My dad despises that man. And he warned hope and brooke about him since he came back to la that he was trouble.

Thomas: Yeah, and he was right. Steffy: Yeah.

Thomas: The issue is that my son was the person who saw them together, and I don’t want douglas involved in any of this. So we need evidence that we can show everyone.

Charlie: You know, um, brooke has always been really, really good to me. But on the other hand, I answer to you and ridge, and he’s very lucky to have two of you looking out for him. So if what you’re saying is true, and I don’t want to believe it, then there’s only one way to know for sure if deacon was with brooke on new year’s eve. We’re going to find out.

Steffy: My father spent years enthralled with brooke, always putting her happiness above everything else. Brooke never did the same for him. It’s time for dad to open his eyes and get brooke out of his life. And then he can finally give his relationship with my mother, with our mother a fighting chance, if, if we can prove brooke was with deacon that night.

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Steffy: Brooke and deacon? Deacon! They played dad for a fool.

Thomas: Lying to his face.

Steffy: There’s no way he’s going to put up with this!

Thomas: I don’t know, steff. I mean, dad has blinders on when it comes to brooke.

Steffy: Not anymore. Not after what douglas justold you. This could be the end of dad’s marriage to brooke.

Brooke: I should have cut

you off a couple of drinks ago.

You know? There.

Hope: Douglas

said he saw you.

He saw you kissing santa claus.

Brooke : Christmas and

new year’s is over.

And you know what we say?

We say the past is in the past.

Right? Okay, douglas?

Douglas : Okay, grandma.

Brooke : Oh!

All is forgotten.

[Door clicking]

[Brooke exhales]

Ridge: Hi.

[Paris clears her throat]

Paris: Why are you guys looking at me like that?

Katie: Um, well, we– we, we were just talking about, um…

Zende: It’s okay. I’ve got nothing to hide. I was just opening up to katie about us. And how I’m still crazy about you.

Grace: End it with paris. Have I made myself clear?

Carter: Grace…

Grace: Zende and paris love each other. That’s who my daughter deserves. That’s her future. Not you.

Katie: Okay. Well, for what it’s worth, um, I think you’re both young and beautiful and fabulous and whatever you decide to be or not to be, to each other then um… it’ll be okay. And I wish you all the best for the future. Okay?

Zende: Thank you, katie. She’s right, you know? What we have is special. We’re great together. And I know that we agreed to keep things loose and casual. I know you’re not ready to jump into anything right now.

Carter: I think we need to slow down here.

Grace: That’s funny coming from you. Were you not just kissing my daughter?

Carter: Paris is a grown, single woman.

Grace: Then why were you hiding it? Because you know it was wrong. Zende still has feelings for paris. But why am I not surprised? That’s how you treat your friends. Eric was a friend, too, right? 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.

Ridge: You’ve got to stop doing this. You’ve done nothing wrong.

Brooke: That’s not true–

Ridge: That is true. You’ve been fighting your demons for so long. You’ve been winning. It’s just one slip up. Doesn’t change everything that you’ve done. It doesn’t change who you are. My… sexy, gorgeous, beautiful wife. Don’t forget that, please.

Steffy: You destroy everything.

Thomas: Douglas and kelly are still watching the movie.

Steffy: Brooke doesn’t love dad. She never did, she doesn’t know how. All she knows how to do is just crave and destroy. And for what this time? Because dad couldn’t make it home on new year’s eve?

Thomas: Steff. I, I am as frustrated and concerned as you are. Okay? But douglas, he’s just a kid. So what if we are jumping to conclusions? What if he was possibly mistaken?

Steffy: What if he’s not? What if we could save dad before things get worse? This could change everything, thomas. For us, for our family. For mom and dad. We have to find out exactly what happened that night. We have to talk to douglas together.

New vicks vapostick. Strong soothing vapors…

Zende: So! How have you been? How’s life? How’s your mom settling in? How’s work at the foundation? Have you been on any interesting dates lately?

Paris: Oh, so you’re just going to tack on dating to the end of your laundry list like I wouldn’t notice.

Zende: It sounded more subtle in my head.

Paris: Oh, I’m not the one going on hot dates with models.

Zende: Sequoyah?

Paris: I don’t know. Is there anymore?

Zende: Not that I can recall. No.

Paris: Well, how was the date?

Zende: It was cool. We went to this spot downtown, listened to some live music. She’s really nice.

Paris: And very beautiful.

Zende: This is awkward. This doesn’t feel awkward to you?

Paris: I wasn’t the one who brought up dating.

[Sighs] Look, this shouldn’t feel awkward. Above everything we’re friends, right?

Zende: Yeah, we sure are. And listen, no matter how great the date was or how beautiful sequoyah might be, it doesn’t change how I feel about you. I don’t say that to put pressure on you or make things more awkward than they are. I just, um, — I know how much you value your freedom and being single. And I just want you to be happy, paris.

Carter: I don’t respond well to threats.

Grace: I’m concerned for my daughter. And I would do anything to protect paris.

Carter: Paris doesn’t need protection from me.

Grace: How many people have you hurt with your lies? And your affair with quinn? Zoe was one of them. She called off your engagement and stayed halfway across the world just to get away from you–

Carter: You have no idea what zoe did to me. You don’t know me.

Grace: I don’t have to. I don’t know, carter. Maybe you are a good guy who’s made some terrible mistakes but you are not good enough for my daughter. Zende is who my daughter should share her life with. Zende is– he’s wonderful. He’s a prince. And she is not going to throw all that away on you. You are an older man who was engaged to her sister. And had an affair with his boss’s wife? You’re a mess. End it with paris, or I’ll go to ridge.

Brooke: What are you doing?

Ridge: Hang on.

Brooke: “I’ve been waiting for you, darling.” Your first words to me. Even though they weren’t meant for me.

Ridge: Don’t remember that. All I remember is you standing by the pool.

Brooke: Serving champagne. I was so in awe of all of you. Especially you, ridge forrester.

Ridge: I was in awe of you. Still am. Look at us. After all these years it feels like it took a lifetime to get here, but we’re here, we made it through everything. We’re going to figure this out, too. I love you too much.

Brooke: I love you more. There’s something I want to say, something I want to tell you.

Brooke: What?

Ridge: I went to see deacon, today.

Steffy: Go, figure. Brooke told douglas to keep quiet, not say anything about what he saw.

Thomas: Yeah, I can’t imagine how brooke must have reacted when she heard douglas was going around saying he saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Steffy: He must have been so confused. Thomas, I promise to talk to douglas gently. I don’t want to put any more pressure on him. But we need to make sure if brooke was really kissing deacon.

Thomas: Okay. Okay. But after that, he’s done. I don’t want douglas involved in any more of this.

Steffy: Agreed.

Thomas: Okay. Nyquil severe gives you powerful relief

[Knocking]

Zende: Come in. Grace?

Grace: I asked pam in reception where you might be. I hope I’m not intruding.

Zende: No, no, absolutely not. What can I do for you?

Grace: Well, to be honest, I did a little digging on you.

Zende: Aha, be careful. You can’t believe everything you read.

Grace: Maybe you’re right but it was pretty incredible.

Zende: What did you find out?

Grace: Oh, it was about a young boy from africa who lost both his parents, who lived in an orphanage where he also lost his brother. A person who came from the worst of circumstances and accomplished what you have? That’s incredible. You’re an amazing man, zende.

Zende: Thank you.

Grace: I am so grateful paris has someone like you in her life. But I need to talk to you about your relationship with her.

Paris : There is someone

that I can’t

stop thinking about.

Carter : And I can’t stop

thinking about you, either.

[Knocking]

Paris: Hey, I got your texts, what’s up? You wanted to see me?

Carter: Yeah. Yes. You okay?

Paris: Oh, I don’t know. I was just with the zende and things are really confusing with him right now. He really cares about me and I don’t want to hurt him but I can’t stop thinking about you.

Brooke: You talked to deacon?

Ridge: I did. I found him exactly where I knew he would be, in the bar surrounded by bottles. It’s the kind of guy he is. You don’t need that in your life, not now, not ever, really. So I told him to stay away from us, to stay away from you. And I know you want him in hope’s life, but–

Brooke: Wait, wait– did you talk to him about my relapse?

Ridge: What? No. Of course I didn’t talk to him about that because you know what, he would use that to try to get close to you. He– no, he’d be the last person I’d talked to about anything.

Douglas: Aunt steffy, you wanted to see me?

Steffy: Yeah.

Thomas: Now, you know, bud, we just uh, want to talk to you for a second.

Douglas: Is this about what I saw at grandma’s house?

Thomas: Yeah. Yeah. Could you uh– could you tell us what you saw?

Douglas: But daddy, I already told you.

Thomas: I know, I know, but aunt steffy just wanted to hear it from you.

Steffy: It’s okay, douglas. We’re a family and we don’t keep secrets.

Douglas: I saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Steffy: But it wasn’t santa, was it?

Douglas: It was mommy’s dad, it was deacon. Hello, how can I?

Zende: You want to talk about my relationship with paris?

Grace: I do. If that’s okay?

Zende: Ah, sure. Of course.

Grace: I know you both have agreed to be non-exclusive but I also know how much you care about my daughter. I see how much you light up when she comes around. You love her.

Zende: Paris is an amazing woman. I just want her to be happy. That’s all I really care about.

Grace: I know. And that’s what I care about, too. And there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to protect my daughter and give her the happiness that she deserves.

Paris: Carter. Carter?

Carter: Yeah um, I can’t stop thinking about you either.

Paris: What’s going on?

Carter: Nothing.

Paris: Something is on your mind.

Carter: You’re right. But let’s not talk about this here. That’s why I texted you, I wanted to ask you to come over to my place later. I have something special planned.

Paris: Oh, yeah?

Carter: I don’t want to sound presumptuous but it might be a night we never forget.

Paris: Okay, I need to get back to work.

Carter: See you later.

Ridge: Here. I know you fought hard to have deacon in your life but you really do have to trust me on this one.

Brooke: What did deacon say?

Ridge: I don’t know. He said that he was protecting you and that he knew things about you that I don’T. He’s desperate, pathetic. I promise you, he knows nothing about what happened on new year’s eve.

Douglas: And when I got there, I looked in the window and that’s when I saw them, kissing, grandma and santa. I mean, I thought it was santa because of the hat and all but when daddy told me to think real hard about what I saw, I realized it was mommy’s daddy.

Steffy: Your dad said that your grandmother told you not to tell anyone. Is that true?

Douglas: And I don’t want to make her mad but it just didn’t feel right keeping it from dad.

Thomas: Yeah. You did the right thing, bud.

Steffy: Yeah, douglas. I know you feel uncomfortable right now but you’re being so brave.

Thomas: Yeah.

Steffy: Okay, I’m gonna ask you one more time. Are you absolutely sure you saw your grandmother kissing deacon?

Douglas: Yes. I’m sure.

Thomas: Okay. I don’t want you to worry about this. All right, bud?

Douglas: Okay.

Thomas: All right. You want to go finish watching your movie with kelly?

Douglas: Okay, daddy.

Thomas: Okay. All right.

Douglas: See you later!

Thomas: See ya!

[Door clicks]

Steffy: I believe every word he said.

Thomas: Yeah, me too. But again, he’s just a kid, right? And brooke could deny it. Then it would be brooke’s word against his.

Steffy: Then we need proof. Something to make it impossible for brooke to deny that she was with deacon.

Thomas: Okay, how are we going to get proof?

Steffy: That’s it. That’s it, I know how we’ll prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that what douglas said is true. We’ll expose brooke. Deacon and brooke kissing? Dad deserves so much better than that. He deserves someone who truly loves and cares for him. He deserves our mother. This could change everything. This could. Our family could finally be reunited, thomas.

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[ Dramatic music ]

Steffy: What did you just say?

Thomas: I couldn’t believe it either. But douglas wouldn’t make something like this up.

Steffy: Of course not, but… he is a little boy with a very vivid imagination.

Thomas: Okay, but I don’t think douglas is imagining anything.

Steffy: How can you be so sure?

Thomas: I can’t be 100 percent sure. But the way that he was talking, he definitely saw brooke kissing santa claus. Except it wasn’t santa, and it wasn’t dad. It was deacon. Brooke was kissing deacon.

Brooke: Thank you, sweetie.

Hope: You know, it is going to be okay, mom.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: I want to believe that. I do. But secrets have a way of coming out. And douglas knows enough not to talk about it, but… now, I’m just worried about your father.

Hope: Dad promised not to tell anyone anything about what happened between the two of you. Especially not to ridge.

Deacon: You think you know everything there is to know about brooke, don’t you?

Ridge: I do.

Deacon: You think you’re so much better than me. Ivy league education, captain of industry. To me, you seem like a guy that was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. You’re just so confident, aren’t you? So sure that brooke would never want anything to do with a guy like me.

Ridge: I was with you until that whole baseball analogy. My point is this: Brooke tolerates you because of hope. If you think there’s anything else, then you’re just delusional.

Deacon: Delusional, huh? If only you knew. If only.

Katie: So what do you think? Zende?

Zende: Sorry, what?

Katie: I was just talking about the design school panel. They sent the questions in advance. They want to talk to you because you’re a young, successful designer. They want to know about your aesthetic, about your process. But I do have to warn you, all questions are on the table, including those regarding your personal life.

Paris: Hey, I didn’t mean to interrupt.

Katie: Actually, you’re right on time because you might be able to help me with something. Zende here seems a little distracted, and I think I might be looking at the reason why.

Grace: Zende forrester is the ideal young man for paris. And he was all set to propose to her, but that didn’t happen, did it, carter?

Carter: No.

Grace: How long have you had your eye on paris?

Carter: Look, I don’t know what you mean.

Grace: Of course you do, but you’re pretending otherwise. I mean what I say. Paris deserves the very best and that’s zende, not you.

Paris: Actually, it’s you I wanted to speak with katie, but it’s not pressing, we can do it later.

Zende: Or I can go, but you guys can talk now.

Paris: No, no, it’s, it’s not urgent.

Katie: Are you sure?

Paris: Yeah, I am. Oh, by the way, good luck with the design panel tomorrow.

Zende: Thank you. Who told you about that?

Paris: Word gets around.

Katie: Hm.

Zende: The answer is yes.

Katie: I’m sorry, what was the question?

Zende: I could see it on your face. You’re wondering if something’s off between paris and me? It is.

Carter: You obviously like zende very much.

Grace: He is an exemplary young man.

Carter: I agree. There’s no one finer.

Grace: That almost sounds like you consider him to be a friend.

Carter: He is a friend.

Grace: I see. And this is how you treat a friend?

Carter: I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Grace: If you think so much of zende, why were you kissing paris? That’s right, carter. I saw you kissing my daughter.

Ridge: What is it you think you know that I don’T. Nothing? All right. There he is. The con man lying his way through life.

Deacon: You don’t know where I come from. You don’t know what I’ve been through and you sure as hell don’t know jack about who I am now.

Ridge: I know exactly who you are now because I don’t buy any of this, “I’m a changed man” stuff at all. You’re exactly who you always were. You come into town and people get hurt. You’re going to do something and you gonna hurt brooke or hope or both of them because that is who you are. Now, I’m not going to let that happen, I’m going to protect them both from you.

[ Deacon chuckling ]

Deacon: You know, who would have thought that you and I have something in common? We’re both protecting her.

Brooke: If it weren’t for the alcohol, I never would have ended up in deacon’s arms. We never would have kissed and my marriage never would have been in jeopardy.

Hope: Mom, you can’t think like that. And besides, ridge, he loves you.

Brooke: I know that, honey. And I always want to believe that love conquers all, but in this case, with a secret that is this explosive?

Steffy: My god. Deacon and brooke?

Thomas: I know. Shocking. But not.

Steffy: The two of them… kissing on new year’s eve

Thomas: While dad was out of town.

Steffy: But dad was desperate to come home to be with brooke so she wouldn’t be alone.

Thomas: Well, now we know brooke wasn’t alone.

Steffy: According to douglas.

Thomas: I believe him, sis.

Steffy: Okay, I have to hear everything douglas told you. Thomas, this could change everything. I’m steve.

Zende: So that’s where things stand. I love paris. There is no one like her. But at the same time, I don’t want to pressure her. So that is why I agreed to keep things casual.

Katie: Why do I get the feeling you’re regretting saying that now.

Grace: I’m sure you understand my shock. Walking in here earlier and seeing you lip locked with my daughter?

Carter: You saw us?

Grace: Where are your morals? Your sense of decency? Going behind your so-called friend’s back, trying to steal his girlfriend?

Carter: With all due respect, it’s not like you’re making it out to be.

Grace: Oh, spare me. I don’t want to hear it. I will not let this continue.

Ridge: You’re protecting brooke?

Deacon: Yeah, I am.

Ridge: From what? From what, deacon?

[ Deacon chuckling ]

Deacon: You know, you keep mistaking my restraint for deference. I never realized this about you, but you’re a bully. You are. No, it’s true. I’ve dealt with them all my life, and I’ve got to tell you, I don’t like them.

Ridge: Bully? What are we? 12. I’m asking you, what are you protecting my wife from? What is it?

Hope: Despite his faults, deacon loves you, and he’s going to do his best to protect and defend you, and I know that. And you should too.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: So you’re saying I shouldn’t worry?

Hope: I’m just saying I don’t want this to completely overtake your life. You know, there are four people who know what really happened that new year’s eve. It’s you, me, liam and my dad. And those are four people who are committed to not saying anything.

Brooke: And douglas, honey. A sweet, innocent little boy who thinks he saw me kissing santa, all because deacon was wearing that santa hat. He has no idea of the ramifications of what he saw. If he says anything, if it gets out? I talked to him, I did, but he’s a child and he already told thomas and steffy and ridge, and they laughed it off like it was some joke. What if he says something again? What if he tells thomas, his dad? I mean, thomas, he’ll just run off to steffy and taylor, and my marriage will be over for good. It’ll be the beginning of the end of ridge and me.

Steffy: Douglas and kelly are still watching the movie.

Thomas: You didn’t say anything to douglas about–

Steffy: No, no, of course not. Now, tell me everything douglas said to you. I want every detail.

Thomas: You already know most of it. You were here with dad and me, when douglas told the story. He saw grandma kissing santa claus. What we didn’t know was that it was actually on new year’s eve and not christmas eve.

Steffy: That’s something else entirely.

Thomas: Yeah. It started out innocent enough. Douglas, he wanted his little stuffed… stuffed rabbit, peanut butter. Right? So, he went up to the main house, looked through the window and saw…

Steffy: Brooke kissing santa.

Thomas: And then I asked him, “maybe it was one of santa’s helpers? Could you remember santa’s face?” And he did. It wasn’t santa claus? It was deacon sporting a santa hat.

Steffy: Wow. Wow, wow. Dad can’t make it home because of a business trip and brooke turns to deacon. The one person dad hates more than anyone. What was she thinking?

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Zende: Paris says that she wants her freedom, but she doesn’t want to rush things that threw me, you know, hearing how important it is to her when she’s never mentioned it before.

Katie: Well, why would she mention it now?

Zende: What do you mean?

Katie: Why would she say something like that, unless maybe there’s another guy who’s caught her eye?

Carter: I understand you’re upset, but if you allow me to explain–

Grace: You don’t have to. I’ve spoken to zoe. I know about your affair with eric forrester’s wife and what it did to zoe and how much it hurt her.

Carter: And I regret that more than I can say.

Grace: Do you regret sneaking around with quinn too? Violating the sanctity of her marriage with eric forrester? I mean, what kind of man are you, carter? Someone who’s untrustworthy and duplicitous? Because that’s how it appears to me. I don’t find you trustworthy at all and nor are you worthy of paris. I hate having to be so blunt, but your actions have left me no other choice. First and always, I am a mother and I would do whatever it takes to protect my girls. You crossed the line, carter, with what you did to zoe, and I won’t stand by and let that happen to paris.

Ridge: You’re not going to answer me, are you? All right. Let me help you. If you really want to protect brooke, here’s what you do. Sneak out in the middle of the night, like you always do, because you know what? You being here is bad for brooke.

Deacon: Yeah, it kind of shows how much you know, ridge.

Hope: Mom, I mean, you’ve been through so much already. I just, I don’t want to see you get yourself worked up even more.

Brooke: I’m trying not to, honey, really, but my mind keeps taking me back to that night. You know, if ridge finds out what happened… we’ve been through a lot through the years. And he’s forgiven me for… for a lot of things and there’s a limit, you know, a limit to what you can forgive.

Hope: Mom. Please listen to me. You have to stop putting so much stress and pressure on yourself, and you just… you just recommitted to your sobriety. And I think you should just focus on that. You know, not let all this fear and panic overtake you and… try to stay positive and really just… think that, you know, no one’s going to find out about that night and and your secret will be safe. And it’s going to stay that way.

Thomas: Douglas was conflicted. Brooke told him not to say anything, to keep it in the past.

Steffy: Of course she did. She’s trying to cover it up. That’s what the logans do.

Thomas: You think that’s it?

Steffy: What other reason could it be? Why would they tell douglas to keep quiet if it isn’t true?

Thomas: I see your point.

Steffy: Thomas, you know what this could mean for mom and dad?

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Katie: Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to make you feel insecure. It’s just that if paris is saying these things, could it be there’s another guy in her life?

Grace: You have a history, carter. Not only did you have an affair with eric forrester’s wife, you were engaged to zoe at the time. You were carrying on with quinn behind my daughter’s back. Do you think that’s the kind of man a mother wants in either of her daughters’ lives?

Carter: First, I was not engaged to zoe when I had my affair with quinn. That engagement fell apart because your daughter threw herself at zende. Now, I realized I did things that goes against who I am as a person, the way I try to live my life, but I hate that I hurt zoe. And I hate that I complicated quinn’s life and that I almost lost my friendship with eric and the forresters, but I’ve been working very hard to repair that relationship. From what I understand, zoe is doing well in paris, she’s moving on with her life.

Grace: Professionally, yes, she’s moved on. But in speaking to her, deep down, I believe she’s still in love with you, and I am not going to allow paris to get involved with the man her sister was going to marry. The man her sister still has feelings for. Paris is a jewel. She was named after the most beautiful city in the world. She should be cherished. And that’s what zende does. He cherishes her and appreciates her, and that’s why I am putting a stop to this right now. And if you don’t end things with paris, I will go to the forresters and I will tell them what you’re up to and what you’re doing to zende, another member of their family. And this time, they won’t forgive you. Have I made myself clear, carter?

Hope: You need to believe it, mom. That’s your secret. That it’s going to remain a secret. Forever.

Thomas: I hate to think of dad being played for a fool by brooke, especially at the hands of deacon.

Steffy: Me too, but I could see it coming. You could too. Brooke refusing to listen to dad, hell bent on having deacon back in her life despite their affair.

Thomas: Yeah, well, that was the worst scandal in her family’s history. Brooke sleeping with her daughter’s husband and then having his child,

Steffy: Brooke obviously wouldn’t have slept with him if they didn’t have a connection.

Thomas: Sounds like that connection has been reignited.

Steffy: Sounds like? Are you starting to doubt douglas?

Thomas: No, that’s not what I’m saying. Well, okay, look. Yeah, it’s possible. Douglas… it was dark, and maybe he was mistaken.

Steffy: Thomas, need i remind you that douglas was the one who told us baby beth was alive?

Thomas: I 100 percent believe him, okay? I’m just saying we have to be 100 percent sure.

Steffy: Exactly. Especially if you consider what this could mean for our family, because if brooke truly turned to deacon, dad’s not going to stand for it. He’s going to end their marriage.

Thomas: And that could turn over a new chapter in dad and mom’s relationship.

Steffy: Maybe mom is back for a reason. Maybe this is true destiny at work. Mom’s been alone for so long, and we both know how in love she is with dad. Yes, dad’s been stuck with brooke and the logans, but I really feel that our dad and our mom will finally reunite. This could happen, thomas. Our family could finally be together, a strong family, and we would win this time. Not the logans, but forresters.

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[ Dramatic music ]

Thomas: Were you afraid to tell me the truth?

Douglas: No, I’m glad I told you the truth.

Thomas: Me too. Me too. Okay, so you’re absolutely positive?

Douglas: Yes. Grandma was kissing santa claus except it wasn’t santa, it was mommy’s dad.

Thomas: Brooke was kissing deacon?

[ Thomas sighing ]

Brooke: That night will haunt me for the rest of my life. What button was pushed to make me act so recklessly? Kissing deacon of all people. Drinking with him, waking up with him. What possessed me?

Deacon: Sheila, don’t you have somewhere else that you need to be?

Sheila: Nope. I’m good right here. I’m enjoying your scintillating company.

Deacon: Okay, look, this isn’t social hour here, all right? I’m working.

Sheila: Yeah, clearly you are. You’ve been working overtime. Getting brooke to have drinks with you on new year’s eve? That is quite impressive.

Deacon: You don’t know what you’re talking about.

Sheila: Well then, why don’t you enlighten me? Are drinks the only thing that you shared with brooke?

Sheila: Come on, deacon. If you did more than raise a couple of glasses with brooke, you’ve got to be dying to brag about that. And I’m right here, captive audience.

Deacon: Sheila, if anything else happened between me and brooke, you’d be the last person to know.

Sheila: That hurts. You’re saying that to your only friend?

Deacon: Oh, give me a break. You would sell me out 100 ways to sunday if you thought it would ruin brooke’s life.

Sheila: What?

Deacon: Ridge. You’ve got to get out of here now.

[ Sheila gasping ]

Sheila: Maybe he found out you spent a tipsy new year’s with this wife.

Hope: You’ve been trying so hard to figure out what made you drink that night. But maybe you’re trying too hard.

Liam: Hope’s got a poinT. Maybe it won’t come to you until after you stop thinking about it.

Brooke: It’s just driving me crazy. It doesn’t make sense.

Liam: Well, not everything does. Sometimes you just have to keep living, even if we don’t get all the answers we want.

Brooke: Thank you for going to deacon. I hope he keeps his word.

Hope: Don’t worry about dad. He promised me that he would not tell anyone about what happened between the two of you.

Thomas: Okay, so you’re 100% sure that you saw grandma kissing deacon?

Douglas: At first, I thought it was santa because he was wearing a santa hat. But when you told me to think really hard about what I saw, I remembered more. It wasn’t santa. It was mommy’s dad. It was deacon.

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Carter: We are playing with fire.

Paris: I know. But at least we remembered to close the door.

Carter: Yeah? But I bet it’s not locked and if it were, that would be suspicious. Paris this is… dangerous. Giving into this chemistry between us here at work or anywhere else for that matter.

Paris: I know. But… when I’m close to you…

Carter: We have to have more control.

Paris: I know. Anyone could have walked in. Zende, eric, ridge. Not to mention your mom who clearly wants you to be with zende.

Paris: Yeah, you’re right. It’s–it’s too risky. But I can’t stop thinking about you, wanting to kiss you, be in your arms…

Carter: I want that too.

Sheila: So what do you think the odds are that ridge is here to pick up takeout? No, you know? I’d have to think that he found out about your happy hour with brooke and he’s here to smash your face.

Deacon: Go out the back now before he sees you. Go!

Sheila: You never let me have any fun. Okay, I’ll go.

Ridge: Wow! Could you be any more predictable?

Deacon: Am I supposed to know what that means?

Ridge: Out of all the nice places in L.A., This is where you hang out, right here in a bar.

Brooke: Deacon promised to keep the secret?

Hope: Yeah.

Liam: Hopefully, we can trust him this time.

Hope: We can.

>. Brooke: You’re so sure about that?

Hope: I am. And for two reasons: First, that deacon made that promise to me, his daughter. And if he were to go back on that promise it would ruin the relationship that we’ve been building. You know, dad’s worked really hard to earn back my trust. And I don’t think he would betray that.

Brooke: I want to believe that.

Liam: You said two reasons, though. What’s–what’s the other one?

Hope: Mom. Dad doesn’t want you to be in any pain. He doesn’t want to hurt you. He just wants to make you happy. He loves you.

Liam: Well, I’d buy that. I mean, why would– why would deacon purposely alienate the woman he claims to love?

Brooke: I pray you’re right.

Hope: It will be okay, mom. Dad won’t talk.

Brooke: I hope douglas won’t either.

Douglas: So later, I realized I forgot my stuffed bunny. I wanted to go get it but liam said to wait ’til morning.

Thomas: But you went anyway?

Douglas: But not to be bad. I couldn’t fall asleep.

Thomas: You know it’s not okay to disobey liam, right?

Douglas: I know. I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.

Thomas: Okay, so then you went up to the main house…

Douglas: And when I got to the window, that’s when I saw them: Grandma kissing santa.

Thomas: Only you’re saying that santa was actually deacon.

Douglas: Yes.

[ Thomas sighing ]

Thomas: Are you sure?

Steffy: Kelly’s watching her favorite movie again. What’s going on? Yo you ready?

Carter: You’re with zende.

Paris: Yes, I am dating zende, but we are not exclusive. And he agrees. He even went out with that gorgeous model.

Carter: But zende’s still in love with you. And I don’t want to be that guy that moves in on his friend’s girl. That’s not me or… at least it wasn’t until I had an affair with eric’s wife. He was so hurt and betrayed, paris. I don’t want to do that to zende.

Paris: The last thing I want to do is cause zende pain. But the way you make me feel…

Carter: Paris, I could just…lose my self in you, say the hell with everybody else, but I’m trying to do better. And think about what we both stand to lose. You have a bright future. You don’t want to mess that up getting on the forrester’s bad side. Not to mention your mom has made it super clear she’s team zende.

Paris: I know, I know. We have to be smart. But this connection between us…

Carter: It has to stay between us.

Paris: Look at you. Making me lose track of time. I have a meeting with katie.

Carter: Grace, hey. You just missed paris.

Grace: It’s you I want to talk to.

Deacon: Let’s not pretend this is something it’s not. You know I work here. Which means that I mop floors, I clean the toilets, all for the privilege of living in a broom closet. You know why I do that, ridge? I do that so I can be close to hope. Privilege. That’s– that’s something you know all about, isn’t it? Bet you’ve never done a hard day’s work in your life.

Ridge: Well, that’s not very nice, is it? But you know what? You got a point. Today was an easy day. You know why? ‘Cause I’m gotta go find you and it was easy because I know exactly where you’re going to be. You’re going to be where you belong. In the bar.

Deacon: So, we’re– we’re really–

Ridge: No, hang on a second. You know where you don’t belong? My house. Around hope, around the kids. And especially not around brooke.

Deacon: So we are going to do this again? Okay, great. I thought hope made it abundantly clear that she wants her father in her life. That’s me. Sorry. Nothing you can do about it. And the kids. Well, that’s a package deal. They come with it. As far as brooke. I– I have no idea where you’re going with that.

Ridge: Well, I don’t trust you. Because I know you. And I know you’re working an angle.

Deacon: Well, you’re right about that. You know, I want to be a caring and present father and grandfather. You know, nobody knows more than me what I need to make up for. And you know what? You got me. That’s all I’m trying to do. That’s my angle.

Ridge: I tried to talk to hope. I told her that she shouldn’t have faith in you, but alas, she made her choice.

Deacon: Glad you acknowledge that.

Ridge: You know what it is? My concern is you being around brooke.

Deacon: We share a child together. Our paths are going to cross. Not much I can do about that.

Ridge: Yeah, but you know what I’m saying. I mean, you’re a curse. You’re a bad guy. And bad things happen to brooke when you’re around. So do me a favor. Stay away from my wife.

Hope: I understand that you’re concerned about douglas but you really don’t have to be.

Brooke: That sweet little boy is sitting on information that could end my marriage.

Liam: Yeah, but again. Douglas thinks he saw you kissing santa, not deacon.

Hope: Exactly. Your secret is safe, mom.

Steffy: Is everything all right, you two?

Thomas: Thank you for being open and honest. I know you struggled with it, but it’s always good to be truthful. Okay? So I’m proud of you.

Douglas: Thanks, daddy.

Thomas: Can I get a hug? Yeah! Ooh, that’s a good one! I love you, pal.

Douglas: Love you, too.

Thomas: Uh, do you want to go watch the end of kelly’s movie with her?

Douglas: Sure.

Thomas: Okay.

Douglas: Later, aunt steffy.

Steffy: Later, kiddo. What’s going on?

Thomas: You’re not going to believe what douglas just told me.

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Carter: Something in particular on your mind?

Grace: Always. When you have two daughters who are young women out in the world, you never stop thinking about them. Wanting them to be living their best lives.

Carter: I can understand that.

Grace: That’s why I was so delighted to come to L.A. And see paris doing so well. She’s got a thriving career. Good friends. A relationship with zende that’s sweet and pure. I couldn’t be more pleased.

Carter: Paris is definitely claiming a place here for herself.

Grace: Mm… I see an amazing future for my baby girl. And zende loves paris. And men like him don’t come along every day.

Carter: Yeah. Yeah, zende is a great guy.

Grace: You think so too?

Carter: Yeah, I know so.

Grace: I’m glad we are in agreement. This is going much better than I had anticipated.

Carter: I’m sorry?

Grace: You seem to want the best for paris.

Carter: Yeah, absolutely. She’s a wonderful person. She deserves all the great things in life.

Grace: I agree. And that’s zende. Not you.

Deacon: Could you take these? Thanks. You really ought to try conserving energy for something constructive. Maybe switch to decaf. Ridge, you’re getting all worked up over nothing.

Ridge: I’m not worked up at all. I just don’t like you being here.

Deacon: Well, it’s still a free country, which means I can live wherever I want. And I choose to be here in L.A. Near my daughter.

Ridge: Your daughter, yes. Hope. It’s a good cover, really, when you think about it because all she wants is to have a relationship with her dad. And now you’re making it sound like you want to have one with her. Well, what’s going to happen? I mean, what’s going to happen when she gets hurt? What is she then? Just collateral damage? Because you are obsessed with a woman who wants to have nothing to do with you?

Deacon: Do you hear yourself because you’re the one that sounds obsessed. You got this idea that nothing or no one matters to me except for brooke. Let me make this simple for you. Hope is my whole world. Having a relationship in her life, that is the thing that means the most to me.

Ridge: We both know that the thing that means the most to you is you. But I know there’s something else. I don’t know what it is, but there is something else.

Deacon: Well, then you obviously know something that I don’T.

Ridge: I do. I know that you’re playing out of your league. You always have. I mean, brooke is not going to revisit the biggest mistake of her life. So it’s nothing to do with you.

Deacon: You sure about that?

Sheila: Damn! You’re good. You’re good, you pulled it off! You got brooke drinking again. And this is just the first step to her world crashing down around her pretty, little head. Karma really is a bitch, brooke. Just like you.

Brooke: I just want to believe that douglas won’t go around telling anybody else that he saw me kissing santa.

Liam: Well, yeah, but you– I mean, you said you talked to him, right? And that he’s going to… leave it alone?

Brooke: IsoI certnly don’t want him to say anything. If taylor and steffy and thomas find out, that will be the end of ridge and me.

Steffy: What am I not going to believe? And why did douglas look so upset?

Thomas: I’m not even that certain yet.

Steffy: What?

Thomas: Douglas is an honest kid, though. Like, he– that’s why this was such a struggle for him. He wants to tell the truth.

Steffy: Tell you what?

Thomas: Okay. You know how douglas has been saying he saw grandma kissing santa?

Steffy: Yeah. So? It’s a christmas song. Except it’s mommy, not grandma.

Thomas: It’s not just a song and it was grandma, not mommy.

Steffy: What are you talking about?

Thomas: It was brooke. Steff.

Steffy: What was brooke?

Thomas: Douglas saw brooke kissing santa claus.

Steffy: Okay, so maybe she was kissing dad.

Thomas: Yeah. Not only was it not dad, it wasn’t on christmas eve, either. It was on new year’s eve.

Steffy: That doesn’t make sense because dad was out of town.

Thomas: Now you’re getting it.

Steffy: No, I’m not. If it wasn’t dad, then who was brooke kissing? Thomas, tell me.

Thomas: Deacon. Brooke was kissing deacon.

Steffy: Brooke and deacon?

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[ Dramatic music ]

Hope: Tell me, dad, what are you going to do?

Deacon: Do? I’m not planning on doing anything.

Hope: Oh, so you are going to keep it a secret that you and mom were drinking and… that you two kissed and you spent the night together in her bed?

Brooke: Do you think I’m making a mistake not telling ridge? I mean, if he finds out some other way…

Liam: On the one hand, I mean, I know you’d feel better if you were honest. On the other, ridge hates deacon like the wind blows, so I understand the instinct to keep quiet and forget it ever happened.

Brooke: Yeah, well it’s kind of hard to forget it ever happened knowing that douglas thinks he saw me kissing santa. Oh, my god. He saw.

Douglas: Dad, dad, a bald eagle!

Thomas: Really? Let me see!

Steffy: Hey, douglas and thomas–

Thomas: Uh-huh!

Steffy: Kelly and hayes are sleeping so I try not to shout, okay?

Douglas: Sorry aunt steffy.

Steffy: It’s okay. Bald eagles are super cool.

Thomas: You know what? I think what we got here is actually a seagull.

Douglas: Ah, man.

Thomas: It’s all right.

Steffy: I think, uh, douglas may need to get his eyes checked. First, he sees bald eagles, the other day he saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Thomas: That’s true. This guy might need some glasses. Hey, you know, that steffy and I are just joking, right?

Douglas: I know.

Thomas: Douglas. You okay?

Grace: Did you see zende? See how his date went?

Paris: I haven’t seen him but I assume that he will fill me in next time I do.

Grace: You still don’t think it’s odd? This man who was about to propose to you is already out on another–

Paris: Mom, can we– can we not do this right now? I realize that you don’t understand but things were just moving too fast. And this is a good reset for us. We still hang out. We still have a connection. There’s just a little bit more freedom.

Grace: Freedom? Freedom to do what? Date other men and be disappointed? Because from what I’ve seen, you cannot pick a better man than zende.

Grace: Am I wrong?

Grace: Is there something you’re not telling me? A reason why zende would be a bad match for you?

Paris: Oh, carter! Hey.

Carter: Hey, paris. Grace. It’s nice to see you.

Grace: Nice to see you, too.

Carter: Am I interrupting?

Grace: Paris and I were talking about zende and how she turned down a proposal.

Paris: Okay, mom. That’s not public information. And zende doesn’t even realize that I knew that he was going to propose. I stopped him before he could pull out the ring.

Grace: Because you were steering the conversation, made him second guess. That’s the strangest thing, right? Did you know about this?

Paris: I didn’t want to hurt zende by rejecting him. I don’t know why that feels strange to you.

Grace: What’s strange is you wanting to reject him in the first place. How many phone calls have we had where you went on and on about how much you liked him?

Paris: I don’t know. What can I say? I–I’m just not ready.

Thomas: Is everything all right, douglas? If something’s bothering you, you can talk to me about it.

Brooke: I can’t believe douglas saw that kiss.

Liam: Ah! A kiss between you and santa, though. Not deacon. Right? This–brooke, this is–I’m pretty sure this is the kind of thing kids forget about, right? He’s going to get older. He’ll grow up. He’ll have this fuzzy sort of memory. Assume it was a dream.

Brooke: What if he remembers everything? What if in the future he starts asking questions and trying to figure out who I was with? I can’t let this get out, liam. I can’T.

Hope: If you were to go to ridge and tell him what happened…

Deacon: The guy I used to be? Oh man, would I have enjoyed that!

Hope: But the guy you are now?

Deacon: I’ve given a lot of thought to a future with your mom. I’ve dreamt about it. And ridge, if he leaves her, that’s my foot in the door, right? But, as much as I want it to happen, I don’t want it to happen that way. I’d never do that to your mother. I’d never betray her trust like that, so no, I won’t say anything, not to anyone. I promise. (Peaceful music)

Grace: Carter, I apologize. As much as I enjoy being an overbearing mother, I did not intend to interrogate paris in front of you. I’m just having a hard time wrapping my head around this. I mean, zende is handsome, he’s smart. He’s got all the right attributes. Good family, good values.

Carter: She’s not wrong.

Paris: No, she’s not.

Carter: Zende is a great guy.

Grace: If you won’t listen to me, then listen to carter, sounds like he agrees zende is too good to pass up.

Liam: I don’t think you have to worry about douglas.

Brooke: Yeah. Some grandmother I turned out to be, huh?

Liam: Hey. From what I understand, all you did–all you did was encourage him not to talk about it anymore.

Brooke: What choice did I have? My marriage is at stake.

Thomas: Douglas, I didn’t mean to make you feel bad about the seagull. You know, I could have said it was a bald eagle but I don’t like lying to you.

[ Baby babbling ]

Steffy: Oh. I think kelly is waking up.

Douglas: Can I go play with her?

Steffy: Uh, yeah, yeah, of course. Let me know if you guys need a snack or anything, okay?

Douglas: Okay.

Thomas: I don’t know what’s going on with him. It’s like one minute he’s fine and the next…

Steffy: Would it have killed you to pretend it was a bald eagle?

Thomas: I don’t like lying to him. Also–I’m just going to talk to the mom about this, all right?

Steffy: I mean, she’s a psychiatrist. Take advantage of that.

Thomas: That is true.

Steffy: You know who else should take advantage? Dad.

Thomas: Yeah. Well, with everything he’s got going on over there at brooke’S…

Steffy: Oh, I know, I can’t believe it. If dad and mom just stayed together, if he hadn’t gone back to brooke, his life would have been so much better. If he had just chosen differently in the past, he wouldn’t be dealing with deacon today.

Hope: You really do love her, don’t you?

Deacon: What was your first clue? The kiss? Or, the fact that I’m willing to keep it a secret?

Hope: Both, I suppose. But it’s, I don’t know, comforting. And I am not condoning it. Not at all. I’m just saying it’s nice to know that when the two of you were vulnerable and you kissed, that maybe you really did care for each other back when I was born. An it was more than just some scandal. Maybe if things had turned out differently…

Deacon: Yeah, well, you know, I–I try not to let myself go back. I’ll tell you this though, if I ever did get another shot with your mother, I would do everything to make every day of her life full of happiness.

Hope: Yeah, I bet you would. Well, I should get going but thank you again… for what you’re doing for mom. I–I do, appreciate it.

Deacon: Okay well, hug those grandkids for me, all right?

Hope: I will.

Deacon: Okay.

Hope: Bye.

Sheila: You and brooke. On new year’s eve. Yo you ready?

Grace: Paris, I’m not trying to marry you off. I get that you’re not ready for a lifelong commitment. It’s just, I’m confused. I keep hearing in my head everything you’ve told me about zende since you first met. It seems to me a guy like zende doesn’t come along every day. Am I right?

Carter: Yeah.

Paris: Mom, just please understand zende is very special to me and we’re still seeing where things go.

Grace: You want to see what else is out there? Is that it? You worry that maybe you are too young to have already found the one, that maybe there’s someone more exciting, more fun? Listen to me, a word of advice: I went for the guy that was a little more dangerous, that was more exciting, and look what happened.

Paris: Yeah, I hear you. But can we maybe talk about this later?

Grace: Okay, of course. I know you two are busy so I’ll let you get back to work. But if you won’t listen to me, then listen to carter. He knows zende a lot better than I do. Maybe he can give you some insight I can’T.

Deacon: I’d thought you’d left.

Sheila: Oh, I’m a sucker for the bread sticks. I couldn’t help but pull up a chair and have a seat right within earshot.

Deacon: So you were eavesdropping?

Sheila: Eavesdropping, no. That would mean it was intentional. I was just trying to read my menu. I couldn’t help it if a couple people were talking so loud that I could overhear what they were saying.

Deacon: What did you hear? Sheila…

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?

Liam: So how’d it go?

Hope: Uh, great, actually.

Brooke: How did what go?

Liam: Uh, you know, I wa–I um, I wasn’t sure if I should tell you just ’cause I didn’t want to worry you any more than you already are.

Brooke: Worry me?

Liam: Ye–yeah.

Brooke: What’s going on?

Hope: Well, I went to go see dad and to ask him for some reassurance. And I got it. He promised me that he wouldn’t tell anyone about that kiss.

Thomas: I think about that a lot, you know? How different things would be,

Steffy: Yeah, if he stood by her all those years instead of just leaving.

Thomas: Look, we need to stop talking about this. I want I know that as much as you do but dad is committed to brooke.

Steffy: Yeah.

Douglas: Um, aunt steffy. Kelly needs you.

Steffy: Yeah, what’s going on?

Douglas: I don’t know. Something about her hair.

Steffy: Oh, okay. A hair emergency. I’ll be right back.

Thomas: Okay. Douglas. You didn’t really answer me before about what’s bothering you. You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to but I hope you can talk to me about anything.

Douglas: It’s just, I’m not really supposed to. Besides, I already told you.

Thomas: Told me about what?

Douglas: Grandma, kissing santa?

Thomas: Why do you keep saying that?

Douglas: Because it’s true.

Living with diabetes?

Paris: Well, you heard my mom. Care to give me a little insight?

Carter: She is lobbying hard, isn’t she?

Paris: Well, zende is the perfect guy on paper…

Carter: But?

Paris: There is someone that I can’t stop thinking about.

Carter: And I can’t stop thinking about you, either.

Paris: Carter, I know that you said you can’t do this but isn’t there a part of you knowing this is worth pursuing?

Carter: It’d be complicated given how your mom thinks, knowing how ridge and the forresters would react. But the way I’m feeling…

Deacon: You caught me, red-handed, drinking with brooke. But sheila, you gotta understand why I didn’t tell you. She’s not supposed to be drinking.

Sheila: No, no, she certainly isn’T. Poor thing, falling off the wagon. I… wonder what could have made that happen.

Brooke: I am going to make

certain that you are out of all

of our lives, once and for all.

Deacon: Yeah, I mean, that’s just it. She doesn’t know why it happened.

Sheila: It actually worked,

I turned brooke back

into a mush.

[ Sheila chuckling ]

Deacon: All those years sober and then suddenly she just had to have it. I guess it’s like they say, alcoholism, you know, it’s cunning, baffling and powerful.

Sheila: You know what I call it? I call it, “karma’s a bitch.”

Deacon: Come on, sheila. Don’t talk about brooke that way.

Sheila: Okay, look, I realize she takes her sobriety very serious. And it’s a shame. It’s a shame that she had this little stumble. It’s too bad that it turned the evening so ugly for her and for you too. I’m assuming she’s a mean drunk.

Deacon: No, she’s not a drunk, sheila. She’s an alcoholic. And this little setback is not gonna define her. I–I know you’d love nothing more than for her world to come crumbling down but I’m telling you that’s not going to happen.

Brooke: Well, that’s good news. I mean, that’s very good news, right? If deacon and I can put it behind us and no maybe I will get through this.

Hope: And you know liam and I would never breathe a word about this.

Liam: No.

Brooke: Yeah, but then there’s douglas, my sweet, honest, little grandson. He saw that kiss.

Hope: A magical kiss with santa. That’s what he thinks he saw. And that’s all that he’ll remember about that night.

Brooke: Okay.

Thomas: You actually saw grandma brooke kissing santa?

Thomas: But she said it’s in the past. No need to talk about it, anymore.

Thomas: Okay. I’m–I’m gonna guess that it was grandpa ridge you saw her kissing, right? Because I mean, it’s christmas eve. Santa’s too busy for kisses.

Douglas: It wasn’t christmas eve. It was new year’S.

Thomas: You’re sure?

Douglas: Positive.

Thomas: Why do you think it was santa?

Douglas: ‘Cause of the hat. Only santa wears that kind of hat.

Thomas: Did you see… his face? Did you see santa’s face?

Douglas: I– I don’t think so.

Thomas: Okay. Because you know, it might actually have been one of santa’s helpers. ‘Cause santa’s really busy that time of year, right? So he has people who go around and help him with things. Maybe it might be someone you know. Think back. Think really hard. Who did you see, douglas? Who was santa? Who was kissing grandma brooke? It was mommy’s dad.

Thomas: Deacon? Grandma brooke was kissing deacon? Oh bud, it’s okay.

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Hope: Mmm!

Liam: Milady.

Hope: Thank you again for the lovely breakfast. This is a fantastic way to start the day.

Liam: Yeah? Well, I’ve got an even better way to start the day.

Hope: [Gasps]

Liam: Mmm! Mmm!

Hope: What has gotten into you this morning?

Liam: What, besides having a hot wife and two kids who are sleeping in? Okay, maybe I’m trying to distract you a little bit. The other day was kind of stressful, wasn’t it? Finding out about your mom.

Hope: Yeah. I’m still in shocked that… my mom and deacon kissed on new year’s eve.

Brooke: [Gasps]

Deacon: Morning, sunshine.

[Door closes]

Ridge: Hey. Did something happen while I was out?

Brooke: Uh, I just– I just keep remembering that night. It still haunts me.

Deacon: I can’t do this anymore, okay? Listen to me. I love you. Hell, I’ve always loved you, and I always will.

Sheila: Deacon.

Deacon: We’re closed.

Sheila: [Laughs] No, you’re not. You just opened. But you know what? I do wanna commend you on being able to hold down a job as long as you have. It’s been, what, a few weeks? Bravo.

Deacon: What do you want, sheila?

Sheila: I’ve been trying to reach you. Did you change your number?

Deacon: Damn it. I knew I forgot to do something.

Sheila: Hmm. You know what? I bet I know why you’re keeping your distance from me. It has to do with brooke, doesn’t it?

Ridge: I hate seeing you like this. Try to remember something, please. The way you’re feeling right now is only temporary. It’s not gonna dictate the rest of your life, I promise.

Brooke: I hope you’re right.

Ridge: I am always right. Mmm! You’re gonna come out of this stronger than ever.

Brooke: I am doing everything I can. Talking to my sponsor and going to meetings. Doing what I can to maintain my sobriety.

Ridge: I’m proud of you. You’re right. You’re doing everything you can to put this night behind you.

Brooke: Yeah. I take full responsibility for my drinking. But I still can’t stop thinking about it and wondering why– why did I do it.

Sheila: You guaranteeing to destroy my life has only guaranteed me destroying yours. Can we just– we haven’t caught up lately. I was just wondering how’s your new year’s coming along.

Deacon: [Scoffs]

Sheila: That doesn’t sound so good. What’s the matter? I mean, it started off so promising. Spending new year’s eve with hope, brooke, and those… precious little grandbabies of yours. I was hoping that you’d be spending some really great family time.

Deacon: Not really.

Sheila: No? What do you mean? You used to be over there almost every single day trying to reconnected with hope and brooke. A family.

Deacon: Not anymore.

Sheila: Why not?

Deacon: Sheila, ’cause I’m slammed at work.

Sheila: Deacon, what’s happening?

Hope: My dad and my mom kissing. I thought we had enough going on with my mom relapsing. But then to find out that she also kissed him and they slept in the same bed together?

Liam: That’s, uh– yeah. It’s a lot. It’s a lot to make sense of.

Hope: [Scoffs]

Liam: How are you… feeling about it?

Hope: Which part?

Liam: I-I-I-I don’t know. We just haven’t really gotten a chance to talk about how all this might be affecting you. I mean, really, how do you feel about your parents kissing? I’m amber.

Brooke: How could I be so weak?

Ridge: You’re not weak. You’re human. Try to give yourself a break.

Brooke: Oh, I don’t deserve it, ridge.

Ridge: Don’t–it hurts me to hear you say that. Can you stop saying that, please?

Brooke: Well, I let go of all my good judgment. I gave in to my desires.

Ridge: You wanted this to happen? No. Right?

Brooke: No. Of course not. But I did it. I dragged us both into this mess.

Ridge: Growth. Evolution. Whatever you call that. It’s not linear. Everything you’re dealing with. And you were on the road to recovery, and you got bumped off, and now you’re back on it. You should be happy about that.

Brooke: I just still don’t understand how I could make such a bad decision.

Sheila: I’m just curious.

Deacon: If by curious, you mean nosy, yeah. You, nosy. If you came here to start drilling, save it.

Sheila: Oh, my, my, my. Did somebody wake up on the wrong side of the cot today? If you’re having a hard time, you know, staying in that storage room, feeling a little claustrophobic, you can always stay with me at the hotel.

Deacon: Oh, you’d like that, wouldn’t you?

Sheila: Yes. As a matter of fact, I do miss our chats.

Deacon: Oh, I bet.

Sheila: Look, I’ve got your best interests at heart, and it’s clear that you are still head over heels for brooke.

Deacon: We’ve got customers, and I’m not discussing brooke with you.

Sheila: It’s just that you’re not the kind of person that would back down from something like this. You should be camped outside of brooke logan’s house playing her favorite love song.

Deacon: Well, a, my boom box is in the shop, and, b, she has a husband. So I am not talking about brooke with you.

Sheila: My, tst, tst, tst. Are those tears I see in your eyes?

Deacon: Can it.

Sheila: No, you’ve got it bad for brooke.

Hope: It’s a lot to process. Knowing the circumstances and that my parents kissed. But, more importantly, I just– I don’t want anything to jeopardize my mom’s relationship. I know how much she loves ridge.

Liam: Yeah. Of course. You don’t want anyone to get hurt, and that includes ridge. But these are your biological parents we’re talking about, and you’re allowed to have an opinion.

Hope: Okay. Maybe if I was younger, I might be happy about it? If the circumstances were different? I…

Liam: Hmm.

Hope: I don’t know. I don’t know, liam. I just–I–I haven’t even let myself go there. I’m concerned about my mom. Which–[Sighs] Again… thank you for being so supportive throughout all of this. I really do appreciate it.

Liam: Yeah, of course. Where does deacon stand on this? Because it’s pretty clear he’s still got a thing for your mom.

Hope: It’s hard to believe otherwise.

Liam: I–I have to ask, and I hate that I’m even, like, putting this out into the universe. But… have you ever thought, like, what if this is all deacon’s endgame?

Hope: What do you mean?

Liam: Just– like, what if this is actually part of the reason he’s been so eager to get close to you and spend time at the house and spend time with the kids? Like, what if he’s just been trying to get back in brooke’s good graces this whole time?

Hope: I–I would hope not.

Liam: Oh, yeah. No, me, too. And I’m not even–I’m not even suggesting that, like, he’s playing you or that he doesn’t care about you. Obviously, he loves you very much, but this is– it’s deacon. I mean, if he wanted to, he could blow this whole thing up right now just by telling ridge.

Hope: I don’t think he would do that.

Liam: I don’T… think he would do that either, but… again, it’s deacon. My asthma felt anything but normal.

Hope: So my mom is currently in a huge shame spiral, and I’m just not sure how to help her out of it.

Liam: Aside from being an amazing, supportive daughter?

Hope: I mean, I’m trying, but really all I wanna know is just why–you know, why that night, why now.

Liam: I don’t know. I’m kind of digging the theory that having deacon around is more of a trigger than we previously thought, especially given that they made out, and he did nothing to stop it.

Hope: No. My mom said he tried to stop it.

Liam: He obviously didn’t try that hard. I mean, I know they were both wasted, but still…

Hope: Yeah. Well, my mom’s married, so neither of them should have allowed it to happen, but it did.

Liam: Yeah.

Hope: It happened, and… now I understand why my mom does not want him around anymore.

Liam: Yeah. ‘Cause, obviously, deacon brings something out of your mom. Any maybe he’s not the best influence, and maybe he’s also trying to break up her marriage.

Hope: Well, you know what? It’s going to do us no use speculating about it. We’re gonna get nowhere with that.

Liam: What are you–hey. Where–where are you going? Where are you going?

Hope: Well, I feel the need to pay my father a visit to find out what he is really thinking about his night with my mother.

Ridge: I know everything that happened that night– every single detail– and none of it is unforgivable. So maybe you can find a way to cut yourself some slack.

Brooke: Well, it’s not that easy, ridge. I–I hate myself for putting you through this.

Ridge: Putting me through what? You didn’t do anything to me. You didn’t betray me. You didn’t lie to me. You didn’t hurt me. You only hurt yourself ’cause you started drinking. But you know what? Just try to move past it because harping on it now is… it’s not productive. Maybe what you need to do is look at all the joy you bring to the world. Look at you. Look how hot you are. You walk into a room. You’re my loyal wife, and I can’t keep my hands off of you. You’re a great sister, a great mom, an inventor, executive. Focus on that. Heal from the inside out. Try to forgive yourself for what happened. It’s one night. Move on. Yes?

Sheila: You talk to hope?

Deacon: Not really.

Sheila: That’s strange.

Deacon: Sheila, interesting fact. I didn’t ask your opinion.

Sheila: Well, here’s another fact, deacon. I care about you. Okay? I know how important this relationship is with your daughter. The fact that you even have access to her, that’s something that I’m still trying to achieve with my own son. I can’t help it. I’m a little jealous.

Deacon: You? Jealous?

Sheila: Yeah. And brooke’s not helping the situation. She’s one of the most vocal people hellbent on standing in my way. No, she has vowed to make sure that I never have a part in finn or hayes’s lives.

Deacon: Listen. I’m telling you, stay away from brooke and don’t cause her any trouble, all right? Don’t lash out at her. She’s dealing with enough.

Sheila: Dealing with what? With what?

Deacon: Nothing. Nothing.

Hope: I was wondering. Do you know if deacon…

Deacon: Sheila, hope’s here. She cannot see us together. You gotta go. Go.

Deacon: Hey.

Hope: Hi.

Deacon: Hi, sweetheart. This is surprise.

Hope: I know you’re busy working. I hope I’m not catching you at a bad time.

Deacon: Are you kidding me? I always got time for my girl.

Hope: Yeah. I mean, things have been a little crazy, a little hectic. Um, I’ve missed you.

Deacon: I missed you, too. I know. You’re busy with the kids, with work. I was thinking maybe you could bring ’em down here sometime, though. You know, chef, makes a mean mac and cheese.

Hope: [Laughs] Well, I’m sure the kids would love that. But I actually came here to talk to you about something else.

Deacon: Okay.

Hope: I know what happened between you and mom on new year’s eve. Super emma just about sleeps in her cape.

Deacon: So, your mom told you about what happened.

Hope: Yes.

Deacon: She told you about the drinking.

Hope: Yes. And I just need you to be completely up-front with me, dad– that you in no way encouraged her drinking.

Deacon: Hope, I swear. I didn’T. And, look, I even tried to get her to stop. I know how long brooke’s been sober. I mean, I helped her get sober.

Deacon: She started throwing them back, and she started egging me on to join her.

Hope: And you did.

Deacon: Yeah. And, uh, that was a bad idea. I’m sorry.

Hope: Yes.

Deacon: It was a mistake.

Hope: It was. Dad… look, I’m not here to blame you or to point fingers. I just– I’m really confused about what happened that night. I mean, what triggered my mom’s drinking after all this time? I mean, I know she was drinking non-alcoholic champagne that night. And then I know that ridge called to tell her that he couldn’t make it back in time for new year’s eve. But I really don’t buy that that was enough to just derail all of her years of sobriety.

Deacon: I can’t give you the answer to that.

Hope: [Sighs] Well, I know you and mom haven’t been talking, but… she’s been struggling.

Deacon: Yeah, I’m sure she has.

Hope: And I also know that something else happened that night. That you two kissed.

Deacon: [Clears throat] She told you.

Hope: Mm-hmm. So, how did that happen, and what the hell were you thinking?

Deacon: Uh– that’s just it. We weren’t thinking. We were drunk. Hope, I don’t know. You know, we-we-we got caught up in the moment, and-and it just happened.

[Patrons laughing]

Hope: Dad, I get that you still care about mom after all these years. But I’m going to need you to be really transparent about exactly what led to that moment that night.

Deacon: Okay.

Hope: So you two were throwing back shots of vodka. You kissed. And then you were drinking some more, and then you helped her up the stairs to bed, and then you spent the night.

Deacon: Okay, I was in no condition to drive, and I couldn’t just leave her alone like that.

Hope: But then you woke up the next morning, and you saw her next to you in bed.

[Patrons chattering]

Deacon: We had all our clothes on, and I was on top of the sheets.

[Patrons chattering]

Hope: Dad, I get that nothing more happened. I’m just saying that I’m sure there were a lot of old emotions that came flooding back after all this time.

Deacon: Hope, I never stopped caring for your mother.

Hope: Well, mom is now freaking out because she is terrified that ridge is going to find out, and she’s–she’s petrified that she’s going to lose her marriage to him, especially given how ridge feels about you.

Deacon: I don’t think it’s any secret that ridge can’t stand me, and I’m probably the last guy that she would want near his wife.

Hope: Okay. Dad, I get that ridge has never given you a fair shot…

Deacon: [Scoffs]

Hope: …And that you think he isn’t the right man for mom. But mom… does not want to lose him. And she’s already down on herself about drinking that night. And now that on top of everything else, she’s just in a really fragile state. She’s vulnerable right now. And I came here to make sure that you aren’t going to try to exploit that to your advantage, that you aren’t going to try to undermine their marriage. Because their future really is in your hands. So tell me, dad. What are you doing to do?

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Ridge: You saw grandma kissing who?

Douglas: Santa.

Ridge: Did grandma also get run over by one of the reindeer?

Steffy: No, that’s the other song.

Douglas: I’m not talking about the song. I really saw them, grandma and santa were kissing.

Brooke: I can’T. I can’t let ridge find out that I was kissing deacon on new year’s eve.

Hope: Well, it was one kiss!

Brooke: Honey, a kiss is a betrayal. I betrayed everything that I care about, that I believe in. My family, my marriage to ridge– my sobriety. And with a man that ridge despises more than anything.

Hope: Mom, stop, please, I don’t want you panicking.

Brooke: And douglas saw it, honey. Douglas saw me kissing deacon. I was drunk, and deacon was wearing that ridiculous hat.

Liam: Okay, but brooke, the ridiculous hat is all douglas saw. He thought you were kissing santa claus. That’s all he can tell them.

Brooke: And that’s all that it will take for anybody to figure it out.

Grace: I’m concerned, sweetheart.

Paris: About my relationship with zende?

Grace: I thought you and zende were fond of each other.

Paris: We are. Zende is an amazing guy. I, I care about him a lot.

Grace: Which makes what I just learned even more disturbing.

[Knocking]

Carter: Hey… katie.

Katie: Hi. You look like you were expecting someone else.

Katie: I was thinking that we could go over the latest marketing numbers.

Carter: You didn’t have to bring them to me.

Katie: Well, you’ve been kind of hard to catch around the office these days. Been a bit elusive.

Carter: I’m not trying to be.

Katie: Well, then you won’t mind if I ask what you’ve been up to? Aha! And there it is.

Carter: What?

Katie: That guarded look that you get on your face every time you see me in the hall. What’s going on? Is there anything you want to share with me?

Paris: Mom, I don’t think there’s any reason that you should be disturbed.

Grace: You acting like things are fine between you and zende.

Paris: Because they are.

Grace: I ran into zende earlier. He was leaving the office going out on a date with the model.

Paris: Right. Yeah. Drinks with sequoia.

Grace: So you knew about that? Paris, what is going on with you?

Brooke: Douglas may not understand what he saw, but he could still tell ridge about it.

Hope: But nobody’s going to understand what he’s talking about.

Liam: I mean, I didn’T.

Brooke: I’m sure you were curious, you were asking questions. And douglas is there right now, and so is ridge. So what if he says something? It’s not gonna be hard for people to figure it out.

Ridge: It sounds like I need to take a trip up to the north pole and talk to santa, because I don’t want your grandma kissing anyone but me.

Douglas: Maybe she was just thanking him for all the presents.

Ridge: Mmm.

Thomas: It’s all right, bud. Hey, it’s just a song. It’s technically mommy–

Douglas: I’m not talking about the song. I’m talking about grandma.

Ridge: What are you saying?

Douglas: I’m saying what I saw.

Ridge: What you saw in your mind? In your imagination? Because I’m confused now. I thought you were talking about the song, but is it… is it something real? Why don’t you tell us exactly what you saw? Hey! It’s me! Your dry skin! -Katie: You’re not going to tell me anything, are you?

Carter: What do you want to know?

Katie: I just want to know that my friend is okay.

Carter: I appreciate that, and actually, I was wondering the same thing about you. You mentioned bill recently.

Katie: Yeah, uh, he’s been working overtime to win me back.

Carter: Is he getting anywhere?

Katie: Time will tell. How have you been spending your time?

Carter: I knew you were going to find a way to circle back to me.

Katie: Yeah, see? I’m good like that. Seriously, you can– you can talk to me about anything. It’s just you, you’ve kind of disappeared. And don’t tell me that you’re busy, because everyone’s busy. I’m busy too, but we still can check in with each other.

Carter: I’m not avoiding you.

Katie: But you are avoiding something. I can tell that something’s on your mind. Or should I say someone?

Paris: Mom, zende and I have a modern relationship.

Grace: How can you call it a relationship when you both free to see other people?

Paris: We’re keeping it loose. We’re not putting pressure on ourselves or each other.

Grace: Okay, you said it was your idea, but zenda is the one going out on a date with someone else.

Paris: Because I told him I wasn’t ready to get serious.

Grace: Is he trying to make you jealous?

Paris: No. Zende isn’t like that. He doesn’t play games. He’s been honest with me about his feelings since the beginning. I just– I don’t know, I didn’t want to lead him on. I didn’t want him to think that I was ready for more. But we’re having a great time, and he’s an amazing guy.

Grace: So you really don’t mind him going out with this model?

Paris: I was a bit surprised at first, but I’m not against it. It wouldn’t be fair if I was.

Grace: Not fair to whom?

Paris: I can’t tell zende I want to be free and then get upset with him when he listens to me.

Grace: When did you have this conversation? Because the last time we talked, you made it sound like everything was fine between you two.

Paris: They were. Zende was the one who…

Grace: What did zende do? What– what is it, honey?

Paris: Okay… zende was going to propose.

Brooke: Oh, god! Douglas won’t realise what he’s saying!

Hope: Mom, he might not mention the kiss at all. We don’t know.

Liam: Eh, I don’t know. He seemed kind of excited to tell me about it.

Brooke: Okay, okay. You have to call thomas and you have to tell him to bring douglas home as soon as possible, before it’s too late.

Ridge: So you saw grandma kissing santa claus?

Douglas: Through the window. He had the red hat and everything.

Ridge: That is one lucky santa.

[Phone ringing]

Thomas: It’s hope. Hey.

Hope: Hey. Um, so I got your text. You took douglas over to your sister’s?

Thomas: Yeah. I’m here with my dad and steff now.

Hope: Oh, okay. So taylor isn’t there. It’s just you and steffy and ridge?

Thomas: Yeah. No, she got hung up at the office. Bad timing.

Hope: Actually, that’s– that’s why I’m calling. I had some bad timing myself. Can you bring douglas back?

Thomas: Back to the cabin?

Hope: Yeah. Uh, right now, if possible?

Hope: Hope, is everything okay?

Hope: Oh yeah, everything’s, uh, fine. It’s just something came up, and I know you two were looking forward to it, and I swear we can reschedule when, you know, things are a little less chaotic.

Thomas: Yeah, okay. All right. Yeah, I’ll bring him back now.

Hope: Oh, amazing. Thank you. Thank you so much, thomas.

Thomas: Okay.

Steffy: Hope is asking to bring douglas back to the house?

Ridge: Something wrong?

Thomas: Some kind of conflict. We better go.

Brooke: So what did thomas say?

Hope: He’ll be here sooN.

Brooke: Well, did douglas mention the kiss? Did he tell them what he saw? Ridge can’t find out about my night with deacon.

Your heart is at the heart

of everything you do.

Katie: If I’m being nosy, you can just tell me to back off.

Carter: No, no, I don’t blame you for having questions.

Katie: We talked a lot and then I just… stopped.

Katie: Well, it’s just that every time I’ve been around you, you seem a little distracted.

Carter: It’s because I am. And before you ask about what, you’re right. It’s about who.

Katie: Mmm! Tell me more.

Carter: I can’T.

Katie: Oh, come on. Why?

Carter: No, I can’T. There’s no point. It probably won’t go anywhere.

Katie: You wouldn’t be thinking about it this much if you didn’t want it to go somewhere.

Carter: And I can’t stop.

Katie: And that’s a problem?

Carter: I have to be careful. After what happened with quinn, I can’t go back there again.

Katie: Is this person a married person?

Carter: Oh, no, no, no. Any woman with a wedding band is strictly off my radar.

Katie: Okay… but she’s not 100% available?

Carter: It’s complicated.

Katie: Is there any way of simplifying things?

Carter: I don’t know where we stand. And to be honest, I’m not sure she does either.

Grace: Zende proposed? Honey, that’s wonderful. Isn’t it? I know how much you care about him.

Paris: Mom, I said he was going to propose.

Grace: He didn’t go through with it.

Paris: I was able to stop him before he could.

Grace: Stop him? Why would you do that?

Paris: Because it would have hurt too much to turn him down.

Grace: I don’t understand this at all. Zende seems like a fine young man. You’ve been raving about him since you met. He’s smart, successful. You like his family. They like you. You’re always telling me about how thoughtful and caring he is, and that he treats you like a queen.

Paris: Yeah, he does. That is all true.

Grace: Okay, then what am I missing? What is wrong, sweetheart?

Paris: It’s like I said, mom, I just, I want my freedom. There’s so many exciting things that are happening in my life and work. I’m meeting all of these incredible people. I’m just, I don’t think I’m ready for a lifelong commitment right now.

Steffy: That was so weird! Douglas just got here, and hope asked thomas to bring him home?

Ridge: I wonder what’s going on?

Hope: Mom, I’m going to need you to calm down just a little bit, because douglas is going to be home any minute now and…

Brooke: Okay, okay. I mean, he wasn’t there very long. He probably didn’t say anything, right? I, I just can’t believe that he actually saw me kissing deacon. And I know he just saw the santa hat. Thank god he didn’t see deacon’s face.

Hope: But mom, it was– it was a new year’s eve kiss.

Brooke: Honey, he also spent the night.

Hope: But you said nothing happened.

Brooke: I know nothing did happen, but I still don’t understand how any of this could happen. I love my husband. I am committed to my marriage, and my sobriety. And why would I risk it for one night? Why? And then to, to realize that my precious grandson actually saw everything that happened.

Hope: Mom– mom, he is not going to understand what he saw.

Liam: That’s exactly right. But here’s the thing, brooke, you can’t let douglas see you upset like this. The kid’s perceptive.

Hope: And he is sensitive, and you can’t make him feel like he did something wrong when he didn’T.

Liam: Right.

Brooke: No, he didn’T. It was me.

Douglas: Hi, grandma!

Brooke: Hi, honey.

Thomas: Hey.

Liam: Hey.

Thomas: Got him back as soon as I could.

Hope: Oh, thank you.

Thomas: Is everything all right?

Hope: Oh yeah. Yeah. Just a family thing.

Thomas: Anything I can do?

Liam: No, no. We’re just– we’re glad that you got him back.

Hope: Yeah. And I’ll be sure to reschedule something for the two of you really, really soon.

Thomas: Okay, well, we’ll make it really special then, right?

Douglas: Soon?

Thomas: Soon. Come on. I love you, man.

Douglas: Love you, too.

Liam: See ya.

Hope: Thank you again.

Thomas: Yeah.

Hope: Why did I have to come home, mommy?

Hope: Oh, well, you know, your grandma wanted to have a little chat with you.

Douglas: About what I saw at your house on new year’s eve? If you have advanced non-small cell lung cancer,

Ridge: Not the best time to be on the pch, is it?

Steffy: No, but he needs to get here.

Ridge: Think he’s coming.

Steffy: Hi.

Thomas: Hey!

Ridge: How’d it go?

Thomas: Douglas got home safe and sound.

Thomas: Thanks for coming back.

Thomas: There’s no reason to cut my visit short. I want to see my mom–

Ridge: So is there something wrong? What, what happened?

Steffy: Yeah, did hope say what was going on?

Thomas: No.

Ridge: You just had to drive your kid all the way to beverly hills, and there was no problem with anything?

Thomas: She said it was a family thing.

Steffy: Douglas was having a family thing here with us.

Thomas: Okay, look, I’ll call her. We’re going to set something up in the future.

Steffy: Yeah, hope shouldn’t just change the plan just because she feels like it.

Thomas: I don’t think that’s what it was. There’s definitely something going on. But she didn’t explain it, and I didn’t ask.

Ridge: Well, maybe you should have asked. It’s your son. You got to see what’s going on.

Thomas: Look, hope respects my role in his life, and I respect hers. And she knows how much douglas loves spending time with us. She wouldn’t have asked me to bring him back if it wasn’t really important.

Hope: The most important thing we want you to know, douglas, is that no one is upset with you, and we love you very, very much.

Liam: That’s right, and we believe you. That’s the other big thing.

Hope: Mm-hmm.

Brooke: And there’s no reason to feel funny talking to us about any of this.

Douglas: It was kinda funny.

Brooke: Was it?

Douglas: Seeing you and santa kissing? Yeah.

Brooke: Did you tell anybody else how funny that was?

Douglas: Yeah, I told dad, and he thought I was talking about the song, too.

Hope: Oh, so you told your dad?

Douglas: And grandpa, and aunt steffy.

Hope: Oh, wow. Okay, so you told them what you saw?

Douglas: Was I not supposed to?

Liam: No, no, no. Just it’s, you know, it sounds like they thought you were talking about the song and got the lyrics wrong.

Douglas: But I told them I didn’T. I really saw grandma kissing santa.

Brooke: What did they say?

Douglas: Grandpa said that’s one lucky santa claus.

[Liam and hope laugh]

Liam: It’s sounds like they thought it was funny, too. That, that’s lucky.

Brooke: Is that all that they said? You didn’t tell them that this happened on new year’s eve, right?

Douglas: No, I forgot.

Brooke: Oh, that’s okay. Um… do you mind if I talk to douglas alone?

Liam: Uh… yeah. Yes, yes. Okay, you guys. Yeah.

Hope: Be right back.

Liam: Okay.

Brooke: Come here, douglas. Um… we had a great time on christmas, didn’t we? It’s always so much fun spending time with family and eating yummy foods. Opening christmas presents by the christmas tree. But that’s all in the past, and now we get to look forward to new celebrations in the future, right? And we get to forget all about grandma kissing anybody.

Douglas: Meaning santa.

Brooke: Yeah. You told everybody anyway, so… uh… so, christmas is over and all the decorations are put away nicely in the boxes, and…

Douglas: It was new year’s eve.

Brooke: Right. Well. Christmas and new year’s is, is over. And you know what we say? We say… the past is in the past, right? And now we get to look forward to the future! And all of the wonderful, exciting new adventures that we can have together. Okay, douglas?

Douglas: Okay, grandma.

Brooke: Oh! Thank you. All is forgotten.

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[ Relaxing music ]

Liam: You can’t be serious.

Hope: My mother confirmed it.

Liam: And confirmed what– what douglas said, that he saw that night?

Hope: Yes, that he saw grandma kissing santa claus, only it wasn’t santa claus. It was my father.

Liam: Deacon.

Ridge: Hey… faced bigger challenges than this. We always made it through. We’re going to make it through again, together.

Brooke: I want to believe that so much.

Ridge: You want to believe it? You have to believe it. Believe in us, our destiny.

Brooke: Yes, of course.

Ridge: I’m here… no matter what.

Steffy: Dad, brooke, what is going on?

Grace: Would you believe it? I can’t even sew a simple hemline.

Zende: Dr. Buckingham. Hey!

Grace: Grace, please. Now what do you suppose that says about me?

Zende: That your talents lay elsewhere? After all, you are highly successful doctor? But truth be told, I can’t sew a hemline either.

Grace: Oh, I very much doubt that.

Zende: Well, what brings you to forrester?

Grace: Well, I was just driving by. I am actually looking for my daughter. I thought she might be here with you.

Zende: Sorry. Um… no. I don’t know where paris is.

Carter: Mmm… what are we doing?

Paris: I believe it’s called kissing.

Carter: I mean…

Paris: I–I know what you mean, carter. But I just… I don’t see the problem.

Carter: Of course you do. Paris, if this goes any further, it’s not– it’s not a good idea.

Paris: Maybe, or maybe we’re just getting in our own way.

Carter: I wish, but I’m sorry, paris, as much as I really, really want to… I can’T.

Grace: These are beautiful.

Zende: Thank you.

Grace: May I make a tiny confession?

Zende: Sure. Okay.

Grace: As much as I like to stay out of both my daughters’ love lives, sometimes I can’t help myself. I have to tell them how I feel, whether they like it or not. Shocking, I know. But it’s very clear you are such a fine, upstanding, accomplished young man. And I am so delighted that paris has found someone good like you.

Sequoyah: Sorry. Photo shoot ran long, but I am ready now. Can’t wait to get our date started.

Paris: You can’t what?

Carter: I can’t–we– we can’t be doing this.

Paris: I won’t tell if you won’T. It’s nobody’s business.

Carter: Already been down that road, paris, with quinn? Sneaking around, keeping things on the dl.

Paris: She was married and I’m not.

Carter: And I still yet very, very complicated. I almost lost everything. My friendship with ridge, relationship with eric, and the rest of the forresters, not to mention my job.

Paris: I understand.

Carter: Do you?

Paris: Yeah, but don’t expect me to like it.

Carter: Aw… you’re cute when you pout. To get involved with another woman who’s involved with the forrester men?

Paris: Okay, zende and i are dating, yes. But we both agreed to see other people. He’s going out with a gorgeous model tonight, and I’m okay with that. And I’m very okay with this. Don’t you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you?

Liam: Wait, so when douglas looked through brooke’s window that night…

Hope: He saw my father wearing a santa’s hat. And luckily he didn’t see his face, but he saw someone.

Liam: What, he saw someone wearing a santa hat, which is why he thought he saw grandma kissing santa claus?

Hope: Except it was my dad.

Liam: Oh, my god. Tell me ridge doesn’t know.

Hope: No, no, thank goodness. But if he does find out–

Liam: Well, yeah–

Hope: That–that is what my mom is terrified about.

Ridge: Steffy, what brings you by?

Steffy: I just wanted to stop by and see if I could… brooke, what’s going on? You seem upset.

Ridge: Everything’s fine. I was just talking about maybe getting some fresh air, going for a drive, you know?

Steffy: Nice try, dad. It’s becoming more and more obvious that you and brooke are going through something. I mean, I just walked in and you are clearly upset, brooke. How much longer are you going to keep this from me? Don’t settle for products that give you a sort-of white smile.

Sequoyah: Oh, my bad. I didn’t know you were with someone.

Zende: It’s okay. Listen, sequoia, why don’t you wait downstairs while I finish things up here? I’ll be right down.

Sequoyah: Well, since I’ve waited this long for a date with the fabulous zende forrester, guess I can wait a bit longer.

Zende: You look confused. I’m sorry, I figured you knew where things stood between paris and me. We’re dating, but not exclusive. This is something we both want.

Grace: This being seeing other people?

Zende: Please know I care deeply for paris. She’s very special to me, and we’ve shared many amazing times together. And I’m very much hoping that we’ll share many more.

Grace: But the flirtatious model downstairs awaits.

Zende: If I see paris on my way out, I’ll tell her you’re looking for her.

[ Phone jingling ]

Paris: Mmm! It’s my mom’s ringtone. Hey, mom, what’s up?

Grace: I need to see you. I stopped by forrester creations. I thought you’d be here.

Paris: Oh, what? What’s going on?

Grace: I’d like to talk to you in person. Where are you? I mean, I can come meet you wherever you are.

Paris: No, no, no, no. If it’s that important, I can just– I can come by the office.

Grace: I think it is.

Paris: Okay, well, I’ll see you in a bit.

Carter: Is your mom all right?

Paris: I think so, but her timing could have been better.

Carter: I think she might have done us a favor. Might be best for you to leave before things… go too far between us.

Paris: You are being very cautious, mr. Walton.

Carter: Paris. I don’t want you to get hurt.

Paris: I don’t want that either. But knowing the guy that you are, I don’t think that will happen.

Carter: Your mom is waiting.

Paris: I know, but I wonder what could be so urgent.

Carter: And I wonder how your mom would feel about another one of her daughters getting involved with me. Given how things turned out between me and zoe.

Paris: Okay, would you– would you like me to ask her?

Carter: No, no. Not at all.

Paris: You don’t think that she would approve?

Carter: I don’t think we even know what to call this yet. Or where it might go.

Paris: But I think we might be getting closer to finding out.

Liam: Okay. Wow, this is just–this is… this is too much.

Hope: I know how it sounds, but it is not what you’re thinking.

Liam: Well, I mean, you literally just told me that your dad spent the night with brooke on new year’s, and in fact, they slept in the same bed together? So–

Hope: Okay, yes, they did. But he was on top of the covers. They were fully dressed, so nothing actually happened.

Liam: Well, no, like this one thing didn’t happen. But a lot happened.

Ridge: We appreciate your concern, but trust me when I tell you that everything’s under control.

Steffy: I do trust you, dad. But when I look at brooke, is that how you feel? This is how things are supposed to be?

Ridge: Everything’s fine. So tell me why you came by?

Steffy: I came by because i wanted to see if you were coming to dinner tonight, remember? We talked about it at my house.

Ridge: Yeah.

Steffy: Thought I could give you a ride or something.

Ridge: It’S… tonight may not be the best night for that.

Steffy: Because you don’t want to leave brooke for some reason? I mean, if she’d like to join, she can, but it’s just gonna be our family, so…

Brooke: You should go, ridge. It’s obviously very important to steffy. And you and I can spend time together later.

Ridge: You sure?

Brooke: Yeah, it’s fine. I’m fine, really.

Ridge: Okay.

These are the faces

Paris: Mom? Hey. What brings you by?

Grace: I was in the neighborhood. Thought I’d see if you wanted to grab some coffee.

Paris: Well, is everything okay? You sounded concerned on the phone.

Grace: I was hoping you’d tell me there’s no reason to be. That I’m misinterpreting or overreacting.

Paris: Overreacting to what? I don’t understand.

Grace: Neither do I. You and zende. What’s really going on with you two?

Mess it up, straighten out

fess up, hang it up

look away, stare it down

build it up, rip it down

check up, fall down

pick it up, pick it up

pick it up

get it up, get it up

mess up, straighten out

fess up, hang it up

look away, stare it down

build it up, rip it down

Hope: My mom wasn’t herself that night. She relapsed. Ridge didn’t make it home, and all of it. She was blacked out and my dad helped her upstairs, tucked her into bed. They both slept it off, but then imagine the next morning when my mom wakes up and sees deacon lying there.

Liam: I mean, think what would have happened if ridge came home and found them like that? We’re actually– not even that. What would happen if ridge ever gets wind of this?

Brooke: You know?

Liam: Yeah, hope just told me.

Brooke: I still haven’t figured out why I did what I did that night. Why I drank after so many years have been sober. And on top of that, I…I kissed deacon. A kiss that douglas saw! We have to talk to him and make sure he doesn’t tell anybody.

Steffy: Unfortunately, the er’s shorthanded. Finn’s going to have to pull a double shift and mom’s tied up. She’s dealing with a patient, so I don’t know if we’re gonna see her.

Ridge: Hey, what about your brother?

Steffy: Thomas will be here. And amelia is coming with kelly and hayes.

Ridge: Hm.

Steffy: Dad, she said she was going to be fine. Brooke, I know you’re thinking about her. And she’s your wife, and you love her, but honestly–

Ridge: No buts, please. Don’t criticize her. She’s gone through a lot, just don’t keep piling stuff on.

Steffy: I’m not–

Ridge: Okay?

Douglas: Grandpa.

Ridge: Hey! I didn’t know you were coming. What a great surprise. Hi.

Thomas: Yeah, I picked him up on the way here. He was actually waiting for me at the gate house.

Ridge: Wow.

Steffy: He didn’t know you had him today.

Thomas: Yeah, that wasn’t actually in the plans, but I cleared it with hope a couple of days ago.

Douglas: I hope mommy isn’t mad at me? Wait, why would she be mad at you, bud? Like pulsing, electric shocks,

Brooke: So where is douglas? In his room?

Liam: He’s outside playing.

Brooke: Okay, well, we have to talk to him right away. We need to make sure that he doesn’t tell anybody that he saw grandma kissing santa on new year’S.

Liam: Yeah, we–I’ll go get him. Um…yeah.

Hope: Mom, you really need to calm down about this, okay. If douglas saw you–

Brooke: I know, honey, but what are we going to do? He can’t tell anybody, especially not ridge.

Hope: He won’T.

Brooke: He’s a smart young kid. I mean, he’s going to be asking questions. I don’t even know how we’re going to explain this.

Hope: And we will deal with that when and if we have to. I mean, right now–

Liam: Hey, guys, I can’t find him.

Brooke: Well, did you check up at my house?

Liam: Supposed to be in the treehouse, but he’s not there.

Hope: You know what? No. It’s–actually it’s thomas’s day today. So maybe, maybe he already picked douglas up. I don’t–

Liam: Wait a minute, thomas? He should have told us if he was going to come get douglas.

Hope: No, he did. He left a voicemail, and there’s a text message.

Liam: All right. What? Hope, what?

Hope: He said he took douglas over to steffy’s house, and, uh… ridge is going to be joining them.

Brooke: If that’s true, then douglas could be telling them right now. And ridge is, he’s going to put it together. He’s going to know that I kissed deacon.

Ridge: You’re worried you upset your mom?

Douglas: Uh huh.

Thomas: There’s no need to be worried, bud. Your mom knows you’re here with me.

Douglas: That’s not it.

Steffy: The reason hope might be mad at you, you mean?

Douglas: I saw something. I told mommy and liam about it. They asked a lot of questions.

Thomas: Questions… about what?

Ridge: Hey. Come here. We’re family, you can tell us.

Douglas: I left my stuffed animal up at grandma’s house. I snuck out of the cabin to get it. It was dark outside and mommy and liam didn’t know I’d gone.

Thomas: I can see why your mom would be upset. Yeah, it’s a big property. It’s very safe, but you’re just a little boy.

Douglas: I know.

Steffy: Yeah, it’s understandable why hope and liam wouldn’t want you roaming around at night.

Ridge: Is there something else? You don’t have to tell us, but… might feel better if you do.

Douglas: I’m sorry I disobeyed mommy and liam. I won’t do it again. But getting to see grandma with santa claus?

Thomas: Wait, what?

Douglas: When I got to the main house that night, I saw grandma kissing santa.

Brooke: Just one mention by douglas to any of them about what he saw on new year’s eve…

[ Brooke sighing ] That could lead to figuring out what I did. That I kissed deacon. And if that happens… my marriage isn’t going to be able to recover. I will lose ridge forever.

Ridge: You saw grandma kissing santa claus? Grandma brooke?

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[ Dramatic music ]

Brooke: It’s been really eating me up inside, you know? Lying to you, lying to ridge. If he really knew the truth about what happened that night, if he knew that deacon was here and we were drinking like that and he kissed me and spent the night, I would lose him. I would. He would walk away and he would never look back.

Taylor: How can you feel so familiar after all this time?

Ridge: We held each other up for many years. I would recognize those hugs anywhere, blindfolded.

Taylor: We loved each other so much.

Ridge: And we have a beautiful fami to prove it.

Taylor: Yeah, what we shared lives on in thomas and steffy. Every time I look at them, I can see us. All those memories. It’s one of the reasons I stayed away. But I am grateful for what we shared, for the time we had. Because the same memories that kept me away for so long are the same ones that got me through some of the saddest moments of my life. When I couldn’t help looking back awhat could have been.

Carter: Mm… we should stop.

Carter: Mm…seriously.Paris: Why? Why? Zende and I agreed that we’re not exclusive. He’s literally out on a date with sequoyah right now–

Carter: Defense mechanisms, zende is still in love with you. And how can he not be? You are–you’re amazing. You’re beautiful. Sexy.

Taylor: Hey, you two.

Steffy: Sorry to interrupt.

Thomas: Yeah, we nca actually come back–

Ridge: Just get in here.

Taylor: No, your father and I were just… reminiscing.

Ridge: Yeahyou guys were children.

Steffy: Well, I’m glad to know I’m not alone because I think about that a lot, especiallnow y at mom is back. It’s nice. All of us being together.

Thomas: Yeah, kind of missed hanging out with both my parents. That’s weird, but…

Ridge: But it is nice, yes.

Steffy: Yeah. Better than going home, I’ll bet, now that brooke and hope have rolled out the red carpet for deacon.

Douglas: Mommy’s not back yet?

Liam: Hey. No, not yet.

Douglas: You’re sure she’s not upset with me?

Liam: Hey. Absolutely not. Of course, she’s not upset. Why would she be upset with you?

Douglas: Because I told you guys I saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Hope: Mom. Mom. Li it was one kiss. Okay? It’s not the end of the world.

Brooke: Your father spent the night, honey. We shared the same bed.

Hope: Wait, you said nothing happened.

Brooke: No, nothing did happen. Of course nothing happened! There’s not enough alcohol in the world. But ridge hates deacon. If he finds out what happened, if he finds out that he was here, my marriage is over. Life’s been hard enough.

Carter: I want you, paris.

Paris: I want you too so why are we still talking?

Carter: This is going against every instinct that I have but… I can’T.

Paris: Seriously?

Carter: No, not after what happened with quinn and eric. I can’t do that again, paris. I can’t go down that road again.

Ridge: Okay. I’m not going to lie to you. Brooke inviting deacon back into our lives, it’s been a problem. And it’s caused tension because the guy’s an idiot.

Thomas: Exactly. But brooke won’t listen to you. Being so adamantly against something or someone coming into your family and you’re trying to protect them. And you would think that she would be okay with that and not dismiss you.

Taylor: Maybe ridge doesn’t feel that way–

Ridge: You know what ridge feels right now? I–I feel that I can work it out with brooke. All right? There’s an obstacle, I’m gonna work around it.That’s–that’s what a marriage is. You fix things!

Steffy: Really, dad? Aren’t you tired? One obstacle after the next. Don’t you want some tranquility and peace–

Taylor: Steffy, I think you’ve said enough.

Steffy: I’m trying to make things easier for dad. I’m trying to remind dad that you have a family right here who love you. And we would never let you down the way brooke has.

Liam: Hey douglas, have a seat for a second. Here’s jelly. I just… I promise this the last time I’m going askto and then I won’t bring it up again, okay? But… are you absolutely sure about what you saw on new year’s?

Douglas: Yes! I really did see grandma kissing santa claus. I hope I didn’t make you and mommy mad by telling you.

>>: Brooke: I don’t want to lose my husband and my marriage and everything that ridge and I fought so long and hard for. Over what? Over a stupid, alcohol-fuelled mistake? This never would have happened if I was sober. You have to believe me.

Hope: Of course I do, mom.

Brooke: And that kiss to deacon, it was– there was nothing. Nothing. But ridge won’t believe that. The minute he knows that I let deacon stay here–

Hope: But you didn’T. You woke up and he was right next to you on top of the covers, so…

Brooke: Honey, there’s no way I come out of this looking good. You do understand that, don’t you? I will lose ridge. That’s whyou can’t say anything to anybody. We can’t risk it getting back to ridge.

Hope: Look, I understand that you’re afraid, but I have to tell liam. No, he was the first person that douglas told about what he saw and he’s concerned and he’s asking questions. And he knows I’m up here right now talking to you about this.

Brooke: No, no. No! It’s not that I don’t trust liam, I’m just desperately trying to hold onto my marriage, here. Oh, no. Oh, no.

Hope: What?

Brooke: Well, douglas. He’s probably running around telling everybody that he saw grandma kissing santa.

Hope: No, I think he just told liam and me.

Brooke: Well, I don’t know, honey. He’s sweet. He’s an outgoing kid. He could be talking to anybody. And he doesn’t know that what he’s hanging on to is so explosive. He’s around taylor and steffy and thomas anridge all the time. They’ll figure out that what douglas really saying is… it’s gonna lead them bkac to me. Ordinary tissues burn when theo blows.

Paris: I guess I’m just a little confused. I thought you wanted this.

Carter: You have no idea how much.

Paris: Okay, so– so what are you doing? We’re both free.

Carter: Zende is still in love with you. That’s a fact. He bought a ring. He was going to ask you to marry him before you pulled back. He’s still adjusting, even if he’s seeing other women. And don’t want to make things difficult for him, paris. I– I don’t want tension between us. Not after what I did to eric.

Paris: But quinn was eric’s wife. I’m single.

Carter: But it still feels the same, it feels like a betrayal. Not to mention my standing with the forresters. I somehow came out of the whole situation with quinn with some respect intact. And if I got with a woman that’s– that’s involved with a forrester man? I mean, come on. The forresters, they’re like family to me and i don’t want to lose them. But at the same time, how am I supposed to stay away from you?

Thomas: Which is why it did work. That was– that was–

[ Steffy sighing ]

Steffy: I was hoping more time with dad, you know? It was fun while it lasted, though.

Taylor: Yeah, I enjoyed it too. Um, but it was clear that your father wanted to get home to brooke. Now, I meant what I said earlier. I don’t want either of you putting your father on the spot like that again.

Steffy: I don’t think it’s undue pressure to remind him that he has options, another family who respect his wishes when he feels strongly about something.

Thomas: Yeah, look, I’m trying to stay neutral here but honestly, brooke allowing deacon to hang around when it goes against my dad’s objections– it’s sorof it your-face disrespectful.

Taylor: Yeah, but there are mitigating circumstances. Brooke can’t do anything about it and hope wants to have a relationship with her father. Brooke doesn’t want to push her daughter away.

Steffy: How can you be so fair and reasonable all the time?

Thomas: I think it’s an occupational hazard.

Steffy: Right.

Taylor: It is. It is, and I see what’s happening here. No matter how old or worldly, kids want the parents together. But you see, there is a hitch inhis situation. And hename is brooke. She’s married to ridge.

Steffy: Now. But that could change.

Liam: Douglas, I promise you, nobody’s mad at you. Okay?

Douglas: I’m not in trouble?

Liam: No, no–I mean, your mom and I weren’t psyched that you snuck out that night just because, you know, when parents say, “no,” it’s usually for a good reason. But listen, we’re really proud of you for telling the truth.

Douglas: I really did see grandma kissing santa claus.

Liam: Hey. Come here. Come here. Look at me. I believe you. I do.

Brooke: Douglas is innocent. He doesn’t know what he’s saying. Or that he’s sitting on this awful secret that could actually blow up my marriage. And he saw me kissing santa. So all he has to do is tell taylor or steffy, thomas–god forbid, ridge– and they would connect the dots straight back to deacon. And my marriage would be over.

Hope: Okay. You don’t know that for sure, mom. I get how ridge feels about my dad. But you were drinking. You were impaired. I mean, he–he has to understand that you wouldn’t have kissed deacon otherwise. And besides, the two of you, you’re forgiven each other for far worse.

Brooke: Honey, I know my husband. If he knows that I kissed your father, he will be gone. So how could I not be worried?

Ridge: Hey. What’s going on? (Vo) it’s yoooopllllaaaitiimmeee!!!

Carter: Believe me, paris, pushing you away is not what I want to do at all but I–I have to use my best judgment this time.

Paris: That is highly overrated.

Carter: Not if you’re me. Think about it. Eric and zende are living in the same house. First I was with quinn and now I’m here with you? Look, I’m not the kind of guy that betrays his friends. At least I wasn’T. And I don’t want to be again. What are you doing? You do that thing and you start to smile… and make it impossible…

Taylor: I know you both want our family reunited, but it’s just not possible.

Steffy: Aren’t you the one who always says, “nothing’s impossible?”

Taylor: Yes. But brooke is ridge’s wife, not me. I don’t want you wishing the end of their marriage. It’s bad karma.

Thomas: I wouldn’t want that with sheila and deacon hanging around.

Steffy: We’re not actively wishing bad luck on dad and brooke, but brooke does have a track record. It’s only a matter of time before she does something to drive dad away. And when that happens, you will be there for him.

Liam: Douglas is uh, playing outside and beth is still with amelia, so at least we have a chance to talk. You look drained.

[ Hope scoffing ] Anyway, um…douglas isn’t changing his story. I mean, I tried to give him the opportunity but he still insists that he saw grandma kissing santa claus. What did brooke say when you asked her?

Hope: My mom was shocked to say the least. So it’s not true. There was no santa claus, which is weird because, you know, it’s not like douglas to make stuff up.

Hope: He didn’T.

Liam: But you–you just… I’m sorry, I’m confused now. If… we know that it wasn’t ridge, obviously, because ridge was out of town, so… hold on a second, who was it?

Hope: Well, you’re not going to believe it but it’s true. Douglas saw my mom kissing santa claus. Or, at least a man wearing a red and white hat. My mother was kissing my father.

Liam: Holy–

Ridge: Alright. Just us. Tell me. What’s going on with you and hope. I mean, you guys never fight so, something I should be concerned about?

Brooke: No, everything’s fine between hope and me.

Ridge: Well, I’m looking at you so it’s gotta be something else. And I’m not accusing anybody. I’m just asking what happened?

Brooke: You don’t know how much itothe b me, what happened that night. And how I wish I could just take it all back.

Ridge: I’m here, I’ll do whatever you need.

Brooke: What I need is to figure out why I had that temptation. It still really bothers me. I don’t understand it.

Ridge: I’m sorry, I can’t– I can’t–

Brooke: Oh. No, no. I’m sorry. Really, I’m sorry for disappointing you and I’m sorry for letting you down. I love our life together. You know? I love waking up with you in the morning. Love going to bewith you. I love going to work and coming home with you, and… I just don’t want to… I don’t want to lose this wonderful life that we built together.

Ridge: What are you doing right now? What are you talking about? We’re good. There’s not a single thing that would make me walk out the door.

Brooke: Okay.

Ridge: Okay? Okay.

Liam: So you’re– you’re serious right now? Deacon? Brooke was kissing deacon.

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[ Dramatic music ]

Hope: Do you know what douglas meant?

Brooke: He saw me kissing santa?

Hope: On new year’s eve. Why would douglas say that? You know, douglas. He doesn’t really lie.

Brooke: No, he doesn’T.

Hope: So what’s going on, mom? What’s douglas talking about?

Brooke: There’s something I need to tell you about that night.

Hope: Okay.

Brooke: After everybody left, your father came back.

[ Steffy laughing ]

Ridge: What’s so funny?

Steffy: Um… just this interview you did talking about your collection. This one. Right here.

Ridge: I know the interview. I didn’t crack any jokes in that. I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Steffy: Oh, it’s not actually the interview. It’s like, uh, you see this? This uh… this photo right here?

Ridge: Yeah?

Steffy: This serious look? It’s like, “look at me. I’m so amazing–”

Ridge: I’m a serious designer. That’s what I do. It’s just–I’m serious thing.

Steffy: It’s a thing? Yeah? So like, the stoic expression? “I’m so extra.”

Ridge: Right? Whoa, whoa, what about– what about when you take pictures. With everything?

Steffy: Excuse me–

Ridge: What is that? What is that?

Steffy: That is different.

Ridge: You just–you think I look like bill. I don’t look like bill at all.

Steffy: Dad! Don’t even say that, dad.

Ridge: What? You brought it up.

Steffy: You just look a little crazy.

Ridge: There’s nothing crazy about it.

Taylor: Wow! Things are rarely this funny in my line of work! Hi.

Ridge: Well, then you need to quit and come over to the fashion business because apparently there’s nothing nniefu

[ Laughter ]

Taylor: No, you know what, I think I will stick to psychiatry but I’ll tell you what, if I ever want a reason just to laugh or smile, I’m going to stop becbyse nothing makes me happier than seeing the two of you work together like this.

Paris: That was unexpected,.

[ Carter chuckling ]

Carter: Was it, though? Don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling like…

Paris: Something’s building? Yeah. I’ve been feeling it, too.

[ Laughter ]

Taylor: I mean it. It is a beautiful thing seeing the two of you working together, enjoying each other.

Steffy: Well, nothing is more beautiful than having you back in L.A.

Ridge: She’s right. Glad you’re here.

Thomas: Wow, look at the party. Can I join?

Taylor: Hi!

Thomas: Hey, mom!

Ridge: It’s not a party, but yeah, you can join ’cause I want to talk to you.

Thomas: Uh-oh.

Ridge: These guys? Exactly what I wanted. Nice job.

Taylor: Hey!

Steffy: Wow, dad’s blessings on a first try? What has the world come to?

Taylor: This! This is what I missed. This is why I am so thankful I’m home.

Hope: Dad came back?

Brooke: He’d forgotten his phone.

Hope: Wow, okay. So this is– this is new information. But first thing’s first: Did dad… did he get you to drink? Because I’ve been hoping that he’s changed. And if he… tried to somehow talk you into it or did something–

Brooke: Honey, no. No.

Hope: Are you sure? Because he obviously did something, something to make you upset and to ask him to not even come around here anymore. So mom, I really– please tell me. What exactly did my father do? How did olay top expensive creams?

Carter: What do we do now?

Paris: Hopefully another kiss.

Carter: Hopefully. But I meant with zende.

Paris: Okay. I–I care about him. A lot. But he knows I’m not ready for a lifelong commitment right now. That we need freedom in our relationship. He gets it. Like right now, he’s out on a date. Good for him. And good for me. I am here with you.

Carter: So we’re letting this happen? Whatever this is?

Paris: I’m not sure. But whatever it is, I like it.

Steffy: Well, I hate to leave the party but I’m going to be late for a meeting with katie.

Ridge: Quick question: Why do we insist on calling this a party? This is our place of work.

Thomas: Okay, mr. Curmudgeon.

Ridge: I don’t mean– yes, things are a little more festive because your mom’s here but it’s still where we create stuff, right? This is our workplace.

Steffy: Yeah, but we– we could have a little party. We could all have dinner tonight if everyone’s available.

Thomas: Sounds good to me.

Taylor: Yeah–

Steffy: Yeah?

Taylor: You know, I have appointments later, but I can try to reschedule. But I can definitely make it by dessert.

Steffy: Okay, great. Dad?

Ridge: Yeah. Oh, no, I would like that idea, too.

Steffy: But…

Ridge: But I got to check my schedule.

Steffy: Okay. Schedule or brooke? You’re that worried about her, you don’t even want to be away from her. Even if it’s just for an evening?

Brooke: No, no. I started drinking on my own. It had nothing to do with your father. He tried to stop me from drinking and uh, the urge was too great. So I asked him to join me.

Hope: Mom.

Brooke: I know. I don’t know what came over me. It’s really embarrassing.

Hope: So you’re asking him to stay away because you were drinking with him. Mom, are you, uh… you aren’t still drinking, are you?

Brooke: No, honey, I swear.

Hope: Okay. Have you been tempted?

Brooke: Maybe a little bit but certainly nothing like that night and I still don’t know where that temptation came from. It’s just so crazy, you know? I’ve had my drinking under control for so long.

Hope: And you will have it under control again because you have a lot of friends and family loving you and supporting you. Especially ridge. Yeah, he’s been there for you. And you can trust that– that we’ll have your back… right?

Brooke: Right.

Hope: It feels like there’s something…more going on and there is, isn’t there?

Brooke: I–well, I guess it’s why you came up here, right? What douglas saw?

Hope: Yeah, he said he saw you kissing santa. Why would he say that? That’s– that’s crazy. You know, seeing, I dunno, you talking to deacon or laughing with him– now, that would make sense, but this? Seeing you kissing… you were kissing my father. Your skin isn’t just skin.

Carter: You sure, you’re okay with this?

Paris: Whatever this is, I’m more than okay. You?

Carter: Do you even have to ask?

Ridge: Don’t want to talk about, brooke. I’ll let you know about dinner.

Steffy: Okay, well, we’d love to have you. I’m gonna head out to that meeting. Thomas, you ready?

Thomas: Huh?

Steffy: The meeting.

Thomas: Yeah, why I would have to go?

Steffy: Because I’m inviting you.

Thomas: Oh, yeah. Marketing meetings. Love that. Lucky…lucky me. Um…all right. Good seeing you guys. Uh, mom, please stop by more. I enjoy the party.

Steffy: Yeah.

Taylor: Okay.

Thomas: Right behind you.

Taylor: Steffy forrester. Queen of subtle. You know, I– I think she was trying to give us a moment alone.

Hope: Is that what douglas really saw? You and my dad kissing? Look, mom, I–I– I want you to tell me the truth. You know I am a safe place and you can be open and honest with me. What exactly happened on new year’s eve?

Brooke: Your father came back to get his phone and when he found it, he was going to leave again.

Hope: But something stopped him.

Brooke: Well, ridge called.

Hope: Ah. Saying that he couldn’t make it home.

Brooke: Right. And that really disappointed me because i thought it was very important for us to spend that time together on new year’s eve. Really have that time to connect. And when I found out he wouldn’t be here, well, I just grabbed that bottle of vodka and I asked your father to join me.

Hope: I just wish that he had stopped you.

Brooke: He tried. I told you that. But I wouldn’t let him stop me. Once I tasted the vodka, I just wanted more. And I was justifying it. You know, saying it was, “new year’s eve, one night out of the year. There’s no harm.” I convinced myself of that and well, I convinced him too. I mean, at first we were having fun. You know, we were just tipsy and joking around and laughing and we found this hat from christmas. And he put it on.

Hope: A santa hat.

Brooke: Yeah, a santa hat.

Hope: So, when douglas came over… he saw you…

Brooke: Deacon and i were just… reminiscing, honey. We were talking about the good old times and…

[ Brooke sighing ] I don’t know, there was A… kind of a closeness, you know? Just, it felt good. And it… I don’T…. well, we…we kissed. Yeah. Yeah. Your father and I kissed.

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Taylor: I know that you said you didn’t want to talk about brooke and I respect that, but I am a–I’m a very good listener just in case, you know? I’m just saying.

Ridge: Do I need to make an appointment or?

Taylor: For you? Absolutely. Get in line.

Ridge: Well, I appreciate it. Appreciate you. Thanks for coming home.

Taylor: I knew that I missed being here. I just– I didn’t realize how much. Surrounded by family, our children, our grandchildren. I haven’t been this happy in a long time.

Ridge: You deserve it.

Taylor: I do. I have worked hard to get here. Done a lot of self-exploration. A favorite hobby of mine.

Ridge: Oh, I do remember. Yes.

Taylor: I had to ask myself a lot of really tough questions: Why did I stay away so long? Why was I choosing to miss out on so much time with my family? Working halfway across the world when I should have been there for steffy and thomas.

Ridge: Well, you’re here now. And steffy and thomas, you saw them. They’re–they’re thrilled. I’m smiling.

Taylor: Yeah, I see that smile. You have no idea how happy it makes me–

Ridge: All right, I um… I gotta ask you, these questions you had, did you find answers?

[ Taylor exhaling ]

Taylor: Um, yes? It’s complicated. There’s a lot of reasons that I–I stayed away. But the main one was brooke. Knowing that you have made a life with her… I couldn’t help but think what– what–what could have been, you know, if–if, if sheila hadn’t shot me, if we would have been able to stick together after I made my way back home, remained a family, stay married. I knew we’d always love each other. What we shared will always be there. But I couldn’t– I couldn’t stop thinking about what could have been. The memories we could have made. The life we– we almost had. Oh gosh. I–I should pay you for a session. I’m gonna go.

Ridge: Hey, hey.

Hope: Thankfully, douglas didn’t realize who you were actually kissing.

Brooke: I know. It’s bad enough he thinks I was kissing anybody at all.

Hope: Can’t imagine the guilt you’ve been feeling. I’m really glad that you told me, mom. I–I know this couldn’t have been easy on you but given what you’ve been going through, I need you to take it easy on yourself and try to be forgiving because it was a kiss on new year’s eve. You were drunk. And it was between two people who used to be close at a time.

Brooke: Well, that’s not all, sweetheart.

Hope: Wait, what else happened?

Brooke: Oh. No, no, you’re right, it was just a kiss. But deacon slept here that night.

Hope: What?

[ Brooke sighing ]

Brooke: I was drunk. I was beyond drunk and he thought I was going to pass out on the bathroom floor or something. So he took me upstairs and he put me in bed and he tucked me in. And I don’t know. I don’t really remember. I just remember waking up and he’s there, laying there next to me.

Hope: Are you sure nothing happened, mom?

Brooke: Yes, honey. I was under the covers and he was laying on top of them and we were fully dressed.

Hope: What if ridge had come back home?

Brooke: I know. I– I was desperate to get deacon out of there. And try to clean up the mess and the evidence of the night before. Drinking with deacon and him in my–my bed. Oh, my god.

Hope: No wonder you weren’t acting like yourself. Look, I was trying to figure it out. But…

Brooke: How could I do that? How could I risk losing my marriage, the man that I love so much? Really, what was I thinking? I mean, I’m sure that taylor and steffy are on the sideline somewhere, just waiting for something to happen between ridge and me so they can open their arms and welcome their father back into their sweet, little family! He would never accept this, hope. If he knew that deacon was here and we were alone and drinking. And that we kissed? And he was in my bed– oh, my god, my god. I would lose him. I would lose him forever!

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Hope: You saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Liam: And so– so, you keep saying that this is about brooke, but–

Douglas: It’s true. I saw them.

Hope: Well, you have been watching a lot of movies lately. Are you sure you’re not mixing up your holiday films?

Liam: Yeah. Or just that, or the song, even?

Douglas: No! Santa was there and he was kissing grandma.

Ridge: You were alone on new year’s because of me. You weren’t expecting that.

Brooke: There’s no excuse to have done what I did.

Ridge: What did you do? You made a mistake and you regret it.

[Brooke sighs] Yes, I do. I regret it more than you know.

Ridge: Tell me what I can do. I’ll do anything just to make it better.

Brooke: Ridge. You’ve already been so amazing–

Ridge: No, I’ll go to meetings with you. I’ll go to 100 meetings, I’ll go to 1,000 meetings! But we’re in this together, alright? It’s you and me, forever.

Paris: Wow, I forgot your place is immaculate.

Carter: What can I say? I like things organized.

Paris: It’s refreshing. Not your typical sloppy bachelor pad.

> Carter: Well, I am C.O.O. I’m all about order and precision.

Paris: Clearly.

Carter: Yeah. Everything’s gotta be lined up perfectly, which is why we’re here.

Paris: Yes, my financial portfolio.

Carter: Now, we’re just in the early days, so we’re laying the groundwork. But I think you will be pleased with your performance thus far.

Paris: Carter, I have no doubt. I know I’m in good hands with you.

Carter: What are your thoughts?

Paris: I am blown away. I wasn’t expecting such a jump like this!

Carter: You’re building quite the nest egg for yourself.

Paris: Thanks to you. Wow, you really are the financial genius.

Carter: I have experience with investments but I wouldn’t go that far.

Paris: Okay, don’t be modest, carter. Seriously, your support and encouragement means the world to me. And I’m so thankful for everything you’re doing, not just financially.

Ridge: I’m your husband. I’ll always be here for you.

Brooke: How did I get so lucky? To have a man like you.

Ridge: I don’t know. I’m going to tell you something but you gotta promise me not to use it against me. I need you a lot more than you need me.

Brooke: Oh, ridge. I created another issue for us. And uh… on top of everything else. So I really don’t know how you can even put up with me.

Ridge: I made a commitment to this gorgeous, blonde woman. For better or for worse. We promised to stay loyal to each other, so that’s what we’re doing. We’re going to deal with this as a couple.

Brooke: Yeah. I hope so.

Ridge: You hope so? What are you, nuts? Look at us. Strength in numbers, we got this. I’m not going anywhere.

Hope: Oh, liam and i are a little thrown off because you keep saying that you saw grandma kissing…

Douglas: The man in the red and white hat.

Hope: On new year’s eve?

Douglas: Yes.

Liam: Okay. And you’re– and you’re sure this wasn’t christmas eve because christmas eve is when santa comes.

Douglas: No.

Hope: So it was the night when we had all that yummy food and had the party hats and the noisemakers…

Liam: And they were talking about how the clock strikes midnight. That night?

Douglas: I’m sorry, mommy.

Hope: For what, sweetie?

Douglas: Liam told me not to go up to the house to find my stuffed bunny but I needed him to fall asleep. And then that’s when I saw grandma kissing santa. When they’re sick, they get comfortable anywhere

[Paris sighs] You have been so incredible to me, carter.

Carter: You’re easy to root for.

Paris: No, but you’ve gone above and beyond. It’s not about just the investment stuff or even hooking me up with this job.

Carter: Paris, forrester creations should be thanking you. You’re the perfect fit to run the foundation.

Paris: And I am loving it.

Carter: You seem really happy.

Paris: No, I just don’t know what I would do without your guidance. Not just about the foundation but with zende. I mean, you’ve been very spot on.

Carter: You’re not ready, you’re not ready.

Paris: And you know what makes me realize that I’m not ready for marriage?

Carter: What?

Paris: When I look at you and I can’t stop thinking about our kiss.

Carter: Yeah, that was– that was quite the new year’s surprise.

Paris: And I could say we both got caught up in the moment but I feel like there’s something that’s been building up between us for a long time now. And that’s one of the reasons why I couldn’t fully commit to zende. And here we are, you and me and I… I like it.

Carter: I like it, too.

Brooke: It’s a total mystery why I lost all willpower to stay sober that night. And it just hit me out of nowhere, and I know I keep saying that, but–

Ridge: I know you want to figure out what happened but there is a chance that you won’t figure it out and that’s gotta be okay.

Brooke: But I need to know what the trigger was. I– I really think that that was important. And I’ve been sober for so many years and out of nowhere I just had the urge to drink.

[Sighs] I wish I could go back and erase that night and do it all over again.

Ridge: If I’d been here, it would’ve all been different.

Brooke: I wish you were here with me, more than you even know.

Hope: So you went up to the house all by yourself to get your stuffed bunny?

Douglas: I hope I’m not in trouble.

Hope: Well, douglas, you shouldn’t have been sneaking around the property after dark by yourself and especially without telling someone. Please promise me that you will never, ever, ever do that again. Okay? But we’re not mad at you.

Liam: No.

Douglas: But you’re worried about something.

Liam: Um, no. No, we’re not. Not, not necessarily. We’re just– we’re just kind of trying to figure out what’s– what’s going on here. We do know that grandma didn’t go right to sleep that night.

Douglas: Are you upset because I saw grandma with santa?

Hope: No! No. We’re just trying to figure out how that’s possible.

Liam: Yeah, I mean, because, you know, maybe– uh, maybe you got some of the days confused because, you know, there’s a lot going on during the holidays, right?

Hope: Oh, and we did have a lot of guests going in and out of the house. A lot of people visiting. And you remember it was christmas eve when santa came down the chimney and gave all those presents–

Liam: And you know something. And I confuse christmas eve and new year’s eve all the time. Always get ’em jumbled up.

Douglas: No, it was new year’s eve.

Liam: Uh-huh.

Hope: Okay, well, you– you seem pretty sure about what happened, so I’m going to need you to tell me everything again. So, everything that you remember about that night.

Paris: Part of me felt a little guilty about our kiss.

Carter: Same.

Paris: I know it definitely wasn’t something that you were expecting.

Carter: No, I was at the office. I fully accepted to ring in the new year alone and not kiss anybody.

Paris: Yeah, I kind of threw a wrench in your plans.

Carter: Kind of.

Paris: I mean, it was the biggest party night of the year. You know, I thought you can have a little fun.

Carter: I didn’t say I wasn’t glad to see you.

Paris: Well, when I showed up, I just wanted to thank you for tipping me off about zende’s proposal and then–

Paris: I might have got a little caught up?

Carter: Yeah, we both did.

Paris: And part of me felt bad about the timing but now the circumstances have changed. Zende’s out with a model and I’m here with you…

Carter: You said you can’t get that kiss out of your mind. Neither can I.

Brooke: Ridge, I don’t want you feeling guilty for not being here for me.

Ridge: I shouldn’t have left in the first place.

Brooke: You had to travel–

Ridge: No, no, no. I didn’t have to travel at all. I didn’t have to go. I wanted to go because i wanted to be part of it, I wanted to be the big star. That’s why I left.

Brooke: If I had an inkling that I was going to be in jeopardy, I would have communicated–

Ridge: You are my person. You’re my wife, I should be connected to you. I should– I should know when you’re struggling.

Brooke: Ridge, you haven’t had to worry about me in so long. In years, actually. You couldn’t have predicted this.

Ridge: I just want to take your pain away and I can’t do it.

Brooke: Nobody can. I have to want to make better decisions. And I do. I never want what happened to ever happen again.

Ridge: And I– I will try to be more intuitive, to be… to be here, to be present, I will try.

Brooke: Oh, ridge. I’m the one who’s ashamed for–

Ridge: Stop saying that, please. You made a mistake. And you came clean. You– you told me everything. And that honesty just– I don’t know, it makes me want to be a better person for you. I love you so much.

Hope: Nobody’s upset with you. We just want a better understanding of what you saw that night.

Liam: Yeah. Like, can you give us some… can you give us any more details, big or small, whatever you can remember, anything.

Douglas: Well… I couldn’t sleep without my stuffed bunny. So, I snuck out on a walk went up to the big house. When I reached the living room window, I peaked in. And that’s when I saw it. Grandma kissing santa.

Liam: Uh-huh. Okay. And, um… did you see santa’s face?

Douglas: Not really. Just his hat.

Liam: Did– did grandma or– or anyone else see you?

Douglas: No, nobody saw me.

Hope: Well, douglas, I have to ask, and this does not mean that we don’t believe you but, you have a really great imagination.

Liam: Just– yeah, and– and you know, sometimes dreams can get kind of mixed up with real life, right?

>>Douglas: No. I swear it’s true. I really saw it happen.

Liam: Well, yeah. Okay.

Hope: Okay. Thank you for telling us.

Liam: Yeah. And good job remembering all those, all those details. That was great.

Hope: Yeah. Now don’t we have some homework to do? Hm?

Douglas: Bye, mommy.

Hope: Alright.

Liam: I’ll come check with you in a minute.

[Door closes] What the hell was that? What could he possibly be talking about?

Hope: I don’t know. Who’s to say? I mean, we know ridge didn’t get here until the following day.

Liam: I know. Which raises the question, what– or I guess, who could douglas have seen that night?

Hope: Well, the only way to know for sure is to have a conversation with my mother. Your kindness outshines your highs and lows.

Paris: This… could get complicated.

Carter: I know.

Douglas: Liam?

Liam: ‘Sup, dude?

Douglas: I was trying to do more homework.

Liam: Well, you let me know if you need any help because you are looking at the 1994 spelling bee champion of– hey. What’s going on?

[Douglas sighs] I just can’t stop thinking about what I told you and mommy.

Liam: About that night?

Douglas: I hope you’re not disappointed in me.

Liam: Disappoin– oh, my god. No, absolutely not. We are not disappointed. We are so, so happy and so proud that you came to us and you told us everything. And the last thing that we want is for you to feel anxious about it. Okay?

Douglas: Where’s mommy?

Liam: Uh, she’s having a little chat with grandma.

Douglas: Is mom going to tell grandma that i saw her kissing santa?

Hope: Mom!

Brooke: Oh! God, honey. You startled me.

Hope: Oh, is everything alright? Is… is ridge home?

Brooke: Uh, no. Ridge is at the office but everything’s fine. Thank you for checking on me. I really do appreciate your love and support.

Hope: Well, you know, I– I will always be here for you. Uh, but I do have a question about uh, that night. You did come clean to ridge and me about everything. Right?

Brooke: Are you okay, sweetheart?

Hope: Yeah. Yeah, it’s just that liam and i had a conversation with douglas just now about new year’s eve and– and while we were celebrating that night, he actually forgot his favorite stuffed animal up here.

Brooke: Oh! I haven’t seen it. But I’ll look around and as soon as I do, I’ll just run it down there.

Hope: That’s– that’s actually not the point. Liam that night told him that he was not allowed to come back up here to look for it, but he ignored that and he snuck back up here anyway.

Brooke: He did?

Hope: Yeah, he did. So is there anything that maybe… he shouldn’t have seen?

Brooke: What do you mean?

Hope: Well, it’s just, you know, when he snuck up here, douglas looked through those windows and he saw… you.

Brooke: He didn’t see me drinking, did he?

Hope: No, no. Thankfully, he didn’t mention anything about that.

Brooke: Oh, okay, good. I wouldn’t know how to explain that to my grandson.

Hope: Hm. Well, it’s something that he’s actually been very insistent about for the past few weeks. But liam and I have just, kind of dismissed it because we didn’t fully understand it. And I am not sure we do even now.

Brooke: What is it?

Hope: I wish there was an easier way to just come out and say this. And liam and I, we really did make sure that douglas was 100% certain of this but–

Brooke: About?

Hope: Douglas said he saw you… he saw you kissing santa claus.

Brooke: What?

Hope: He’s 100% sure. He insists that it’s the truth. But he says that he saw you kissing a man in a red and white hat.

Brooke: Oh, oh, my god.

Hope: Did something happen? Mom. If something happened, you need to tell me because we both know that ridge was not home that night. He was still off at work, so– so what happened, mom? Mom, answer me, please.

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[ Relaxing music ]

Hope: You know, I could get used to you working from home.

Liam: That was nice. Well, yeah, with my dad out of town, I figured I’d take advantage. Although, it’s been quiet around here, right?

Hope: Well, douglas is doing homework in his room and beth is at her playdate. Actually, are you going to be here for a bit? Because I would like to go check in on my mom.

Liam: Oh yeah. No, no, no. Go. By all means. I know your mom’s ah… facing some challenges since new year’s, so.

Hope: Drinking that night really…really broke her spirit. I am worried about her.

Ridge: Hey. Are you still thinking about taylor? The way she showed up here.

Brooke: I certainly didn’t expect to be answering questions about my well being.

Ridge: So, you don’t believe in her good intentions?

Brooke: I don’t know. I mean, I guess she was genuinely concerned. It was just…unnerving.

Sheila: What–what just happened?

Taylor: You tell me.

Sheila: Well, the vibe in here suddenly shifted, and you’re looking at me like that.

Taylor: Do you want to tell me why you’re so interested in brooke?

Carter: That’s a little strange.

Paris: What?

Carter: I feel like you always have a smile on your face. You have been frowning for like five minutes.

Paris: Have I?

Carter: Seems like you’re deep in thought.

Paris: Yeah, I am a little, I guess.

Carter: About?

Paris: Zende and sequoyah are going out tonight.

Carter: Isn’t that what you wanted? For you guys to be free to see other people. Don’t you want that anymore?

Paris: Everything I said to zende still stands. I’m way too young to be committed like that.

Carter: But?

Paris: I think I was just caught off guard. Walking in on him making plans with someone else. A drop dead, gorgeous model at that.

Carter: I understand.

Paris: Really? And maybe you can help me understand it.

Carter: You’re jealous. You still care about zende.

Taylor: It’s a pretty straightforward question. Why are you so stuck on brooke?

Sheila: I really–I wouldn’t say that I am. I’ve been out of the loop for so long. I–I’m just trying to fit back in so that I can be a part of finn and hayes’s lives. And brooke… happens to be married to hayes’s grandfather.

Taylor: I hope that’s true. I would hate to see you getting obsessed with brooke again.

Hope: Mom’s been really hard on herself. And I just–I’m not sure what to do to help her feel better.

Liam: Well, I don’t know either, but I know your love and support goes a long way.

Hope: I hope so because it’s really all I have. I just–I should go check in.

Liam: Yeah, no. Yeah, I’ll hold down the fort and you… just go be who you are. A loving, caring daughter.

Hope: Just it bothers me, not understanding what it was about that night that triggered her urge to drink.

Brooke: I guess I’m just naive. Thought my desire to drink was behind me.

Ridge: People slip. That’s what meetings are for, right? To help you get back up. You’re doing everything you can. Most important thing is being honest with everybody about what happened that night. (Girl) hey guys, family hike starts… now!

Paris: Zende is a great guy. And we have so much fun together. And we just vibe so easily together. But he thought I was right there with him, ready to walk down the aisle as mr. And mrs., But I’m just not ready. And once you gave me the heads up about the proposal, there were only two options: Turn him down or head him off.

Carter: Makes sense. So, you’re not questioning your decision to keep things casual with zende?

Paris: Oh no. I think… I think I made the best choice for where I am in my life right now. For the both of us. I mean, if zende is looking to be serious with someone, he deserves a woman who wants the same thing. A woman who is as into him as he is into her. There was always something imbalanced about our relationship. I just didn’t think it mattered because we were just dating. Does that make me a bad person?

Carter: Yes. I’m joking.

Paris: Oh.

Carter: No, it doesn’t paris. You’re a beautiful person. You’re just trying to be honest with your feelings. Can’t ask for more than that.

Sheila: I totally understand why you would question my motives. But I…have changed, taylor. I mean, haven’t we all, really? When you’re young, you think that the world owes you everything. That you’re entitled to whatever you want. And that it’s okay to do whatever you have to do to make that happen, regardless of who you hurt. And then time takes a hard look at you and it beats you down. And it takes away what’s most important in life, and it humbles you. And you have to be. Listen to me, here I am explaining the human condition to one of the world’s most renowned psychiatrists. I’m just going to stop. Okay? But I say what I say because I have taken hard knocks and I’ve learned things, like what’s really important in life and that is your family. So now you don’t need to be concerned that I am obsessed with brooke. I just want to prove myself so that I can spend time with my son and my grandson.

Taylor: Oh, I want to believe you, sheila. I really do. But I am still gauging, assessing the situation. I hope that you’re telling the truth and that you have changed. For your sake and for my family’s as well. It would make things a lot less complicated if we could trust your intentions.

Sheila: I so appreciate you, taylor. And your willingness to let me prove myself. I just wish brooke would do the same.

Liam: Ah, doug the daring. You finish your homework?

Douglas: Yep. Where’s mom?

Liam: Oh, she’s up seeing grandma.

Douglas: I saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Ridge: Falling off the wagon is not permanent. You got to climb back on and… stay on. One moment at a time. One day at a time. That’s how it works, right? But I went from zero to 60. In one minute, I was drinking non-alcoholic champagne and the next I was doing vodka shots. And I don’t even remember the moment in between where I possibly could have stopped myself. It doesn’t make sense.

Ridge: It’s not supposed to make sense. It’s an impulse.

Brooke: But why? I haven’t even thought about alcohol, I don’t care when people drink around me. So, what would make this impulse happen? I have no idea.

Ridge: I don’t know either. Something triggered you. We may never find out what it was. Most important thing is you doing the work, right? That’s all you can do.

Brooke: Are you disappointed in me?

Ridge: No. Not one bit.

Brooke: Well, you should be. I’m disappointed in myself. Maybe you should give yourself some credit.

Hope: I actually agree with ridge. Mom, you’ve taken responsibility for everything that happened on new year’s eve. And not keeping it a secret has helped get things back on track. And that and accepting help from the people who love you most. Napoleon was born and raised to conquer.

Carter: Oh. What did I do to desrve that smile?

Paris: Because…you care and you’re supportive. And I–I just really appreciate that.

Carter: Well, don’t tell anyonebut , m one of your biggest fans.

Paris: Oh, and you have been. From the start. Right away, you saw something in me that was worth taking a chance on. Because of you, a door open for me here at forrester. Literally changed my life.

Carter: I’m glad I follow my instincts about you, paris. For reasons both professional and personal.

Paris: Personal?

Carter: I like having you in my life. You’re different.

Paris: Oh. Is that good or bad?

Carter: It’s excellent. I don’t know, you– you intrigued me. I’ve never met someone like you. You know you… you don’t disappoint paris. You’re endlessly fascinating.

Paris: Wow. Thank you.

Carter: Just keeping it real.-Paris: You know… the more I sit with it, the more I believe it’s best for zende to enjoy his freedom.

Carter: Why do you say that?

Paris: To be honest, I can’t stop thinking about our kiss.

Carter: To be honest. I can’t stop thinking about it either.

Sheila: Look, I’m sorry. It is just that brooke is so high and mighty. Talk about hypocrisy. I mean, judging me so harshly and being so unforgiving. It’s like she’s never made a mistake in her life. Or that there’s nothing horrible that she regrets. It’s just I thought you of all people would be annoyed by brooke, just as much as I am.

Hope: In the past, you had lived with your alcoholism alone, for a very long time before any of us knew there was a problem. And that makes it that much harder to ask for help.

Brooke: I was in denial. And then I was ashamed.

Hope: Well, that’s not what is happening here. Mom, you slipped up and you immediately went to a meeting, you called your sponsor and you let ridge and I know about what happened that night. I mean, taking responsibility, that’s half the battle. And keeping it a secret would eat anyone up from the inside.

Ridge: She’right.

Hope: Please, mom, you don’t have to worry. There’s no judgment here.

Ridge: We got you.

Hope: No matter what. There is nothing here but love and support, okay? Love you.

Douglas: I saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Liam: So, buddy. You’ve said that a few times now. Is that like your favorite song this year? Because it’s mommy, I saw mommy.

Douglas: Not the song. I saw grandma kissing santa, for real.

Liam: Oh. Oh, well. Well, when was that? Was that– was it christmas eve?

Douglas: No, new year’s eve.

(Ziploc bag opening) But taylor? You would think should be eager to spill the tea, even with me. I just need to know if she fell into the trap that I set. Now your day of reckoning is coming, brooke. You trust and believe because it’s coming soon.

Ridge: You’re the most remarkable woman I’ve ever known.

Brooke: How can you say that? I’m anything but.

Ridge: At times, you’re a little hard on yourself.

Brooke: Not hard enough.

Ridge: You slipped. It was new year’s and I wasn’t there. And you’re taking all the right steps. You want to get back to where you were. And you say you feel shame, but you shouldn’T. You could have hidden this from me, and you didn’T. You shared with me, with your daughter. Every intimate detail of what happened that night. I’m so proud of you.

Brooke: Drink it up.

Douglas: I saw grandma kissing santa. I did. I swear.

Liam: Okay. All right. Well, I know that’s what you think you saw.

Douglas: I didn’t think it. I saw it. Grandma was kissing santa. Maybe he came back to bring her a present and maybe she was thanking him.

Liam: So–

Hope: Everything okay?

Liam: Yeah, yeah. It’s good. It’s good. It’s just, um… okay. So, you know how douglas has been saying, I saw grandma kissing santa claus lately.

Hope: Sweetie, you’re– you’re misremembering the song. It’s I saw mommy kissing santa claus.

Liam: So yes–

Hope: Not grandma.

Liam: That’s what I said. But I don’t think he’s talking about the song. He says he’s talking about brooke.

Hope: I don’t understand.

Liam: I don’t know. I think maybe douglas is trying to tell us something.

Hope: So, something happened and you saw grandma kissing santa claus?

Douglas: Yes.

Hope: Was this on christmas eve or christmas?

Douglas: New year’s eve.

Hope: And where did you see that?

Douglas: At her house. It was at night.

Liam: Um. Well, I don’t know why you were up there, because I distinctly remember telling you not to go up to the house, right?

Douglas: I know, I’m sorry, but it was only for a minute so I can go get my stuffed bunny. Am I in trouble?

Liam: No, you’re– no, you’re not in trouble, and we’re going to deal with that later. I’m just so happy you’re being honest with us. So just–just um–just– yeah, tell us what happened.

Douglas: Well, I walked up to the living room window, and that’s when I saw it.

Hope: So, you saw grandma kissing someone?

Douglas: Yes, santa.

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[ Dramatic music ]

Brooke: Oh, god.

Brooke: Oh, I–

[ Brooke laughing ]

[ Knocking on door ]

Brooke: Taylor?

Taylor: Hi, brooke.

Brooke: Ridge isn’t here. He’s at the office.

Taylor: Yes, I know. I know that. I’m here to see you.

Sheila: Brooke, brooke, brooke. What happened on new year’s eve? Did my champagne switch work? Hm. Has the all high and mighty brooke logan taken a swan dive off of her high horse? I guess it certainly would serve her right for threatening me. Using her influence over a bridge to keep me away from my son.

Ridge: Wow, you really went above and beyond on this, max.

Max: Thank you. Carter told me you wanted the contract locked down this quarter. I deliver.

Carter: I got to say, man, I did not expect you to get it done qui so fast.

Max: Well, apparently the suppliers find me a lot more persuasive than you do. You know, I’ve been trying to get carter to go out with the guys.

Ridge: I–

Carter: I’m not blowing you off. I’ve been…busy.

Max: Yeah, I’ve heard that excuse before. Come on, man. You’ve been on the sidelines ever since you broke off your engagement. You got to get back in the game.

Ridge: Yeah, carter. Why aren’t you back in the game? What is that? You’re not ready? Or you’ve got your eye on somebody already?

Zende: I know this is taking a while. I need to get this…right. I think we’re almost there.

Sequoyah: I don’t mind at all, zende. In fact, I was thinking I’d like to spend more time with you. Outside of work. Maybe we can get a drink tonight?

Zende: Get a drink?

Paris: We’re so lucky.

We’re young and single,

and we don’t have stuff

tying us down.

Sequoyah: If you can’t, it’s okay. I just thought–

Zende: Yes. Drinks tonight sound great. I’d like that.

Sequoyah: Me too. It’s a date.

Zende: Yeah. Yeah. .Paris: Hey, sequoyah, zende.

Zende: Paris… hey.

Paris: Did I just hear you guys are going out tonight?

Max: Wait. Is ridge right? You’ve been holding out on us. You’ve got your eye on someone?

Max: Invite her to join us. Tell her to bring her friends.

Ridge: Unless he wants to keep her secret.

Carter: Guys, guys. There isn’t anyone. I’m not involved with anybody.

Max: Then come out with us, man. You can meet someone. Ridge, help me out with this. In fact, you can come too.

Ridge. No, no.

Max: I know you got your missus all set, but we could use a wingman.

Ridge: I’m not–

Carter: Wingman?

Max: Carter. It’s time. There are so many gorgeous women and interesting women in los angeles. Heck, there’s so many gorgeous and interesting women right here at forrester creations.

Carter: I’m well aware of that, max.

Max: Good. We’re going to bikini tonight. I’ll text you the details. All right? Ridge, please talk some sense into this guy. All right?

Ridge: Okay.

Max: Carter, don’t back out, either.

[ Carter sighing ]

Zende: Thanks sequoyah. I’ll find you later.

Sequoyah: You better.

Paris: You and sequouyah are going out tonight?

Zende: She asked me to get drinks.

Paris: You said yes.

Zende: I wasn’t going to. But then I thought about everything you said on new year’S. I don’t know where we stand right now, paris, but you made it clear that you’re not ready to be serious. Am I wrong about that?

Sheila: Deacon could have told me what happened on new year’s eve, but he didn’t, why? What could have happened that he can’t even risk me getting a hint of it? What did you do, brooke? What did you do that nobody can know about?

Brooke: So, what did you want to see me about?

Taylor: Well, I’ve been thinking about our conversation. You said that there was no reason that we should be at odds. One day we could even be friends.

Brooke: I remember.

Taylor: So, I’m here as a friend, brooke. I just–I want you to know that.

Brooke: Are you sure this is a friendly visit?

Taylor: I–I spoke with hope. And steffy talked to ridge. They’re both very concerned about you. There’s something weighing on you. Everyone who cares about you can see it. I just–I wanted to come by and see how you were doing. Offer my help. When they’re sick, they get comfortable anywhere

Ridge: Are you going to take max up on his offer?

Carter: Maybe another time.

Ridge: Might be a good time to get back out there.

Carter: I’m in no hurry.

Ridge: Why is that? You like being alone? Or you got your mind on somebody else? Like quinn.

Carter: No.

Ridge: You’re not thinking about her?

Carter: No, ridge. I gave you my word. Never betray eric like that again.

Ridge: That’s not what I asked you.

Carter: Am I thinking about quinn? Less and less. I’m determined to be the guy you thought I was. So right now, I just want my life to be simple, uncomplicated.

Ridge: That’s simplE. Don’t get involved with women that are already involved with someone else.

Zende: New year’s eve, you told me that you wanted to be single. That you’re not ready for anything serious. Now, you’re asking me about my plans with sequoyah.

Paris: Yeah, I–I shouldn’t have done that. I was just surprised.

Zende: That’s it? Surprised?

Paris: I meant what I said. We need to have more experiences, be young and free. You obviously heard me.

Zende: Ah, I did.

Paris: I’m sorry if you feel let down.

Zende: No. I’m glad you were honest with me. I understand where you’re coming from.

Sheila: Deacon is a dead end because he is always going to protect brooke. There’s got to be somebody just as interested in what’s going on in her life. Taylor.

Taylor: I understand if you’re not comfortable opening up to me. But I do want to help. I told hope the same thing. I don’t know if she mentioned that to you.

Brooke: No, I haven’t seen her today. I’ve been working from home.

Taylor: Are you– are you feeling okay?

Brooke: Yeah, I’m– I’m fine.

Taylor: Really? I– you know, hope implied that you and ridge were having a hard time. And steffy and thomas said that you haven’t been coming into the office.

Brooke: Oh. Oh? I don’t know if I really like the fact that everybody’s talking about me.

Taylor: You know, I realize that having deacon back in town has been very challenging for you and ridge. That’s it, isn’t it? That’s why your family’s so concerned. Oh, brooke. Ah, we all have things in our past that we’re not proud of. And when you’re confronted with them… they can be upsetting. I’m right, aren’t I? Whatever’s troubling you involves deacon. I’m amber.

Paris: I don’t want you thinking that I want to stop seeing you. We have an amazing time together. You’re smart, you’re caring, romantic. And I never have to question your feelings for me. You’re genuine and open. And whenever we are together, you’re totally present, and I never take that for granted.

Zende: I feel the same way about you. But I get it. You’re not… ready to be tied down.

Paris: Look. I can’t be greedy and keep you all to myself.

Zende: So, you good with this?

Paris: I want you to be happy. So, you and sequoyah go out, have fun.

Zende: Yeah?

Paris: Yeah. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to hear about it tomorrow. But yeah. It’s all right.

Zende: We can still care about each other and not the exclusive.

Paris: Absolutely.

Zende: I nted you to know that my plans have not completely changed. I still see a future with you in it, paris. And it may be ten years from now. But someday, I’m going to make you my wife.

Paris: And I’d be the luckiest girl in the world.

Taylor: Brooke, I’m a psychiatrist. I help people. So, I’m offering to help you.

Brooke: I appreciate that, but I have a wonderful support system of my own.

Taylor: Fair enough. If you…feel like you want to talk to someone outside your immediate family, I’m here.

Brooke: My family is my foundation. And I just want to make them proud.

Ridge: Taylor?

Taylor: Hi. I just came by to check on brooke.

Ridge: Right.

Brooke: I told her everything is fine.

Taylor: Yeah. Yes, she did. I hope that’s true. If you ever feel like you want additional support, I’m here.

Ridge: That’s very kind. I think brooke knows what she needs.

Taylor: My door is open.

Brooke: Thank you.

Ridge: I’ll walk you out.

Taylor: No need. I’ll see you soon.

[ Brooke sighing ]

Ridge: You okay? Take a breath. I think taylor offered to help because she felt you could benefit from it. And I know, you got your meetings and your sobriety but– and I know you don’t want to share this with anyone. It’s obvious to me you’re still struggling with what happened on new year’S.

Why burn a candle

when you can switch

Carter: Paris?

Paris: Oh, carter. You snuck up on me.

Carter: I could have come in here blowing a trumpet and I don’t think you would have noticed. Is everything okay?

Paris: Yeah.

Carter: Remember what I said, you can… talk to me.

[ Paris sighing ]

Paris: It’s not a big deal. Or, at least it shouldn’t be. Zende and sequoyah were working in here earlier.

Carter: The model?

Paris: Yeah. She’s beautiful. They were making plans. They’re going to go get drinks later.

Carter: Like a date?

Paris: Yeah. She asked him out and zande said yes.

Carter: And you didn’t expect that?

Paris: I should have. Zende’s a catch. Of course, he’s going to have women asking him out.

Carter: Well, yeah. If you guys aren’t exclusive, he probably will.

Paris: And that’s what I wanted, to loosen things up. To give each other room to enjoy our freedom.

Carter: Did you guys discuss it?

Paris: We did. It was a good conversation.

Carter: But?

[ Paris sighing ]

Paris: I don’t know. I just needed some time to process it. But now that I’m seeing you, I feel a lot better.

Carter: Paris–

Paris: I’m–I’m just being honest. You’ve been a really good friend. But ever since new year’s, things have been feeling different.

[ Paris sighing ] I just can’t stop thinking about it, carter. What happened between us, our kiss.

[ Knocking on door ]

Taylor: Oh, come on in. Hey, audrey, I’m glad you’re back. I need you to run this–

Sheila: Actually… she wasn’t sitting at her desk.

Taylor: Sheila. We talked about this.

Sheila: I know. I know. Don’t show up unannounced. But I did knock at this time.

Taylor: What brings you by?

Sheila: Well… I just can’t stop thinking about you, taylor and christmas eve. Seeing you with the kids and the grandkids. It is so obvious how loved you are. And that struck me as a shame that you’d been separated for so long. That kind of thing affects me.

Taylor: I can imagine it would.

Sheila: So, I was just wondering how you are, at being back?

Taylor: I’m settling in.

Sheila: With finn and steffy? How wonderful is that. Boy, I hope you’re enjoying your time with the two of them.

Taylor: Yes, sheila, if you’re about to ask me to help you make an in-roads with them–

Sheila: No, no, no, no, no, no. Now I just– I overheard you and steffy christmas eve. When she told you how she really missed you and ridge being together.

Taylor: It is true, she does.

Sheila: Must be difficult to hear, especially now. When you’re finally home. Have the opportunity to reunite your family and… I can only assume that brooke isn’t letting ridge see too much of you.

Taylor: Sheila, where are you going with this?

Sheila: It just doesn’t seem fair. That’s all. And you being gone all these years and, and doing amazing work all over the world. And coming back to los angeles and running up against the same brick wall, brooke. I don’t know what’s going on with her. I don’t know what her relationship is like with ridge right now, especially with deacon back in the picture. And then here you are, home. And it’s got to be causing brooke some stress. Lord knows she doesn’t deal well with stress. How does she seem to you?

Ridge: Taylor really rattled you, huh?

Brooke: Oh, I just hate keeping secrets.

Ridge: Well, she’s a professional. I think she’d understand.

Brooke: No. No.

Ridge: Okay. You don’t want anyone else to know about your drinking. I get it. But you don’t need to be ashamed.

Brooke: But I am ridge. I am ashamed and I’m embarrassed. I’m disappointed in myself. And I’m really confused.

Ridge: Well, then maybe we’ll make sense to talk to somebody.

Brooke: No. No. It wouldn’t make sense because I can’t even explain it. I was sober for so many years and I was happy. I didn’t even think about drinking. And then– my behavior didn’t make sense that night.

Ridge: So, maybe what we should do is focus on what does make sense. Your commitment to yourself, sobriety, your commitment to me, the love we have. It’s pretty cool. Whatever happened, I’ve already… moved past it. I’m already in the future, with you. And I get that you don’t want her to know what happened on new year’s eve. All right. It’ll be our little secret.

Brooke: Okay.

Ridge: What do you think of that?

Brooke: Yeah.

Ridge: Yeah?

Brooke: Yeah.

[ Brooke giggling ]

Ridge: I love you.

Brooke: I love you.

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Deacon: I love you, brooke. I know it makes you uncomfortable–

Brooke: What makes me uncomfortable is you showing up here after I told you never to come here again.

Deacon: I couldn’t stay away. I had to tell you how I felt.

Brooke: I don’t want to know how you feel, deacon. I just want you to leave.

Deacon: I don’t think you do.

Brooke: What?

Deacon: I don’t think you really want me to leave. I just think that you’re afraid of what might happen if I stay.

Thomas: Look, we’re not trying to guilt trip you, dad. We have just seen you through enough of brooke’s scandals throughout the years.

Steffy: Yeah, we don’t want history to repeat itself. To have you get caught up in the fallout. Deacon has slithered his way back into hope’s life. And that should have sent up a bunch of red flags to brooke.

Ridge: It did.

Thomas: Yeah, right, for like a nanosecond. But now brooke’s back to thinking deacon’s not a bad guy anymore? I don’t get it. Like, does he still have some kind of hold on her?

Steffy: Hope we get. Deacon’s her father. But deacon has nothing to do with brooke, or he shouldn’T.

Thomas: Yeah. So why is brooke treating deacon like he still is something to her?

Hope: You know, I love our little family but sometimes it is nice to get work done without all the extra noise.

[Liam chuckles] Yeah, it is.

Hope: But maybe we could take a break with a little foot rub.

Liam: Ahh…

[Chuckling] Yeah, I suppose we can. Well, this is kind of nice, right? No kids, no ridge. No, brooke. Even deacon hasn’t been around that much lately, which actually– that is kind of odd, right? I’m not– I’m not complaining but I’m pretty sure deacon’s been mia since… since he came to talk to me on new year’S.

Liam: So any idea why deacon might be keeping his distance?

Hope: I might, but hopefully it’s just because he’s busy with his new job.

Liam: So busy he can’t just like text you or make a quick phone call to check in?

Hope: You think something’s happened to him?

Liam: No, no, because it’s deacon. I mean, he’s more than capable of taking care of himself. It’s just…

Hope: It’s just that you miss having him around.

Liam: Oka–alright. Relax. Let’s not go that far.

Hope: No, I– I do appreciate how supportive you’ve– you’re trying to be supportive of me wanting a relationship with my father.

Liam: Yeah. Well, the truth is, he’s made it pretty easy. I mean, if– if deacon is still the same old guy at least he’s been on his best behavior since he came to town. And really, you know, let’s be honest, my concern is always just for you. I don’t want him to hurt you and then you get disappointed again.

Hope: Hopefully he won’T. But if anything, he’s proven how caring and protective he can be.

Liam: Yeah, but the last time you saw him was new year’s and you haven’t heard a peep since then. Right? I just– I don’t know. I hope that doesn’t mean deacon’s back to his old ways.

Thomas: Look, dad, we’re not trying to undermine things between you and brooke.

Steffy: But clearly something’s going on between you and your wife. And it’s affecting you and it makes us worry,.

Ridge: Okay. I’m grateful you’re concerned, I really am. But brooke and I, our relationship is great, just like our relationship is great. We love each other, right? Doesn’t matter who I’m married to. And maybe your mother showing up is the reason for all of this. I’m not sure. But brooke is my wife and there’s nothing that’s going to change that.

Brooke: Oh, my god, you just won’t quit.

Deacon: Can you deny that I’m wrong? That there isn’t something still between us? Brooke, that that kiss new year’s eve–

Brooke: It’s not like you’re making it out to be. If I was sober, if I was in my right mind–

Deacon: What? What? You– you wouldn’t have given in? You would’ve– you would’ve fought harder to stop what was happening?

Brooke: Nothing was happening. That’s what I’m trying to get through your thick skull! It was the alcohol, deacon.

Deacon: Okay, fine. Fine. The booze was definitely part of it. But brooke, there was more to it than that–

Brooke: No.

Deacon: Can you just admit to yourself that–

Brooke: There is nothing to admit.

Deacon: It’s like you need to convince yourself so hard. I don’t understand it. When our lips met, I felt it. Something chemical, something magical like it was all those years ago. It’s like, there’s this force. It’s– it’s pushing us together. I can’t explain it but that’s how it feels. Like neither one of us are in control. And that we may never be in control again.

Liam: I’m still kind of curious about what’s keeping deacon away.

Hope: Actually, I might know why or at least a part of it.

[Sighs] My mom told my dad that she doesn’t want him around anymore.

Liam: Uh…& wha– way to bury the lead. What– why? Why would brooke do that?

> Hope: I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m– I’m trying to figure that out for myself. But she just keeps saying that it’s okay for him to be in my life. She just doesn’t want him in hers.

Liam: Jeez. I mean, talk about an about face. Do you think ridge finally got through to brooke and that’s why deacon’s on the outs?

Hope: I– I can’t say. I just– I’m sure we’ll find out what’s really going on at some point but in the meantime I’m just trying to be supportive of my mom. You know, she’s working really hard on her sobriety and I don’t want anyone or anything derailing that.

Liam: Do you think deacon knows about your mom’s relapse?

Hope: No.

Liam: No? I doubt that. I think it’s just you, ridge and me. And mom wants it to stay that way.

Liam: Yeah, no. Of course.

Hope: I especially don’t want taylor or steffy finding out, knowing how they feel about my mother.

Ridge: I appreciate your concern, I really do but you don’t have to worry about me or my marriage.

Steffy: Well, hope obviously is. Brought her to my house. She clearly felt the need to draw a hard line. But why is she being so territorial?

Thomas: That’s true. If things are so great between you and brooke, then why does her daughter think that she has to defend your relationship?

Steffy: Something is going on. There’s no doubt in my mind.

Thomas: Or mine.

Steffy: What we don’t get, though, if you know what that something is, why aren’t you telling us?

Thomas: Alright, look. Uh, yeah, we historically haven’t had the greatest track record with brooke. Alright? But we’re not going to attack her. We just want what’s best for you.

Ridge: It seems like you are attacking her. Brooke is fine. There’s nothing we can’t handle in our relationship. Thank you.

Thomas: But are you listening to yourself? Like in one breath, you say, “there’s nothing that you can’t handle in your relationship” but in the next you say that–

Ridge: I’m sorry. Excuse me. Are you listening to me? I said, “there’s nothing we can’t handle in our relationship.” Everything is fine. We’re not disagreeing on anything. If anything, I have more respect for her now than I ever had. Her and her strength and her honesty.

Brooke: You really gotta stop saying these things, deacon.

Deacon: I’m just trying to figure out what happened.

Brooke: There’s really nothing to figure out. None of this should have happened. The drinking, the kiss–

Deacon: Me in your bed. Albeit, on top of the sheets. But hey, there we were, right? I mean, how the hell does this stuff keep happening to us?

Brooke: I don’t know. I’d really like to find out so it doesn’t ever happen again.

Deacon: Ouch.

Brooke: Okay, come on. It’s not like this is some amazing fairy tale or something.

Deacon: I mean, we did have one happy ending, right? I mean, our beautiful daughter was a product of our romance or whatever you want to call it. Brooke, you can’t deny that we had a connection. Look, I get it. I– I haven’t exactly been the poster boy for stability these past years. I did love you enough to respect when you asked me to stay away from you and to stay away from hope– I did the best that I could. You gotta give me that. And then there you were. Enduring ridges split feelings between you and taylor, yet again. I mean, how many times can you ride that emotional merry go round? And now you got taylor back in town?

[Sighing] Look. I’m not saying this stuff to try and upset you. All I’m saying is maybe, maybe there was a reason for that kiss. More than just the alcohol. Wouldn’t it be amazing for our daughter if we were together?

Brooke: Stop it. Just stop. I can’t listen to this. I love ridge. I want a life with ridge. And if he finds out what we did, deacon. He will leave me. And i will not allow that to happen. Do you hear me? I won’T. If you have advanced non-small cell lung cancer,

Ridge: This is inspired, son.

Thomas: Thank you. And I think brooke would have thought so as well if you know, she showed up for the meeting that she set. But I am very happy with it.

Ridge: And you should be. Like I said before, you should always–

Thomas: Go with your gut? I feel like I’ve heard that before.

Steffy: Yeah, me too.

Ridge: See, that’s what I mean. We spend so much time together, you finish my–

Thomas: Sentences.

Ridge: Mm.

Thomas: Hm.

Steffy: But you know what we’re talking about. Being able to, like, have holidays together and celebrate with one another. We have wonderful memories as a family… when we get to share it with you.

Ridge: Well, it seems that everything’s under control, so I’m going to go home and check on brooke.

Brooke: I mean it, deacon. I can’t lose ridge. We love each other! We have too much history.

Deacon: So do we.

Brooke: Ridge and I share a child.

Deacon: So do we.

[Notification sounds]

Brooke: Oh, my god, that’s ridge. He’s on his way home. Go. Go now!

Deacon: Okay. I’ll go. I’m going to let you process this. But I’m done denying my feelings, alright? I love you and nothing is going to change that. Okay? Bye.

[Panting]

Brooke: God.

Steffy: Have you come to put me on notice? Or would you rather wait ’til my mom gets here instead?

Hope: Actually, I came by to drop these off but that depends.

Steffy: On what?

Hope: On if you both are going to respect what I said and respect my mom and your dad’s marriage.

Steffy: We respect their marriage. But we can’t help worrying about my father.

Hope: About ridge and if my mom is making his life miserable?

Steffy: The question is how would brooke be doing that? Because if this isn’t about deacon or my mom coming back in town, then…

Hope: My mom does not have a problem with taylor returning. I don’t know what– what more I can say to convince you of that.

Steffy: I just wish you’d be more open. Stop protecting, brooke. Like I sense you are.

[Sighing]

Brooke: You’re back from the office already?

Ridge: There are more important things than work.

[Brooke sighs]

Ridge: You okay? What’s going on?

[Brooke sighing] Something happen? Talk to me.

Why hide your skin if dupixent

Hope: My mother doesn’t need protecting. She can take care of herself.

Steffy: But she does need her husband. You said that more than once.

Hope: Well yes, mom and ridge are married. Married couples need each other.-

Steffy: That’s not what I meant. Look, if you’re determined to keep whatever’s going on with brooke on the down low, I’m– I totally get it. That’s up to you. But you should know people are starting to talk around here, wondering why brooke’s not showing up at work. I mean, even my brother wanted her input on his latest design. If your mom is a constant no-show and– and the way you showed up at my house, you tried to put my mom and me on notice. And said that we can’t get involved in her marriage– like something’s going on.

Hope: Yeah, I didn’t mean to come on so strong. And, you know, I just think as one big family that we should respect each other accordingly.

Steffy: Well, hope, whatever your mom is dealing with, I hope it doesn’t consume her life or her marriage more than it already has.

Ridge: Come here. You know, you can talk to me about anything. Not gonna change the way I love you.

Brooke: I bet people at forrester are wondering where I’ve been.

Ridge: Well, that’s one of the cool things about being brooke logan. You’ve done so much for this company, you don’t have to answer anybody. Not even me. But I can see what’s going on in that head of yours. You’re still thinking about what happened on new year’S.

[Brooke sighs] I don’t want to go there. I just want to focus on you and what you are to my life. How much you mean to me. All your love and support. And though I still don’t understand what drove me to drink that night. Just that urge came out of nowhere and I let myself down. And I let you down. And I don’t ever want to let you down again.

Ridge: Come here.

Deacon: Morning, sunshine. You were too tired, too tired to walk. So I put you to bed. You fell right asleep. Listen to me. Nothing happened. Nothing.

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Steffy: Okay, petra. I think that will do it. Thank you.

Petra: Always a pleasure. Brooke was asking to see this. Should I hunt her down, or..,?

Thomas: Yeah, um… well, she was supposed to be here, but pam says she’s nowhere in the building, so.

Steffy: We’ve taken plenty of photos. You can go change and I’ll forward them to her.

Petra: Okay, great.

Steffy: Thank you.

Thomas: Thanks. Um, I gotta ask. Do you know what’s going on?

Steffy: What do you mean?

Thomas: With brooke. This isn’t the first meeting she’s missed in the last couple of days, and, well, she hasn’t been around the office. Dad says something’s going on with her. So, what is it?

Deacon: Listen to me. Nothing happened. Nothing.

[Door clicks]

Ridge: Something upset you in the meeting?

Brooke: No.

Ridge: ‘Cause you didn’t say anything on the ride home.

Brooke: I’m just taking it all in. Just thinking about what was shared. It’s helpful to know that other people are going through the same thing, struggling.

Ridge: You’re struggling now?

Brooke: Wanting to drink? Not really. I don’t know.

Ridge: You’re still thinking about what happened on new year’s, right?

Bartender: Someone’s in a hurry.

Deacon: Uh, well, lunch crowd’s about to come in and we want the floor spick and span for our valued customers.

Bartender: Nice try. Give.

Deacon: You are an astute student of human psychology. All right, fine. Maybe I’m rushing because there’s someone that I have to go see, someone special.

Bartender: Rush all you want, as long as you’re thorough.

Deacon: Yup.

Sheila: Someone special? Let’s see. Would that be hope? Or brooke?

Steffy: I’m not sure what’s going on with brooke, but there’s definitely something. Hope basically said the same thing as dad.

Thomas: That– that she’s been acting strange?

Steffy: Yeah, since new year’s eve. And mom and I were talking about it and we were wondering if the reason why brooke was sulking is because dad didn’t make it home.

Thomas: Well, but dad said that she understood why he couldn’t be there.

Steffy: Yeah, but maybe brooke was covering, you know, how she really felt? Or maybe dad misinterpreted it.

Thomas: Misinterpreted it, and she’s actually upset? So much upset that she wouldn’t come to work? I mean, that’s pretty petty.

Steffy: Yeah, it is. Even for brooke.

Thomas: Okay, let’s assume it’s not that. What do you think it is?

Steffy: Um….

Deacon: Gosh, sheila, as much as I would love to stand around here and discuss my social engagements, wow, oh, look at the time. I gotta go.

Sheila: Oh, wow, is that a new watch?

Deacon: Yeah. It’s made by this new company, it’s called mind your own business.

Sheila: Oh.

[Chuckles] You know, I… judging by how secretive you are, I’d– I’d have to say it’s brooke. So, new year’s must have been very successful.

Deacon: Okay, why do you keep doing that?

Sheila: Hmm?

Deacon: Bringing up new year’s eve. You were quizzing me about it last time we were together.

Sheila: Come on, I’m just– I’m just trying to make conversation here, all right? Can you throw me a bone? I’m living vicariously through you. You are miles ahead of me with your relationship with your daughter.

Deacon: I don’t know about that. I haven’t seen brooke or hope since new year’s eve.

Sheila: Really? Hmm. Well, is there a reason for that?

Brooke: It still troubles me. Yes. And I think it will for a very long time. I mean, how could it not? I was sober for so long and… what changed that night? Why did I suddenly have this urge to drink?

Ridge: I don’t know that there is an answer.

[Sighing] I go to those meetings with you and hearing all the other stories… it seems that people slip up.

Brooke: Yeah, yeah, and there’s some comfort in that. Although it doesn’t take away all the regrets. And I– I still have regrets.

Ridge: I have them, too. Number one regret: Not being here when you needed me most. Leaving you all alone. I’m sorry. But I promise you, you’re never going to feel that pkind of loneliness ever again.

Deacon: Sheila, give me a break. I’m trying to work here.

Sheila: Yeah, I just– you know, it seems so strange to me. You were so excited about becoming a part of hope’s life, spending time with her, with brooke! And now you’ve decided to stay away?

Deacon: I never said, “stay away,” I just said I hadn’t been there since new year’s eve.

Sheila: Well, has that happened? Why?

Deacon: I don’t know. Life, you know… things I’ve had to do.

Brooke: You can’t be here anymore. You can’t come here, deacon.

Deacon: What?

Brooke: No, I can’t see you. You can’t come back, deacon. Ever.

Deacon: Yeah, work obligations. What have you. Things like that.

[Sheila laughs]

Sheila: Work obligations.

Deacon: Yeah.

Sheila: You’re telling me that you haven’t seen brooke or hope because you’re busy mopping?

Deacon: It’s called dedication, sheila. You know, putting the interests of others ahead of your own. You should try it.

Sheila: Whose interests? The manager here? Or is it really somebody else’s interests? Like maybe brooke’s?

Deacon: You don’t know what you’re talking about.

Sheila: No, I’m talking about how staying away from brooke’s house might be her idea, not yours.

Deacon: Okay. Anyhoo, enjoy your lunch or your stalking session or whatever reason you came here for. I gotta go. Ta.

[Sheila chuckles] Oh, wow, that must have been one heck of a new year’s eve. One hell of a party.

Steffy: I’m trying to hold back judgment, but I am co-ceo of this company, and if something’s going on with brooke and it affects work, I need to be told.

Thomas: Yeah. Well, look, I’m sure if it’s something serious, dad will tell you about it.

Steffy: Ha. If he even knows.

Ridge: Even knows what? What’s wrong?

Steffy: That’s what we’re wondering. Thomas and I were just discussing his latest design.

Thomas: Yeah, the one that brooke really wanted to see. She even set a time in here with the model so she could be here, but…

Steffy: Brooke was a no-show. Again.

Steffy: Dad. What is going on with your wife?

[Sheila sighs]

Sheila: Customer service was a lot better when I worked here. Did I succeed? Did I get brooke to drink again?

Deacon: Brooke.

Brooke: Deacon! What are you doing here! You can’t just walk in here!

Deacon: I was afraid you’d slam the door in my face.

Brooke: Look, if you want to see hope, I’m not going to stop you from going down there, but you’re not welcome in my home.

Deacon: Listen, if you’re afraid about ridge, don’t worry about it. I called down at forrester. He’s– he’s still in the office.

Brooke: God, I asked you not to come here!

Deacon: And I tried to honor that. I tried to honor you, but I can’t anymore. Brooke: Why not?

Deacon: Because I can’t stop thinking about what happened between us.

Brooke: Look, I don’t want to think about it. I want to just put it out of my mind.

Deacon: But you can’t, can ya? I bet you’re thinking about this as much as I am. What we did new year’s eve.

Steffy: Look, if it’s none of our business, just say so. But we are starting to get concerned.

Thomas: Yeah, it’s not like brooke to miss appointments. And you said the other day there’s something that she’s struggling with?

Steffy: Hope came to mom and me and she said that she’s worried about brooke. And if something’s really wrong, dad, we want to help.

Ridge: All right. I appreciate your concern. Brooke and I will be fine.

Thomas: So there is something going on?

Steffy: Brooke’s made some choices and we know you don’t approve, especially when it comes to deacon. Thomas: Yeah, does this have to do with him?

Steffy: Because that is a huge slap in the face. She’s opened her home to deacon without giving you any say. And not only has she opened her home, she’s opened herself up to him– his influence, his bad decisions. Deacon has all access, which means we don’t know what brooke might do next.

Brooke: Deacon, please. We need to put that night behind us. Forget it ever happened.

Deacon: Banning me from the house is not going to make you forget it.

Brooke: It will– it’ll help.

Deacon: It won’t help me. I can’t think about anything else. All I think about is kissing you.

Brooke: Yeah, but I did that because I was drunk! I drank. And I don’t even know how that happened.

Deacon: I tried to stop you. You wouldn’t– you wouldn’t listen to me.

Brooke: Look. I’m not blaming you. I wish to god there was somebody I could blame but myself. I just don’t know what happened that night. I just had this intense urge to drink and it just took over. It really, it doesn’t make any sense at all.

Deacon: Listen, if you haven’t done it already, you really should go to a meeting.

Brooke: I did. I did. I’ve been to some meetings with ridge. He’s been very supportive.

Deacon: Wait, you– you told ridge?

Brooke: Yes. And hope knows, too. About the alcohol. Nothing else. They don’t know that you spent the night here.

Deacon: Just sleeping it off, that’s all.

Brooke: Sleeping it off in my bed! You really think ridge is gonna understand that? Or you kissing me? Or– oh, my god. That’s why you can’t be here, deacon.

Deacon: No! No, no, no. I should be coming around more.

Brooke: No, no, that’s a terrible idea.

Deacon: Brooke. Up until new year’s eve, you didn’t have a problem with me being here on the property, right?

Brooke: And why do you think that is? I mean, why do you think that changed? Every time I look at you, I’m gonna be reminded of what happened.

Deacon: Not letting me on the property is only– it’s gonna raise suspicion with hope and ridge. Don’t you get it? I mean, look, she’s already been texting me. Hope wants to know why I haven’t been coming around. She doesn’t understand. This about-face that you’re doing is gonna raise red flags. Not letting me here? The last thing she remembers: We were here together having a great time. Now suddenly, I can’t come around? I mean, come on. Ridge and hope are smart people. They’re gonna connect the dots. The best thing that you can do is allow me back.

Brooke: Absolutely not.

Deacon: Ya gotta trust me on this.

Brooke: Oh, god. I can’t listen to you one more minute. I can’t see you anymore, deacon! You get it?

Thomas: Is this the best choice for you, dad?

Ridge: Choice? What choice?

Thomas: Being over there. At brooke’s place where deacon is makin’ himself a regular fixture. Okay, there are more pleasant places you can spend your time with people who actually care about you. And I know that brooke cares about you. She does. All right, this might sound a little weird for me to say, but… I miss you, dad.

Steffy: So do I. Mom does, too.

Ridge: You know how much I love you, right?

Thomas: Yeah, we never doubted that.

Ridge: So, what is this “miss you” drama? What’s going on?

Okay. Um… look, you make time to be with the grandkids, and obviously, we see you here at work, but…

Steffy: But dad, you go home to brooke and the logans. And now brooke, hope and deacon. Whatever is going on with brooke, this mood she’s been in since new year’s eve, if you want to put up with that, fine. Because it’s only a matter of time before brooke’s involved in another scandal. You know I’m right. Especially now that deacon’s in her orbit. It’s gonna happen, dad. And we don’t want that for you.

Thomas: That’s right. Now, look, deacon came back to town and where did he go? Straight to brooke. But someone else also came back to town. Maybe there’s some importance in that. ‘Cause timing is everything. Maybe mom is here to keep you out of brooke’s next scandal.

Steffy: It’s true… because you know what’s going to happen, dad? It’s brooke we’re talking about. She’s always involved in a scandal. And we don’t want you caught up in her madness. But you need to take control of your life before brooke brings you down again.

Brooke: I am going to make certain that you are out of all of our lives, once and for all.

Sheila: Will you, brooke? You guaranteeing to destroy my life… has only guaranteed me destroying yours.

Deacon: Brooke, do you seriously not see how suspicious this is?

Brooke: I don’t–

Deacon: That in one day–

Brooke: — Care!

Deacon: — You completely changed your opinion of me? Come on.

Brooke: Deacon: It’s what I have to do, okay?

Deacon: Yes. What you have to do, because you know what I know. We kissed for a reason.

Brooke: Because we were drunk. My god, what possessed me to drink?

Deacon: Don’t do this to yourself. Don’t– don’t lay a guilt trip on yourself. It’s not–

Brooke: What’re you talking about? You don’t think I should feel guilty, first of all, for drinking, second of all, for what we did together?

Deacon: It was one kiss. One.

Brooke: One kiss too many and it shouldn’t have happened. I never should have reached for that damn vodka bottle!

Deacon: You know, you say you don’t understand why you drank, but isn’t it obvious?

Brooke: No, no, it’s not obvious. I really haven’t had this intense urge to drink in a very long time.

Deacon: Okay, you were supposed to ring in the new year in with ridge. Right?

Brooke: Right.

Deacon: And then he calls and surprise, surprise, he can’t make it home.

Brooke: Okay, okay, I was sad he couldn’t come home, but I don’t think that would drive me to drink!

Deacon: Is it possible that that was the last straw? How many times has that man let you down? And now, you’ve got taylor in town.

Brooke: Oh, god. Don’t bring up her name. I’m sure that she’s just waiting in the wings somewhere, ready to pounce if something goes wrong. That’s why I’m really so mad that this happened that night.

Deacon: Well, it did happen.

Brooke: Yeah.

Deacon: It did. We– we let our inhibitions down and you know what it did? It released some inner desires.

Brooke: Desires? No, deacon. No. Not desires. Deacon: Brooke. Our lips touched. You can’t deny that there’s something going on between us. I know what I felt.

Brooke: My god. Why are you doing this? Why? Saying these ridiculous things like you did so long ago. You remember what happened, right?

Deacon: Yeah, I do. We created the most amazing daughter on the planet, who would love to see her parents together.

Brooke: Oh, my god, deacon. Stop. Please, please. I am with ridge. I love ridge. I want to be with my husband. Do you understand that? And if ridge knows exactly what we did that night on new year’s eve, he will leave me. He’ll leave. And I can’t let that happen. I won’t! I won’t!

Deacon: Look! I can’t do this anymore, okay? I have tried. I have buried my feelings for as long as I can. I’ve given you your space. I’ve told myself, “don’t– don’t bother her. Leave her alone,” but you know what? I’m done. Enough. Listen to me. I love you. Hell, I’ve always loved you. And I always will.

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Steffy: Mom, I know you still love dad and deep down, I know he loves you, too.

Taylor: But he’s married to brooke.

Steffy: Maybe so, but do you think dad’s happy? He cannot be happy. How can he be? With everything that’s going on with brooke. We need to help dad. We need to get him out of there.

Taylor: Oh, honey, I hate to see you this upset, but it is what it is.

Steffy: No, it isn’T.

Taylor: We both have to understand that your dad’s life is with brooke and the logans.

Hope: Why don’t you want my dad around?

Brooke: It’s just not a good idea right now, hope.

Hope: Mom, you’ve been really supportive of our relationship and now all of a sudden you don’t want him around.

Brooke: I’m sorry, I really am sorry. This must be very confusing for you.

Hope: I… it’s fine. Mom. It is. It’s just I’m trying to understand, why so sudden. It… did something happen between you and dad?

Ridge: Well, we had quite a year, huh?

Carter: Tell me about it. Foundation’s never seen numbers this high. Our outreach increased twofold.

Ridge: Means we can help a lot more people.

Carter: Yeah. It’s all paris.

Ridge: You were right about her. Good recommendation.

Carter: Just had a feeling about her, you know? Her drive and dedication.

Ridge: She’s very special.

Carter: Paris is certainly very special.

Ridge: Paris, just talking about you.

Paris: I heard.

Ridge: We are very impressed with the work that you’re doing for the foundation.

Paris: Thank you, ridge.

Carter: Did your mom get settled in?

Paris: Yeah, she was really tired after her flight.

Ridge: I like that lady. You can tell she’s really something.

Paris: Yeah, my mom’s the best.

Ridge: Yeah. You know, we should think about maybe having a formal dinner for her. Can we do that?

Paris: Sure, we’d like that.

Carter: Hey ridge, I was looking for brooke earlier. Is she around?

Ridge: She’s not coming in.

Paris: Is everything all right?

Ridge: Yeah, everything’s fine.

Hope: Is it ridge? Because I know how he feels about dad.

Brooke: No, honey, he’s been incredibly loving and understanding.

Hope: Well… yes and no. I mean, it’s no secret how he feels about my dad.

Brooke: Well, I can’t really blame him for that.

Hope: Okay, fine. No, especially given the history, I get it. But if it’s not ridge, then–

Brooke: Ridge isn’t the one who’s done anything wrong.

Hope: Mom…. mom, I hope you know that you haven’t done anything wrong either. You had– you drank. And I understand that that is a big deal for you and you’re disappointed in yourself, but… it’s not unforgivable. But you’re still not exactly answering my question. Which is why did my dad suddenly disappear?

Steffy: You can’t give up, mom.

Taylor: Honey, I am not going to spend the next half of my life hoping things turned out different.

Steffy: But this is a new chapter. We can save dad from all of the drama and reunite our family. You just gotta put it out there and believe it can happen. Manifest it. I know it can happen. I really do. Something is going on over at brooke’s house. And obviously it’s something big. Otherwise, hope wouldn’t be so concerned. Sooner or later, it’s going to come out. That’s when we’re going to bring dad back.-We’ll bring dad back home here, with us.

Paris: Thankfully, my apartment was pretty clean. There were no big piles of laundry on the couch or anything, so.

Carter: And I’m sure she was thrilled.

Paris: Yeah, she called it charming. But she did say I didn’t have enough food in my cupboards, so.

Carter: Yeah, that’s mom for you. She must have been proud that you have your own place, though.

Paris: I’m still pinching myself. It’s the perfect little home, especially now that my mom is there. She can help me put up decorations and add her dr. Buckingham touches.

Carter: Yeah. Seems like she’s sticking around for a while, huh?

Paris: I’m hoping to keep her here for good. She doesn’t know any of the L.A. Spots, so I’m going to show her the– the cool spots, you know?

Carter: Yeah. I have to admit, though, I was a little surprised with how friendly your mom was to me.

Paris: Why wouldn’t she be?

Carter: The whole thing with zoe. Calling off the engagement.

Paris: Well, she didn’t treat you the way you deserved to be treated. And my mom knows that. And if she doesn’t, I’ll make sure she doeS.

Carter: You’d defend me like that?

Paris: I’m always willing to stand up for what’s right.

Carter: Well, I’m glad to know you’ve got my back.

Hope: I’m sorry we left you alone that night.

Brooke: If I could go back and do that night all over again, I would. And I would just make better choices.

Hope: Well, what exactly is it about that night that’s haunting you?

Brooke: Everything.

Hope: Well, I mean, I know obviously you relapsed and you regret that, but… could it be something more? I mean, is it because taylor’s back in town? Is it because I’ve been pressuring you about dad? I just–

Brooke: No, sweetheart.

Hope: Mom, I just– whatever it is, I want you to know that you can talk to me about it, okay? I won’t judge. If there’s something more going on, you can tell me. It will stay between us.

Ridge: Hey! I feel like I’m interrupting something.

Brooke: Uh… ridge, you didn’t have to come home so early from work. Really, I’m okay. I’m– I’m here with hope–

Ridge: No, I– the appointment was over and I thought I’d come home and we’d order some food.

Brooke: You really didn’t have to check on me, but that’s nice, thanks. It’s– it’s never gonna happen again.

Hope: Mom, what ridge and i said holds true. That we– we want to be here for you every step of the way.

Ridge: Yeah. And I– I think going to these meetings, that’s a– that’s a good start. I will go with you to as many of those as you want. And I know you want to find out what this trigger was. So do we. And once we find it, we’re going to find a way to avoid it, because we’re going to handle this as a family, no matter what.

Steffy: Dad is so happy to have you back.

Taylor: Ugh, he’s been wonderful to me.

Steffy: You two care about each other, it’s obvious.

Taylor: Well, that’s what you hope that happens when you share children together. It hasn’t always been easy, but we’ve managed to remain friends over the years.

Steffy: But it’s not just thomas, me and phoebe that keep you two connected. I mean, yes, we obviously tie you guys together, but it’s more than that. You guys have this, like, dance in your eyes when you look at each other, honestly.

Taylor: Dance. What kind of dance?

Steffy: I don’t know. It’s like this twinkle. There’s something there, there’s energy. You may not see it, but I definitely do. We all do. It’s like good and pure and beautiful. And it’s also shined a light on what we’ve been missing. And that’s you.

Taylor: I mean, I definitely have some lost time to make up with douglas, kelly, and hayes.

Steffy: But you’re back now. And think about the impact it could have on the three of them, seeing their grandparents together. United, strong, powerful forrester family.

Paris: My goal is to make my mom fall madly in love with L.A. So that she stays here forever.

Carter: Well, that shouldn’t be too hard, right? Blue skies in january, beach sunsets, plus one of her favorite daughters is here.

Paris: I like to think that I’m the main selling point.

Carter: Aw, I’d say that’s a given.

Paris: She used to visit me back east when I was in college, but having her here full time would be incredible.

Carter: Yeah. Well, every hospital in the area is clamoring to hire dr. Buckingham. She’ll have no problem taking her pick of jobs.

Paris: I mean, your lips to god’s ears. I just really missed her, you know? Family is super important to me.

Carter: Yeah, I can tell. I’m sending all the good vibes that everything works out for you.

Paris: Yeah. I’m pretty positive things will fall into place with my mom. I just wish I had that kind of certainty about other aspects of my life. What to do about zende.

Steffy: We were so wonderful as a family. Some of the most incredible memories that I cherish are the five of us together.

Taylor: Oh, I feel the same way, steffy.

Steffy: It’d be one thing if dad was in a healthy relationship, but he’s not. And it’s because of brooke.

Taylor: Brooke and I have definitely had our differences.

Steffy: Mm-hmm. Brooke has robbed you for so many years, just like hope robbed me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very grateful to be in my marriage with finn. Like, I love him and I’m so happy we have a baby together. But let’s be real. She took liam away from me, just like brooke took dad away from you. It’s like this sick cycle perpetuated by the logans.

Taylor: Yeah, true. But I mean, ridge and I did grow apart a little bit. I cannot blame brooke for all our problems.

Steffy: Mom, if brooke wasn’t in the picture, you and dad would be together right now, living at that house in beverly hills. Am I wrong? That’s what the logans do, they just like– they keep infiltrating our lives. I mean, hope portrays herself to be this sweet, innocent woman but it’s just an act to get what she wants.

Taylor: And hope has some good qualities. You know, she’S… okay, I definitely don’t agree with the way she handles some situations.

Hope: Okay, but she is a good mother. She is great with kelly. But hope is like brooke. Brooke has moulded hope since she was a little girl. There is something seriously wrong with them. And there is trouble brewing over at brooke’s house.

Taylor: Yeah, there’s definitely something going on. She was really worried about her mom.

Steffy: Yeah, whatever it is, it’s major and it’s going to blow up in their face, and dad’s going to need us. He’s definitely going to need you, mom.

Ridge: But I am sorry, I feel like I walked in on something.

Brooke: Hope and I were just talking.

Hope: Yes. I mean, obviously mom has been struggling lately.

Ridge: But I don’t know why. I told you, nothing that happened is unforgivable, not even close.

Hope: Exactly. And that’s what I keep trying to tell you, mom. You have nothing to feel guilty about.

Ridge: Nothing. ‘Cause we don’t even know what happened. It might have been one thing or 10 things, or– or no things. I mean… addiction is a strange animal, right? It’s gonna rear its ugly head whenever it wants and wreak havoc.

Brooke: The desire hit me when I least expected it.

Ridge: I know. It’s one night. You are stronger than you give yourself credit for.

Hope: I– I know in the past my dad has also struggled with drinking and I was actually just asking her about–

Ridge: Why are we doing that? Why? Why are we talking about deacon? What about him?

Paris: Zende’s the greatest guy and we have gotten so close since we’ve been dating, but there’s just so much more I want to experience.

Carter: Yeah. Before you get married.

Paris: Yeah. And I’d love to marry, but I am just still so young. I feel like I’m just starting my life. I’ve got this charming apartment, amazing job, and I’m planning on doing some travelling when I get some time off.

Carter: You can still do that, you know?

Paris: I want to hold on to every bit of my independence. I’m not cut out to be tied down right now.

Carter: I hear you.

Paris: Does that make me a terrible person?

Carter: No, paris, not at all. I give zende props for putting his heart out there, but it was a good thing for both your sakes that he decided against proposing. Though, I don’t think he completely ruled it out.

Paris: I just don’t want to hurt him or lead him on. I don’t know what to do, carter.

Carter: I wish I had the answer. Zende’s a solid dude and he is totally crazy about you. But you have to follow your gut, do what’s right for you. And try not to stress about it too much, okay? Because you’re a good person, paris. You’ll figure it out.

Ridge: Why are we talking about deacon?

Hope: Well, he’s been kind of M.I.A. Lately and I just wanted to make sure everything was okay.

Ridge: Of course he’s M.I.A., That’s what he does! He leaves. He left you for years at a time so he’s probably disappeared again.

Hope: I was just wondering if mom had heard anything.

Brooke: Okay, I don’t want to talk about deacon. I want to talk about you and I want to thank you for the love and the support that you’ve both given me through this horrible time.

Hope: Oh, of course mom, we love you.

Ridge: We would do anything for you.

Brooke: Yeah, well, you shouldn’t have to put up with this.

Ridge: No one has to put up with anything. This is what we want to do. We want to get together and face this head on.

Hope: You’re surrounding yourself with the best kind of support.

Brooke: I’m so lucky… and I don’t want to lose you. I don’t want to risk losing this beautiful family that we have.

Hope: It’s okay.

Steffy: Dad is going to need you. Something is bound to happen. Brooke is going to let him down again. And I can’t accept the logans winning out in the end.

Taylor: But your father is committed to his wife.

Steffy: But he’s paying the price with his own sanity.

Taylor: Ridge is doing the best that he can. It’s– it’s hard having two families, but he has always made sure that you kids know how loved you are.

Steffy: Yeah, you– you two have raised us well. You taught us to take the high road, when the logans would manipulate and take whatever they wanted. This whole deacon situation, it’s– it’s so messed up and it’s taken its toll.

Taylor: I think your dad’s been a saint.

Steffy: Beyond. Hope and brooke are disrespecting him. They’re making him feel like he’s a guest in his own home. And then you have deacon just hanging out there, working his way deeper into their lives.

Taylor: Yeah, I’m still shocked that he was allowed to go to the house on new year’s eve.

Steffy: I’m shocked, too, but this is brooke we’re talking about.-You’ve seen her track record.

Taylor: I imagine a part of her feels caught between her daughter and ridge.

Steffy: Yeah, I’ve had enough. Mom. Haven’t you had enough? Don’t you want to get back at brooke? Honestly. It’s like she doesn’t even care that her actions affect you.

Taylor: But sweetheart, she never will. That’s because we are in a war, mom. The logans vs. The forresters. But it’s not finished. The best days lie ahead. The forrester family, we’re going to triumph. We are. Come here.

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[ Relaxing music ]

Hope: My mom and ridge are facing a challenging time, and I just don’t want anyone to try to take advantage of that.

Steffy: Hold on. Take advantage?

Hope: I am not saying that you would, but if we’re going off of track record…

Steffy: It’s like you didn’t hear a word I just said. Nobody dictates my father’s choices or my mother’S. Especially when it comes to my family.

Taylor: Okay, kids, that’s enough. I hear that you’re both very concerned about your parents and that is touching and admirable. But, but I’m standing right here. Okay, this is… this is awkward. And hope, I’m still not sure what’s going on with your mom, but if she needs any help, I’m here.

Brooke: Ridge, you need to go to the office. That appointment’s been rescheduled two times. Come on, you don’t need to babysit me.

Ridge: I just told you, I’m never leaving you again.

Brooke: I didn’t know that you meant that literally.

Ridge: Yeah, if you need me to be here, I’m going to be here.

Brooke: What I need is to figure out why I started drinking.

Ridge: We will. We’ll figure it out together. Most important thing is now you’re going back to meetings, and you’ve recommitted to your sobriety. So that’s good.

Brooke: Right. Yes. Mm-hm. And what happened on new year’s is never going to happen again. Ever.

Grace: Paris, this place is amazing.

Paris: Right?

Grace: Apparently, everyone would say the same about you. Especially eric forrester. He’s so charming and handsome.

Paris: Mom.

Grace: I’m just saying, it’s obvious he respects you and the work you do. I am so proud of you.

[ Paris giggling ]

Carter: Oh, sorry.

Paris: Oh hey, carter, this is my mom.

Carter: Yeah, uh, hello. Dr. Buckingham.

Grace: Carter. Carter walton. We finally meet.

Carter: It’s a pleasure, dr. Buckingham.

Grace: Please, call me grace. Hard to believe this is our first meeting, carter.

Carter: Well, I’ve heard a lot about you. Distinguished medical professional, admired and adored by both your daughters.

Grace: And I’ve heard a lot about you too… from both my daughters.

Carter: I hope zoe is doing well.

Grace: Yes, she’s very busy. Travelling, working, moving on with her life. And I missed paris, so I’m here in L.A.

Paris: And I love having you here. It’s been a wonderful surprise.

Carter: Yeah, paris has missed having family in town.

[ Ridge sighing ]

Ridge: I don’t want you to feel like I’m leaving you.

Brooke: Oh, gosh, no, I don’t feel like that at all. I mean, you went to a meeting with me. You helped by removing all of the alcohol from the house. You’ve been incredibly loving and supportive. I appreciate that. But really, you’ve got to go to the office.

Ridge: Yeah.

Brooke: You’ve gotta go to work. I…I’m fine. I can be on my own.

Ridge: You’re okay?

Brooke: Yes, I am.

Ridge: You know what I love? That we can say anything to each other, right? No holding back.

Hope: Thank you for offering to help, but what my mother needs right now is stability and security.

Taylor: Okay. And do you think that I’m upsetting that somehow?

Steffy: I think brooke is threatened having you back in town.

Hope: No, no, that’s not what this is about at all.

Steffy: Good, because my father is welcome here anytime. You have to remember he has two families.

Hope: Oh, okay. Well, I thought we were one big family. Isn’t that what we’ve been telling the kids? That we’re all connected? Or has that changed?

Taylor: No, hope, steffy is just explaining the complexity of the situation. Ridge is married to your mom, but we also have children together and we have grandchildren that live right here. And for the time being, so do I. So, ridge and I are going to see each other often. But, hope, I did not come back to L.A. To break up ridge’s marriage to your mother. A lot of people think dealing with copd

Paris: Mom might not be just visiting. She is thinking about relocating to los angeles.

Carter: Really?

Grace: Yes. I’m fielding some interesting offers.

Paris: Yeah, like one at university down the street.

Grace: I haven’t given an answer yet, but I am considering it.

Paris: She’s going to say yes.

Carter: Clearly, paris hopes that you do.

Paris: Yeah, I’d be thrilled.

Grace: That’s what a mother likes to hear.

Carter: I hope everything works out for you.

Grace: Yeah, me too. It would be a great opportunity. Gives me a chance to keep an eye on my girl here. Not that she needs it. My daughters do know how to take care of themselves. They are driven and resilient.

Carter: I know. It’s what made paris such a good choice for her position at the foundation.

Paris: I told you carter recommended me for it.

Carter: And everyone’s grateful that I did. Paris has really supercharged the foundation and integrated philanthropy into so many aspects of the company. We’re lucky to have her. She has a huge fan club here.

[ Steffy sighing ]

Steffy: I didn’t mean for things to get contentious with hope. I try not to do that anymore.

Taylor: Oh, I get it. You both made valid points.

Steffy: It’s just tough, you know, now that deacon’s back.

Taylor: He’s causing trouble for everyone.

Steffy: Yeah, that’s why I’m so frustrated. Hasn’t dad had enough? Brooke just expects him to be okay having deacon over at her house, and he’s constantly reminded of her indiscretion.

Taylor: I don’t think brooke wants anyone thinking about that.

Steffy: Well, she’s not doing anything to stop it. She’s practically throwing it in dad’s face. Inviting deacon over, having him over on new year’s eve, she doesn’t care about dad’s feelings.

Taylor: I understand your frustration, but your dad made his choice a long time ago.

Steffy: Yeah, he made the wrong one. He has to see that. We’re still a family, we’re a wonderful, supportive family, but dad can’t seem to tear himself away from the logans and all of their drama.

Ridge: No matter what’s going on, we can handle this. That’s going to be tough to process because you don’t know exactly what happened.

Brooke: I wanted to be with you. I was excited to spend the new year’s with you, and then when that didn’t happen… my emotion… I lost all control.

Ridge: Well, you’re back in control now. If you need me to be here, I’ll be here.

Brooke: Well, you really do have that appointment to get to.

Ridge: I don’T…

Brooke: I made a mistake. One that will never happen again. I have too much respect for you and for our life together. Thank you. Thank you for being so compassionate and making me feel safe. Supported. I love you so much.

Ridge: Love you. I know this is your battle to fight, but I’m going to be right by your side. I needed to hear that. Napoleon was born and raised to conquer.

Paris: I don’t think the goals for the company and the foundation are exclusive. Look at the hope for the future, for instance, from the very beginning, she’s wanted to make sure her brand made a difference. And I think it really–

Ridge: So, I ran into dad in the building and he said we have a special guest today.

Paris: Ah, yes. Ridge forrester, meet my mom, dr. Grace buckingham.

Ridge: Oh, doctor, a pleasure.

Grace: You too. I have to give you my sincere apologies, just like I did to eric earlier for what happened between my ex-husband and hope and your daughter. Words can’t begin to express how horrified I was at what reese did and the pure agony he’s caused your family.

Ridge: That was in the past. Um, beth is where she needs to be, and we’re trying to focus on more positive things. Like your beautiful daughter here, who I think has shown you around the building already.

Grace: Yes, it was fascinating.

Ridge: See, if we had known you were coming, we would’ve had some flowers–

Grace: Well, it was a surprise. Zende helped set it up. He is a very impressive young man and a fine designer as well.

Ridge: And very fond of your daughter.

Grace: Yes. That’s apparent.

Ridge: So, where are you staying?

Grace: At a hotel–

Paris: With me. I insist. It’s not fancy, but it’s comfortable and it’s close by and with thomas gone, I would love the extra company.

Grace: Wow. More time with my daughter, who can say no to that? Thank you, honey.

Paris: Of course. Did you leave your bag with security?

Grace: Yeah, in one of the offices.

Paris: Well, we can get it on the way out.

Grace: Okay. Well, it was wonderful to meet you all.

Ridge: See you soon.

Carter: Hopefully, we’ll see you again soon.

Paris: You can count on it.

Taylor: Your father knows his own mind.

Steffy: Well, I don’t get it. I really don’T. And I can’t accept it. Yeah, dad made a choice. But you can’t tell me that he’s happy. Really? Arguing with brooke about deacon, being forced to accept him in his life, in his home?

Taylor: Yeah.

Steffy: Come on.

Taylor: No, I know your father is not happy about that.

Steffy: No, he’s not. And maybe I wouldn’t have an issue with it if it was just that. But dad always made concessions to brooke and the logans.

Taylor: Yeah, but he doesn’t see it that way.

Steffy: Well, you know, it’s weird. It just, it just goes against everything I was brought up to believe. Being a kind human, being, being a good person. It’s like upside down world.

Taylor: It’s all true. It’s all good.

Steffy: Then why isn’t dad with you? You’re a good person. You’re a doctor, you spent your life taking care of others.

Taylor: Well, sure, but honey, those things come with their own reward, it doesn’T…

Steffy: But it doesn’t make a difference to dad. That’s it. I’m co-ceo forrester creations. The company has never been more successful. You have thomas creating amazing designs, carrying on the forrester legacy. Dad should be proud of that, but it’s like he’s not. He’s just… too busy with them. The logans. Why?

Brooke: I don’t need looking after, but thank you.

Hope: Well, you’re welcome. So where was ridge heading off to?

Brooke: The office. And I’m glad he went. Because he doesn’t have to stay here with me. And neither do you, honey.

Hope: Well, I’m here because I want to be, and I know that you would do the same for me.

Brooke: I don’t mean to sound ungrateful. I really do appreciate all of your support. Means a lot to me.

Hope: I’m just happy that you’re accepting it and that you’re being open and honest about what you’re going through. And I just want you to know that it is all right to lean on us for support. I mean, we’re here if you need it.

Brooke: Okay, thank you, I will.

Hope: I do have one question, though, and… I-I don’t want it to upset you, but… I need to know.

Brooke: What is it?

Hope: It’s about my dad.

Hope: There’s more going on than I know, isn’t there?

Brooke: I don’t know what you mean.

Hope: You say that you want deacon out of your life, fine. But what I don’t understand is the complete 180, and I am not saying this, mom, to put you on the spot or to make you feel uncomfortable, especially now. But I haven’t heard from my dad since new year’s eve, and now you’re saying that you don’t even want to talk about him.

Brooke: Honey. I need to move forward. It’s not healthy for me to look back.

Hope: Mom. Did you say something to him? Did you tell deacon to stay away?

Brooke: Oh my god. We kissed. You can’t be here anymore. You can’t come here, deacon.

Deacon: What?

Brooke: That’s ridge. He’s pulling in. We gotta– you gotta get out of here. You gotta go. You can’t come back, deacon. Ever!

Hope: Or is this because you drank on new year’s eve? Wait a second, are you… are you blaming dad for you relapsing that night? Because he was gone before that happened, right? I mean, mom, you… you know, you didn’t have to be alone. You could have… you could have called me and I would have gladly been here to support you. I should have been here to–

Brooke: Honey, what happened that night had nothing to do with you.

Hope: I know, it feels that way. It feels like it all began to unravel the minute I invited dad back into our lives, and now he’s gone once again and I haven’t heard from him and I don’t know why. So, mom, please, if… if something happened between you and dad, could you just tell me? Because I really need to know.

Taylor: Brooke is obviously going through something right now, and that’s going to be a priority for your father, but… that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you or appreciate our family.

Steffy: But brooke and the logans always come first.

Taylor: Yeah, well, he is worried about brooke and hope for good reason. Hope was really stressed about her mom.

Steffy: I don’t want anything bad to happen to brooke. But if she’s in trouble, odds are she brought it on herself.

Taylor: Yeah. Hope’s reaction makes me think it’s something serious.

Steffy: Well, you know what that means, dad’s going to get caught up in all of the drama. I get that he cares about brooke, but it’s like his own happiness doesn’t matter.

Taylor: Honey, I… your father has been happy.

Steffy: No, he’s not. He cannot be happy with this whole deacon situation. It is crazy. It’s absurd. Dad has like no support over there. That’s why I’m so furious. I get that hope needs her father. But hey! I need my dad too. And so does thomas.

Taylor: I know, sweetie, I’m so sorry, and I… I hate that our family was torn apart all those years ago. But, it was also circumstance, bad luck.

Steffy: No, not all of it. It’s not fair. I know you said that you’re staying here for good and… mom, I really hope you mean it. Because I need you. I do. Thomas needs you too. And I know dad does. I really do. Yes, the people you worked with, they counted on you, but that wasn’t the only reason you stayed away. Now that you’re back, I mean, you see what’s happening. This is crazy. And I’m not asking you to compete for a man, that is the last thing I want. Do not want that. But I want you to fight. Fight for your family. And I wouldn’t be saying this if I didn’t think you cared about dad, but mom, come on, it is obvious you love him. It is so obvious. And deep down, I know dad loves you too. So, like whatever is going on over at brooke’s, maybe it’s about deacon. Or maybe it’s some other scandal. If dad’s in harm’s way, we need to get him out of there for his sake. He needs to be with his family. He needs to be with you, me, thomas. Not the logans. Dad needs to be with the forresters.

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Steffy: I hope you saved room for dessert.

Taylor: Oh my gosh, is that what I think it is?

Steffy: Yes, it’s still your favorite, right?

Taylor: Yes. Oh, you are spoiling me.

Tey: Iilinda t’s ri.T a

Taylor: Mm. He’s coming over?

Steffy: Yeah, I texted him. Tried to entice him. Well… not that he needs enticing or anything.

Taylor: Is that supposed to–

Steffy: Like obviously, there’s something still going on, like you guys have this energy–

Hope: Knock, knock! Hello?

Steffy: Come on in. Hey, come on in, what’s going on?

Hope: Um, well. Douglas lost his football again, and he thinks that he left it here. Have you seen it?

Taylor: Yeah, I think it’s on the patio.

Hope: Okay, perfect. I’ll just grab it on my way out then.

Steffy: Yeah, go do it. We’re just having dessert, so.

Taylor: Do you want to join us?

Hope: Oh.

Steffy: Yeah, dad’s coming, too. He loves my banana cream pie.

Hope: Actually, I’m not so sure that ridge is going

Brooke: I relapsed,

I started drinking again.

Of course, I’m feeling guilty.

As far as that kiss

and ending up in bed with you.

Look, we’re going to need to

just keep this a secret, okay?

Forever.

Ridge: Logan. You went back to new year’s eve again, didn’t you?

Paris: Mom, I still can’t believe you’re here.

Mrs. Buckingham: Should i have warned you first?

Paris: No, no. I’m so happy that you’re here. I just didn’t know you were planning a visit.

Mrs. Buckingham: Oh, I missed my baby girl.

Paris: I miss you too, mom.

Mrs. Buckingham: Actually, I’ve never been good at surprises and would never have pulled this one off, either. Not without zende’s help.

Zende: I mean, am I being paranoid wondering if paris is interested in another guy? That she wants to take a chance to see where things might lead? And that she has been sending me this gentle message that there might be some competition? Because if that is the case, I want a name.Th

Carter: A name?

Zende: The guy I’m up against. Who is he? Do I know him? What his intentions are as far as paris is concerned?

Zende: I’m very protective of paris. True, my proposal never got off the ground, but we’re still dating and I’ll always look out for her, even if…

Carter: If what?

Zende: I don’t want to get ahead of myself. I don’t know that there’s another guy that paris might like. But if there is, there is no way that I’m just going to give up and step aside.

Paris: Did you come here straight from the airport?

Mrs. Buckingham: Yes.

Paris: You should’ve told me I could have picked you up.

Mrs. Buckingham: And ruin the chance to pull zende into my grand surprise? He’s a really great guy, you know. If I was just a few years younger, whoo–

Paris: Mother!

Mrs. Buckingham: He’s also sweet and charming. I am very happy you are dating such a fine young man as zende forester.

Brooke: There’s nowhere you got to be?

Ridge: I’m exactly where I need to be right here. I’m sorry I wasn’t here before.

Brooke: All those years of sobriety. Just gone. In one night. It was my weakness, my…. my mistake. And now…

Ridge: Now, you can do everything in your power to make sure it doesn’t happen again. And you’re doing it, starting with this meeting today. Gotta tell you, seeing– seeing you up there, standing up and… telling everybody the truth. So proud of you, I just don’t know where you get that strength. Strength to do that and the strength to face every day. But you can do me a favor, stop beating yourself up over this. Okay?

Brooke: Okay.

Steffy: Hope’s right, dad can’t make it, he’s spending time with brooke at her house.

Hope: It’s ridge’s home too, steffy.

Steffy: I didn’t mean anything by that.

Hope: No, I’m sorry. I don’t know why I said that.

Taylor: Hope, is everything okay with your mom? Steffy mentioned something was going on with her.

Steffy: Yeah, what is it? You know, you can tell us, hope.

(Ziploc bag opening)

Zende: I know it sounds crazy, almost nobody knew that I was going to propose that night, but the way that things went down, it just seemed like someone had tipped her off about the proposal. Not that it matters. Paris’s answer would have still been the same. She’s just not ready for marriage.

Carter: Even though you are?

Zende: I appreciate her honesty. But between you and me, carter, it was a big kick in the gut. I was hoping that paris and i would be engaged right now.

Mrs. Buckingham, I hope I don’t sound like a meddling mother, and that’s the last thing I want to be. But I follow zende both online and in the press ever since you told me that you were dating. Not only is he talented and successful, but he’s also a very good person with a good heart. And plus, he comes from a wonderful family who’s embraced you, and that makes him a winner in my book. Obviously in yours… okay. Of course I… I could be misreading things.

Paris: What do you mean?

Mrs. Buckingham: You and zende. Is there something going on between you two I should know about?

Brooke: I can’t imagine my life without you, ridge.

Ridge: Oh, that’s good, because you’re stuck with me.

Brooke: Yeah, well, I don’t make it very easy on you.

Ridge: I’ve never made it easy for you. We’re still here. Still together after all these years. Says something about our love story, right? Whatever life hands us, we’ll deal with it. Right? Without blaming each other, without shame.

[Sighing]

Brooke: Yeah. I’m hearing you. I am. I’M… I’m trying and I…

[Clearing throat] I appreciate your support more than anything. And hope’s too.

Ridge: What’s going on?

[Sighing]

Brooke: I’m just… just thinking about my daughter. You know, I don’t like how she… feels like she’s responsible for what happened.

Taylor: Obviously, you’re concerned about your mother.

Hope: Yes. I mean, it’s no secret that I have brought some added stress to my mother and ridge’s marriage because I want to have a relationship with my father.

Taylor: Yeah, I’ve heard that there were some issues with that, but I also was under the impression that your mom and ridge were working through all that.

Hope: Yes, that’s true. They’re working through a challenging time. I just want to make sure that they’re given space and that you not see it as an opportunity, taylor.

With less moderate-to-severe

eczema,

Zende: I know how this probably is coming off, like I’m throwing myself this big pity party.

Carter: No, man. Not at all.

Zende: It’s just, I still believe in a future with paris. Maybe I was just going too fast in my head. I don’t know. Well, I’m thankful that I get to spend some time with paris’s mom now that she’s in town. I think it’s good for paris to have some family in L.A., Regardless of how brief it might be.

Carter: Yeah, I agree. I know how much paris has missed her mom. What?

Zende: I was just thinking, you have been such a good friend to both paris and me. I really appreciate it carter. I know that paris thinks very highly of you.

Paris: So, mom, this opportunity at university hospital, you seriously considering taking it?

Mrs. Buckingham: Unless you can think of a reason why I shouldn’T.

Paris: No, no, it would be so fun having you here, we can hang out together.

Mrs. Buckingham: Oh my god, honey, that is so sweet. But you have your own life and between your work at the forrester foundation and your relationship with zende, I doubt you have a lot of free time.

Paris: I will always make time for you. I love you, mom.

Mrs. Buckingham: Oh, I love you too, my sweet girl. More than I can say.

Ridge: Hey, hope is not responsible for this. No one is responsible. Staying sober is a daily battle, right?

Brooke: A battle that I lost that night, and I still don’t even understand why. I don’t understand what drove me to drink. Yes, I was upset that you didn’t come home, but that couldn’t have been it, ridge, there… there had to have been more.

Ridge: All right, listen to me. It really doesn’t matter right now. What matters is we’ve got to fix the problem. You’re doing it. You’re going to meetings. Got rid of all the booze in the house. And I’m proud of you, your daughter is proud of you because you’re so strong. We’ll figure this out as a family. I know you want to know what the trigger was. We all do and we will find it. And when we do, we’ll deal with it and it’s going to be another victory for us. It’s going to make our family stronger, I promise you. Yes? Okay.

Taylor: What kind of opportunity, hope, what are you implying?

Steffy: Wait, this is the real reason you stopped by, it’s not about getting douglas’ football. You came here to confront my mom.

Hope: No, no, no, not at all. This was not meant to be a confrontation, but I do think it needs to be said.

Taylor: What needs to be said, hope? Tell me.

[Sighing]

Hope: Look, I’m well aware that you didn’t just leave town for your job. It was also about your feelings for ridge. And obviously, I mean, that’s your ex-husband, that’s steffy and thomas’s dad, and you had a life and a family together.

Steffy: We still do.

Hope: Yes. But I also know that in the past, you have also blamed my mom in some ways and thought that she stole that from you.

Steffy: Okay, hope, can you just get to your point?

Hope: The point is, I am glad that you’re back in town, taylor, I just… I hope that you and your daughter remember that ridge is no longer married to you. He’s married to my mother. With age comes more…

Mrs. Buckingham: It still amazes me what you’ve accomplished for yourself at such a young age. Both my girls! Look at you, working for forrester creations and all the wonderful work the foundation does for people around the world. Thanks to you in no small part, to your leadership and your vision.

Paris: Spoken like a truly unbiased mom.

Mrs. Buckingham: Of course, there’s also your involvement with zende. Not that I’m trying to play matchmaker. But if you would allow your mother a word of advice. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Choose your significant other carefully. Someone from a good family, someone with strong morals and integrity. It’s not just about money and position and standing, it’s about finding the right foundation to build your life and your future on. Could that man be zende?

Zende: I think I’m going to hold on to that ring. Maybe one day I’ll get to slip it on to paris’ finger. Still, I keep coming back to that one thing.

Carter: What’s that?

Zende: If there is another guy who’s caught paris’s attention, who could it be?

Brooke: Come on, deacon.

Come on, slug one back

with me, buddy, old pal.

Deacon, it’s gonna haunt me.

It’s gonna haunt me forever.

Ridge: Sorry, this happened to you. Here.

Brooke: Okay, thanks. Mm.

Ridge: It’s one night.

Brooke: Yeah.

Ridge: It’s the past. See if we can focus on the future. Hi.

Brooke: Hi.

Ridge: Come here.

Steffy: Look hope, I’m not entirely sure what’s going on with dad and brooke, but it is his life, his future. Whatever he decides, it’s his decision.

Hope: But he’s already made his decision and he is married to my mom.

Steffy: And I’m aware of that. So is mom. But we are aware that dad has been through a lot, and most of it is because of you and brooke.

Hope: Are you talking about my dad?

Steffy: Deacon. Yeah, I am. My dad despises him. For good reason. And instead of listening to his warnings, you and brooke are welcoming him with open arms despite all of the pain and shame he’s caused.

Hope: Okay, that was before, and he is a different man now.

Steffy: Right. Because deacon says he is, and you’re desperate to believe that. But how do you know he’s changed? I get that he’s your father and you can’t be totally objective. But brooke is a whole different story. She was caught in this discussing messy scandal. And here she is, welcoming deacon back into her life, even though dad is really upset about it. But does she care? Is she worried about him. His concerns, his pleas?

Taylor: Okay, honey–

Steffy: Mom, no, no, no, no. I know, I definitely need to say something. Because even though dad and brooke are married, whatever he decides in the long run is up to him. Not to you. Not to brooke.

Hope: I’ve heard that you’re planning on staying in L.A. And you’ve already opened up a practice, and I am thrilled for you. Uh, I’m sure steffy and thomas are happy to have you back. I just ask… to respect my mother and ridge’s marriage. They’re deeply in love, and I don’t want anything to disrupt that. We’ve… we’ve been in a good place lately and I just want to keep the peace, so I want to make sure that that is understood by both of you. Is that clear?

Steffy: Wow.

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Liam: Hey, how’s douglas?

Hope: Oh, he’s fine. He’s reading a story to beth. Liam. I missed it. I’ve been so focused on my father that i didn’t even notice that my mother was struggling.

Liam: No, no. None of this is your fault.

Hope: She was all alone.

Liam: But she’s not anymore, right? I mean, she’s at a meeting with ridge right now, an open meeting. She’s getting all the help she needs. Brooke logan is a fighter. She’ll make it through this just fine.

Facilitator: Were you alone when you drank on new year’s eve?

Brooke: Come on, slug one

back with me, buddy ole pal.

It’s new year’s eve.

Deacon: Alright, alright.

Okay. Alright.

[Brooke sighs]

[Typing]

[Notification rings]

Zende: Paris. Just the person I was looking for.

Paris: Yeah?

Zende: Yeah. I’m working on a new design and I could use your opinion.

Paris: Wow, this is the third time in two days. Maybe I should take up designing.

Zende: Yeah, I’d cosign on that. Listen. I want to tell you that I appreciate you and your honesty. And I have to admit that some of the things that you said on new year’s, they threw me. You know, you wanting to keep things loose and casual between us. I respect you being so straightforward with me.

Paris: Wow, thank you. I’m glad that you feel that way. You’re a really great guy.

Zende: Everything okay?

Paris: Yeah. I’m sorry, I just got a text from my mom.

Zende: Your mom?

Zende: Yeah, I wasn’t expecting it but it made me realize how much I miss her.

Paris: These texts from my mother are so random.

Zende: What do they say?

Paris: They’re just pictures of us together.

Zende: Wait, is that you? What are you wearing?

Paris: When I was little, we used to have these dress up tea parties and I’d throw on one of her dresses that was obviously too big for me and almost all of her jewelry.

Zende: Sounds like a classy affair to me.

Paris: Oh, and this one.

[Sighs] This picture is the last time we were together. She’s just got me thinking, with my dad and zoe gone, it’s hard not having family out here. I just really miss my mom a lot.

Mrs. Buckingham: I miss you, too, paris.

Paris: Mom?

Mrs. Buckingham: Oh, my baby. Oh, it’s so good to see you. Missed you so much.

Paris: I cannot believe you’re here right now.

Mrs. Buckingham: I’m here.

[Laughs]

Hope: I shouldn’t have left her by herself. The holidays can be difficult.

Liam: What are you talking about? We thought ridge would be there.

Hope: Yeah, well then we should have waited. Is it my fault that she fell off the wagon? Have I, by pushing too hard and too much to have my dad be a part of my life, did that cause her to stress?

Liam: Absolutely not, hope. There’s no way that’s what this is–

Hope: Well, then why then? Why did my mom start drinking again?

Brooke: I’m gonna make sure

you come nowhere near

my family, especially

steffy, finn and hayes.

[Brooke sighs]

[Brooke sighs]

Brooke: Yes. Yes. Yes. I was alone when I drank.

Facilitator: Thank you for sharing, brooke.

[Laughter]

Paris: Oh! You knew about this?

Mrs. Buckingham: Well, I wanted to surprise you.

Paris: Wow, so there’s no design that you needed my help with, huh?

Zende: Not at this moment. No.

Mrs. Buckingham: Oh, he is very handsome in person. He’s also very sweet. Thank you, zende, for helping arrange this.

Zende: My pleasure. Anything to make paris happy. Now I’m sure that the two of you have a lot to catch up on, so I’m gonna get out of here.

Paris: Hey. Thank you for this.

Zende: Of course.

Mrs. Buckingham: Wah! My baby.

Carter: Someone’s having a good day. What is going on, why are you all smiles?

Zende: I just pulled off a big surprise.

Carter: Yeah?

Zende: Paris, you should have seen her face. I mean, she had no idea it was coming. When I tell you it was priceless–

Carter: Zende, I have– I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Zende: What? Oh. Yeah, my bad. Duh! I’m still obviously super excited about it.

Carter: I could– I could definitely tell so what happened?

Zende: Paris’s mother is in town.

Liam: Hey, hey. It’s your love for your mom that’s making you blame yourself for her relapse but the truth is there’s nothing you could have done.

Hope: We could have taken ridge’s advice and moved out and alleviated any stress about my dad. And now, on top of everything, taylor is back in town.

Liam: What does taylor have to do with it?

Hope: Listen, I know my mom’s not threatened by her but I’m sure it adds some stress. And then combine that with my dad, maybe it was just too much.

Liam: Okay, but we don’t know that.

Hope: Well, then what is it then? Because I don’t buy that you’re just fine one minute and then pick up a vodka bottle the next. I don’T. I think someone or something pushed her over the edge. Something made her drink again.

Sheila: No one is going to keep me from a life with my son and my grandson. Especially not you, brooke.

Facilitator: What led you to drink again? Are you able to identify the trigger?

Brooke: Honestly, I don’t know. I haven’t had this intense desire to drink for a very long time. I don’t know what triggered it. And before, when I drank, I– that feeling, it didn’t come out of nowhere.

Facilitator: Maybe it didn’T. Maybe the desire’s more subconscious, something that’s been there, building that you just weren’t aware of.

Brooke: Maybe you’re right. But regardless, I am– I’m committed to my sobriety and I couldn’t do it without my husband. Very thankful for his support. And whatever it is that led me to drink, I just can never let that happen again.

Dry eye symptoms

driving you crazy?

Zende: Mrs. Buckingham wouldn’t have been able to get into the building without me. I’m telling you, the look on her face– she was so happy.

Carter: I bet.

Zende: And that’s all I really care about, making paris happy. You want to hear something crazy?

Carter: Sup?

Zende: I asked quinn to make an engagement ring for me. It was beautiful and unique, just like paris. I really love her, carter. I was going to propose to her on new year’S.

Carter: What happened?

Zende: I didn’t go through with it. I mean, I wanted to. I really do love her. But… I’m not sure how paris feels about me now.

Paris: I can’t believe you’re in L.A. One second, I’m texting you and the next you’re here?

Mrs. Buckingham: I’ve been dying to see you. And you are quite the rock star. I mean, I literally saw you singing at dodger stadium.

Paris: Yeah, that was out of this world.

Mrs. Buckingham: L.A. Looks good on you and you’ve accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. Feels like you just graduated from college and now you’re this key player for the forrester foundation.

Paris: Yes. It’s been really amazing.

Mrs. Buckingham: And you’re consulting for hope for the future? Yeah, I’ve been keeping tabs on you. All your hard work and passion to help others has really paid off.

Paris: What can I say? I have an incredible role model.

Mrs. Buckingham: Ah, I’m so proud of you, sweetheart, not just because of your accomplishments but because of the wonderful woman that you have grown into. I am so blessed to have you as my daughter.

Paris: Oh mom.

Mrs. Buckingham: Mm. So good to see you.

Hope: You know, you can say, “I told you so.”

Liam: Okay. A, I would never do that. And b, I honestly don’t think deacon had anything to do with this.

Hope: Well, you know what I think? I think that maybe I was being selfish, trying to insert my dad into everyone’s life and I should have been more sensitive–

Liam: No! Absolutely not. Listen, everything’s gonna be okay. Your mom’s already in a meeting. That’s like, that is a great sign!

Hope: I know. No, I’m– I’m– I’m really happy that she’s being really open about that night and… I’m grateful that she is getting help and that she is not keeping anything from us.

Brooke: Vodka?

[Sighs] What would I do without you?

Ridge: We’re in this together.

Brooke: I’m just scared, ridge. I have no idea what happened that night. I don’t know how I made such a terrible mistake.

[Shallow breathing]

Deacon: Morning sunshine.

Ridge: Hey. Where’d you go?

Brooke: Ah, I was just thinking about that night. I don’t ever want to relapse again.

Ridge: You won’T. I’ll make sure you won’T.

Brooke: Well, thank you. I don’t want to lose you.

Ridge: Lose me? You kidding? Come on.

Brooke: I don’t want to, ridge.

Ridge: For better or for worse, right? As long as we’re honest with each other, we can face anything. Come here. Do you struggle with occasional nerve aches

Carter: Listen, man, uh… I have a confession to make. I already knew about the uh, the engagement ring. Quinn told me. She was pretty proud of her work, said it was beautiful.

Zende: It is. I had it all planned. Dinner at paris’ favorite restaurant. I was going to propose to her there. And then I rented out this rooftop downtown with this perfect private view of the fireworks.

Carter: Wow, man.

Zende: We didn’t even make it to dessert before the night was over. She talked about being young and single. I mean, she’s not wrong. We never put a label on what we are but I mean, it felt like it came out of nowhere.

Carter: I’m really sorry, zende.

Zende: Maybe there’s competition. All that talk about not wanting to be tied down and having so much to experience. I mean, you’re friends with her. You talk to her. I kind of feel like there’s someone else. But if it’s not me, then who else could it be?

Paris: So how long are you staying?

Mrs. Buckingham: Wow. Anxious to get rid of your mom already, huh?

Paris: Not even. If I had it my way, you’d stay in L.A. Forever but I know you need to head back soon. What would the hospital do without you?

Mrs. Buckingham: Actually, I handed in my resignation.

Paris: What?

Mrs. Buckingham: I know–

Paris: You loved working there.

Mrs. Buckingham: I did. I do. But it was time for a change.

Paris: So now what?

Mrs. Buckingham: Well, there is another reason for my visit to L.A.

Paris: Oh?

Mrs. Buckingham: I have a few offers. One for the hospital down the street, in fact.

Paris: So you’re looking for work here?

Mrs. Buckingham: I don’t want to cramp your style but I wanted to see how you feel about me moving here.

Paris: That would be awesome!

Mrs. Buckingham: Yeah?

Paris: And if you need a reference, I got your back.

[Laughter]

Mrs. Buckingham: I missed

Paris: I missed you too, mom.

Mrs. Buckingham: So if you’ll have me, I am here to stay.

Paris: Well in case my, “that would be awesome,” wasn’t big enough let me say it again, that was awesome. Be awesome. I’d love for you to stay in L.A. Ah!

Mrs. Buckingham: Ah!

[Paris laughs]

Liam: Listen to me. All your concern is is a testament to what a wonderful, caring, attentive daughter you are. And if there were anything, anything at all to pick up on, you’d have picked up on it.

Hope: I just– I hate that this is even happening. You should have seen her, liam. She was– she was so hard on herself and she was scared. Like, her life was completely out of her control and she had no idea why.

Brooke: I’m gonna do

everything in my power to keep

you away from our family

and ridge will agree with me,

especially steffy,

finn and hayes.

Sheila: Oh, brooke. When are you going to learn to not push me?

[Clinking]

Ridge: Alright. That was the last of it. Bar’s empty. We don’t need temptation in this house.

[Brooke sighs]

Brooke: Thank you.

Ridge: Can I say something? You’re not only the hottest but you’re also the strongest, most courageous woman I’ve ever known.

Brooke: Ridge–

Ridge: Yeah, no it’s true. You could have found a way to hide this from me but you didn’T. You told me because you trust me.

Brooke: Yeah, but how can you trust me? How can you trust me when i don’t even know how i started drinking again?

Ridge: Well, it really doesn’t matter. It was a one time thing. It’s ove–

Brooke: No, that’s all it takes, ridge. It takes one time to relapse. And all of this hard work in recovery just to– just to start it all over again.

Ridge: Okay. It’s a disease. We gotta fight it and we’re all here to help you. We’re all here. I– I wasn’t here because I decided to leave at a– at a time like this. I’m–

Brooke: Don’T. Stop. Don’t blame yourself–

Ridge: No. You needed me here and i wasn’t here so I’m sorry.

Brooke: No, ridge, it wasn’t your fault.

Ridge: Well, you know what? I will never leave you again. What do you say to that?

Brooke: Good.

Ridge: Okay.

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Brooke: I’m just so ashamed.

Ridge: Don’t be.

Hope: Alcoholism is a disease. No guilt, okay? None.

Brooke: Honey, I let you down. I let myself down.

Ridge: Because you had a drink? No, you didn’t let anybody down. All right?

Brooke: It was more than just one drink. I fell back into my old habits and I kept pouring and pouring. And… I don’t even how I made it to bed that night. I don’t know why I lost my willpower. I don’t know what drove me to drink.

Taylor: Huh. A weird vibe from hope?

Steffy: Yeah. Acting concerned about brooke because of new year’s eve.

Taylor: Hm. What about it?

Steffy: Well, dad wasn’t home. Brooke was all alone. And hope says that brooke was pretty affected by it. I know, right? It just seems so, so weird. But hope is really worried about brooke because she hasn’t been the same since that night. And hope has no idea why.

Bill: So, she really liked it. You’re not pulling my leg.

Liam: Are you kidding me? You saw her face light up at christmas. She loves it. It’s like her new favorite stuffed animals. Or stuffed… currency, I guess. I don’t know. She’s napping with it right now. Where do you get it?

Bill: Hm.

Liam: Where did you find it?

Bill: Oh, oh, ah. Well, I found it on–

Liam: Oh my god.

Bill: Okay, fine, fine. I didn’t actually find it. I had my assistant… do my shopping. And by the way, this one does a much better job of shopping than alison ever did.

Liam: This one does a much better job? This one does. You don’t know her name, do you?

Bill: Of course, I know her name. Her name is–

Liam: It’s wooo–

Douglas: Liam?

Liam: Yeah.

Douglas: Oh hey, dollar bill.

Bill: I love this kid.

Liam: What’s up?

Douglas: I think the wifi is out.

Liam: Ah, well, guess what? Perfect timing because screen time is up. And plus, I think I see a soccer ball out there with your name on it.

Douglas: Okay.

Bill: Later buddy.

Liam: Have fun or at least try.

Douglas: Bye.

Liam: Bye.

Bill: Anyway, I’m not here to talk about names and presents.

Liam: Ah yes. I know I just got off the phone with wyatt. He said–

Bill: I’m not here to talk about eye on fashion either. I’m here for you. Things have been crazy at work. We don’t get much one on one time. But I will make time for it, if you need me. I will make time for you.

Liam: Well, thank you. And I know.

Bill: So, how are you son? Really. Things okay with you and hope, now that that convict, deacon sharp, is back in her life?

Liam: YeaH. I’m not really sure how to answer that. Yes, we’re okay. No, it’s not easy.

Bill: How could it be? Hope’s making a terrible decision and dragging you into it with her.

Liam: Believe me, I’m still extremely weary of deacon. And I’m just, uh… I don’t know, I’m just trying to be supportive of my wife because I know that’s what hope needs right now. So.

Bill: Ah liam, hope is going to learn the hard way, yet again, that wherever deacon, that two bit con man goes, trouble follows.

Taylor: Maybe brooke is mad about ridge not making it home. I mean, I would– I would hope not. I mean, clearly, she knows that he’s running a company. Sometimes, that means–

Steffy: No. Hope claims brooke wasn’t upset about that.

Taylor: If hope is sensing something, saying that brooke hasn’t been the same… upset or not, ridge’s absence clearly triggered something in brooke.

Ridge: It doesn’t matter why it happened. Important thing is you told us, and you want help.

Hope: That’s right. One day at a time. You came forward, you opened up.

Brooke: I called my sponsor too. But, why wasn’t I able to fight this urge? It’s something I’ve been able to do for so long and… what made me slip up this time?

Hope: Are you sure you don’t know why? Was there some underlying reason?

Brooke: No. No, I honestly don’t know.

Ridge: We’re also sure that deacon had nothing to do with this?

Brooke: Deacon. Why even bring him up? I already told you that I’m the only one to blame here, so–

Hope: You know, maybe it’s my fault. You know, I’m the one that’s been so vocal about wanting my dad in my life. Maybe added a lot of stress and made you want to drink.

Brooke: Honey, don’t think this has anything to do with you.

Ridge: And I’m not– I’m not saying that. I didn’t say that you were adding stress. It’s– deacon is the only thing that’s new around here, right? So, did he say something? Did he rattle you in any way?

Hope: No. I was there the entire night. He didn’t do anything like that.

Brooke: Yeah, no. Deacon was fine. Nothing was said.

Ridge: All right. Let’s leave that alone for now. What do we do? What’s next?

Brooke: Well, I definitely think that I need to go to a meeting, as soon possible.

Ridge: Okay. I’ll go with you.

Brooke: No, ridge. You don’t have to do that.

Ridge: I want to. I want to be by your side.

Hope: And I’m here too, mom. Anything you need. I just I hate that I left you all alone on new year’s eve. If I had known that you were struggling, I would have stayed.

Brooke: Honey, please put that out of your mind. Please.

Ridge: How would you find a meeting? Is there an app? There something– I don’t know.

Brooke: Why don’t you go get my purse and I’ll look one up, okay?

Ridge: Okay.

Brooke: Thank you. Thank you, sweetie.

Hope: Mom, you may have been alone on new year’s eve, but you’re not alone now, okay?

Brooke: Oh, honey, I love you.

Hope: Love you.

Steffy: Hope’s not the only one noticing something off with brooke. Dad mentioned it too.

Taylor: Interesting.

Steffy: Yeah. He said that she hasn’t been the same since he got back.

Taylor: Well, it sounds like it really is about his absence that night. Consciously or not, it sounds like she’s holding it against him.

Steffy: Dad’s absence… or is it deacon?

Taylor: Deacon?

Steffy: Yeah, hope invited him to the party.

Taylor: The plot thickens.

Steffy: This whole deacon situation has caused dad and liam so much grief. They deserve better.

Liam: This is only going to go one of two ways, either hope is right and deacon has changed. In which case, you know, okay, great. I’m happy to be wrong. Or–

Bill: You’re not wrong. Deacon is going to cause all kinds of damage. Look, we both know how this is going to go down. Hope’s degenerate father… is going to show his true colors. He can’t help himself. Now, before you start lecturing me, I just want to tell you that I came here–

Hope: No. Nothing to say. I know how you feel. Now, can I have some alone time with my husband?

Bill: As I said, I’m here for you. I’m here for both of you. When the inevitable happens.

Liam: Thanks, dad.

[ Hope sighs ]

Liam: Well, he means well.

Hope: Not when it comes to my father. And frankly, I don’t really care about what bill thinks is inevitable. So.

Liam: Hey, hope. What’s wrong?

Hope: It’s my mother.

Ridge: You got this. We hit the bike trails every weekend

Steffy: I do think something’s wrong with brooke, something major.

Taylor: Yeah. She’s keeping it to herself, that can’t be good. That’s true. I hope she gets some support… and soon.

Hope: I felt like something has been off with my mom ever since new year’s eve.

Liam: Well, what do you mean by off?

Hope: Well, it’s just… she’s been on edge. You know, she hasn’t been herself and I’ve been trying to figure out what’s wrong.

Liam: I mean, ridge didn’t come home that night like she expected him to. Could just be that.

Hope: No, I mean she might have gotten temporarily upset about that. But this… this feels like something deeper and… then I got to thinking that maybe it does have to do with my dad. And maybe she does resent me.

Liam: I mean, your mom could never be resentful of you, but go on.

Hope: Well, I have been pushing really hard for my dad to be a part of my life and that is someone who my mom has tried really hard to– to put in the past and forget about and… maybe I am asking too much of her.

Liam: You should talk to her. She’ll open up.

Hope: Well, I don’t have to because I walked in on ridge and my mom having a very… intense conversation.

Liam: Like an argument? Were they arguing?

Hope: No, no, but it was emotional. And my mom has been hiding something since new year’s eve and I knew it. I should have stayed. I should have had you put the kids to bed. And–

Liam: Okay, stop, stop. What’s going on?

Hope: She drank, liam. After we left that night… my mom drank.

Brian: And there I was, watching my brother pass around the eggnog, trying to pretend like I wasn’t salivating. But… what was I? Practically drooling. Telling myself, why not just take a sip? Have one cup. Or two. Or 20? But I didn’T. Thanks to my sponsor.

Sponsor: Proud of you, brian.

Brian: I imagine I’m not the only one that the holidays were tough for. Anyone else ready to share? Perhaps, one of our new faces.

Brooke: Um. Hello. I’m brooke and I’m an alcoholic. Nope

Steffy: If something’s going on with brooke, it’ll affect dad.

Taylor: Possibly or whatever it is, it could just go away.

Steffy: Mom, this is brooke we’re talking about. When she’s in trouble, everything blows up in her face. And who’s the one that picks up the pieces? It’s dad. I’m just glad you’re back in town because I don’t think it’s going to be long until dad needs someone to lean on.

Liam: Whoa, you serious? Your mom, she drank on new year’s?

Hope: Yes.

Liam: I am sorry. I didn’t even know she was tempted. Everything seemed normal.

Hope: She doesn’t even know why she had the desire. But after we left, she… she caved and she opened up the vodka.

Liam: Oh my god, hope. I’m so sorry.

Hope: Yeah, I am, too. I’m just, I’m mad at myself for not realizing how vulnerable she was that night. If I had noticed something that night, I could of–

Liam: Okay, no, no, no. Wait, wait, wait. Wait, the one thing that you cannot be doing right now is blame yourself. We all thought ridge was on his way home and that they were going to have a lovely evening together. And even so, well, it’s not like you can’t leave your mom alone. She went years and years without drinking. Okay, so please do not stress yourself out right now by– by thinking you were supposed to know that she would suddenly relapse. That is not your responsibility.

Hope: I know that. It’s just, it’s sad. Knowing now that she needed help, that she was all alone, probably staring at that bottle, trying not to drink. But then she gave in. She didn’t even come down here to the cabin. She didn’t call us. I left my mom all alone on new year’s eve.

Liam: Well, we’re all here now. All of us, including ridge, for whatever she needs.

Hope: He was being so caring and supportive. He’s actually taking her to a meeting right now.

Liam: Good. That’s great. See, that’s great. Your mom’s got support. She’s got resources. She’s got a ton of people in her life who love her and will do anything for her. It’s good.

Hope: I know I should be… happy about that, but I can’t help but worry. I mean, all these years of sobriety, just… so, I just need to figure out, you know, what changed. There–there had to be a reason. There had to be something. There’s something there that I have missed because why– why would it happen now?

Liam: Now, listen.

Douglas: Mommy, is everything okay?

Brooke: I… had a bit of a relapse.

Brian: If you aren’t ready.

Brooke: No, no, it’s okay. I think it’d be good for me to talk about it. This is my husband, ridge.

Ridge: Yes. Yes, I’m ridge, I’m not an alcoholic, but I’m married to one and… I’m going to see her through this.

Brian: A relapse? So, you’ve gone through this before?

Brooke: Ah. Yeah, yeah, I’ve had my moments. I mean, for the most part, I had everything under control. I mean. I’ve gone to meetings through the years. Here and there, and… I’ve been in recovery for a long time. So, this just kind of came out of nowhere.

Brian: Nowhere?

Brooke: I mean, everything was fine. It was new year’s eve–

Brian: A problematic holiday.

Brooke: Well, maybe for some people, it could be, yes. I could understand that. But for me, it wasn’T. And I was drinking non-alcoholic champagne. And I wasn’t even thinking about the real stuff. We’re just having a beautiful night. It’s my daughter and my grandchildren and her husband, her father. It was like a normal holiday. There were noisemakers, and we’re just celebrating. The kids we’re having a great time and then they went upstairs to watch a movie. Well, they fell asleep and that’s when everybody left. And I was just there. I was home waiting for my wonderful husband to get back so we could celebrate the new year together. But he called and said that um, he was going to be delayed. And that’s when…

Brian: And what?

Brooke: When… it just switched. Inside of me, I just had this, this overwhelming feeling to drink. To drink real alcohol. I don’t know where it came from. Honestly, I just… I reached for the bottle of vodka and I poured myself a glass, and I just– I just slugged it back. It’s like I had already been drinking. I… I mean, all those years in recovery and…

Brian: You said you were alone.

Douglas: Mommy, what’s wrong?

Hope: Oh, it’s nothing, sweetie.

Douglas: You seem sad.

Hope: Well, I–I am a little.

Liam: Yeah, but it’s okay to be sad sometimes, right?

Douglas: What are you sad about?

Hope: Oh, it’s just something to do with grandma. But it will be okay.

Liam: Yeah.

Douglas: I saw grandma kissing santa claus.

Hope: What?

Douglas: I saw grandma kissing santa clause.

Liam: Hey, buddy. Not right now.

Douglas: Okay.

Brooke: What?

Brian: When your husband was away on business, your daughter left with her kids, so you were all alone.

Brooke: We’re going to need to just keep this secret, deacon. Alone.

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Brooke: Something happened on new year’s eve.

Ridge: Tell me.

Brooke: I was drinking last night. Oh my god. We kissed.

Deacon: We did.

Brooke: Oh, I’m sorry, ridge. I feel so guilty.

Ridge: Talk to me.

Brooke: Oh, I don’t even know how it happened. I’m– I’m very ashamed. And when you find out what happened, you’re gonna be upset, too. But I have to tell you what I did.

Taylor: Okay, that sounds great. I think so, I might have a seminar booked for that time, but I will have my assistant–

Sheila: Alcohol free or the real stuff? Brooke is never gonna know the difference. I predict you’re going to have a very festive new year’S.

Taylor: Sheila?

Sheila: Yes.

Taylor: Where were you just now?

Sheila: Oh. I was just feeling hopeful for the new year for all of us.

Taylor: Well, that’s a– that’s a good place to be. Well, if there is nothing else, I… kind of need to get back to work.

Sheila: Yeah, of course. I do… want to thank you just one more time, taylor. I am– I’m dedicated to working on myself, really. I want to get help for whatever it is that I need to do so that I can be more involved in finn’s life.

Finn: I missed our morning kiss.

Steffy: So you drove all the way over here to make it up to me?

Finn: Those lips are worth every minute of travel.

Hope: Oh, sorry.

Steffy: Oh, hey. Hope, come on in.

Hope: Hi, I didn’t mean to interrupt.

Finn: No, you’re not. I’m– I’m the one keeping steffy from doing any work but, uh, happy new year, by the way.

Hope: Oh, you too. I hope you had a fun new year’s eve.

Steffy: We did. How about you?

Hope: Oh, it was– it was nice. It was an early evening.

Steffy: I know my dad couldn’t make it to celebrate with brooke.

Sheila: I’ve destroyed every opportunity that I’ve ever had with my other children, and I don’t want to loose finn too.

Taylor: You seem really determined to turn your life around.

Sheila: That’s because I am and that is the truth. Taylor… I mean, whatever I have to do to be a part of finn’s family, and I really feel that, with your help, I can actually show people that I am not that person any longer.

Taylor: With my help. Oh, sheila, I– I won’t take you on as a patient. There’s too much history between us.

Sheila: Of course, of course. Before I forget though, uh… I made this for hayes, and I was just… hoping that you could get that to him for me, right?

Taylor: Of course.

Sheila: I am so determined to be a good mother to finn and a loving grandmother to hayes.

Steffy: I can tell by your reaction, brooke was pretty bummed.

Hope: Oh, she– she’s fine, she was just looking forward to spending the evening with her husband.

Steffy: Yeah, but my dad had an important business trip. I’m sure brooke could understand that.

Hope: She gets it, she’s not upset with ridge at all.

Finn: Everything okay? You seem a little stressed.

Steffy: Yeah, did something happen on new year’s eve we’re not aware of?

Brooke: I don’t know what came over me.

Ridge: Logan… you’re my wife, we’re in this together.

Brooke: I was doing so well. I was so in control for so many years. And you were being so supportive. And now I need to– I need to face it, ridge. I slipped up. I relapsed, I drank on new year’s eve. Our strength, our power, our purpose…

Taylor: I want to see you make real improvements, sheila. You have A… a long way to go to… prove yourself. Whether you put in the work or not is entirely up to you. I want the– that is what I want though. I don’t like who I was and I want to transform myself. I do, I want to… I want to earn your trust and heal… old wounds. I am dedicated to becoming a kinder, more stable person.

Taylor: I hope you mean that, for everyone’s sake. Now, I am going to continue to be extremely cautious. Is there a chance that maybe in the future you will get to spend more time with finn and hayes? Possibly. But not now. Not yet. I may have opened the door for you just a little bit on christmas eve so that you could spend time with finn and hayes. But steffy and her husband have set very clear boundaries with you. And you need to respect their wishes.

Finn: I’m sorry things didn’t turn out the way you hoped.

Hope: Oh, it’s okay. Liam and I were grateful to get the kids to bed early. I just… I just feel bad for my mom.

Steffy: Okay, so he missed one. I don’t understand why brooke has an issue with it.

Hope: I don’t know, I just… I feel like something has been off with my mom since that night, but… anyway, I should get going, but it was good seeing you both.

Finn: You too.

Brooke: If you want your father in your life, that is your choice. But I can’t have him or his influence in mine.

Ridge: What happened? I was just so excited to be with you on new year’s, you know? I mean, after the year we had, I thought it would be really good for us.

Ridge: I wanted that too, more than anything in the world.

Brooke: And I’m not blaming you, ridge. I know… you wanted that too. I mean, I was disappointed I was, but I accepted it. At least I thought I had. Well, that’s when something just kind of switched inside of me. I don’t know why or– or how or– or why… I was drinking this non-alcoholic bottle of champagne, and I wasn’t even thinking about alcohol at all. And I was having a good time, you know, I was laughing and playing with the kids. And it was a wonderful night. It was nothing out of the ordinary. And then when everybody left… that’s what I felt it. I felt this… overwhelming urge to drink… real alcohol. And I don’t– I don’t even know where that was coming from, you know, I– I didn’t understand it, it just was overpowering. And I pulled that vodka bottle out and I– I opened it and I poured myself a glass and… you know, I didn’t want it. I wanted more and more and I wanted to drink it. And I just was– I just drank it.

Ridge: Okay. It’s okay. Doesn’t your family deserve the best?

Finn: Sounds like brooke might have had a more difficult new year’s, then we realized. What do you think that’s all about?

Steffy: I’m not sure. But I am surprised deacon was invited.

Finn: Yeah, me too. Although it doesn’t sound like it caused any problems.

Steffy: Yeah, that’s a firsT. I’m relieved we didn’t have any unexpected visitors.

Finn: Like my mom.

Steffy: I was wondering if your mom was gonna make an appearance on new year’s eve. I’m glad she didn’T.

Taylor: Perimeters have been set. You must abide by them, sheila.

Sheila: Oh. Yeah. Yeah, there are rules to follow. I know that.

Taylor: Good. That means no showing up unannounced, you.. can’t go anywhere unless you’re invited.

Sheila: Right, got it.

Taylor: You understand why there need to be constraints.

Sheila: Yeah. Of course I do, and I really can’t blame you.

Taylor: Sheila, if you could just see your life in its entirety, you would see the… the obsessive tendencies over the years and– and it always leads to A… pattern of troubling instability. Which I witnessed firsthand when you shot me. But I believe in recovery, sheila, for everyone. But you’re going to have to put in a tremendous amount of effort to become the person you want to be. Someone trusted. Someone who doesn’t hurt people.

Sheila: I will be that– that woman, but I thank you so much for having… faith and believing that I can accomplish that.

Taylor: Remember why you’re doing this.

Sheila: I do. I do know why I’m doing this. But the fact that you… that you believe that I can make those changes in my life, taylor, it really… speaks to your character, the person that you are, with your kindness and– and your– your compassion. That is something that brooke… would never have.

Taylor: Sheila, I am sensing a lot of anger towards brooke. I don’t want you causing trouble for anybody.

Sheila: Even brooke.

Taylor: You haven’t done anything to her, have you? Sheila, promise me that you will not lash out at brooke.

Sheila: I promise.

Brooke: Why did I drink, ridge? What brought this on?

Ridge: It’s okay.

Brooke: No, no, it’s not okay.

Ridge: You’re only human. It happens, we’ll deal with it.

Brooke: I don’t even understand what happened, I mean, what was going through my head?

Ridge: Don’t beat yourself up about it. It’s gonna be all right. I going to ask you something, it’s not because I want to upset you, it’s because I want to get to the bottom of this, the same way that you want to get to the bottom of it.

Brooke: I don’t really have any answers.

Ridge: You said deacon was part of the evening. Did something happen? The worst decisions of your life were because of deacon. Did he do something?

Hope: Mom? Ridge… what is it?

Brooke: It’s nothing, honey. Honey, I’m fine.

Hope: No, mom, there’s obviously something going on. What is it?

Brooke: I don’t want to worry you.

Hope: Mom.

Brooke: All right. I admitted to ridge that… something happened on new year’s eve. I drank.

Hope: You–

Brooke: Yes, I drank, honey, I slipped up, I had a relapse.

Hope: Mom, it’s okay.

Brooke: Honey… I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I brought in ensure max protein,

Taylor: Hello, ms. Ceo.

Steffy: Hey, mom. I’m so glad you stopped by.

Taylor: Oh hi, sweetheart.

Steffy: If dad were here, he’d like to say that he’s co-ceo but–

Taylor: Oh, okay, well, we all know who runs the place around here, don’t we?

Steffy: That’s true. I mean, if I’m going to be real, it’s granddad, but…

Taylor: You know, I just saw eric in the hallway. Honey, I love that you are working alongside your father and your grandfather and working with your brother. Oh, I have so many wonderful memories here at forrester creations.

Steffy: Yeah, well, it’S… it’s home. Especially now that my cute mama’s here. Look at you in this outfit.

Taylor: Thank you. I’ll have to come by more often.

Steffy: You should. And we could grab lunch now that you’re here for good.

Taylor: Oh, I would love that. Yes, and my treat any time. Maybe we’ll even invite finn.

Steffy: We could do that. Finn was actually just here. He had to run back to the hospital. Hope stopped by too.

Taylor: Really, well, that’s a busy morning. How is she?

Steffy: Yeah, I got a really… weird vibe. She seemed concerned about brooke.

Sheila: I am going… to prove to finn, steffy, taylor and everybody else that I am a changed woman. As long as no one finds out what it did to brooke on new year’s eve.

Hope: Mom, how… did this happen?

Brooke: I have no idea. Honestly, I… it’s really confusing to me, I wasn’t missing alcohol at all.

Ridge: I don’t want anyone to feel defensive, but I was asking your mom before you walked in if… if deacon was here when this drinking thing happened.

Brooke: Seriously?

Ridge: Seems that deacon is always around when bad things happen. Simple question was– was deacon here when you were drinking?

Brooke: I’m the only one to blame. I’m sorry. I’m sorry I let everybody down.

Hope: Mom, please, don’T.

Brooke: I risked everything and for what?

Ridge: Don’t be so hard on yourself.

Hope: It’s a disease, we know you don’t have a choice. We know you don’t want this to happen, but it did, and it’s okay because we love you and we’re your family and we’re going to help you through this.

Ridge: Sweetheart, we’re all here. You have all the support in the world.

Brooke: I don’t want to lose you.

Ridge: Why would you lose me? That’s silly.

Brooke: I’m sorry, I, um,

Hope: Mom, hey, you have nothing to apologize for.

Ridge: And nothing to feel guilty about.

Brooke: I regret it. I really do.

Hope: Hey, mom, we’re all human. None of us are perfect. We all– we all make mistakes.

Brooke: You have no idea.

Hope: Well, I wish I had stayed. I shouldn’t have left you all alone on new year’s eve. I’m sorry.

Brooke: So deacon is gonna haunt me. He’s going to haunt me forever. We’re going to need to just keep this a secret, okay? Forever.

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