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Bold & The Beautiful Transcript

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Ridge: Could you please tell him to leave your daughter alone?

Deacon: She’s my daughter too

Brooke: Okay, what’s happening? Is hope even home?

Deacon: No, she went to work. She said that I could stick around.

Ridge: And I’m saying you should leave, and so is brooke.

Deacon: Is that what you want? Is that how you feel?

Brooke: Why are you here?

Ridge: You know why he’s here here. You know exactly why he’s here. He’s trying to force his way into hope’s life. And I think you know how that’s going to end. Another crushing disappointment. Is that what you want for your daughter? I know you don’T. So can we please just end this now before it gets any worse? Just tell him to leave and never come back.

Hope: I can’t believe what I’m hearing.

Steffy: You know liam’s concerned about this.

Hope: I didn’t expect you to be the one fueling them.

Liam: Wait, that’s not what’s happening here.

Hope: No? She’s not telling you it’s wrong for me to be defending my father or for wanting him in my life?

Liam: No, what she’s telling me is that she’s concerned about the effect deacon could have on our life, and she’s encouraging me to keep talking to you like I have been to see if I can get through.

Hope: Yeah, to change my mind.

Steffy: Liam’s the only one who can.

Hope: Liam is my husband, and what happens in our marriage and our family should be our business. And I know that we’ve all been very connected lately, trying to create a nurturing environment for all of our children. But just like you asked me to respect your boundaries with sheila, I’m asking you to respect mine. Please do not interfere with my marriage to liam.

Steffy: I’m not interfering in your marriage, hope.

Liam: Yeah, it’s not about our marriage, it’s about deacon not letting you down again. It’s about him not affecting brooke and ridge’s relationship. Steffy’s concerned about everybody here.

Steffy: This is a huge mistake. When has deacon done anything but disappoint you?

Hope: He is my dad.

Steffy: And he’s a threat to this family. I don’t want him to hurt you again. And honestly, I’m afraid that’s what’s going to happen.

Hope: Well, I’m not afraid of that. I’m not afraid of that at all.

Liam: Okay, but you see, hope that’s what scares us, right? Like, deacon has gotten you to trust him again. Okay, fine. But if there’s any chance that he’s the same old guy, I don’t want him around the kids. So you can keep in touch. That’s fine. Write letters, send pictures, whatever. But I think it’s just, it’s just best for everybody if the guy leaves town and doesn’t come back.

Deacon: Hope wants me in her life.

Ridge: You’ve got into her head. She’s forgotten everything she knows about you.

Deacon: She knows I love her. She knows that I’m here for her. I’m here for her children. I would never do anything to hurt, stop treating me like I’m the big, scary, bad guy trying to infiltrate your family, I’m not. All I want to do is get to know my little girl. She wants it too. She wants it more than anything.

Ridge: Why are we listening to this? I don’t know.

Deacon: You know this is true. She trusts me. You can, too.

Ridge: There it is, that’s enough. Time for you to go.

Deacon: Come on. What do you…?

Brooke: Ridge, stop, please. This isn’t helping.

Ridge: What?

Brooke: Just leave him alone.

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Hope: If I want my dad in my life, he will be.

Liam: Okay. But, you’ve got to know you’re making that decision for a lot of people, besides yourself.

Steffy: And we’re not even allowed to question it, because you’re the only one who really knows deacon sharpe?

Hope: Well, you haven’t even tried to get to know him.

Steffy: I know enough. And you should, too.

Hope: Okay, I am not being manipulated, steffy. I am just giving my dad an opportunity to prove himself and doesn’t everybody deserve that?

Liam: All things being equal, maybe. Sure. But in this case, we have kids to think about.

Steffy: You were so good at coming together for the children.

Liam: And isn’t that our highest priority? Making sure that the kids are safe, making sure that we have their best interests in mind?

Hope: That is exactly what I am doing. And first of all, I would never, ever put the kids in harm’s way. But I also don’t want them growing up thinking that the world is an evil, scary place, that people aren’t capable of change. I want them to see the best in people. I want them to make the world a kinder place.

Liam: Yes, I love that. That’s beautiful, I agree. And I can only hope that our kids are just as compassionate and loving as you are. But there is also nothing wrong with being cautious when it’s warranted.

Steffy: Normally you are cautious and reasonable, but–

Hope: Oh, I’m not being reasonable?

Steffy: I’m not trying to argue with you right now. You should just listen to liam.

Liam: And I’m not trying to argue with you either. Believe me, that is the last thing I want. I just, I just don’t understand why this is so difficult to communicate about.

Hope: Well, it’s not going to get any easier if you keep treating my dad like he’s some kind of monster. He is a person who wants connection, who wants love, who wants to be a part of a family. And I am determined to give him that.

Brooke: Okay, look. This is hope’s home and deacon is her father. So if she wants to see him, really, there’s nothing that we can do.

Ridge: Honey, honey. We have a say in this.

Deacon: Okay, but it doesn’t mean you can barge into hope’s home without permission.

Brooke: Deacon, just let us talk.

Deacon: I’m sorry, but he’s acting like I broke into the damn place.

Ridge: Hope’s making a mistake. This could damage, not only her but, the grandchildren.

>Deacon: So now I’m going to damage the grandchildren? I was making some phone calls.

Ridge: Why’s this clown here, why’s he still talking?

Deacon: When are you going to listen? I’m not the one driving a wedge between hope and her family. That’s you. She just wants me to feel included. But if you keep pushing, you keep shutting me out, you’re going to force her to make a choice.

Ridge: Does that sound like a threat to you?

Deacon: No, that’s not a threat, it’s not what I want.

Ridge: What do you want? What does the great deacon want now? What do you want? What you had before? Will you convince my wife to betray her daughter? Bridget loved this snake. And you slept with her husband, you had a child. Biggest betrayal of your life, and that’s what you want? You want this clown here? You want this constant reminder in your life?

Deacon: Come on, man, why do you gotta bring that up?

Ridge: I don’t know what game he’s playing, I have no idea. But whatever it is, I don’t want you involved in it, or hope. I don’t want you guys to get hurt. Look at me. Why is that so hard for you to understand? Ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete,

Liam: You believe in deacon. I get that.

Hope: No, I don’t think you do. I don’t think anyone really understands what he means to me.

Liam: Are you sure about that? Because my dad is no paragon of virtue either and I still love him.

Hope: And you still are glad you got to know him.

Liam: Yes, because it’s made me aware of who he is.

Steffy: I get it. I’m in the same situation with sheila and finn.

Hope: My dad is nothing like sheila.

Steffy: It’s the same tension he’s causing. Finn and I got through it. And you and liam will get through it, too. You just need to step back, be objective and ask yourself, is it worth it? What if deacon goes back to his old ways, hm? What if he starts asking for money, starts drinking again? Do you want that influence in your life and around your children? Things could get really bad, especially if he’s desperate. He’s always on the brink of crashing and burning.

Liam: You said that he’s trying to rehabilitate himself, right? What that means is this is a very tricky time in his life. All it takes is one little speed bump and

[ Plane crashing whistle ]

Hope: And that is precisely why I want to help him, why I want to give him some kind of stability.

Liam: Okay, I admit, I wasn’t around for all the worst stuff that deacon did. I’ve just seen enough and I’ve heard enough to know that it’s worth taking a stand. And you know something else? You keep saying that we’re treating him like he’s a monster. That’s not what this is about, hope. If there’s a hurricane coming your way, you don’t think of the hurricane as a monster. You don’t try to punish it. You don’t seek retribution. You just get out of its way and you protect yourself. And that’s all we’re doing with deacon, okay? This is not about being cruel. I’m not trying to control you, steffy’s not trying to pick fights with you, and ridge is not trying to be a jerk. We are just trying to look out for you and the kids, that’s it.

Hope: Well, don’t include my mom in that because I think she believes the best in him.

Liam: I’m not, this is not, I don’t want to get into a tug of war with you. I just, I just don’t know why you’re not hearing me.

Hope: What I am hearing is that you don’t trust me or my judgment. That I don’t know what is best for myself or for our family. And coming from steffy and ridge, that’s not exactly surprising, but coming from you, liam, it’s more than hurtful. It’s disappointing.

Liam: Hope? What are you doing? Where are you going? Hope!

Brooke: I hate what this is doing to us, ridge.

Ridge: You can stop it.

Brooke: No, no, I can’T. Not the way you want. Not if shutting deacon out means pushing hope away.

Ridge: He’s trying to make you feel like you don’t have a choice, but you do have a choice.

Brooke: You know what hope said to me? If we don’t allow deacon into our family, she’s going to take liam and the kids and just move away. I’ve built a strong bond with her, ridge, since she’s been here and I love having the grandchildren around. I’m not going to be the one to drive her out of here.

Ridge: You’re not. It’s him. Everything was fine until he got here.

Brooke: What if it’s true? What if hope’s right and deacon has charged?

Deacon: Let me prove it, please.

Ridge: You want to prove it? You want to prove you’re a changed man? Okay, leave.

Deacon: Don’t you get it, man? That’s what everyone expects me to do. You know, to let hope down, just disappear. Well, I’m not going to do it, not this time. You know why? Because hope is right. She’s right. She believes in me, brooke. And I know you do too. I can see it. Maybe you believe in me just for hope, but you do.

Ridge: Brooke? Tell him he’s wrong.

Brooke: Oh, ridge. Can we just talk about this?

Ridge: I’m going to go.

Brooke: No, no. Don’t do that.

Ridge: You know what? I don’t want to say something I’m gonna regret. This isn’t over. Better skin from your body wash?

Liam: Her car is gone. Like, I, I can’t believe that. I can’t believe she would just she would just leave. Like, that is not what we do. We, we talk things out. We listen to each other.

Steffy: I should have given you two time to talk.

Liam: Well, I appreciate that, but this still affects you, too. I mean, deacon being in our lives, is bad for everybody. I’m not just coming after hope’s dad for no reason.

Steffy: What we were telling her was the truth, whether she accepts it or not.

Liam: Yes, exactly. It’s–

Ridge: Hey, steffy.

Steffy: Hey.

Ridge: Liam. Glad you’re here. I want to talk to you.

Steffy: Is everything okay?

Ridge: Um, what about hope, is she, is she here?

Liam: Hope just left because we got into a thing about deacon.

Steffy: It’s my fault. She walked in on us talking about how dangerous deacon is.

Liam: And she immediately defended him, which appears to be her default mode now.

Ridge: Yeah, brooke is starting to do the same thing.

Steffy: What?

Ridge: Oh, yeah. In the beginning I thought it was just about not alienating hope and not drawing a line in the sand. But now I’m, I’m not sure, um. I went down to the cabin and deacon was there.

Liam: Deacon was in the, deacon was in my home?

Ridge: Yeah, made himself at home. Said he had permission. So I was going to throw him out and brooke came him down and told me to stop. I thought it was because she wanted to throw him out, but no, it’s because she wanted to defend him, just like hope.

Steffy: I can’t believe that. Brooke knows nobody can trust deacon.

Ridge: Hah.

Liam: It’s got to be like ridge said. She doesn’t want to push hope away.

Ridge: Yeah, that’s what I thought, too. You know, I didn’t think that that brooke, after everything this man has done to her, would let him back in. But I’m starting to wonder if deacon is only here to reconnect with his daughter.

Deacon: Um, I’m sorry that happened.

Brooke: Yeah, me too.

Deacon: You could have gone after him.

Brooke: Well, I don’t see what that would change. I mean, I can’t change what hope wants.

Deacon: You’re not sure, but you stuck up for me.

Brooke: I just hate being at odds with the ridge.

Deacon: And I hate putting you in that position. I’m causing tension in your marriage, I’m causing tension in hope’s marriage. That’s not what I wanted. I don’t want to complicate things. I just want a relationship with hope. I want to be worthy of her. You know, she’s put so much faith in me. So have you. I just want to live up to it. You have raised hope to be the most forgiving person I’ve ever met.

Hope: And she taught me not to give up on people. That if you give them a chance, they, they may surprise you.

Deacon: I’m trying, kiddo.

Hope: I know. And it means a lot. You’re, you’re really fighting to be a part of my life.

Deacon: I was absent for a very long time. And it’s ironic because I thought I was doing you a favor. But in reality, it’s the biggest regret of my life. I should have been there for you. You know, I, I wasn’t there when you were growing up. I can’t change that. But I’m here now. This is my shot, this is maybe my last shot at redemption. And all I want to do is spend time with you and the family, making memories. I don’t want to waste any of that and nobody is going to get in my way. No one’s going to take that away from me, including ridge.

Brooke: Ridge was here, and he tried to throw deacon out.

Deacon: You know what your mother did? Your mother actually defended me. She said to ridge, “what if hope’s right? What if he actually has changed?”

Hope: You, you said that?

Brooke: Yeah.

Hope: Wow. Thank you. Although I can’t imagine that ridge reacted too well to that. But I mean, that is what everyone needs to hear. That’s the only way we’re going to bring peace to our family. And ridge, liam, steffy, they’ve been fighting this so hard, and frankly, it’s demoralizing. It feels like they don’t trust me or my judgment and… it helps a lot to know that, that you do. Because I need your support, mom and… dad does too.

Deacon: Yeah.

Hope: Thank you. I love you. Thanks.

Brooke: Yeah.

Ridge: He’s getting into brooke’s head, he’s making her believe in him again. This is not going to end well.

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Brooke: Okay, here you go.

Ridge: Thank you.

Brooke: Mm-hm.

Ridge: How do you do that?

Brooke: What?

Ridge: How do you just get better looking every day? I can’t get enough of you. I really can’T.

Brooke: Well, it goes both ways.

Ridge: Yeah?

Brooke: Sexy, handsome husband. Mm-hm. You know what? Liam is at forrester with steffy.

Ridge: Ah!

Brooke: He dropped the kids with donna on the way, and hope is getting ready to go to work so, thought maybe… what?

Ridge: Nothing.

Brooke: Ridge…

Ridge: You bring up hope and it just, why, why is– why’s she insisting that deacon be in our lives? Why?

Hope: All right, here you go. One black coffee.

Deacon: You know, I got to tell you, I really like this place. I didn’t get a chance to say that before, but it suits you and your little family.

Hope: Well, we think so.

Deacon: And thanks for having me over.

Hope: Of course, I’m glad you could come.

Deacon: Nothing would have kept me away. Speaking of ridge, um–

[ Both laughing ] I made sure he didn’t see me. I don’t want to cause any problems for you with him and i especially don’t want to cause any problems in your marriage with liam.

Steffy: Donna’s going to have her hands full. I have to admit it’s amusing, but kelly has quite the bossy streak.

Liam: Oh gee, I wonder where she gets that.

Steffy: Hey! But honestly, I do think we need to have a talk with her.

Liam: Yeah, probably. Just tell me when and where, not trying to raise a tyrant over here.

Steffy: Amen to that.

Liam: You know, we’re pretty lucky that we just happen to always be on the same page when it comes to the kids. Including keeping them away from people like deacon.

Steffy: It’s not that I don’t get where hope is coming from, same place as finn, and maybe deacon’s not as bad as sheila, but he drags around trouble everywhere he goes.

Liam: Exactly. And, but more importantly, deacon just can’t be trusted to do the right thing, right? Deacon does whatever serves deacon, and whoever gets hurt in the process is collateral damage. And I just, I don’t want that around the kids, or hope, actually. Like, like how many times does the guy have to let her down before the door finally closes? But no, hope is just ready to give him another chance.

Steffy: She’s more than ready. She wants deacon to be part of her life. Like, how are you dealing with that? That must be putting a strain on your marriage.

Brooke: I understand your concern about deacon, I do, I share it. But there’s only so much we can do.

Ridge: Only so much we can do? What does that, I don’t know what that means.

Brooke: Hope is a grown woman, she does what she wants. I can’t really dictate who she can or cannot see, even if it’s deacon.

Ridge: Well, um, yeah. No, you can, around here you can. We can, because we live here on this property and we should have a right to say who comes and goes. And I think you should tell her that deacon shouldn’t be here. It’s best for all of us. You do realize that, right?

Hope: Dad, I don’t want you to worry. My marriage is fine.

Deacon: Liam doesn’t want me around.

Hope: Well, I do.

Deacon: You don’t see that causing any issues for you?

Hope: I think it will work itself out. And besides, no one is going to dictate to me what I decide to do with my family. And whether they like it or not, that includes you.

Deacon: I just, I can’t tell you what it means to me that you, you’re giving me another chance, that you want me back in your life.

Hope: I believe that you’ve changed. And I want to get to know this new and improved version of you.

Deacon: I’m not going to disappoint you. I want to be worthy of all your belief and all your faith. I promise, sweetheart. Diabetes isn’t about to slow me down,

Liam: I mean, hope and i were in such a, such a good place before this too, you know? Like, thank you, we, we survived that awful time that I was away. The kids were– were thriving. And then of course, deacon shows up, you know, and it turns out that she’s been corresponding with him the whole time. And you know, something? You know something? If it were just hope and me, I wouldn’t love it, but of course, hope is more than capable of making her own decisions, including striking up a relationship with her deadbeat dad, but there’s kids involved now, you know? There are kids involved.

Steffy: Deacon’s not above using them. Which puts my children at risk. That’s why you have to do everything in your power to stop hope from pursuing a relationship with him.

Liam: I’m trying, but every– nothing I’m saying is having any effect. I’ve just, I’ve never seen hope’s heels dug in so far.

Steffy: That’s alarming in itself. That deacon already has influence over hope.

Liam: Yeah. Well, needless to say, I’m going to do whatever I can to stop this, but I, you know, I’m walking a tightrope here, too, steffy. Like I can’t, I can’t be the husband who’s dictating everything his wife can and can’t do.

Steffy: You’re not. You’re protecting hope and the children from a man that nobody can stand or trust. Honestly, my dad’s in the same situation with brooke.

Ridge: I’m surprised that you’re not more insistent about this.

Brooke: I don’t know how I can be, ridge. She’s not a little girl anymore that has to do every single thing that mommy tells her.

Ridge: She’s not thinking straight. Deacon is in her head and we’ve got to get him out.

Brooke: We can’t forbid hope from seeing her father.

Ridge: Oh, I see. So you’re okay with that relationship.

Brooke: That’s not what I was saying.

Ridge: What are you saying? Why don’t you tell her the truth? Why don’t you tell her who this man is, who her father really is? That he represents the darkest, darkest period of your life? Why don’t, why don’t you try to remember that and get angry about it and help me keep this predator away from our family?

Brooke: He’s her father.

Ridge: He’s not her father. He gave her life. That’s it.

Brooke: Well, she thinks he’s changed.

Ridge: What about you? Do you think he’s changed?

Brooke: I’ve already told her how I feel. She doesn’t care.

Ridge: So what do we do? Just give up? That’s not like you, especially when it comes to her. You need to tell her that this guy is bad news. I can’t believe I have to convince you of that.

Deacon: I just can’t believe I’m here and that you want me here. God… god, I’ve got so many regrets, hope. Most of them about you. I should have been a better father. More present, more consistent. You should have been able to count on me.

Hope: Well, we can’t change the past, but we can try to learn from it and, grow and do better going forward.

Deacon: Yeah, I just, I just really appreciate the chance. And I’m not even surprised, it’s who you are. You’re kind and you’re generous. I don’t think you realize exactly what you’ve done for me. You literally brought light into my world. I was in a pretty dark place in prison and it was a place of hopelessness and despair. And then one day a miracle happened. I got your letter that said that you wanted to get to know me. And the darkness lifted, and suddenly I had a reason to get out of bed in the morning. I had a way of focusing on the future and that’s all because you. But in opening that door, I’ve caused a lot of problems for you.

Hope: Dad, I told you not to worry about that.

Deacon: I do worry about it. I don’t want to complicate your life. I don’t want to complicate it with your husband, and I don’t want to complicate it with your mom.

Hope: I think it might be okay. I mean, she, she seems to be coming around.

Deacon: Hm, that would be… that would be pretty incredible. You know, I really… want the chance for brooke to see me in a different light, to see the man that I am now.

Hope: Well, don’t give up on that dream. It’s not impossible.

Brooke: I really don’t want to argue about deacon.

Ridge: Who’s arguing? We’re not arguing.

Brooke: Okay, well I don’t want to debate or discuss him.

Ridge: Okay, but we’re going to, we have to do something. We can’t avoid it. He’s gonna take advantage of her, you know that. He’s, deacon’s going to end up living in that little cabin.

Brooke: Ridge, please, come on. I don’t want deacon to become a problem for us, okay? We just need to trust hope’s judgment. She’s a levelheaded woman. She’s not naive like she was when she saw deacon last. Let’s just trust that, okay? Just calm down.

Ridge: I’m calm.

Brooke: Okay. All right. I thank you for caring.

Ridge: Okay.

Brooke: I got to get my notes for the video calls.

Ridge: All right. See you later.

Brooke: All right.

Steffy: Opening the door to deacon is a terrible idea. My dad’s extremely concerned, for hope, and the kids, of course. But needless to say, brooke’s involvement with deacon, that was like one of the lowest points of her life. And I’m sure seeing deacon is just a painful reminder of that time for brooke and my dad.

Liam: Well yeah, I can only imagine.

Steffy: Hope is so wrapped up in having deacon part of her life that she’s losing sight of the negative impact this could have on our parents’ marriage.

Deacon: You seem pretty sure that liam is going to eventually accept me in your lives.

Hope: Well, the two of you might not be close, but acceptance is the goal I have in mind.

Deacon: So what do i have to do?

Hope: Be consistent. You know, not just with liam, but with everyone. You know, showing that you are trustworthy and that you’re not running some scheme. And I, I know you’re not, but I think the others might take some convincing. And you know, in the meantime, we’ll do us.

Deacon: Thank you, hope. For reaching out, for believing in me, for giving me another chance.

[Phone whistling]

Hope: Shoot. I, I really do have to get to the office. I’m so sorry, dad.

Deacon: No worries. Go, go fashion mogul. Would you mind if i stuck around for a few minutes? I just have to make a few calls, I’m trying to line up a life now. Job, place to stay, things like that.

Hope: Of course. I meant what I said, you’re welcome here, okay?

Deacon: Oh, thanks, sweetie. You’re everything to me. Mm.

Hope: Don’t lose hope, alright? We will find a way to make this work.

Deacon: Okay.

Hope: We’re family, all of us.

Deacon: Okay.

Hope: Look at us together. All three of us in the same room I, I dreamed of this day happening, and now it finally is. This is a chance for the three of us to make things right again, as a family. Please, mom. Please let him stay. My dad is home. My dad is finally home.

[ Door opening ]

Deacon: Oh, did you forget something, honey?

Ridge: Well, it seems to me she forgot to tell you to get out. Maybe she wanted me to do it. Why give your family just ordinary eggs

Steffy: I don’t mean to put you in a difficult position between hope and me, I’m just– I’m so frustrated! Out of all the things hope could take a stand for, she picks deacon, that freeloading loser? All he does is disappoint her and breaks her heart.

Liam: Well, here’s the thing. Deep down inside hope there’s still that little girl who just wants a dad, right? That feeling, it’s not going away, I know this, right? From experience. The problem is now deacon’s here, and he’s all reformed or whatever, and you know how forgiving and how loving hope is, right? So I just don’t trust the guy to do what’s right by anyone but himself.

Steffy: He’s a bad guy. How many times does deacon have to show himself to hope until she finally learns the lesson? This dude is never going to change and you have to do something. Don’t let hope’s tunnel vision put your family at risk.

Hope: You know something I really don’t appreciate? You saying things to my husband that could cause problems in our marriage.

Ridge: So I’m trying to figure out why you would want to be in somebody else’s house. Did you break in? Are you looking through stuff?

Deacon: Come on, look– really? Hope invited me.

Ridge: Oh! Hope’s here? Hope are you here?

Deacon: No, she left.

Ridge: Then why are you here?

Deacon: Because I’m making a couple phone calls, she said I could stay.

Ridge: Really?

Deacon: Yeah.

Ridge: I don’t buy it.

Deacon: Maybe you’re unaware, or maybe conveniently forgot, but hope has opened up her home to me.

Ridge: Maybe you forgot, this is the guesthouse and I don’t want you on this property.

Deacon: That’s not really your call to make, ridge.

Ridge: That’s you, isn’t it? Showing up with an agenda every time and then people get hurt, and you skulk away like the bottom feeder that you are.

Deacon: Look. I’ve been selfish in the past. All I can do, all i can keep doing, is tell you I’m not that guy anymore.

Ridge: You can tell me that all you want, but I see you. You’re the same guy, you’re the same leech you’ve always been. You take money from hope, from brooke, anybody, because you’re broke. You just got out of prison.

Deacon: I don’t want anything from hope other than her love and respect. And I intend on earning that.

Ridge: I see a guy with an opportunity trying to take advantage.

Deacon: I would never take advantage, I’m not– I wouldn’t do that to my daughter.

Deacon: You wouldn’t? You said never. Never, really never? That doesn’t track at all because you’ve done it before. And it doesn’t make a lot of sense because, yes, she is your most outrageous victim, but not your only victim. Deacon, everywhere you go you cause pain and heartache. That’s never going to stop.

Deacon: You know what? This conversation’s pointless.

Ridge: No, no, no, it’s not. It’s not pointless at all. It’s really important, actually. You need to understand that I’m going to protect hope, the way I always have. You know why? ‘Cause her daddy wasn’t around. I’m going to protect hope and brooke and the children.

Deacon: The ch– I’m not trying to hurt anybody.

Ridge: Okay. That’s good because you’re not here. You’re not here at all.

Deacon: You know what? You don’t have the right to throw me out of my daughter’s home.

Ridge: Why don’t we test that theory?

Deacon: Seriously? Come on.

Ridge: What?

Brooke: Ridge. What are you doing?

Ridge: Oh, I’m taking out the trash, but I’m glad you’re here. Because you know what? This can’t keep going like this. I don’t care what hope needs or wants, he can’t be here. It’s bad for everybody. And I need you to back me up. Tell him to get out, and never come back.

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Ridge: Hey, I’m not attacking you, and I’m not accusing you of anything. I’m– I love you so much.

Brooke: I love you.

Ridge: The way you look at that man. And you let– let him do whatever he wants, it’s just–

Brooke: That man has a name.

Ridge: See that? What is that, what is that?

Brooke: Oh, come on.

Ridge: I know his name, deacon! Deacon sharp! And he’s trying to get back into your life and he’s using your daughter’s emotions to do it. So I’m asking you, just tell me that you don’t have feelings for him, that there’s no way in hell you could ever have feelings for this guy.

Sheila: Oh, let me guess: You’re here to make another run on the minibar.

Deacon: Lay off me, sheila.

Sheila: My, my, my, awfully grumpy. What’s wrong?

Deacon: Well, let’s see. I can’t find a job. Can’t find a place of my own, strapped for cash but hey, other than that, I’m crushing it.

Sheila: If you’re looking for me to feel sorry for you, deacon, I don’T. At least hope has let you into her life. I, on the other hand, I can’t go anywhere near finn thanks to steffy.

Finn: You like me stopping by like this? Spending some extra time with my gorgeous wife before heading to the hospital.

Steffy: Not only do I like it, I highly encourage it. So how are things going with your mom? Have your mom and dad talked since?

Finn: It’s about how you would expect after learning the truth. Dad’s still reaching out nonstop, hoping that she will find a way to get past what he did. We both will. Become a family again.

Steffy: Well, maybe it’s possible.

Finn: Honestly, I’m still struggling with the fact that he’s my biological father, a man… who’s lied to me my entire life, who I believed would never lie to me. And can I ever really trust someone like that again?

Carter: Thanks, man.

Paris: So, mr. Coo, you never mentioned your original lunch date. She anyone that I would know?

Carter: Curious much, are we?

Paris: Sorry, it’s just when I walked in on you and katie at the office… I should probably mind my own business.

[Chuckles]

Carter: It’s all good. No harm done. Though, I’d rather focus on you.

Paris: On my checking account. Yeah, helping me balance it.

Carter: Mm-hm.

Paris: Right.

[Patio din]

Carter: Katie.

Paris: What?

Carter: You asked me who my original lunch date was. It was katie.

Paris: Oh, okay.

Carter: Come on, you already figured it out.

Paris: Well, I mean, I couldn’t help but notice how you two were acting together earlier.

Carter: Maybe something could be brewing between you two.

Carter: Hm. “Could be,” being the operative phrase.

Paris: What do you mean?

Carter: Don’t get me wrong. Katie’s great and I’ve enjoyed the time we spent together lately. But… she’s bill spencer’s ex. Mother of his child and that’s why she had to cancel. She had to jump on a video call with bill and their son who’s away at boarding school and it it’s made me realize… I keep picking women who aren’t truly available. Why do I keep doing that?

Steffy: That’s a question only you can answer, finn. But when you do lose trust in someone, it’S… really hard to get it back.

Finn: Especially when it’s someone you’ve idolized your whole life.

Steffy: Maybe if you talk to jack…

Finn: No, I’m– I’m not ready yet. Besides, if he’s just going to say again that he never meant to hurt my mom and me, that he’s sorry about everything– I understand he’s sorry, but if he just–

Steffy: I, I get it. Doesn’t change what happened. All the lies and deception. Your father had an affair with sheila.

[Sighs]

Sheila: You know, if miss high and mighty, steffy, would just stay out of this. You know, better yet, if she would actually encourage a relationship between finn and his biological mother. But no, no, no, no, no. God, no. We’ve gotta hold on to old grudges that people can–

Deacon: Stop. Stop. I don’t want to be dragged into your business. All right? I’m having enough trouble with ridge. He’s always going off to brooke about how I’ll never change. What the hell am I going to have to do to get through to this guy? I mean, does he really think I’ve got some kind of strange hold on hope and brooke?

Ridge: I need to know.

Brooke: Know what? That I don’t have feelings for deacon? I mean, I already told you that I don’T. Or do you just not believe me?

Ridge: I believe that deacon has an agenda and he’s gonna do everything in his power to pull it off. He’s already gotten to hope, he’s already… father of the year so she’s in his corner and now he’s kind of working you. Trying to get your forgiveness, your acceptance and, you can see that he’s A… new and better man. You know what scares me? It’s working. I can see it’s working. And I know what’s coming next. Pain and heartache. And I don’t want that for any of us. Sweet pillows of softness!

Paris: I mean, I get why you said proceed with caution. Yes, katie has been married but not to anyone. Bill spencer. And their family with their son is… complicated.

Carter: But… I still have to ask myself, “why do I keep putting myself in these situations?” I guess I’m just not good at relationships. I bet you’re glad you agreed to have lunch with me.

[Chuckling]

Paris: Actually, I am.

Finn: Mom told me that sheila was the one who pushed jack to finally open up. That sheila felt I should know he was my biological father.

Steffy: Okay, but if sheila felt so strongly about it. Why didn’t she tell you herself? Like, why didn’t she do it right when she got into town, or when you asked her point blank at the restaurant that day?

Finn: I’m sure she thought it should come from jack. But to know that… she was putting pressure on him. And she was advocating for what she felt was best for me.

Deacon: Sheila, I’m sorry. All right? I just– I don’t need this right now. You know, on a positive note: Hope has welcomed me into her home. Brooke’s not giving me the cold shoulder anymore. So, uh… that’s progress. I mean, I know I still need to find a nine to five and a place on my own, but… I guess all things considered–

Sheila: Oh my, my, my. How quickly things change. Just a few minutes ago, you’re so down on yourself.

Deacon: Yeah, well, you know, maybe I realized that I don’t need to be, right? When it comes to the important things, you know, especially my daughter, hope and I finally have a shot at building the kind of relationship that I could never give her when she was growing up.

Sheila: And you don’t think that I want that for me and finn? Because that is all I think about. How do I make that happen with that rottweiler wife of his… letting me see my son.

Deacon: As I live and breathe, sheila carter… admitting defeat.

Sheila: No! I’m not. It’s just frustrating. Steffy is trying to run me out of town.

Deacon: Yeah, just like her old man is trying to do to me.

Ridge: Deacon is the reason why you and bridget had a really tough time for a very long time.

Brooke: Ridge. I know what I did hurt bridget terribly. And I have to live with that. For the rest of my life. But what I don’t understand is why you keep bringing this up. Are you– are you really trying to hurt me? Hurt you? No. No. I would never wanna hurt you but I can’t stand on the sideline while this guy’s doing what he’s doing. He causes pain to everything he touches. And I don’t want him to hurt you, or hope, ever again.

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Carter: It’s like every woman I’ve been involved with, it never ends well, including your sister. You know, zoe was so hurt by what I’d done, she– she left town and never came back.

Paris: Carter, you can’t put all that on yourself, zoe messed up too.

Carter: Yeah, but… what I’m saying is that I’m at a point where I have to look in the mirror, take a very long look and realize the common denominator in all these failed relationships is me.

Paris: Meaning you don’t have what it takes to make a relationship work? Because I’m not buying that. Carter, you have the greatest respect and admiration for women. And you are one of the most considerate people I know. And you’re not too hard to look at, either. Seriously, carter. Someday soon, you’re gonna fall madly in love and she’s gonna fall madly in love back. And you’re just gonna keep falling in love back and forth. And then you’ll realize you weren’t the lousy one in the relationship. You just hadn’t found the right woman to build a life with until then.

Sheila: Enough of this. It’s time we take action.

Deacon: No, no, no, no, no, no. I told hope and brooke that I was cutting ties with you. I intend on keeping true to my word. We’re not joining forces.

Sheila: Just relax. All I meant is we need to come up with something that’s going to throw steffy and ridge off-kilter. And I’ve already got an idea brewing.

Steffy: You’re giving sheila more credit than she deserves. She had many chances to tell you about jack, but she didn’T.

Finn: She could have insisted that he never tell me but she felt I deserved to finally know the truth.

Steffy: The truth and sheila carter aren’t exactly synonymous. She has a long history of… deception and deceit. She only does things that benefit her.

Finn: I know, ‘kay? I’m not defending her. But I am pointing out that maybe this one time she’S… anyhow, look, it doesn’t matter how it happened, okay? Just right now I’m trying to–

Steffy: I– I get it. You’re trying to… you’re trying to manage a really difficult time in your life. You’re working through these feelings about jack and you don’t know where your relationship goes from here but sheila is gonna try to fill that void. She’s gonna… to turn up. She’s gonna try to be there for you and tell you that she’s the only one who understands what you’re going through. You can’t let that happen, okay? You can’t let her take advantage of the situation.

Brooke: You have no idea what it was like. The heartbreak that I lived all those years ago… the enormous shame. I mean, you and I weren’t even together then, ridge. You were with taylor, so… for the love of god, let’s stop dredging all this up, okay? That’s not what I’m doing. I’m trying to remind you who deacon is, what he’s capable of. And I’m telling you that I will protect this family. Whatever it takes.

[Phone pings]

Brooke: You need to take care of that?

Ridge: No, it can wait.

Brooke: No, I– I think you should, you should probably go deal with that.

Ridge: Okay. Hey. I love you so much. Never forget that.

Deacon: When it comes down to it, there’s really only three questions worth asking, brooke: What’s worth living for, what’s worth dying for and what’s worth fighting for. And it’s just the same to all of the: Love.

Brooke: And not just anybody.

Deacon: No, no, someone who appreciates you. Someone who desires you as much as you desire him.

Deacon: I waited until ridge left.

Brooke: Deacon, what are you doing here? Clerk: Hello, how can I?

[Knock on door]

Finn: You can leave those there, marcia. I’ll… review them after I wrap up these notes.

Sheila: It’s– it’s not marcia. It’s your mom.

Finn: Sheila? What– what are you doing here? You can’t be here.

Sheila: I know, I just– I wanted to check on you. I mean, especially after you finding out about jack being your biological father and how we… we were once involved. I was worried about you, sweetheart. I just– I wanted to make sure you’re okay. You really shouldn’t be here, deacon. I don’t want another scene like the last one between you and ridge.

Deacon: Hey, me either. All right? That’s why I waited until he was gone. I just came here because I wanted to talk to you alone.

Brooke: I’m not sure that’s such a good idea.

Deacon: Just hear me out, okay? I just want to thank you for not standing in my way the way ridge is trying to do. For allowing me to have a father-daughter relationship with hope. A future even. I– it’s beyond huge.

Brooke: Well, hope is a grown woman and she’s able to make her own decisions.

Deacon: I know, I know. You’re very important to her. If you had come down hard, if you had… demanded that she stay away from me, things between me and hope, they’d be very different right now.

Brooke: If I came down hard on her, she would have taken the kids and liam and moved off the property and I didn’t want that. So I’m trying to be very supportive of hope.

Deacon: Well, in being supportive of hope, you’re supporting me. I mean, it’s crazy. It’s like– it’s like everything that I dreamt of when I was locked up in prison… it’s– it’s starting to come true. Coming here, being able to see our daughter, hearing all the amazing things she says about me. And I’d be lying if I said that part of that dream wasn’t seeing you, too. I know that my being here, it complicates things for you and I hate that. I do. And I also know seeing me, well, it brings up some difficult memories. Brooke, come on. There were some amazing memories, too, for both of us. You know that. Otherwise, we never would’ve been able to make this incredible, remarkable woman. Don’t you remember? The attraction was– it was nuts. It was like this– this chemical thing that you and I tried to fight as long as we could until we couldn’t anymore. I– I hate that we hurt bridget and I know you do too. But, my god, the passion, the connection that we had. I haven’t forgotten one moment of that. Tell me it’s the same for you. Tell me you haven’t forgotten it either.

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[ Dramatic music ]

Ridge: All I wanted to do was throw deacon out of the house. Right? Simple. Because I wanted to protect my family. And brooke had to defend him.

Steffy: I can’t believe brooke would even take his side after everything he’s done to her.

Liam: Well, that’s exactly how I feel about hope. This father that she wants in her life. It’s a fantasy because deacon hasn’t changed. But hope has convinced herself that he has.

Ridge: No, he’s convinced her, that’s what he does. He convinces people. Well, when she started writing him letters in prison…

Steffy: Mm, yeah, that plan was set. I think it’s a plan that includes my wife.

Hope: It really does mean so much that you trust me, mom. Honestly, it kind of seems like you’re the only one who does.

Brooke: Liam and ridge really want what’s best for you, honey. They’re just looking out for you.

Deacon: They love you, hope. And well, honestly, if the situation was reversed, I’d feel the same as ridge.

Hope: But he’s taken it too far. He came into my home and basically shoved you out the door. I mean, when does it stop?

Deacon: Apparently, when I leave.

Hope: Well, you’re not going to. And I don’t care if they don’t believe you. I do. And I know you must feel the same way, too, mom. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have stood up to ridge.

Carter: Katie, these ads are amazing. They’ll play wonderfully for international markets.

Katie: Thank you. I just wanted to highlight how special and unique our boutiques are.

Carter: Well, you did that and then some. I’d actually like to go over some ideas that I have for the winter line.

Carter: Of course. How about we discuss over lunch? Il giardino?

Katie: I think that sounds like a great idea.

Paris: Oh, I’m sorry. I hope I’m not interrupting.

Carter: You’re not interrupting. Paris, katie and I, we just wrapped up a marketing meeting.

[ Phone dinging ]

Katie: Oh.

Carter: What’s up?

Katie: Uh, bill texted me. He wants to talk.

Carter: Is everything okay?

Katie: I don’t know. I’m gonna get back to him. I’ll see you later, okay? You look so cute.

Paris: So do you. You all right?

Carter: Yeah. Yeah. Why do you ask?

Paris: I don’t know. You just seem a little, little weird.

Carter: Huh. It’s uh, it’s bill, just knowing what he’s put katie through.

Paris: You care about her, huh?

Carter: Yeah, she’s a friend. I mean, I’ve– I’ve known her for years.

Paris: Friend.

Carter: Yes. What are you implying?

Paris: Nothing, nothing at all.

Liam: I– honestly, I’m at a loss. I don’t–I don’t know how to get through to hope at this point.

Ridge: Well, we need to figure it out. There’s too much at stake.

Liam: Yeah, but I’ve– I’ve literally been begging her to listen to reason, just to think of the kids.

Steffy: Dad, you’ve spoken to hope. She’s completely unreasonable.

Ridge: Mm-hmm. And brooke is supporting her.

Steffy: Maybe this is what hope wants.

Liam: Uh, what?

Steffy: I don’t know, that hope’s creating this fantasy in her head. Like, after all these years, she’s trying to recreate them as this sweet, happy family.

Hope: I know it’s going to be difficult for you to support me in this. It just– it means the world that you do. I know. I’m trying honey. I am.

Hope: And that’s all I’m asking. That’s all I’m asking anyone to do, is just to try.

Brooke: Okay, well, it’s not that easy.

Deacon: I really do hate that I’m causing you problems with ridge and liam.

Brooke: They have every right to distrust you. We all do.

Hope: Mom–

Deacon: She’s right, hope. She is. You putting your faith in me, it’s costing you a lot. But that faith isn’t misplaced. I’m not going to let you down. Not again. Not ever. How did olay top expensive creams?

Paris: For the record, I think you and katie would be really great together.

Carter: And moving on. Enough about me. You figure out your financial situation yet?

Paris: I’m in the process.

Carter: Well, I meant what I said. If you need help, don’t hesitate.

Paris: Well, since you’re twisting my arm, how about we crunch the numbers over lunch? That’s the thing that guys like you say, “crunching the numbers?”

Carter: Guys like me?

Paris: Yeah. You know.

Carter: Did you just call me a nerd?

Paris: I called you smart.

Carter: Wow, you called me a nerd. Wow. Well, I’ll take that as a compliment.

Paris: You should. So, what are you in the mood for? Mexican? Chinese?

Carter: Actually, I already have lunch plans today. Can we rain check?

Paris: Uh, yeah, sure. Thank you. I really appreciate you helping me out like this.

Carter: Of course, I love crunching numbers. And hanging out with you is not so bad, either.

Paris: I’ll take that as a compliment.

Carter: You should. But for real, paris. It’s always a nice time with you. You’re the kind of person who can literally lift someone up by just walking into a room. It’s an amazing quality. You’re pretty special.

Steffy: Hope wants the family she never had. And that’s her mom and dad having a relationship, a friendship.

Ridge: What are you talking about? Brooke would never go for that.

Steffy: Brooke defended deacon.

Ridge: She defended deacon because she wants her daughter to have a relationship with him, not because she wants to connect with him.

Steffy: Okay, but if she wants to support hope, she needs to truly believe deacon has changed. And if brooke was able to look past all of their history, they connected. And that’s exactly what deacon wants. And that puts you and brooke at odds with each other and gives deacon a wider space to come through. Hope has this like, unrealistic belief in her father and brooke is falling for it, too. That should concern you.

Hope: Mom, I know that I’m asking a lot of you, but I have always been so grateful for your your faith and trust in me. I’m just asking, can’t you do the same for dad?

Brooke: Honey, it’s not that simple. I mean, just because deacon is sorry doesn’t mean it’s going to erase all those years of pain. And it’s going to be difficult for everybody to give him a second chance.

Hope: But you want to believe him, though, right? I mean, whether you admit it or not. Am I wrong?

Brooke: No. Mostly for your sake.

Deacon: Brooke, I know that there’s nothing I can do that’s going to make you believe I changed. I have to wait for a chance to– to prove it to you. But. All right, look. I know this is much, but I’m trying. I really am. You know, taking all that abuse from liam and ridge, just standing there and doing nothing, that doesn’t come easy for a guy like me. You let someone disrespect you like that in prison, you wind up washing their socks or their underwear and that’s if you’re lucky. You know what it’s like having someone point out all the sins of your past every single day when you’re trying to move on? Trying to– trying to be a better person? It’s soul crushing. But I take it. I take it because I love hope. I want to be a part of her life. I want to be a part of our grandkids lives and getting mixed up in some altercation with either liam or ridge, it’s just not worth it. I’m not going to screw it up. Some people have joint pain,

Carter: Okay, you know what, I can’t get into this right now. I have a lunch I need to get to. We’ll touch base tomorrow. Okay.

Katie: Hey.

Carter: Perfect timing. You ready?

Katie: Uh, gosh, I really hate to do this, but I’m going to have to cancel.

Carter: Why? What’s going on?

Katie: Bill, he set up a video call with will. He didn’t tell me about it.

Carter: Wow.

Katie: Yeah, I know. Um, I don’t want to disappoint will, though. He’s so far away at school.

Carter: Of course not.

Katie: I’m going to head over to spencer. It’s good for will to see bill and me together. I’m so sorry.

Carter: Oh don’t, please. Your son has to come first. We can have lunch another time.

Katie: Thanks for understanding.

Liam: Can I– can I just call a spade a spade? Hope has blinders on right now. That’s– that’s what’s happening.

Steffy: She’s choosing to have blinders on. She knows exactly who deacon is and what he’s capable of.

Ridge: And that’s the most frustrating part, right? You watch someone you love walk towards a cliff and you can’t stop them from falling.

Steffy: Are we talking about brooke or hope? Because usually I would say just let them fall and then they would learn but we can’t do that because the children are at stake.

Ridge: No, we can’T. It’s a big concern.

Liam: Well, look, I’m just as frustrated as you are but with hope, the more I push, the more I push her away.

Ridge: So, what do we do? We have to keep pushing until they get it.

Liam: Okay, but what if they don’t? I don’t like arguing with my wife if it’s not going to do anything–

Ridge: I don’t like arguing with her either or mine.

Steffy: Okay, I’m just going to say this and I’m saying this out of love, but both of your wives have a self-righteous, sanctimonious streak and when they think they’re right, there’s nothing we can do to change their mind. What damage does deacon have to inflict to get hope and brooke to realize we’ve been right about him all along?

Brooke: I do believe you love our daughter. But what’s to stop the old deacon from making his way back to you again? We have been down that road before. So why is this so different?

Deacon: It’s a fair question. I guess, if I had to pinpoint one thing, I’d say it was that letter that hope sent me in prison where she told me about the doctor who stole her baby and it said that it had died. I was reading that letter and I could literally feel her pain in every single word. My daughter went through the most excruciating thing that any parent could ever go through. And I wasn’t there for her. And I’m sorry. Brooke, I know that seeing me brings up some very painful memories for you. I know that. But, we also made this one.

[ Light laughter ]

Hope: We’re family, mom, and there’s nothing that ridge or liam or steffy can do to change that. We will always be family.

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Paris: Oh, I thought you had lunch plans.

Carter: Yeah, me too.

Paris: What’s going on?

Carter: It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it.

Paris: Carter, you know if something’s bothering you, you can talk to me.

Carter: It’s just… I don’t even know how to say it.

Paris: Hey. You will not get any judgment from me.

Carter: Well, I’ve been doing some self-reflecting and uh, I think I’m beginning to realize the reason I’ve been a perpetual bachelor isn’t because of the women I’ve been choosing, but the choices I’ve been making.

Paris: Wow, that’s pretty deep.

Carter: I knew that maya wasn’t over rick when I proposed to her. And I knew zoe was still dealing with thomas when I made my move and then I just– I moved so fast. And the whole quinn thing and… I’m rambling.

Paris: No, no, you’re not. You have a big heart and I appreciate that about you.

Carter: Too big.

Paris: No such thing. It’s like your superpower. You like rescuing people.

Carter: I do?

Paris: You’re an incredible guy, carter. You know, I care about you. And I’m here, if you ever want to talk or, if there’s anything I can do.

Carter: You’ll do anything? Let me take you to lunch.

Paris: Okay. I’d like that.

Hope: Douglas got an a on his spelling test.

Liam: Oh, yeah? That’s great.

Hope: Yeah, he was really excited to put it up on the fridge.

Liam: I um, I made an appointment for beth at uh, her pediatrician’s to get a checkup.

Hope: Thank you for doing that. I’ve–I’ve been meaning to, I’ve just uh, been really swamped with work.

Liam: Yeah. Yeah, I bet. I bet. I can’t– I can’t do this. Hope. Look at me. Hey. Look at me. I know it upset you when you walked in on steffy and me talking about you and deacon. I know that. You’re my wife. I love you. You’re like, the best person I know. I’m lucky to be married to you. But as your husband, I can’t help feeling protective of you and the kids.

Hope: Oh, I know. And I understand where you’re coming from. It’s just– I also know what I’m doing. I know who my father is.

Liam: Yeah, but I know who your father is, too. That’s why I’m freaking out.

Hope: Liam. I love you. And I know you love me, too. I just need you to respect my decision about wanting to have my dad be a part of my life. I need your support, I need your trust. And it would mean so much to me to know that my husband stands by me on this.

Ridge: I hate arguing with you.

Brooke: I hate it too.

Ridge: How can we not be on the same page with this?

Brooke: I’m just as concerned as you are.

Ridge: I don’t think that’s true.

Brooke: Yeah, it is.

Ridge: I tried to throw deacon out of the house and you defended him. This is our home.

Brooke: Well, that was hope’s home.

Ridge: That’s not really the point.

Brooke: Look, I– I just um, I’m tired of talking about deacon.

Ridge: You think I want to talk about deacon? I don’t even know why he’s in our heads.

Brooke: Well, hope is pretty clear about what she wants and what she feels.

Ridge: Yeah, no, no. She’s clear. She’s um… she’s misguided and I’m, I’m– I’m more concerned about what you feel.

Brooke: What I feel?

Ridge: You know who deacon is, right? You know what he’s capable of.

Brooke: Yeah. You won’t let me forget it.

Ridge: Well, it seems to me that you’re um… that you’re starting to believe him. Starting to believe that– that he’s not going to hurt you, he’s not going to hurt hope. And you can’t buy that.

Brooke: Ridge, come on. Do you really think I’m that easily manipulated?

Ridge: I don’t know. I asked you to tell him to leave and you didn’t do it.

Brooke: It’s hope’s decision.

Ridge: It’s our decision. And I–

[ Grunts ] I know you have history with deacon, so is that what this is about? You still have a soft spot for him?

Brooke: Are you serious?

Ridge: I’m not– I’m not jealous. I’m concerned. I’m concerned that you don’t listen to me, but you listen to him.

Brooke: No, no, I’m listening to hope. To what she wants. And it just seems like you just want it your way. I mean, you haven’t heard one word that hope said.

Ridge: Just my way, huh? No, no. You know what? I–I have heard it. I’ve heard all of it. Let me ask you something. Can you be honest? Can you tell me why you would want a guy who’s caused nothing but pain and heartache for you back in your life? It’s not because of hope, it’s because of you. So be honest. Do you– do you still have feelings for this man after all this time?

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Part of this is missing due to news interruption; we’ll have it up soon.

All: Happy thanksgiving.

Hope: Hello, hello, hello.

Liam: Happy thanksgiving.

Ridge: Oh, you brought the jell-O.

Brooke: Oh wow! You made grandma’s famous dish.

Hope: Yes. I had to. It wouldn’t be thanksgiving without it. Plus it is a total crowd pleaser, right?

Liam: Total crowd pleaser. Been looking forward to it all year.

Ridge: Yeah, it’s a very unique flavour.

Brooke: Yeah, it’s hard to put words to it.

Hope: Finn, I mean wait– wait until you taste it.

Steffy: Oh yeah, you’re getting a big slice

Finn: Oh, well, can’t wait.

Ridge: Yeah, there’s a few thanksgiving traditions we’re gonna have to explain to you.

Liam: Yes, one of which is that the newbie is on dish detail.

Finn: That’s fine. Put me to work. It’s just… it’s great being here with all you guys.

Ridge: Well, it’s gonna be just you because it’s a very small gathering.

Hope: The kids are all settled upstairs with amelia.

Brooke: And I made sure they had plenty of arts and crafts to keep them entertained.

Steffy: Thank you. Well, brooke, this is really lovely.

Liam: It’s actually really nice that we’re all together. Especially now.

Ridge: Do you guys want to come in or… please.

Steffy: Yes!

Finn: Yeah, of course.

Deacon: So, this is it, huh? Just you and me on thanksgiving.

Sheila: Oh, don’t sound too excited.

Deacon: I’m not even supposed to be associating with you. Now we’re spending holidays together. This is my life.

Sheila: You think this is what I want, deacon? You should think again.

Deacon: I know. I know you’re just as frustrated as I am.

Sheila: Actually, yes, I am. We should not be cooped up here in this hotel room, we should be celebrating with our children.

Deacon: So, brooke is having the big forrester turkey day at her place.

Sheila: How nice for them. It’s going to be a lavish, catered event and brooke is going to pretend she cooked the whole thing.

[Giggling]

Deacon: Yeah, hope’s gonna be there. I don’t know. I just figured with all the progress I was making, maybe I’D… I’d score an invite.

[Laughing]

Sheila: Like ridge would ever allow that.

Deacon: Yeah, I don’t think so. Instead, I’m stuck here with you on thanksgiving. I’d rather be with my daughter.

Zende: Happy thanksgiving!

Hope: Welcome.

Paris: Thanks for having me. It’s way more fun than a microwave dinner at my apartment.

Zende: We are all looking forward to see how uncle ridge’s turkey turns out.

Ridge: Turns out? It’s gonna be perfect. I’ve been basting it all day. What you got?

Zende: A little bit of wine.

Ridge: Ah, there he is.

Carter: You sure about this?

Ridge: We invited you. What’s all this?

Carter: Peace offering.

Ridge: Peace offering? Trying to butter me up?

Carter: Is it working?

Ridge: Let me taste it and we’ll see.

Zende: You gonna share that, uncle?

Ridge: Nope.

Paris: Looking sharp. I’m happy you decided to come.

Carter: Me too. Happy thanksgiving, paris.

Brooke: Okay, well, now that everybody’s here.

Zende: All right, all right. Now I’m much lighter.

[Brooke laughing]

Brooke: Ridge and I just want to welcome you all to our home and say we’re so happy that you could join us on what we know is going to be a fantastic thanksgiving.

Liam: Amen to that.

Ridge: That’s right.

[All talking over each other]

(Missing part here)

Sheila: You know, one day, we will be included. I’m tired of being shut out.

Deacon: Oh, you better get used to it. I mean, you think the forresters are gonna let you within a hundred feet of their mashed potatoes.

Sheila: Someday. Someday, we will be with our children.

Ridge: All right, everybody. Um, good news, and bad news. Food’s almost ready, but I would love to say a couple of things before we eat if that’s okay.

Liam: Yeah, speech!

Ridge: Thank you. Uh, all right, life creates challenges. Families creates challenges. And how we deal with them, that’S…that’s what defines who we are as a unit. And this unit has had a pretty rough year. But we’ve had some remarkable things happen as well. I mean, look at paris and zende, so happy they found each other. And that voice, right? Is it just me, or no? You got to sing at dodger stadium. That is very impressive. You know what? Maybe next year, they’ll let you play a couple innings.

[Laughing] Speaking of players, carter is here.

Carter: Oh boy.

Ridge: Carter walton, I don’t even want to get into the year you had, because it really doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, you’re my best friend. We all make mistakes, but if somebody knows a single lady that likes out of shape coos, maybe you could hook him up, ’cause… it sucks to be alone. Hope knows a little bit about that. With liam going to prison, she thought she had to raise her kids on her own. You know what? She could’ve done it. She’s a strong woman. But, it worked out, you came back, and… I know this is not a competition, but it would be you if it had to be the most thankful people here, you’d be the ones. Because you came back, and you… you get to raise those kids the way you want to. Right? Life creates challenges, and that’s– my heart goes out to you. Look at you, finn. You started off so well. You saved the princess, right? You married the princess in a beautiful castle, beautiful ceremony. And then sheila showed up. And then you find out that jack is your real dad. That’s a lot, man. That’s a lot to carry on your shoulders. But again, you’re not alone. You’ve got steffy, and you’ve got all of us. You know what my dad always said, it doesn’t matter where you leave from, the important thing is where you land. I like where you landed, son. Okay, god! You’ve been here the whole time. Sorry, I’ve just been talking.

Brooke: Forgot about me.

Ridge: No, I never forget about you. Look at you. You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. And without you, I… hang on, I made a mistake. It’s not you. It is not you. You’re not the most thankful people here, it’s me! I’m thankful for you, because… without you I don’T… I don’t think I could breathe. I love you.

Brooke: I love you.

Ridge: And I’m so hungry.

Brooke: You are? Okay, yes. Hang on. Hang on, let me say something, okay? Um, to the brightest future. You know, we could all accomplish so much if we just stick together. So, let’s go forth with kindness and gratitude in our hearts and have a happy and healthy thanksgiving.

Ridge: Let’s eat, please.

Brooke: Let’s eat! Yes, all right.

Hope: Yummy!

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Steffy: What can I do? How can I help?

Finn: Can you turn back the clock to the moment right before my adoptive dad, the man who raised me, I trusted and looked up to told me it wasn’t true? That he’s really my biological father and he’s lied to me and my mother our whole lives?

Steffy: Are you saying you wish you didn’t know?

Finn: No, I’m saying i just– I don’t know, I don’t know how to feel about any of this. To suddenly feel what I’m feeling about a man that I respected and I thought, I knew– I mean, we knew. And he betrayed both of us. Mom, I am just– I’m so sorry that he hurt you this way.

Li: Sweetheart, I don’t want you to worry about me.

Finn: Of course I’m worried about you. I mean, he’s turned your world upside down just like mine.

Li: I realize that’s what it feels like right now. You have so much good in your life, finn. You have a loving wife, beautiful family, a marriage based on honesty and trust. The fact that your father–

Finn: No, no, no, I can’t think of him like that. Not after what he’s done.

[Knocking]

Sheila: What’s wrong?

Jack: I did what you suggested. Finally told li and finn the truth.

Sheila: It didn’t go well. Tell me what happened, jack.

Jack: Exactly what you’d expect to happen when you tell your wife and your son, you’re a cheat and a liar.

Carter: Hey, I thought you’d gone home for the night.

[Chuckles]

Paris: Uh, yeah, I– I did, but I am back now.

Carter: Can’t stay away, huh?

Paris: I do love my job but that isn’t it, either.

Carter: So do I keep guessing or are you going to tell me why you’re here at forrester instead of your apartment?

Paris: It really is, you know, my apartment.

Carter: Oh, what do you mean?

Paris: The place is all mine now.

Carter: Oh, that’s cool. Thomas finally found a house.

Paris: No, something else happened, something between thomas and me.

Carter: What’s going on? Unless, it’s something personal?

Paris: Well, actually, it is personal. But I can count on you to keep this just between us.

Carter: Of course.

Paris: First, I have to say it took me completely by surprise.

Carter: What did?

Paris: Thomas, opening up the way he did to me tonight.

Carter: About what?

Paris: His feelings… for me. I know. I know. I was– I was thrown.

Carter: What did you say?

Paris: Well, I have to admit, I was flattered. Thomas is an awesome guy but I told him, “I just wanted to be friends.”

Carter: Wow. If zende had any idea.

Paris: Carter, you said that you wouldn’t say anything to anyone. Anyone includes zende, especially zende.

Sheila: Why don’t you tell me exactly what went on, jack. Did you tell li and finn together?

Jack: Li first. Said I needed to tell her something I should’ve told her a long time ago. Just nearly killed me seeing her heart shatter right in front of me, hearing the things that I’d done. The lies and deception from a man that she believed was incapable of either. I just can’t imagine she’s going to stay with me after this.

Sheila: I’m really sorry to hear that. What about finn? When you told him, how did how did he react?

Finn: The pain that that man caused may eventually go away but the scars never will. I mean, it’s going to be with us for the rest of our lives.

Steffy: Finn.

Finn: No, look, I’m not saying that to hurt my mother, I’m just saying I know that you feel deeply deceived too and it’s okay to admit that and everything else that you’re feeling about jack, mom.

Li: I appreciate that. I do. Finn, I love you for being the kind and compassionate young man you are. But what all this means for me, my marriage, as terrible as that is, right now all I can think about is you, feeling for you, knowing you lost your father and the family you believed we were. Most bladder leak pads were similar.

Carter: So you had no idea that thomas felt this way?

Paris: It completely took me by surprise.

Carter: Apparently, the lady doesn’t know her superpower.

Paris: Oh, please.

Carter: I’m serious, paris. You have this positivity about you and not to mention this infectious enthusiasm for whatever you’re involved in. People feel better by being around you. Obviously, thomas does. But zende on the other hand, if he even suspected this–

Paris: Carter, zende can not find out. It would hurt him. And I don’t want to damage his relationship with thomas. They’re– they’re cousins. They work together, it would make things really tense and awkward.

Carter: I agree.

Paris: And I think thomas realized it could get like that between us, too, if we continued living together.

[Sighs] So that’s why he moved out.

Carter: Well, one thing is for sure, paris buckingham, you are very much a woman in demand.

Sheila: Was steffy there when you told them this?

Jack: Yeah, she’s hurtin’ for her husband, her mother-in-law, too. She hates what’s happened.

Sheila: Oh, what she hates, she can’t blame all this on me. I– I really don’t care what she thinks right now. This is about finn and I’m concerned about our son.

Jack: You don’t think I am? I’m worried my relationship with finn will never be the same. And I’m deeply scared that I lost both my wife and my son tonight, my entire family.

Sheila: Now, this risk that you took, jack, you decided to tell li and finn, to tell them everything.

Jack: At your encouragement, sheila. “Maybe it’s time finn knows the truth,” those are your words, sheila. Now look what’s happened. My son can’t stand the sight of me, my wife wants nothing to do with me. What the hell? Why did I ever listen to you?

Sheila: Now, would you just stop your wallowing because this is not about you right now. It’s about finn and how we’re going to be able to help him through all of this, how I am going to help him.

Finn: Mom, I want you to stay with us, okay?

Steffy: So do I. I’ll make up the guest room for you.

Li: Thank you, both of you. But I think I should go back to the hotel. I need some time alone to process everything that’s happened.

Finn: You sure?

Li: I’m fine, sweetheart.

Finn: What if he shows up there?

Li: He won’T.

Finn: How can you be certain?

Li: Believe me. He won’T. Give my two precious grandbabies a kiss for me. And please, my wonderful son, always know how much I love you, and how very special you are to me.

Finn: I love you, too, mom. And just know you will never lose me. That will never happen. Don’t settle for products that give you a sort-of white smile.

Carter: Yeah, thanks again, bart. Yeah, yeah. Update ridge and stef on the new contract,. No, I don’t foresee there being any problems. No, I’ll talk to you soon. What is so interesting on your cell?

Paris: I am just uh, reviewing my bank statements since thomas is moving out and I’ll be paying my own rent.

Carter: Keeping a closer eye on your finances.

Paris: Yeah, well not that I’m financially hurting or anything. I make a pretty good salary here at forrester. It’s just paying off student loans and i just wanna be careful.

Carter: I know, believe me. I had to pay off my student loans too, but I also learned how to make my money work for me.

Paris: In what way?

Carter: Well, you know, stocks, bonds, cryptocurrency, to name a few. You start off small, right? You set aside a portion of each paycheck for investment. Nothing too risky but enough to hopefully get a decent return. Plus, if you want to buy a house one day, you’ll have a head start on a sizable down payment.

Paris: Well, it sounds like I should be doing that. I can help you if you want. I can get you headed in the right direction.

Paris: Are you offering to be my financial wizard?

Carter: I don’t know about a wizard but I’m happy to help if I can.

Paris: Thanks, carter. I’d like that. A lot.

Sheila: Jack, you have kept a huge secret from li and finn practically forever. What did you think would happen? That they would just turn the other cheek and forgive you instantly?

Jack: Of course not, but–

Sheila: No, “buts.” You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself because it’s our son that is reeling from this.

Jack: I know that, sheila, but what am I supposed to do? Finn wants nothing to do with me, now. It’s like I’m being cast aside.

Sheila: Well, now you know how I feel. How lonely it is being alienated from our son.

Steffy: I just spoke with your mom. She’s back at the hotel.

Finn: Oh, thanks for checking in on her.

Steffy: She’s your mother. I know how much she means to you. Especially now that this has happened.

Finn: I just never could have imagined, jack, doing something like this. I thought she was everything to him. I thought he would rather die than betray her like this. You know what, she’s got me and I’m going to do everything I can to help my mom through this. I don’t want her to face it alone.

Steffy: I love how devoted you are to your mother. You’re such a remarkable son. Even more remarkable husband and dad to kelly and hayes. But, I have to ask. Now that the shock has worn off even just a little. How do you really feel about jack being your biological father? Instead of some nameless, faceless man you’ve always wondered about?

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Paris: You know, I appreciate all of your support. Carter, you have been nothing but wonderful to me ever since I landed in L.A.

Carter: Yeah, that’s me. Mr. Nice guy.

Paris: You know, you are. You’re one of the nicest nice guys around. Why you’re still on the market is beyond me. Speaking of which, you have a date tonight?

Carter: No. That’s why I’m at work. I’m hopelessly single.

Paris: Well, not for long, I’m sure. In fact, I predict you will catch the eye of a smart and very lucky woman. Night, carter.

Sheila: You’ve got to give finn some time, jack. What he learned tonight is heart wrenching. Still, we can be a part of his life, again.

Jack: We?

Sheila: Yes, his biological parents. We are in the same boat now. You don’t want to lose finn and I certainly don’T. Maybe, maybe if we unite forces here, we– we can get through to our son and finally shut steffy down.

Jack: Oh. You’re hatching another scheme again.

Sheila: Well, you know me, I don’t give up easily and you shouldn’t either. This is far from over. No, finn is much too important to both of us for this to be over.

Steffy: You’re putting all this energy into protecting your mother. You want to make sure li is okay and I admire that about you. But I also know you’re hurting. You and jack were close. You had a very special bond.

Finn: I could always count on him for everything. I never once questioned his faithfulness or his honesty and he was a stand up guy. He was a devoted husband and father. But he wasn’T. He was keeping this lifelong, explosive secret, a secret about himself, what he’d done, who he was to me. And honestly, I don’t– I don’t know what to do about all this. Would things have been different if he was my birth father growing up? Maybe. But I’ll never get the chance to find out. So much of what I know, so much of what I’ve counted on is just suddenly shifted beneath my feet.

Steffy: I know it seems that way. I know you feel lost right now. But I’m here. Kelly and hayes are here. And you can count on us. Listen to me: I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you’re always going to be a loving, devoted father to our children. Kelly and hayes are always going to look up to you and admire you. Just as I know you’re always going to be a faithful, loving husband to me because that’s the man you are, john finnegan. That’s the man you are to your core. So, whatever you decide to do with jack, that’s up to you. But I want you to know that you have a family that loves and counts on you. And I know you feel alone right now but you’re not alone because you have me. And we’re going to get through this. You can lean on me. And count on me. Count on my love. Always.

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Jack: Forgive me, son.

Finn: This– this is unbelievable. This lie. Everything that I thought I knew about you. You’re my biological father with sheila, hiding behind an adoption? What kind of man are you?

Jack: Not a very good one. I’m sorry, son.

Finn: I wanted to be like you. I looked up to you. And you’re just a liar.

Jack: Get it all out, finn. Get it all out. That’s the only way we’re going to get past this and continue on as father and son. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do.

Carter: Hey, man, I need your opinion.

Zende: Sure.

Carter: Katie’s putting together a publicity packet for the forrester foundation and she asked me to weigh in on paris’ head shots. What do you think?

Zende: Well, I mean, it depends on what the pamphlet is trying to accomplish.

Carter: Fundraising.

Zende: Then this one. I mean, they’re both beautiful. How can they not be? But this infectious smile lets people know that this woman is on top of her business. She’s not frivolous and any investment in her cause, it’s money well spent.

Carter: Damn, dude. That came out quick.

Zende: Paris is my favorite topic. I mean, I can talk about her, think about her for days.

Thomas: All right. Look. I know that this is probably completely unexpected, right? But you know what? If there is a chance for you and me, then we should explore that now before you’re fully committed.

Paris: You’re right. This is the last thing that I expected, tonight.

Thomas: Right, doesn’t look that good either. I mean, I’m kind of coming after you, my own cousin’s girlfriend. But it is important we find out now because if there’s a chance for us… I don’t want to lose it.

Zende: After my marriage didn’t work out, I said, “now that’s it. Never again. Back to the old player ways,” but then paris comes in, checking off every single box, being everything I’ve ever wanted. Now, not to mention those eyes. Oof.

Carter: Dude, you’ve got it bad.

Zende: I am not even ashamed. I am honored to be the guy that paris wants to be with.

Carter: I get why. Paris is something special.

Zende: You never lie. And trust me, I’m not going to lose her.

Paris: Wow. I never saw this coming.

Thomas: Neither did I, I– I got to say. I mean, look, I knew that I was attracted to you, for sure. But, the rest of it… I wasn’t sure, and– but I decided i would put it out there. I would let you know how I feel. And that’s, that’s good, right? Openness and honesty.

Paris: Uh, you make a point.

Thomas: Okay, good. Well, then it’s a good thing I put it out there. And I was honest with you. And, you know, you now know how I feel. Maybe you feel the same way?

Paris: Thomas, I’m touched and you’re a great guy but i think we should remain friends.

Jack: You actually think that we can come back from this?

Jack: I don’t expect it to be easy, but we’re family. We can get past anything.

Finn: Oh, so now that your secret’s out, you’re going to play the family card? This family is built on lies, to mom and to me. Our foundation is rotten because of your betrayal. Your affair with sheila carter– there’s no getting past that. No one can deliver your mom’s homemade short ribs.

Zende: Now, I have been talking way too much. How are things with you?

Carter: Focused on work. Keeps me out of trouble.

Zende: No personal life?

Carter: Not so much.

Zende: You okay with that?

Carter: There’s been a lot of drama these last few months.

Zende: Yeah, no kidding. You come out of all of that, okay?

Carter: Bruised and battered, but I survived. You know what, no. I did better than that. I am– I am moving forward with optimism.

Zende: Good. I would love to see you in a happy relationship.

Carter: Like you?

Zende: Like me. I have found my future and her name is paris.

Thomas: You know, if you want time to rethink that whole, “let’s just be friends thing,” I won’t hold you to it.

Paris: Thomas, you’re– you’re funny, you’re fun, you’re smart and talented and you know, not, not too bad to look at.

Thomas: Okay. All of that, all of that and much more could be yours.

Paris: I am in a relationship, as you well know, with your cousin.

Thomas: Yes. And yeah, me moving in on zende’s girlfriend not exactly the best look, but what’s the saying? Like, “nothing ventured. Nothing gained?”

Paris: Thomas, you really are a great guy, it’s just–

Thomas: You’re spoken for. I get it. But I had to tell you how I really feel because if I didn’t, I would have regretted it. And now, you know.

Finn: So this, this is who jack finnegan really is. A man who lied to his family for decades. A man who betrayed his wife with another woman and then tricked her into raising the child from that affair. I mean, how could you? How could you even live with yourself?

Jack: I was protecting you from sheila. She wasn’t equipped to raise a child, a child that li desperately wanted. It all came into place and seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

Finn: You call this right?

Jack: We had a good life. You were raised in a stable environment with two loving parents. Li got the child that she desperately wanted, that we weren’t able to conceive. My mistake was sheila and I’ll regret it for my entire life. Other than one thing. You. And with that, I didn’t want to blow up our family.

Finn: Did it ever occur to you that you should see what mom thought of all this? That you should have trusted and respected her enough to let her decide how she wanted to handle this? Would it be any worse than we are right now? How are mom and I supposed to look at you the same way again? In an instant, you have become a stranger that could break our trust in this unimaginable way.

Jack: Nothing is broken, not permanently. Look me in my eyes. Give me another chance. Please. You and li are my world, my everything. Finn. I love you. I’m so sorry. Please. Let me fix this. Just please say, “you forgive me.” Is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes

Carter: Dude, I know you’re serious about paris but I didn’t expect you to throw around big words like future.

Zende: No one is more surprised than me. You know, like I said, I didn’t come back from overseas looking for love. I was going to keep it casual or keep it moving. I even said that a few times aloud so there would be no misunderstanding.

Carter: Yeah, I overheard some models a while back. One was warning the other.

Zende: About me?

Carter: “Zende’s fun but don’t get emotionally involved because he won’T.”

Zende: I mean, to be fair, I had every intention of keeping it like that until this little fireball burst into my life and changed everything about who I thought I was, what I thought I wanted.

Carter: So when you say, “paris is your future…”

Zende: Man, everything has been better since she walked through that door that one random afternoon. And there is no way that I’m going back to life without her.

Paris: If I weren’t in a happy relationship, this might be different.

Thomas: Timing is everything but hey, I appreciate the ego boost.

[Chuckles]

Paris: And if you’re concerned, I won’t say anything about this to zende. I don’t want to cause any friction between cousins.

Thomas: Thank you.

Paris: And I also don’t want things to be weird between us, either. I mean, we see each other every day at work. We share this apartment.

Thomas: And there you go. That’s why I made a decision. I’m moving out.

Li: Who are you?

Jack: You know better than anyone.

Li: The man I married would have never made a mockery of the life– the family I thought we’d built together. He would have never looked me in my face night after night for decades and lied.

Jack: I was protecting you.

Li: From the truth?

Jack: Yes. A painful truth.

Li: Do you have any idea how insulting that is? How condescending? I’m not a child, jack. I don’t need you deciding dictating what I can and can’t know about my own life. And I’m not talking little white lies, jack. You knew all those years sheila was finn’s birth mother and you kept me in the dark. And, if that wasn’t hurtful enough, to now find out that you had an affair with her? You turned to another woman, jack!

Jack: Because i was young and stupid. And the thought of being a responsible adult just terrified me. So I– I– I got caught up.

Finn: That’s excuses.

Jack: I made some mistakes. I should’ve told you both and I regret that. But my love for you and your mother, it’s the most honest, most real thing about me.

Li: How can I believe anything that comes out of your mouth? You had a child with another woman. We adopted him, we raised him together. You never mentioned you were finn’s biological father. Not a word. You must think I’m the biggest fool who ever lived.

Jack: Oh, please, li. I adore you–

Li: Don’T. You’re a stranger, I can’t even look at anymore.

Jack: Well, we should go. We should talk this out back at the hotel.

Li: You are not coming back to the hotel with me. The way I feel right now, I don’t know if I ever want to see you again. On the outside, I looked fine.

Carter: Being in love suits you, zende. I’m happy for you. And if there’s anything I can do for you and paris, just say the word.

Zende: Just keep being a good friend of both of us.

Carter: You can count on it.

Paris: Wait, you’re moving out?

Thomas: Yeah.

Paris: So you bought a house and you’re just now mentioning it?

Thomas: Not yet. I haven’t bought a house yet. For the time being, I’m just going to move into a really nice hotel room. And there I’ll have room service, I’ll have a gym, I’ll have conveniently located bar and it’ll be like vacation, except for, you know, close to work.

Paris: Which kind of defeats the purpose. Are you sure about this? Because I’d hate to think that you feel uncomfortable around me because there’s no reason. And I’m not offended by what you said. It won’t become a problem between us.

Thomas: I appreciate that. I really do. But my uh, what do you wanna call it? A declaration? That– that’s not the reason that I’m moving out. It’s just time. It’s time for me to get out of here, to have my own place. It’s time for you to be able to make this place your own. Hey, how exciting is that, to actually decorate this place yourself? Come on, you’re looking forward to that.

Paris: But this was your apartment, first. I don’t want you to feel like you need to leave.

Thomas: I don’T. Look, that was always the plan. I was going to move out. Plus, I don’t want to get lazy about house hunting. It’d be so easy to just keep staying here but I don’t want to do that. Now look, you are one of the best roommates I’ve ever had. You’re definitely the prettiest.

Paris: Oh, you say the nicest things.

Thomas: I only say true things. Look, I really have enjoyed living with you, paris,. You’re a great roommate. And I think I’ve said everything else about a thousand times and probably overplayed it. So you know what? I’m going to skip to the other part where I tell you I am a little disappointed. I am disappointed that you aren’t willing to see where this is going to go. But if you want to be with zende, then I’m happy for the both of you and i wish you both the best.

Paris: I’ll take that.

Jack: Li. Come on. Don’t shut me out. We can get through this.

Finn: No. You heard her. Mom doesn’t want anything to do with you, so you need to respect her wishes and leave her alone. I never thought I could be disappointed in you. I didn’t even think it that was possible. I looked up to you, I trusted you. We were so close.

Jack: I made a terrible mistake. But it doesn’t wipe away our family history and our relationship. I’m still the man who raised you. I’m still the man you loved and married.

Finn: No, no. See, that man had integrity. That man was honest. He wouldn’t betray the people he was supposed to love. And this whole family history thing you’re trying to fall back on, is based off of infidelity and lies. All right, you plotted with sheila to hide the facts about my birth. And I’m a product of that betrayal to my mother. And now it’s affecting steffy and my family!

Steffy: Baby, babe. You don’t have to do this.

Finn: No. He needs to hear the extent of the damage that he’s caused. All mom ever did was love you. And the whole time you were lying. Every single day. You had a son who idolized you and wanted to be just like you, especially when it came to being a father. But you are the last person that I want to emulate when it comes to family. Because I’m going to love my wife respectfully, faithfully and honestly and I’m going to raise my kids, kelly and hayes, with truth and respect, not secrets and lies!

Jack: Son, please…

Finn: Don’t call me that! Leave!

Jack: No. You can’t just wipe away our family history–

Finn: Go! Leave now!

Jack: Please. Li.

Finn: Go.

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Finn: You– you guys know who my biological father is?

Li: We do.

Steffy: How? Did you get it out of sheila? Because then she lied to finn. She told him she didn’t know.

Li: Oh, she definitely knew. All these years.

Finn: Wow, okay. Okay. So I’m finally going to get a name, maybe– maybe pictures? Did she– did she give you that?

Li: We can do better than a picture. Right, jack?

Finn: Well, who is it? Please dad, tell me who it is.

Carter: Hey. Zende, how’s it going?

Zende: Oh, um, hey, thought I heard paris was in here.

Carter: Yeah, she was. I’m pretty sure she’s gone for the day.

Thomas: Oh, good, you’re home.

Paris: Yeah, uh… what is all this about?

Zende: Gone? Oh, shoot, I guess it’s later than I thought. I got caught up in a fitting.

Carter: Didn’t you two have plans? I had the impression there was some surprise for her tonight.

Zende: No firm plans but I was hoping. Maybe she got a better offer.

Thomas: Yeah, I figured… well, since we were talking about dinner earlier, I might as well make it special. Plus, we probably won’t have very many nights left as roommates.

Paris: True. Though I did mention I might be hanging out with zende, tonight.

Thomas: That’s right, you did. Um. Yeah, I don’t want to step on that. So you know what? I can clear all this up.

Paris: No, no, please. You went through all this trouble and I think zende might be working late anyway. So.

Thomas: Oh well, great. I hope you’re hungry.

Paris: I’m starving, actually.

Thomas: Me too. I went through all day today, was working so hard I– I forgot to have lunch.

Paris: Hmm. Tell me about it. I feel like I’ve been running a marathon. Everything is just go, go, go. But, I’m glad to be home. I get to relax a little bit.

Thomas: Okay, well then that is exactly what we’re going to do. It’s crazy, though. I mean, since we’ve been roommates, we really haven’t spent any time together as roommates. And, it kind of bombs that, you know, that’s going to end as soon as I find a place.

Paris: Well, you know, you don’t have to rush.

Thomas: I appreciate that. Yeah, it wouldn’t be so awesome if lived here with you and i never actually got to know you in a meaningful way. I guess that’s what I’m hoping to do tonight. I’d love to get to know you better.

Jack: Look, this isn’t easy.

Finn: I… I can imagine. But dad, just please understand that whoever this guy is, it doesn’t change anything between us. You’re my father, always. It’s the same as when I found out about sheila. You know, she didn’t take mom’s place. She never could. Finding out and knowing where I come from is just about that, knowing, getting the facts. Having a genetic history. And you get it. Right, mom? I mean, we’re– we’re both doctors. We live for that kind of data.

Li: I do get it. I completely understand why you had questions about your biological parents and now that you’ve met the mother. I’m guessing it’s only intensified your desire to meet the father, too.

Finn: Definitely.

Li: Well. We can make that happen.

Finn: Yeah?

Steffy: So you’re saying he’s close by? Is he in the L.A. Area?

Jack: Very close. You’re looking at him.

These are the faces

Carter: Look, man, I’m not trying to cause any problems but I think I might know where paris is right now. Having dinner with thomas.

Zende: Why would you think that?

Carter: I heard them earlier, said something about ordering in. Does that bother you? That they live together? I assume you must have some issues.

Zende: It is not my dream living situation for her. But, man. I’m fine with it. I trust her. I trust him. I mean, he’s my cousin. If they want to do a little roomie dinner night. It’s fine. I’m not jealous.

Carter: I’m not saying you should be. It’s water under the bridge, right? We’re good.

Zende: Okay…

Carter: But I would’ve never imagined what happened between you and zoe. So as your friend, I’m telling you to keep your eyes open.

Thomas: Okay, um… confession time.

Paris: Oh, no. Why am I suddenly nervous?

Thomas: There’s nothing to be nervous about. It’s just um, this is a little scandalous?

Paris: Okay, thomas. You’re being way too mysterious right now.

Thomas: Oh, it’s nothing. Okay, um… if you were expecting me to cook for you. Well, I had a whole plan. I was going to do it. And– and I had a whole list. I was going to go grocery store. I ended up just getting a take out.

Paris: That’s your big confession? You had already mentioned that you were going to go to my favorite noodle spot and get noodles. I would be disappointed if it was anything less.

Thomas: That’s exactly what I was thinking. Okay, good. Good, good. Good. However, you can let me know if I messed anything up, but I think I got all of your favorites.

Paris: You know my favorites?

Thomas: Well, yeah, I mean, I’ve paid attention. You know, it’s not like I’m keeping a whole record of you or anything like that. I just– I’ve picked up on likes and dislikes.

Paris: Okay. Yeah. I mean, even though we haven’t lived together for that long, I’ve picked up on a few of your likes and dislikes, too. Um… but thomas, please do not take this the wrong way. But I feel the need to remind you that I have a boyfriend and nothing about zende and I’s relationship has changed since I moved in here. You get that, right?

Finn: Okay dad, I don’t– what is “you’re looking at him”? I don’t– what does that even mean?

Jack: It’s confusing. I know. I’m trying to tell you what I– what I should have told you from day one. I’m not only your father because I adopted you, but genetically.

Steffy: Oh my god. You? And sheila?

Jack: I did not know how crazy she was, I swear. I should have told you. I should have told both of you. I couldn’T.

Li: Couldn’t?

Steffy: Was sheila trying to blackmail you?

Jack: No, no, it’s nothing like that. I mean, I could have. I just… it’s just the thought of losing li. I couldn’T.

Finn: So this is– this is true? You’re my biological father. You– you adopted your own son? Ready to shine from the inside out?

Zende: Carter, you’re not actually concerned about thomas, are you?

Carter: Look man, I haven’t seen any signs of trouble. It’s just a friendly warning. That’s all.

Zende: Okay. Thank you. I mean, I think paris has been a good influence on him. Both at home and at work. If anything, I should be encouraging them to spend more time together.

Thomas: Of course, I know that you have a boyfriend. I tell zende all the time how lucky he is.

Paris: All right. I was just saying because i thought I was catching a vibe for a second. That’s all.

Thomas: I am clearly impressed by you. I– I– you have to notice that every time that I see you or talk to you.

Paris: Thank you. That right there, that smile is so infectious. Come on. How am I not supposed to enjoy that? And you know what? You’re– you’re– you’re a wonderful person. You are caring, and loving, and kind, and incredibly talented. Okay, so that– that’s what I’m saying. I– I feel you, but I think we need to circle back to I have a boyfriend because I’m hearing–

Thomas: Admiration. That’s what you’re hearing. Look, I’m sorry if it’s coming out the wrong way. I respect you and zende’s relationship. And I’m very happy for the two of you, getting as close as you are and moving forward… if that’s what you want.

Paris: If?

Thomas: You could have another option if the feeling is mutual. That’s what tonight’s about. I want to tell you how I really feel before it’s too late.

Finn: You’re serious about this. You’re my biological father?

Jack: It’s a shock, I know. I should have told you sooner.

Finn: You’ve been– you’ve been lying to me my entire life? Knowing that I had questions? Knowing how desperate I was to have any information about where I came from, any information about my parents. And you’re sorry?

Jack: I am. Yes. I’m very sorry. I was ashamed, finn. Having an affair was one thing. But then sheila told me she was pregnant and I thought I’d lose everything and I couldn’t stand the thought of losing you. Then, I started to get to know sheila better. And, I realized that she was not in a position to raise a healthy child and there was the answer right in front of me. Li and I could adopt you and i could pretend that you came from some woman and had no connection to us.

Finn: So you didn’t know? You weren’t in on this? You had no idea?

Li: That I was… that I just adopted my husband’s love child? No. I just learned about this today.

Finn: So you cheated on my mother. You had some sick affair behind her back. And instead of manning up and telling the truth, you decided to compound the lie.

Jack: A horrible mistake, I know. What had seemed like a reasonable solution at the time: It was a way for me to keep my marriage intact and still have my son. And it wasn’t difficult to convince sheila that it was the right thing for you. And it– it felt like the best thing for me.

Finn: The best thing? My entire childhood. Your entire marriage is based on a lie.

Jack: No, finn, that’s not the case–

Finn: Mom deserved better from you. I deserved better. You should have told us the truth years ago! How could you do this, dad? How?

Don’t stop me, don’t stop me

Carter: More time with thomas? Don’t go overboard, man.

Zende: Okay, maybe I don’t actually mean that. I guess, I’m just– I’m proud of paris. The influence that she has on people.

Carter: And you should be. We were talking earlier. I told her what a great addition she’s been to the company. And I told her that she needs to talk, that I’m, that I’m here for her.

Zende: Thank you. I appreciate you being so supportive of her. Both of us.

Carter: She’s a very special young woman, which makes you a very lucky young man. And, if I can’t be fortunate in love, at least my buddy can.

Thomas: I’m deeply indebted to you, paris and the changes you’ve made in my life.

Paris: I’m flattered, thomas, but I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Thomas: Really? You don’t see how when you walk into a room, you change the entire mood? You light everything up, you light my world up. I know that for sure. And– and douglas? How you interact with him? You’re amazing with him. You’re so great. And he– he is crazy about you. And so am I. I really am. Now look, paris, I’m falling for you. And I’m not afraid to say it. I’m not afraid to be vulnerable, to open up and be honest with you. Tell you how I really, really feel in my heart. But, could you see that? A future with us. Is that something that you are actually open to? Because I can see how great we’d be together. But I don’t want to be friends. I want to be more. Much, much more.

Finn: What did mom ever do to deserve this from you?

Jack: Nothing.

Li: This isn’t about me, finn. I love you for defending me but–

Finn: No, but it is. And it makes me sick to think how little he felt of you. Betraying your marriage when i know damn well what you were going through at that time. You were putting in so many hours at the hospital, hoping to get pregnant, but unable. You told me how badly you wanted to have a baby, how hard you had tried and that I was that… I was that little miracle that came into your life. Well, some miracle, huh? It turns out it was a big manipulation.

Jack: I’m sure it feels that way to you. But if you just let me explain–

Finn: Explain lying to me my entire life.

Jack: I was trying to–

Finn: To my mom!

Jack: I was trying to protect you.

Finn: Protect me? You’re trying to protect yourself!

Jack: Yeah! At first, I admit that. But then I’d hear story after story on the news. The name sheila carter kept popping up and it was never good. So I thought I was making the right choice by keeping you away from her.

Finn: Oh bull! You’re just making excuses. You could have told me the truth and still kept sheila away. And you could have damn well told mom!

Jack: Knowing that I’d risk losing her? That’s what I was wrestling with, finn. Knowing that the truth would destroy her, destroy this beautiful life and this family I had, that I pray I still have. This doesn’t have to change anything, finn. I’m still your father and I always will be. Just a bit– just a bit differently than you thought. I’m your dad. You’re my son. Just please say you forgive me.

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Finn: Still nothing.

Steffy: Well, if your parents are running late, I’m sure we can find something else to do, before they get here.

Finn: Yeah?

Steffy: Tidy up some more.

[Finn chuckling] I wonder what could be keeping them.

Li: You have been lying to me and our son his entire life, jack.

Jack: Not about my love for you, not about my devotion to our family.

Li: You are finn’s biological father. You had an affair with that monstrous woman.

Jack: And I’m sorry for all of it. The affair, the lying, but not for finn. Not for raising him with you. He’s our son, li. Sheila may have given birth to him, but she was in no place to take care of him. We are his parents. I don’t expect you to do it now, but I am asking for forgiveness.

Li: I’m only a part of this. The real question is, will finn be able to forgive you?

Zende: This neck line.

Hope: Gorgeous. And petra, you make it even more stunning.

Petra: Thank you.

Hope: Although if we brought the plunge up, it would make it more versatile.

Zende: And that is why you are the boss. Great idea. I’ll make the changes and send it downstairs. Thank you, petra.

Petra: I hope we can do it again soon.

[ Clears throat ]

Hope: It’s funny how the models just jump at a chance to work on this line.

Zende: They appreciate a great design.

Hope: And the designer, even though he has a girlfriend.

Thomas: What’s that look for?

Paris: It’s applications for the zende forrester scholarship fund. These kids have such big dreams.

Thomas: Well, thanks to you they might actually get to fulfill them.

Paris: It’s zende’s fund.

Thomas: It’s your idea. Just another brilliant paris buckingham brainstorm.

Paris: I don’t know about all that.

Thomas: It’s true. You really are an impressive woman. I’ve enjoyed getting to know you.

Zende: You might have to remind the models that I have a girlfriend, but you never have to remind me.

Hope: Well good, because you and paris are a good match.

Zende: Trust me, I realize how lucky I am to have a woman like paris in my life.

Thomas: You know, I got to be honest, I was not sure that we would work as roommates.

Paris: I think it’s been great.

Thomas: Yeah, me too. Uh… but don’t worry, I’m-I’m still looking for my own place.

Paris: How’s it going?

Thomas: It’s good. Yeah, I mean, actually, I can, I can tell you about it all over dinner. I could pick up some takeout from that noodle place you like?

Paris: Tonight? I-I don’t know, zende might have something planned for us.

Carter: Hey.

Paris: Carter, hi. Uh, what can we do for you?

Carter: It’s not urgent, I can come back. I didn’t mean to interrupt.

Finn: I’m gonna text my mom.

Steffy: If they want to meet later, the kids will be back.

Finn: I hope they stay a while. And, hey, if they do, can we not talk about sheila or me trying to find my birth father?

Steffy: I get it. You don’t want to upset them.

Finn: Yeah, I mean, I love my parents and I’m grateful they adopted me. I’m not looking for my birth father because I’m unhappy. I want to find him because I want to learn more about myself.

Li: I don’t want to talk about us or forgiveness right now. My only concern is the pain this is going to cause our son.

Jack: I don’t want that. I never wanted that.

Li: Is that why you lied? Every time finn had a question about his biological parents, every time he asked what they were like, or if he was like them.

[ Phone chiming ] It’s finn. He wants to know what’s keeping us.

Jack: Li… I do want our son to know the truth. I want to answer these lifelong questions for him. But it could ruin our relationship, and just-just destroy his faith in me.

Li: That’s the risk you’re going to have to take, jack. Today’s the day. You are going to tell your son that you are his biological father. Want strong hair even after coloring?

Hope: I think it’s nice that you and paris are taking your time, getting to know each other.

Zende: Hm, me too.

Hope: You’re building a solid foundation.

Zende: I want to last.

Hope: Well, I think you’re off to a good start. Granted, I mostly just see you here at work.

Zende: Yeah, where we spend most of our time. Paris and I, we get together after work and weekends, but I would like to spend more time with her. We’re just so busy.

Hope: And thomas is staying at the apartment.

Zende: Mm. For now.

Hope: Is that going okay?

Zende: Paris doesn’t complain, and I’m not complaining, either. I don’t mind the two of them living together, but I do look forward to spending more alone time with her, once thomas finds his own place.

Hope: Well, to his credit, he is trying. It’s just the market is pretty crazy right now.

Zende: Yeah, I know. But if he doesn’t find a place soon, I might have to take things into my own hands.

Paris: Uh, no. You’re not really interrupting anything.

Carter: I got the feeling I was.

Paris: No.

Carter: Okay, cool. Well, I need to touch base with you about the latest foundation numbers when you have a minute.

Paris: Yeah, now is great.

Thomas: You know what, I’m going to let you two get to it. Paris, let me know if anything changes, we can order in whenever you want. See you, carter.

Carter: See you, thomas. You know, sometimes I forget that you two are still roommates. How’s that working out? It’s not awkward?

Finn: I’m not trying to hide anything from my parents.

Steffy; oh, you just don’t want them to worry.

Finn: And they might if they know I’m asking questions about my birth father.

Steffy: Especially since it’s sheila you’ve been asking.

Finn: She’s the only one that knows.

Steffy: Are you sure your parents don’t have any information? Your dad knew about your birth mother and he didn’t say anything to you.

Finn: Well, everything’s out in the open now.

Steffy: Well, it wouldn’t hurt to be open about this.

Finn: Well, I want to be and I talked with my mom. It was hard, but she knows how much I love her and how grateful I am for the life that I have and how close we are. I- I just want to have the same thing with my dad. But, he’s reluctant.

Steffy: Why?

Finn: It makes him tense. He needs to understand that it doesn’t matter who my birth father is, you know? He’s my dad. He’s the one who raised me, he’s the one that taught me how to hit a baseball, and drive a car. Finding out whose dna I have doesn’t change any of that.

[ Knocking at the door ]

Finn: You made it!

Li: It’s good to see you. Mm.

Jack: Sorry, we’re late.

Finn: Hey.

Jack: Bought you a bottle of wine from richard.

Finn: Oh wow.

Steffy: Nice to see you.

Li: Good to see you.

Steffy: Oh and I’m sorry the kids aren’t here. They’re out with amelia.

Li: Oh, maybe it’s for the best. Give us a chance to talk. Isn’t that right, jack?

Hope: Take matters into your own hands?

Zende: I’m starting to see a real future with paris, but we can’t move forward as long as thomas is her roommate.

Hope: Wait a minute, zende, are you thinking of asking paris to move in with you?

Paris: It’s nice to know that there’s somebody looking out for me. You always have, introducing me to ridge, recommending me for my job with the foundation.

Carter: And it worked out better than I imagined. Thanks for making me look like a genius.

>Paris: Oh, I loved every minute of it.

Carter: You’re killing it, paris.

Paris: That’s sweet of you to say.

Carter: I can’t be the only one you’ve heard it from.

Paris: Yeah, I’ve gotten a lot of encouragement.

Carter: Yeah. Yeah the people at forrester really support each other.

Paris: It’s a perk of being a part of a family business.

Carter: And you’ve got to feel even more like family now that you and thomas are roommates.

Paris: Yeah, he loves the company.

Carter: He’s-he’s had trouble on his own in the past.

Paris: Yeah, but that was a long time ago. Thomas has been a great roommate. I mean, when we do see each other. Work has us very busy and he spends a lot of time with douglas.

[ Paris laughing ] If I seemed a bit off earlier, it’s just because I don’t know what zende has planned and I don’t want thomas expecting me home if I won’t be.

Carter: Well it’s good to hear that zende is going out of his way to surprise you and how into you he is.

Finn: Alright. Well, let’s open up this bottle you guys brought for us.

Li: Oh, no. No wine for us.

Jack: That bottle’s for you and steffy.

Steffy: Oh. Uh, well are you hungry? We can order something.

Li: You know, I don’t have much of an appetite.

Finn: Everything okay? Dad I like the, lost the stache. So tell us about the trip up the coast.

Steffy: Yeah, finn said it was really romantic.

Jack: It was unforgettable.

Li: It could be a long time before we have another trip like that.

Finn: Well, good. I’m just, I’m really happy you guys were able to get away and forget about all the madness around sheila for a little while.

Li: Ignoring a problem is no way to heal it. Avoiding the truth doesn’t make it less painful.

Finn: Look, I-I didn’t want you and dad to get hurt by this.

Li: Oh no, honey. I just mean we have to be candid with each other.

Finn: Oh, well, that’s never been an issue between you and dad. I mean, I was just telling steffy how understanding you guys are toward each other, towards me. It’s something I really cherish about our family.

Steffy: Finn knows that this whole thing, about sheila and where he comes from, it’s been really stressful.

Finn: I just want you guys to know how grateful I am to have you as parents. I love and respect you so much, and that will never change.

Jack: You’re our son, finn. We’re your parents.

Finn: And you always will be.

Li: But even as a little boy, you always had questions about your biological parents. We agreed to be honest with you. I wish we would have been able to tell you more. And after a while, you stopped asking questions, but you didn’t stop wondering.

Finn: No.

Li: When sheila showed up at your wedding, you were excited. Under different circumstances, we would have been excited for you. But what you found out about her was disturbing, and you weren’t prepared for that. It didn’t have to be that way. I’m sorry. Now at least you know. And it’s only natural that you now want to know about your biological father. It’s time you found out. If you’re washing with the bargain brand,

Zende: Nothing’s set in stone, I just, know I want to be with paris as much as I can be.

Hope: Well, I think she feels the same way about you.

Zende: I hope so.

Hope: I’m really excited for you, zende. You and paris, you’re a great couple and it’s nice seeing you so happy.

Zende: I just want to make her happier. That’s my goal. When I think about the future I want, there’s no doubt. I want paris to be in it.

Paris: I’m definitely feeling very fortunate these days.

Carter: I’m glad to hear it. I know you had a rough patch when zoe left town.

Paris: Yeah, but I understood why she had to go. But I was lonely without my big sister. L.A. Was finally starting to feel like home, and then suddenly I was on my own with no place to stay. When steffy and finn offered me a room I was so grateful, but I never felt settled.

Carter: Now you do?

Paris: I’m not living out of boxes anymore!

Carter: That’s a big improvement.

Paris: Yeah, it felt different. It’s nice to have a place where I can unwind and just be myself.

Carter: Even if you’re sharing the space?

Paris: Especially then.

Carter: Well, paris, if you’re ever feeling unsettled again, I want you to know that you can come to me. If there’s anything you need to talk about or just a friend to listen, I’m here for you.

Jack: Li, if the kids want to hear about our trip, maybe we don’t need to dredge up questions about the past right now.

Li: Questions aren’t going away, jack.

Finn: I mean, every conversation doesn’t have to be about my birth parents.

Steffy: Yeah, finn really doesn’t want to stress you out.

Li: Avoiding the subject doesn’t benefit anyone. You’ve met your birth mother and now you want to know about your birth father, too, don’t you?

Finn: Yeah. But I mean, I’ve never wished for other parents. I love you guys. I know that you’ll always be there for me. The way I want to be there for my own family. You guys taught me what it means to be a great parent.

Li: Thank you, honey.

Finn: You’ll always be my mom, and you’ll always be my dad. And we’re connected by everything that’s happened in my life and everything that we’ve shared.

Jack: That’s what I’ve been telling your mother.

Finn: And I really didn’t get it until I became a parent. I mean, I love hayes and kelly so much. I just want to remake the world for ’em and make it perfect and painless. I realized that’s how you guys felt about me.

Jack: Yes. Yeah.

Finn: It’s an incredible gift to grow up that secure. Knowing you can always count on your dad. That he’ll always be there for you. He’ll have your back, tell you the truth, never let you down. Dad, hey, look. It’s okay. Nothing’s going to come between us. What’s going on? Guys, why are you looking at each other like that?

Li: Your father has something to tell you, sweetheart.

Finn: Dad?

Jack: Everything you’ve said is true, finn. I have always tried to protect and look out for you. Never wanted to disappoint you. Didn’t want to let you down. And I know you’re wondering about your birth father, wishing that you could see his face, hear his voice, see all the ways that you’re alike, ask him questions about his life. We know, son, your mother and I. We know who your birth father is.

Finn: You do??

Jack: Yes, son. We do.

Finn: Who is it, dad? You can tell me. I want to know.

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Steffy: What time should we be expecting your parents?

Finn: I’m not sure. Dad just said he’d drop by later.

Steffy: It’ll be good to see them.

Finn: Yeah, especially since they seem like they’re in a good place now. After the whole fallout with sheila.

Steffy: Ugh, I hate even hearing her name.

Finn: I know, I know. But I had to tell you that she dropped by il giardino today.

Steffy: Well, I am happy you told me, finn.

Finn: Look, I know you think it wasn’t a coincidence, but I didn’t want her to make a scene, so I let her sit down. You’d think she could answer some questions about my birth father, but unfortunately he’s still a mystery to me.

Li: You have something to tell me, jack?

Jack: Something I should have told you a long time ago.

Li: What is it?

Jack: First, I want to tell you how much I love you, and how much being married to you means to me.

Li: I’ve always known that. We’ve had a wonderful life together.

Jack: Yes. Idyllic in so many ways.

Li: Oh, no. Are you ill? Something serious? Is that–

Jack: No, I’m not sick. It’s just something I should’ve told you a long time ago.

Hope: Alright. I think we’re in good shape, but we will have a better idea after the run-through tomorrow. Did you–

Thomas: Alerted the models. They will meet in the showroom as soon as you give the word.

Paris: The hope for the future preview is still a ways away. Do you always do a run through this far out?

Thomas: Not exactly. We don’t usually have this many designs ready for an advanced run-through.

Zende: That’s what hope means by us being in good shape.

Hope: Mm-hm. Because I have an amazing design team. By the way, have you considered?

Paris: No, I’m flattered. But I mean, do you really want me to do it?

Zende: Do what?

Hope: I asked paris if she could do the introduction for the preview because I thought it might be a good tie-in between the forrester foundation and hope for the future.

Thomas: I agree. I think you’d be great!

Zende: Absolutely, she will.

Paris: Well, then I’d be honored.

Thomas: You should also walk the runway, too.

Paris: No. No, no, no. I am not a model.

Zende: You’re definitely gorgeous enough to be one.

Paris: Oh, I’m crazy about this one.

Hope: Oh, that’s thomas’S. I love it, too.

Zende: It’s okay, for an up-and-comer.

Thomas: Up-an-comer? Uh, correct me if I’m wrong, and I’m not wrong so don’t correct me, uh, I’ve been designing a lot longer than you have.

Paris: Now, now, play nice.

Thomas: We are playing nice. Just a little friendly competition between cousins, right?

Zende: Right.

Paris: Well, I think these are all exquisite, uh… but what about the showstopper?

Zende: Oh, I’m still working on it. It’s top secret.

Paris: Well can I peek?

Zende: No way.

Paris: Come on.

Zende: No, no, no. I’m sorry. But top secret means top secret.

Steffy: Finn, listen. I know you’re adopted, and obviously I can’t put myself in your position, you know, the questions you have wondering where you’re from… but if sheila is telling the truth and she doesn’t know who your biological father is, then I think,

Finn: Take that as a sign? Give up wondering? I can just tell myself that there’s a man out there who’s my father and that he can remain a stranger.

Steffy: We could always do one of those online kits? Or hire someone else to do some digging.

Finn: Maybe it’s better this way, considering the shock it was to find out sheila was my birth mother, a– a woman that everybody loathes and wants out of their lives. Given how that turned out, maybe it’s better that I don’t find out who my biological father is.

Steffy: Well, I get why you would feel that way. But if you’re really being honest with yourself, despite everything, you would want to see, and meet, your birth father wouldn’t you?

Li: I don’t know what this is about, jack. I’m not sure I want to know. But we have to leave for finn and steffy’s soon, so.

Jack: I realize that.

Li: Then we can talk about this later. I don’t want to keep our son waiting.

Jack: Our son. Yes. Finn’s our son.

Li: Of course he is.

Jack: You remember the day we brought him home? The immense joy and love that that little bundle brought immediately into our lives?

Li: Why are we talking about this? It’s sheila, isn’t it? Is she reaching out again?

Jack: Actually, I reached out to her.

Li: What?

Li: She and finn talked. He wants to know who his biological father is.

Li: We’ve never known who he is. But sheila must know.

Jack: She does. And I do, too.

Don’t stop me, don’t stop me

Paris: Hope, have you seen the show stopper?

Zende: Hey, cut that out. I said it’s a secret.

Hope: Well, the show stopper is always a surprise.

Zende: Later, okay? I need to get back to work.

Hope: Well, we all do. But again, I mean it when I say you are an incredibly talented team. You’ve risen to every occasion and because of that, I know this preview is going to be amazing.

Zende: Exciting times, that’s for sure.

Quinn: Oh, zende. I have time now if you’re ready.

Zende: Yeah. Let’s head to the design office.

Paris: I wonder what that was about.

Finn: Becoming a father, it’s made me reflect even more on my life and my family growing up. Jack and li were the most incredible parents. They are my mom and dad. It doesn’t matter that li didn’t give birth to me, and jack isn’t my biological father.

Steffy: Exactly. They raised you, loved and cared for you. Nothing’s ever going to change that. But you still have questions.

Finn: Questions I may never get answers to.

Steffy: If sheila is telling the truth. But if she isn’t, if– if she’s purposely not telling you who your biological father is for some reason…

Finn: Why would she do that?

Steffy: Why does sheila do anything that she does? Maybe she didn’t tell them that she was carrying his son, or maybe she was running from the police.

Finn: Or maybe it’s exactly as she says. She can’t remember, and she doesn’t like to talk about that time in her life. It’s just, it’s overwhelming. And finding out that sheila’s my birth mother has made me wonder even more about my birth father.

Li: You know who finn’s biological father is?

Jack: Yeah.

Li: How? You just found out? Did sheila tell you?

Jack: No, sheila didn’t tell me. I’ve known for some time.

Li: How long? How long, jack?

Jack: All of finn’s life.

Li: You knew and you never told me? Just like you never said a word about sheila carter being finn’s birth mother?

Jack : I was trying to protect you. I didn’t want to hurt you.

Li: Hurt me? How would knowing finn’s biological father hurt me? Answer me, jack. Who is finn’s birth father? Is it someone I know?

Jack: Yeah.

Li: Is it someone at the hospital? Is it someone sheila worked with all those years ago? Jack: No, no. Not from the hospital.

Li: Then who? Tell me, who is it?

Jack: It’s me. I’m finn’s biological father.

Thomas: She definitely didn’t seem very happy. And zende was acting really cryptic.

Paris: Yeah. I wonder if it’s about the showstopper, if that’s why he wanted to talk to quinn.

Quinn: Let’s make this snappy, I want to get back to eric. So, what is so urgent?

Zende: Would you believe… my future?

Quinn: Your future? What, as a designer? I wouldn’t worry about that, zende. Everybody here loves your work.

Zende: No, I’m, uh, I’m talking about my future with paris.

Quinn: Oh.

Zende: You’ve seen us together at the house and how we are at work.

Quinn: Yep.

Zende: She’s warm, and beautiful, and smart– and funny. And she’s got this kind heart,

Quinn: If you say so.

Zende: Quinn, come on. This is important to me. Paris is important to me.

Quinn: Yeah, I can see that. But what does this have to do with me?

Zende: I’d like to ask you for a favor.

Finn: When I was little, I used to think about my birth dad and I imagined who he might be, what he did for a living.

Steffy: Let me guess, a doctor?

Finn: No.

Steffy: A lawyer?

Finn: No.

Steffy: An interpretive dancer?

Finn: No, a professional baseball or football player. Someone like that and then, then I got older, I thought, well, maybe he’d be like a rock star, or something.

Steffy: Oh, that explains why you were in that, uh, that rock band in high school, right?

Finn: Oh, yeah. Well, maybe.

Steffy: Oh, my goodness.

Finn: No, but then pretty soon I started to realize that I didn’t need to wonder about my birth father. I already had the best dad in the world. And the best mom, too.

Steffy: Jack and li love you. And they’re so proud of you.

Finn: I know. That’s why part of me feels guilty about starting to ask about my birth father.

Li: You? You are finn’s biological father?

Jack: Yes, li. I’m so sorry.

Li: You and sheila? You had an affair with sheila carter?

Jack: It didn’t last long.

Li: Long enough to make a child. My, my god, jack. All this– all this time you’ve known? All the– all this time we’ve been living a lie thinking we’re finn’s adoptive parents, when– when you have been his birth father all along?

Jack: I don’t want to cause you pain like this, li.

Li: You slept with sheila, brought a child into this world, then what? You convinced sheila to give up her baby so we can adopt him?

Jack: I hate that I betrayed you. And I betrayed us.

Li: You didn’t just betray me, our marriage, you betrayed our son, jack. Or should I say your son. When you hear the word healthy

Hope: You and zende are really sweet together. I’m happy for you both.

Thomas: Me too, though I gotta confess, I’m a little envious.

Paris: Why?

Thomas: I mean, what guy wouldn’t want what my cousin has? A woman as special as you?

Zende: Paris has changed my life. I see the world so differently now, because of her. Everything feels so different now, because of her.

Quinn: Well, it sounds like the real deal.

Zende: It is. I’ve never been more sure about anything in my life.

Quinn: Oh, now I know why you wanted to talk to me. You– you want to take this to the next level?

Zende: Will you help me?

Quinn: You want me to make you an engagement ring?

Zende: The perfect ring for the perfect woman, because to me, paris buckingham she’s perfect in every way.

Steffy: You have nothing to feel guilty about. It’s totally human to wonder about your biological father.

Finn: Still, I just… I would never want my mom and dad to think that they weren’t enough for me. I mean, no son could ever have parents as supportive and attentive as they’ve been to me.

Steffy: Jack and li love you so much.

Finn: I just really respect and admire my dad. You know, the decent man that he is. How devoted he’s been to me and my mom our entire lives. I’m, I’m sure their marriage has had challenges, what marriages don’t? But, he’s always stayed true to the vows that he gave to my mom, and her too.

Steffy: I think that’s really sweet.

Finn: I know, right? But to be together that long, to be that open and honest with each other, and I’m sure it was tough, but it shows how much they mean to each other and how much their marriage means to them.

Li: It would be hard enough knowing you betrayed me, but to betray finn, too? Think of what this is going to do to our son, jack. Knowing the father he’s always looked up to has been lying to him his entire life. How can you do this to him, and to me? When I think of all the nights we’d lay in bed wondering about his birth mother, his birth father. Who they were, what they were like, why they gave him up. You made it sound like you had no idea. That you were just as much in the dark as I was. You knew all along. And even worse, you knew finn had questions. Questions we could have answered. We could have taken all that uncertainty away from him, had you only been hon–

Jack: I know. What does it matter? A father is a father. I was there for him, I loved him. I changed his diapers, took him to school, went to every parent-teacher conference, to every ball game. I was there, kissed him and hugged him when he graduated from med school. I have done everything I possibly could to be a good father to him.

Li: I never said you haven’T. But you also lied to him, jack. And to me.

Jack: Because I love you, and I always will. Li, listen to me. What happened with sheila was a long time ago. A terrible, terrible mistake. But it produced an amazing young man that you and I raised together. So please don’t let this destroy our life. You’re my world. You and finn. You’ll have to find a way to forgive me. Please, please forgive me, li. Please.

Li: Hm. Forgive you? And what about finn? Your son? Will he ever forgive you?

Finn: She’s probably dropped any questions about my birth father. And jack and li are my mom and dad in every way that counts. They’ve never let me down and they never will.

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Finn: I wasn’t expecting to run into her, she just… showed up.

Steffy: Well, sheila has a way of popping up out of nowhere.

Finn: Well, she wasn’t prepared for the questions I was asking.

Steffy: It’s normal to be curious about your birth father.

Finn: It’s been… on my mind a lot lately.

Steffy: Did you get any answers?

Finn: No. Sheila says she doesn’t know who my biological dad is.

Jack: Thank you, sheila, for not telling finn the truth.

Sheila: Look, all I did was buy you more time. I doubt finn is going to give up on this.

Jack: All these years, deceiving him and his mother. Pretending to be his adoptive parent.

Sheila: If finn wants to find out who you are, there’s only so much I can do to keep putting him off. I think this is the day that you’ve been dreading, jack. I don’t think you have any choice but to admit to finn that you are his biological father.

Katie: Hey. Ah, am i catching you at a bad time?

Carter: No, no, I’m just finishing up some work. I got a little behind.

Katie: Ridge said you needed this right away.

Carter: Thank you. You didn’t have to bring these yourself.

Katie: I wanted to.

Eric: [Sighs]

[Sighs]

[Door opens]

Quinn: There is my dashing husband.

Eric: Right here.

Quinn: [Giggles]

Eric: Hey.

Quinn: You okay? I feel like I caught you lost in thought.

Eric: Hmm. I was. I was thinking about you and me.

Quinn: I’ve been thinking about us, too, and everything that’s happened.

Eric: It’s a lot, quinn.

Quinn: We lost our way, eric. We need to find our way back.

Eric: Together?

Quinn: Of course I want us to be together. What kind of question is that?

Eric: It’s just, it’s so important for us to keep checking in with one another.

Quinn: Yeah. Now more than ever. I think–I think you and i learned the hard way how crucial communication is in a marriage. We can’t live without it.

Eric: No.

Quinn: And I can’t live without you. Eric, I love you from the depth of my soul. And I’m really sorry for hurting you.

Steffy: Is she telling the truth?

Finn: I don’t know.

Steffy: How could sheila not have an idea? I mean, she didn’t conceive you on her own.

Finn: And honestly, if she can’t narrow it down to a couple of guys, I might just take matters into my own hands. And hopefully, I won’t regret finding out who it is.

Sheila: Jack, you and li have been married since before I… became pregnant with finn. I’m sure your wife wouldn’t be to thrilled to hear about our affair.

Jack: It would be catastrophic to my marriage. And devastating to my relationship with my son.

Sheila: Our son. Finn already knows my story, jack. Maybe it’s time he heard the truth about yours. We see you.

Finn: Something about knowing your roots and where you come from.

Steffy: I would want that, too. We all do. But there’s a chance you– you might never meet him.

Finn: Yeah, and I have to be fine with that. And I already feel so lucky having the parents that I do. It doesn’t matter that we don’t have the same dna. We have everything else that– that matters.

Steffy: Jack and li are wonderful people.

Finn: And what if I don’t even like the guy? What if he turns out to be some jerk? I already have the best dad I could ask for. Jack finnegan is my father in every way that counts.

Jack: I’ve gotta go. Supposed to meet li at the hotel room.

Sheila: Just remember what I said. There’s so much at stake here, jack. I know that it can be scary but take it from me– leading with the truth is gonna be the best decision.

Jack: Ah, I had a chance to come clean 30 years ago. Instead I chose to live an outright lie.

Sheila: Yeah, but maybe unburdening yourself is gonna give you some relief.

Jack: Ah, I just hate the thought of hurting li and finn.

Sheila: The truth is gonna come out. It always does. Wouldn’t it be better for them to hear this from you?

Katie: So, uh, how are things going?

Carter: Better.

Katie: Yeah, I’ve been thinking a lot about walking in on you and quinn the other day while you were talking.

Carter: She and I should not be having those conversations.

Katie: I guess I’m just trying to figure out where things stand, you know. I know she hurt you. She–she made you feel like you’re second best.

Carter: Wasn’t the first time.

Katie: Well, I know what that feels like. And it doesn’t feel good. Not a healthy place to be.

Carter: It’s not. It… really does a number on you.

Katie: You know, I think you and I get each other in many ways.

Carter: Hmm. I was thinking the same exact thing. It’s been really nice getting to know you, katie, on a different level. Being seen and heard by someone like you, it’S… it’s been eye-opening. Just like you’re ready to move on…it’s time for me to move on, too.

Quinn: I realize things… still aren’t the same between us. And maybe they never will be. Or maybe they’ll be even better. We’re never gonna know until we try, right? But… but I realize that the onus is on me.

Eric: No, quinn, we both have room for improvement.

Quinn: Yes. But maybe I’m the problem in this marriage. Look, I’m mad at donna. I think she definitely crossed a line, but… but I think I have to take some of the blame. You have been suffering, emotionally and mentally for months now, thinking that your body has failed you, when…when maybe it’s me. I have to take a very hard look at myself and–and try to understand how you can get excited by donna… and not by your own wife. I think that’S… the key to repairing our marriage and making it whole again. Assuming that’s what you want.

From the very first touch,

Finn: It’s weird. It’s just… well, there’s part of me that absolutely needs to know. But just…give me my birth father’s name. I’m not even sure what I would do with it. Maybe I’d reach out.

Steffy: Or…maybe you’d decide not to. You just want to have the choice.

Finn: Exactly. I mean, it’s my life. It’s my identity. I’d like to have some control over it, take the uncertainty out of the equation. I…feel bad.

Steffy: Why?

Finn: Just the idea of hurting my dad.

Steffy: Aw. Jack would understand. And, on the bright side, no matter who your birth father is, it’s not gonna be as bad as sheila. It’s not gonna be some dark, ugly secret.

Li: Honey, you’re back. Where did you run off to?

Katie: [Laughs] That is so funny. No, I–I–I just can’t imagine you being alone.

Carter: Seriously? Okay, all right, let me paint you a picture, okay? I come to the office, I go home, I work out, I eat dinner, alone. I watch a tv show, alone. Then I go to sleep, alone. Wake up, repeat.

Katie: Oh, my gosh. Wait a second, this– this sounds very familiar. I mean, aside from the working out part, I think that is me.

Carter: So you feel my pain.

Katie: I–I do.

Carter: Hmm.

Katie: A little too much.

Carter: I need to get on with my life.

[Both laugh] You know, it’s been over with quinn for a while now, and I can’t deny the connection we shared, but it was… based on a foundation of betrayal.

Katie: Not the best way to start a romance.

Carter: You’d think I’d know that going in. I have to admit that it was doomed from the start. I was blind then but I can see clearly now, and I’m not putting responsibility on quinn. It was both our faults. But I found myself doing things in that relationship that I could never imagine myself doing.

Katie: Well, you don’t have to tell me. I know how quinn operates. And I know you. I can see that you are a good, upstanding man. And you’re brilliant. And charming.

Quinn: Thank you.

Eric: You’re welcome.

Quinn: You know… when I married you… I knew I was in for a fabulous ride. You far exceeded my expectations. You–you literally transformed my life. And what did I do? I… I took it all for granted.

Eric: Quinn–

Quinn: No, no, no, eric. I messed up the greatest gift of my life. I don’t want to be that woman anymore. I’m yearning for dignity, and stability. It’s what you’ve always represented to me. I-it… it’s what drew me to you in the first place. It’s what you deserve. I want to make you happy again, eric. I want to put a smile back on your face. We do it every night.

Finn: We were the ideal family. I was so privileged to grow up in that house. I never wanted for anything. They loved the hell out of me.

Steffy: And they always will. The three of you have a bond that cannot be broken. And even if you find out who your birth father is, you’ll adjust and so will they. Just know I’m here to support you.

Finn: Thanks. Yeah, my parent seem pretty happy right now. They took a trip up the coast, a romantic one to reconnect.

Steffy: Really?

Finn: Yeah.

Steffy: Oh, that’s so cute.

Finn: I think my– I think my mom’s doing her best to put the whole sheila carter chapter behind her.

Steffy: Huh. Aren’t we all?

Li: You don’t seem yourself. What’s the matter?

Sheila: The truth is gonna come out. It always does. Wouldn’t it be better for them to hear this from you?

Li: Jack? What is it?

Jack: I’ve… I’ve been reflecting on our life together. How fortunate we are. How great these last few days were.

Li: Mm-hmm. It was a lovely trip. We’ll have to do it more often.

Jack: Li, I need to tell you something. And I desperately hope you’ll understand.

Carter: You know what? We’re not second best. And we shouldn’t be, especially you.

Katie: No, especially you. Thank you. Thank you for saying that. I think I really needed to hear that today.

Katie: You are unlike anyone I’ve ever met.

Katie: [Chuckles]

Quinn: I’ll leave if you want me to. But I’d rather stay. Work on our relationship. You’re my priority, eric. No one else. You know that, don’t you? It’s okay. I understand. You don’t have to say anything.

[Piano chord plays]

Eric: It had to be you

[Playing piano]

It had to be you I wandered around and finally found somebody who could make me be true could make me feel blue and even be glad just to be sad thinking of you some others I’ve seen might never be mean or try to be cross or try to be boss but they wouldn’t do nobody else gave me a thrill with all your faults I love you still it had to be you wonderful you it had to be you you remember this?

[Plays tune]

[Hits last note]

Eric: Quinn. You’re my wife. This is where you belong.

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Steffy: Okay, keep me posted as soon as you know. Thanks. So our shipment that’s been circling the harbor, it’s finally making its way to the port.

Thomas: And we’ve got steffy to the rescue.

Steffy: Oh, I don’t know about that. I may have to go down there and steer the ship in myself.

Thomas: Well, now that that’s handled, why don’t you go and, um…surprise your husband. Get him out of that lonely meal by himself.

Finn: Did tngs end badly between you and my birth father? Because it seems you don’t like talking about him.

Sheila: Yeah, well, there’s really no point.

Finn: Look, I shouldn’t even be sitting here right now. If steffy realized that I was– but I need to know who my biological father is.

[Door opens]

Eric: Brooke. Hey. Wow, look at you. You look beautiful. No surprise there.

Brooke: Flatterer. But I’ll take it.

Eric: Yeah?

Brooke: [Giggles]

Eric: Good.

Brooke: Full disclosure– I know that quinn’s not here. I made sure of it before I came over.

Eric: I see. So you’ve come to yell at me, have you?

Brooke: I reserve the right. Did you condone quinn banishing donna?

Eric: I did not condone it, no, of course not.

Brooke: Okay. So I’m right. It was all quinn.

Carter: Ahem.

Quinn: Oh. [Chuckles]

Carter: I didn’t realize you were in here. I can–

Quinn: No, no, no, no, no! Don’t–don’t rush off on my account. It’s good to see you.

Carter: You seemed far away. Uh, I hope everything’s good with you and eric.

Brooke: My sister is paying an unfair price. There was no ulterior motive. There was no planned seduction.

Eric: No, there wasn’T. Absolutely not.

Brooke: And you had a reaction to donna that was unexpected. A reaction that you can’t have with your wife. Unless I’ve missed something.

Eric: No, no, nothing’s changed. Everything’s the same.

Brooke: Okay. So reality must be setting in. Quinn must finally realize that you are not the problem, she is.

Quinn: I would rather hear how you’re doing. You keeping busy?

Carter: Well, um… you know what they say about an idle mind.

Quinn: [Chuckles] I miss how easy our relationship was. We were such good friends. Carter, I… I hate that I broke your heart.

Steffy: As much as I would love to surprise my husband, I need to go home and relieve amelia.

Thomas: Right. Those pesky kids.

Steffy: I know. Good thing they’re very cute.

Thomas: You seem happy.

Steffy: I am. I feel very fulfilled.

Thomas: And no more sheila sightings?

Steffy: For that, I am extremely grateful.

Finn: I can see I’m making you feel uncomfortable. I’m sorry about that. But you happen to be the only person in the world who has the information I need.

Sheila: I–I don’T.

Finn: You don’t–you don’t– you don’t what?

Sheila: I can’t tell you who your biological father is. I, uh…I’m embarrassed… to even say this. You already think so little of me. I was young.

Finn: What are you trying to say?

Sheila: I don’t know who your father is.

Finn: Okay. Could you… narrow it down?

Sheila: You have jack, and he loves you, finn. And I love you so much, sweetheart, please don’t ever doubt that.

Finn: I gotta go.

Sheila: Please, no. Can you just stay a little longer?

Finn: I can’T. You know that.

Jack: Tell me every word.

Sleek

Brooke: Eric… you are a wonderful man. You’re kind and you’re loving. You’re compassionate. You’re loyal to a fault. And I think that’s where the problem lies. You can be loyal with somebody because of history or whatever, but it doesn’t mean you have to love them. You and donna were a great couple. You really were. I remember, even if you don’T.

Eric: Of course I remember. How could I forget?

Brooke: [Laughs]

Eric: Some of the happiest times of my life.

Brooke: Yeah. It was wonderful. I mean… donna’s so sweet and so– so loving and so funny. Right? You deserve somebody like that. And you do love donna. Your body was sending you a message. It’s really quite clear, eric. You didn’t have that reaction for your wife, like you did for donna because… you don’t love your wife.

Carter: I don’t think it’s productive for us to, uh… to go back there. We happened, it’s over. Let’s just… leave it at that.

Quinn: Hmm.

Carter: You didn’t answer my question before. How’s–how’s everything with eric?

Quinn: Um… it’S…I don’t know, we’re getting along fine. It’s not horrible, you know. Um… we’re still… working things out, just… not really in the bedroom. I mean, that’s still A… still an issue for us.

Carter: I can only imagine how difficult that is for you, especially after what happened with donna.

Quinn: You heard about that?

Carter: Yeah, I may have heard…something.

Quinn: Oh…

[Groans] Yeah, of course, let me guess. One of the logan women.

[Sighs] But, yeah. Difficult. [Chuckles] Carter, yeah. You’re right, it still– it hurts, a lot.

[Door closes]

Steffy: You’re home!

Finn: Should I not be?

Steffy: No, no, of course not, I just expected you later, considering your appetite.

Finn: Yeah, uh, kinda lost that appetite.

Steffy: What do you mean?

Finn: There’s something you should know.

Jack: That was too close.

Sheila: Relax.

Jack: Relax? What if finn had seen us before we saw him?

Sheila: You know what? He didn’t, and everything is okay. Do I need to remind you that you’re the one that wanted to meet me here?

Jack: Yeah, won’t make that mistake again. I’m surprised he didn’t send you away.

Sheila: Yeah. Well, my son, he may not want to own it, but he loves his mother.

Jack: Yeah, couldn’t hear the conversation. Looked intense.

Sheila: Finn was very passionate.

Jack: About what?

Sheila: Finn wants to know who his biological father is.

Jack: Are you serious?

Sheila: Oh… oh, very serious.

Jack: You didn’t tell him, did you? Damn it, sheila, tell me.

Trelegy for copd.

Carter: I was really hoping you and eric would be in sync, you know, you’d be… living your best life.

Quinn: I still haven’t given up on my husband. I just wish… those logan sisters would just give us a little bit of a break.

[Sighs] But honestly, I–I– I’ve been doing a bit of soul searching lately. I really had to take a look at who I am and how I… how I navigate through the world, you know? I think I’ve come to the realization that the issues that I have in my marriage… maybe they don’t lie with eric. Maybe they lie with me.

Finn: I never want secrets between us.

Steffy: It sounds like you’re about to tell me something bad.

Finn: It’s not– it’s not bad.

Steffy: But it’s something.

Finn: Yes. And it’s important for me to be honest with you, especially when it comes to sheila.

Steffy: What happened?

Finn: I saw her, at il giardino.

Steffy: Sheila was there? She’s stalking you now?

Jack: I’m waiting, sheila.

Sheila: Yeah, well, you know what? I don’t like your bullying tone.

Jack: Don’t play games with me. If you told finn I’m his biological father, I need to be prepared for that.

Sheila: What if I did? What would you do?

Jack: Oh, I don’t know. Damage control… with my son. Our son, and li. Or maybe I’d just lose them both. Come on, sheila. Either you told him or you didn’T. Yay or nay?

Sheila: Yeah, well, don’t worry. Because I didn’t tell my son the truth. No, you know what I did? I looked into his beautiful eyes… and I lied to him.

Jack: What’d you say?

Sheila: That I didn’t know who his father is.

Jack: You covered for me. Thank you, sheila. Thank you. No one can deliver your mom’s homemade short ribs.

Brooke: Eric, you’ve given quinn so much, so much love and so much loyalty. You’ve given her the forrester name, given her a place in society that she never would’ve attained on her own. And what does she give you back? Nothing. Betrayal.

[Sighs] There’s a woman out there for you. She’s not too far away.

Eric: Oh, oh, donna?

Brooke: Yes, donna. She loves you with all of her heart, and she would make your life so interesting and so exciting. She would never hurt you, or betray you, much less look at another man. It’s really time. Time to take back your happiness. Come on! Show quinn the door, for good, this time.

Quinn: You may have noticed this, but I have this amazing ability for self-sabotage. I–I–I mean it. I attract the most incredible goodness in my life, and then… and then I ruin it by being selfish and reckless and impulsive. You’d think I’d learn.

Carter: You talking about eric?

Quinn: I’m talking about eric. Talking about you. Two of the best men I’ve ever known, and… you both loved me.

Carter: Eric forgave you, quinn.

Quinn: Well, when eric first told me about his ed, I was pretty sure that

[Chuckles]…That problem was his. And then, believe it or not, it was donna who made me realize that… maybe the problem lies with me.

Carter: I’m sorry.

Quinn: Who wants to make love to somebody that you just don’t trust? And I lost eric’s trust all on my own. You know? That’s all on me. And you know I hate to agree with brooke on basically anything and everything in this world, but… I don’t know, I think maybe she… she was right when she said that I was reckless with eric’s love. I regret that so much. But I’m gonna make it right.

Steffy: I can’t believe that woman. Sheila actually followed you to il giardino?

Finn: She insisted it was a coincidence.

Steffy: Oh, I don’t believe that for a second.

Finn: I know, but I think it’s true. She was already there when I walked in.

Steffy: So, what? She asked to join you and you told her to stay away?

Finn: I made it clear that I can’t spend time with her. I’m well aware of your feelings, steffy, okay? I get them, and I respect them.

Steffy: I get and respect the position that you’re in. Sheila’s your birth mother, and I know you’re conflicted about that.

Finn: There’s no question where my loyalties lie, okay? Honey, it’s right here with you and the kids.

Steffy: So how did things end? Did you turn her away?

Finn: Well, something else happened in between. I had to ask her a question that only she would know.

Steffy: What?

Finn: Who my birth father is.

Jack: I mean it. Thank you for not outing me as finn’s birth father.

Sheila: So, you see? I’m not as bad as steffy and the forresters make me out to be. You knew that at one time. We were extremely close all those years ago, jack. You know, I can still remember the night that finn was conceived. Can you–can you even believe that he turned in to the amazing man he is today? That’s all credit to you and li. I’m thankful. I am very thankful to you both for giving him such a solid foundation. I… couldn’t raise finn… on my own. I’m really glad that he got to– to be with his father.

Jack: Raising finn with li was my honor and privilege.

Sheila: Oh… well done.

Jack: Thank you. You’re committed to your family, and I-I respect you for that. Protective of them, and how determined you were to keep finn’s paternity from him all these years, but you know what? He’s asking questions. And that’s not gonna stop. You have to know that. He’s as determined as you are. He wants to know who is birth father is.

Jack: What are you getting at?

Sheila: Maybe it’s time you told finn the truth.

Steffy: Did sheila open up to you? Did she tell you who your birth father is?

Finn: She said she didn’t know.

Sheila: Maybe the day has come, jack. I mean, it could be it’s time that you finally tell finn you’re his biological father. Look! Oh my god…

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Bold & The Beautiful Transcript

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Hope: Please tell me you support me in this.

Liam: In allowing deacon back into your life.

[Stammers]

Hope: He’s my father. Liam, I am firm on this decision. I really am. Please tell me you understand.

Ridge: Well, are we doing this? We’re going down to the cabin? It’s why we came home, right?

Brooke: Uh, now that i think about it, let’s just, uh…let’s not barge in there, okay? Let’s just… wait and see if liam can get through to her.

Ridge: He will. But how does this happen? How–how does–does hope let deacon back into her life? And how do we not do everything in our power to stop it?

Finn: Change your mind?

Steffy: About?

Finn: Lunch. I want to treat my gorgeous wife.

Steffy: Oh, I would love that… but I should get back to this meeting with thomas. Plus we’re at a really good place right now.

Finn: Ah, I don’t know how you could possibly sit in a meeting knowing your poor husband’s gonna be sitting there all alone, eating in a corner.

Steffy: Uh, something tells me you’re gonna be just fine.

Finn: Okay. But I was thinking we could go to il giardino. I mean, I’m in the neighborhood. Okay. I’ll be lonely.

Steffy: My extrovert husband? You’re gonna be chatting someone up the moment you open that menu.

[Indistinct chatter]

Sheila: Well, what is it? You’re all cleaned up. Why did you want to see me?

Steffy: Save me a bite of that tiramisu?

Finn: Who says I’ll order dessert?

Steffy: You always do.

Finn: Dang, this woman’s been paying attention.

Steffy: You got that right. Nothing goes unnoticed. Including all the sacrifices you’ve been making. I know you wanted to get to know your birth mother. But I’m really appreciative that you’re taking my warnings about her seriously.

Finn: I-I do. It’s nice to hear, though. It isn’t always easy, but I understand why you want me to stay away from her. The thing is, I might not be able to have a relationship with my birth mother, but at least I got to meet her. All those years of wondering, now I know what she looks like, and…

Steffy: Yeah, and now you have, you know, answers to questions you’ve had your– your whole life.

Finn: Some answers. I’d like to find out who my biological father is as well.

Sheila: If you’re here to threaten me, or order me to leave town, it’s–

Jack: I’m here to thank you.

Sheila: Thank me?

Jack: Yeah. For keeping our secret.

Brooke: Ridge, you know I tried, right? Hope is a grown woman. I can’t just forbid her from seeing her father, or having a relationship with him.

Ridge: I know she’s a grown woman, I know she’s not a child anymore but there are children involved, innocent children. They shouldn’t have to deal with deacon just because you… just because your daughter has a bit of a daddy issue. You know I’m right. And liam, he sees things the way I do and I think he’ll figure this out.

Brooke: Okay, yeah, I hope he does. But what if he doesn’t? What then? I mean, what if they can’t come to an agreement? What’s going to happen to their marriage?

Liam: Hope, I mean… w-what you’re asking right now–

Hope: Liam, I understand if you have conflicting feelings. You want to be the loving, protective husband and father and I appreciate that about you, but…I know what I’m doing. And I want to give my father this chance. I want him to be in my life.

Liam: It’s not just your life. It’s our life. It’s our family’s life. I brought in ensure max protein,

Steffy: Finn, I understand you wanting to know more about your father, but I don’t think going to sheila is a good idea.

Finn: No, I’m not, I’m not. I don’t know, it just… makes me wonder. I mean, does he even know about me? Did he give me up too? Is he just as bad?

Steffy: As sheila? I don’t think that’s possible. She probably took advantage of him just like she did my… grandfather.

Thomas: Oh. What the hell did quinn do now?

Steffy: [Chuckles] We’re actually talking about sheila.

Thomas: Well, I can come back if y’all need a minute.

Finn: No, no. I know you two have a meeting, and I have a sad and lonely meal to get to.

Steffy: Yeah, yeah. Baby, if you want to know more about your birth father, we can hire someone and we can do some more digging, okay?

Finn: All right, let me think about that.

Steffy: Over your sad, lonely meal?

Finn: Exactly.

Steffy: Bye. Love you.

Finn: Bye bye.

Ridge: Liam is very protective of his family. He’d never let anything happen to hope or his kids. Hope knows that.

Brooke: Yeah, well, I guess the question is… after all these years, is deacon really that harmful? We may think he is, but if hope doesn’t, she’s gonna fight for a place for him in her family.

Ridge: Hmm. That seems pretty selfish, if you ask me. Where does that leave you? You need to understand something. I’m-I’m so happy that hope is here. I love that girl. But that doesn’t mean that we need to take a trip down memory lane with deacon. Some people, some things… need to stay in the past. Where they belong.

Liam: Okay, okay, look. I get you wanting a connection with your own father. I– I get that more than most people, right? Because I’ve lived it. I mean, meeting my dad, having a relationship with my dad, that–that– it changed my whole life.

Hope: And yet you want to stop me from changing mine.

Liam: Okay, but that– that’s the thing, right? That’s the big question. Because in my case, it changed my life for the better. It gave me opportunities I never could’ve dreamed of. It gave me you. But what does being deacon sharpe’s daughter give you? Other than heartache?

Hope: Don’t I deserve a chance to find out? To find out who the man behind the letters really is?

Liam: They’re just letters. Anyone can say anything they want in a letter, hope. I mean, he-he could’ve been in prison the whole time stringing–okay. Okay. Our life is so good right now. It’s so good. I mean, you, me, and beth, and douglas, it’s great. And you–you want to bring deacon in on that, knowing his past, knowing how much he has hurt all the people that you love. And I’m just–I’m just asking you, are you sure that is the best thing for you right now? Are you sure that is the best thing for our family right now?

Steffy: You’ll follow up with the paris office?

Thomas: Yeah, uh, it’s– well, it’s too late to call, but I’ll send them an email.

Steffy: Wow, this went by pretty quick.

Thomas: Oh, then you still have time.

Steffy: Time for what?

Thomas: To catch up with finn? Don’t let that poor guy eat alone.

Sheila: Well, this is a– a pleasant change. A little appreciation instead of what I’m used to, you attacking me.

Jack: I realize I didn’t react particularly well when finn met you. But I think you can understand. If anyone found out I was his biological father…

Sheila: Yeah, li probably wouldn’t take that too well, would she? ‘Cause not only did you have an affair, but you conned her into adopting your biological son.

Jack: Let’s not call it a con. I took a difficult situation…

Waiter: Of course.

[Cell phone rings]

Finn: Oh, I gotta…

Jack: What is it?

Sheila: He’s here. Finn’s here.

Jack: He can’t see us together.

Sheila: No? Well, then maybe you should go someplace, because I’m gonna go say hello.

Finn: Okay. Well, we can up the dosage. Yeah. That should be fine.

Sheila: Hello, son.

Brushing only reaches

25% of your mouth.

Hope: What if I do think it’s best? Shouldn’t you trust my instincts about my own father?

Liam: Right, but–but your instincts are to always see the good in people. And that’s something I so admire, but in this case, it’s deacon, and I’m not– I can’t just pretend I’m not concerned about what this could do to our–our life and our family and our kids. What–what message it sends, to beth and douglas when, you know, eventually, one day, they’re gonna see you and you’re gonna be in pain over something that deacon did because you decided to let him in.

Hope: [Scoffs]

Liam: ‘Cause that’s probably what’s gonna happen.

Hope: So what are you saying? You refuse to accept my decision?

Steffy: I don’t know, with everything on my list? I should really just go to the commissary and eat at my desk.

Thomas: Steffy, come on. Look, I know that you’re– you’re swamped. You got a lot of work. But how often do you and finn actually get, like, time together? Between your schedule and his, and the two kids needing all of your attention? I’m not saying I’m a relationship expert. I’m obviously not. But I do know that if your husband is having a meal by himself, and you have the opportunity to go meet up with him… you probably should.

Finn: Hey. Uh… how are you?

Sheila: I’m great. As a matter of fact, this day just got a whole lot better.

Waiter: Excuse me? Your table’s ready.

Finn: All right, cool.

Waiter: I will be right back to get your order.

Finn: Okay, thanks. Look, sheila… I don’t want to be rude, but what are you doing here?

Sheila: Uh, same as you. I was just getting ready to have lunch. You probably think that I’m– I’m stalking you, but this is just a coincidence, I swear, and… a lovely one at that. Don’t worry. I, uh… I just wanted to say hello. I’ll be out of sight before steffy arrives. I assume you are meeting her.

Finn: Uh, no, actually. I’m, uh…[Clears throat] I’m solo.

Sheila: Oh! [Chuckles] Well, uh, you don’t have to be. May I join you? There’s no reason for us both to be eating alone, finn. I mean, even if it’s a quick conversation, if that’s all you’re willing to give me. Please? Finn, just let me sit, okay? Even if it’s just for a while. I’m your mother. I miss you so much. They’re finally where they want to be. Yeah. It’s gonna be okay. ‘Cause I don’t care how badly hope wants deacon in her life or how badly liam wants him out of it, in the end, the two of them, they will figure it out. They’ll be united. And they’re not gonna let deacon get in the way of their relationship.

Hope: Maybe we shouldn’t talk about this.

Liam: Well…

[Chuckles] I mean, we kinda have to, don’t we? ‘Cause…

Hope: No, I mean right now. Because I-I need to get to work, and I don’t want us obsessing about this throughout the day, and I’d rather just focus on us. And think about what… everything we have to be grateful for, all our blessings, this life, our family, and… if we do that, it will work out.

Steffy: I don’t normally say this, but I think you might be right.

Thomas: Rare, I know, but it happens.

Steffy: I should probably reschedule the publicity meeting for tomorrow.

Thomas: Or… you just let me handle it. Come on, you and your husband deserve some downtime. Go ahead. Surprise him.

Sheila: I’d love a chance to catch up. I mean, maybe see a recent picture of hayes. I’m not above begging, if that’s what it’ll take.

Finn: Just for a minute.

Sheila: Thank you. Oh, you have no idea how much this means to me. How are you, finn? I mean, how’s work?

Finn: Good. Busy.

Waiter: Everything okay, sir?

Jack: Great.

Sheila: I am so impressed with the man that you’ve become. I guess that means that I– I actually made the right choice. As painful as it was giving you up, I’m not so sure that you would have had all of those opportunities under my care. I just have to keep reminding myself of that. Have to let go of the regret.

Finn: So you regret it? Giving me up for adoption?

Sheila: Oh, my god, yes. Yes. Dammit, I just–I really wish that I could’ve raised you.

Finn: And why didn’t you? Was it because of my biological father? I mean, I know I haven’t asked you about him, but, I don’t know, you might not be ready to tell me about him, but I am curious. Did you love him? Did he love you? Look, I’ve spent my whole life wondering about him the same way that I’ve been wondering about you, even though you aren’t exact– look, I’d– I don’t want you to take this the wrong way. You aren’t exactly the woman that I imagined, right? But it’s been really good… for me… to know your voice and to have a name and if I could have the name of my father and maybe even meet him… unless, I mean, I– I already have? Were you lying the other day, when hope and I saw you and deacon kissing? Look, I know you’ve said that you had just started seeing each other, but the way that you looked at him… is there more to that relationship than… you’re letting on? Please. Look at me. Tell me. You can tell me. Is deacon sharpe my father?

Sheila: What? No. No, no.

Finn: You’re not…

Sheila: I swear.

Finn: Well, then, who? You don’t know what it’s like living a life with so much uncertainty and having all these questions. And I finally, finally know about you and I’m thankful for that. But I’m ready for more. The full story. So, please… just tell me who my father is. I want the truth.

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Ridge: How’s it feel?

Petra: Like a dream.

Ridge: You didn’t have to do that. You can be honest with me.

Petra: I am.

Ridge: Something about the back. What about the shoulder?

Petra: You’re right. It tugs a little.

Ridge: Yeah, now I can see that. All right, I’ll look at it. And, um, we’ll do this again, all right, petra?

Petra: That’s okay.

Ridge: Thank you.

Steffy: Ooh, you look beautiful.

Petra: Thank you.

Steffy: You weren’t at that very long. No changes?

Ridge: Nah, I’M… still not there yet. It’s not gonna happen today.

Steffy: Not feeling it?

Ridge: Just can’t concentrate.

Steffy: Ah, you’re not the only one. What is hope thinking? Inviting deacon into her life?

Ridge: Her lowlife father’s doing everything to get back with her. And it’s working.

Brooke: I know you have to get to the office, honey, and so do I, but I thought we could talk first.

Hope: Sure.

Brooke: It’s about the situation with deacon. I thought since you had a chance to sleep on it, that maybe–

Hope: I haven’t changed my mind.

Brooke: Honey…

Hope: I want a relationship with my father.

Brooke: Look, I know how charming and convincing he can be. And he said things that moved you, and it was meant to move you.

Hope: Mom, I am not being manipulated. My dad loves me, and we’re family, and I want him to be a part of my life, and, you know, if the two of you, if you can’t support that, then maybe it is best for liam and me and the kids to just move out…

Brooke: Honey, no. I don’t want that.

Hope: Well, I don’t want that either, but I also don’t want to live somewhere where my father isn’t even welcome.

Brooke: What does liam say about this?

Hope: He’s away on a business trip, but he should be back sometime today.

Brooke: So he doesn’t even know about your decision?

Hope: Not yet, but he understands what deacon means to me.

Brooke: Honey, yes, of course he’s going to be supportive, because it’s gonna bring up a lot of concerns.

Ridge: Hope has completely bought into deacon’s act. She’s always welcome and her home is his home.

Steffy: Her home is your home. Brooke has to do something.

Ridge: Do what? She doesn’t want to push her daughter away.

Steffy: I get that hope feels like, a connection to deacon, but this isn’t about her. She needs to think about the kids.

Ridge: Yeah. If she can’t, then we will.

[Knocks] Justin, come on in.

Justin: You wanted to see me.

Ridge: Yeah, I have another job for you. I need you to keep an eye on somebody.

Brooke: The last thing I want is for deacon to come between you and liam.

Hope: Well, dad doesn’t want that, either. He doesn’t want to cause any problems for…for you, for me, for anyone. He just wants to get to know me. And I want to get to know him, and…liam won’t stand in the way of that.

Brooke: Because liam loves you. Your wellbeing is paramount, honey.

Hope: Well, isn’t–

[Door opens]

Liam: Oh, cool. Thought you might have left for work.

Hope: Look who’s home!

Liam: Yeah.

Hope: Hi!

Liam: Hey! Missed you.

Hope: [Kiss] I missed you!

Liam: Yeah. It’s funny how, like, one night can just feel like…eons, you know? Not doing bedtime and dinner and reading the kids stories.

Hope: Oh, well, apparently, uh, my story voice isn’t as funny as yours.

Liam: [Scoffs] Obviously.

Hope: [Laughs]

Liam: No, so I’m gonna make it up to them. I’m gonna–I’ll read ’em two stories tonight, or five, or ten.

Brooke: Yeah, you should do that. You just shut the door and all huddle up together. Just the four of you.

Liam: That’s not a bad idea. So, tell me, what’d I miss?

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Justin: Can’t imagine hope putting her kids in a bad situation.

Ridge: That’s deacon. Brings out the best in everybody.

Steffy: I always felt safe sending kelly to stay with hope and liam at the cabin. But I don’t want to do that knowing that deacon could show up.

Ridge: No, you can’T. And you also don’t know what he’s feeding sheila about what the kids are doing, their schedules, all that stuff.

Steffy: Oh, my god, I hadn’t even thought about that.

Hope: Well, neither has hope.& She’s not thinking about anything but getting her dad back into her life. That’s all she’s thinking about. And I feel for her, I do. I… [Sighs] I know deacon leaving when she was a kid had a big impact on her. I was there. I just–I don’t want her to get hurt. I don’t want anyone to get hurt.

Justin: Hey, that guy’s bad news. He’s trying to worm his way back into hope’s life. What does that have to do with sheila? When did those two get hooked up?

Steffy: While he was in prison. I guess they were pen pals or something.

Ridge: Or “something.”

Steffy: Hope says that they’re in a relationship.

Justin: A couple?

Steffy: That’s what they want their children to believe.

Justin: Oh, talk about a coincidence, huh?

Ridge: You’re too smart to buy any of this.

Steffy: Hope’s a smart woman. That’s why this is so frustrating. I thought we were all on the same page. But here she is, inviting deacon back into her home, making a place for him in her life.

Justin: Okay. I’ll do some snooping around, see what I can dig up.

Ridge: Thank you.

Justin: Yes, sir.

Ridge: Let me know if you find something.

Justin: Will do.

Steffy: We have to do more than just keep an eye out on deacon. At least finn realizes how poisonous sheila is. Hope has known that about deacon forever, and every time he worms his way back into her life, it ends badly. This isn’t gonna be any different. Only now, we have children, and we need to protect them. To think that hope’s even considering giving deacon access. I can’t even imagine what liam’s thinking right now. He must be going crazy.

Liam: Well, yesterday must’ve been pretty uneventful. Normally I’m getting text updates from you by the hour.

Hope: Well, I just figured we could discuss it once you got home.

Liam: Discuss it? Discuss what? Okay, guys, I can see the look on your faces. Discuss what? Is this–is it the kids? Did something happen?

Brooke: No.

Hope: No, they’re fine. They’re excited to see you.

Brooke: It’s like you said. One night could seem like an awful long time. A lot can change.

Liam: [Chuckles nervously] Okay, but if it’s not the kids, what changed?

Hope: Uh, I made up my mind. It’s something I’ve been thinking over, last night I finally made a decision. But this is a discussion that you and I should have, so mom…do you mind if liam and I can have some alone time?

Ridge: [Scoffs] Yeah. Just promise me something. You will listen to liam’s concerns.

Hope: We’ll be fine.

Liam: So I’m gonna have concerns.

Hope: You will. At first. Liam, I know this is going to impact our family, and we will have a lot of details to work out, but I need you first to listen to me, and to respect my feelings on this.

Liam: Yeah, okay, what– what feelings, hope? Just say it. Just say it, already.

Hope: Well, you know this is something that I have, uh… wanted for a very long time. Although there were moments where I thought it would never happen, so I told myself to forget about it completely, and yet… I think deep down I… I’ve held onto hope. This is about my dad. This is about deacon, and making him a part of my life. Once upon a time there was a reindeer named tiptoe

Steffy: Liam doesn’t want deacon around his family.

Ridge: He has to convince hope of that.

Steffy: I thought he had. What about brooke? She can’t want deacon near hope and the kids.

Ridge: I don’t want that weasel anywhere near brooke. ‘Cause all he does, his being here is just–reminds everyone of…the biggest betrayal she ever made.

Steffy: Hope isn’t sensitive to that?

Ridge: She just sees her dad, you know, that he’s trying, and he’s making amends, and… wants to be with his little girl. We can all trust him now.

Steffy: Uh, no.

Ridge: Not for one second.

Steffy: This is crazy. How can hope have more faith in deacon than the people who truly care about her?

Ridge: She’ll give him a chance… open arms and eyes wide shut.

[Door opens] Hey.

Brooke: Hey.

Ridge: I was hoping you’d get here soon. Hi.

Brooke: Yeah, hi. I just wanted to talk to hope before work.

Steffy: Please tell me she’s changed her mind, she doesn’t want deacon in her life.

Brooke: No. [Sighs] I thought maybe if she had a chance to sleep on it, but…

Steffy: We can’t let this happen.

Hope: She’s a grown woman. I can’t force her not to see her father.

Steffy: This decision affects all of us.

Ridge: It’s already taken a toll on you, you know that.

Brooke: Yeah, I know, ridge. But I am not gonna draw a line in the sand at the risk of deacon coming between me and yet another daughter.

Steffy: You can’t just throw your hands up, either.

Ridge: We know what he’s capable of, the kind of destruction he can cause.

Brooke: I explained all that to hope. I warned her over and over again, but she’s determined to believe that he’s changed.

Steffy: Hello? His involvement with sheila?

Brooke: That’s over. Or so he says. He doesn’t want to mess this up. He’s determined to gain hope’s trust.

Steffy: That is exactly why hope can’t trust deacon. If you can’t convince her of it, there’s one more person who can get through to her. It’s liam. He can talk her out of this insanity. He has to.

Hope: Liam, I can tell you’re already worried, but please just–just listen to me.

Liam: I-I’m listening. I’M…[Sighs] I always listen. I always listen. It’s just… okay. Okay. So you want deacon back in your life.

Hope: Yes. He’s my father.

Liam: Well, he’s also a criminal, and people typically don’t want criminals around their families…

Hope: He would never hurt anybody.

Liam: Isn’t that all he’s ever done?

Hope: In the past. But he regrets it.

Liam: Hope, just… [Laughs] Just because somebody says they’re reformed doesn’t mean they’re reformed, and this is deacon we’re talking about.

Hope: No, I know, I… I had my doubts, too, but then as I was writing to him while he was in prison, I saw another side to him, liam. Yes, he has committed crimes. But he’s also paid the price, he has done the time, and it has helped him realize what is important. He wants to– to better himself, and he wants to turn his life around.

Liam: You’re his daughter. I-I completely get you wanting to believe that.

Hope: I do believe it.

Liam: Mmm…

Hope: I do. Because I hear the things that he says to me, I see the way he looks at me, and he looks at me the way a father should look at his daughter. The same way you look at beth. With love. And I want him in my life, and I know…he wants to be a part of mine, too.

Liam: Okay, but, hope–

Hope: Liam, please. I understand that you’re worried about how this is going to affect our family, and how it’s going to impact the kids, but believe me when I say I would not let my dad anywhere near our children if I thought he was a threat, but he isn’T. He loves them. He’s gotten to know all about them through my letters, and he’s been looking forward to the day when he can finally meet them in person. He wants to be a grandfather to beth and douglas and… I want that, too. (Kids chatter)

Steffy: Liam won’t go along with this.

Brooke: I warned hope he might not.

Steffy: What did liam say? How did he react?

Brooke: He just got home from an overnight business trip, so they’re discussing the situation right now.

Steffy: You’re saying hope made this decision without liam?

Brooke: Well, inviting deacon into her life is quite personal for her, so…

Ridge: But it’s not just her life, is it? It’s not personal to her. It’s all of us. She’s thrown this guy into all our faces, and you really think liam’s gonna be okay with that?

Steffy: No, he won’T.

Brooke: Well, I know. That’s what worries me.

Steffy: Liam’s not the kind of guy to tell her what to do, but right now, he needs to. It’s really important.

Brooke: She’s gotta know she’s making a mistake, right? She must understand what she’s putting at risk.

Steffy: Yeah, she needs to step outside of herself and realize that this could damage her marriage, endanger her children.

Brooke: [Sighs] She’s not gonna put beth and douglas in harm’s way. She loves those kids too much. That’s not what I’m worried about. My concern is hope and liam. I mean, this could really cause problems for them if she’s that determined to have her father in her life.

Liam: Wow. I… [Sighs] I mean… you seem really determined to do this.

Hope: I am. And I know we usually make family decisions together, but…this… impacts me differently. This… this is my dad.

Liam: It’s just–okay. You–you wanting deacon to have a place in your life… that’s one thing, right? But–but all this talk now about him being a grandfather to the kids…

Hope: Well, he is their grandfather.

Liam: They don’t even know him.

Hope: Exactly. And now they finally have a chance to. And look, I understand that my father has done things that he is not proud of, but so has yours. And yet we let bill around the kids. I am just asking to give my dad that same opportunity.

Liam: [Chuckles] Nobody is more generous or forgiving than you. But balance, right? You have to exercise some skepticism, too.

Hope: I’m well aware of what my dad has done. But I believe that he has changed, liam, I do. And I know you haven’t had the chance to see that yet, but I have. And we know what it’s like, making mistakes. Wanting to make up for them. And we’ve allowed that of each other. I mean, we’re all about second chances. Look at your dad. His latest stunt landed the two of you in jail, and yet, he’s still around.

Liam: [Sighs] That’s actually fair.

Hope: I’m just saying, I–I believe that deacon has changed, and I am certain of it. Otherwise, this conversation wouldn’t even be happening. I wouldn’t have told mom that I’m willing to move out of her just so I can–

Liam: Wait, wait. M-move out of here?

Hope: They won’t even allow deacon to be on the property, so what other choice do I have, liam? They’re making it impossible for me to have a relationship with my own father.

Liam: I don’t even know what to say here. Um…

Hope: Please say that you understand. Please. Liam… I understand the risks. I know my dad’s history, and I know that I might be the one getting hurt in the end. But my dad wants to make a positive change in his life and he wants to be on the right track, and we can help him do that. I-I really believe if he has the stability and the support that that can really make a difference.

Liam: Look at me. It is not your job to rehabilitate him.

Hope: I am his daughter. Liam… I love you, and I do not want this to come between us. I love you, I love our family, I love our life here. BuT… I really do believe… if we could just give him a chance, if deacon knew that he had a family who believes in him and supports him… just say you’ll give him that. Just say that… deacon can be a part of our family.

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Hope: He’s my father. I should go after him.

Ridge: He’s a father who’s let you down time and time again. You invite him back into your life, he’s gonna keep doing it.

Brooke: Ridge, maybe we should just leave this for now.

Hope: No, mom, I am not letting this go. Dad came over here, and he poured his heart out like he has never done before, and I know what he has done in the past, but I care about who he is now, what kind of man he is right now! And I believe him when he says that he is committed to being a father worthy of his daughter’s love, and you may not believe him. But no one is going to tell me whether or not I can have my dad in my life, and that includes you, ridge.Ea

[Knock on door]

Sheila: [Sighs] I thought you didn’t want anything more to do with me. What do you want?

Deacon: Can I come in? Thanks.

Sheila: Let me guess. You went to see hope, and… brooke and your daughter shot you down.

Deacon: No. That bastard ridge did.

Steffy: Really impressive, james. This is the kind of unconventional marketing forrester needs, not just typical magazines and press. Well done.

James: Seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up.

Paris: Yeah, every platform is blowing up with this.

James: Thanks. Well, I’ll let you guys get back to it. Oh, hey, we missed you and zende at happy hour. Hope we’ll see you guys there next week.

Paris: Yeah, I’m down.

James: Sounds good. See you guys later.

Steffy: Bye.

Paris: Bye.

[Door closes]

Steffy: Kelly and hayes miss you.

Paris: Like I said, I miss them, especially kelly’s hugs,& but I’ll come by soon.

Steffy: I know you’re busy with the whole forrester foundation and hope for the future, zende’s scholarship fund. You’re also dating him, but did I hear you’re living with thomas? How’s that going?

Zende: Whoa! Give a guy a warning next time, okay?

Thomas: What?

Zende: You, standing there, half-naked. It might be a turn-on for the ladies, but cover up, G.

Thomas: I was working out, and, uh, charlie came into the locker room, told me to leave ’cause of something like maintenance or whatever, so…

Zende: You were, um, looking at pictures of paris. There’s no one quite like her, is there?

Thomas: No. No, there isn’T.

Steffy: Come on. My brother? He is a mess. He leaves his clothes everywhere. Must drive you crazy.

Paris: Actually, no. He goes out of his way to clean up after himself.

Steffy: Thomas? You’re kidding.

Paris: Of course, we’re so busy, we don’t see that much of each other, but…

Steffy: It’s probably for the best.

Paris: But when we are there together, we get along great. Oh! And added bonus, I’ve gotten to hang out a little bit with your nephew douglas, and he’s such a great little guy.

Steffy: I agree.

Paris: I know thomas has done some questionable things in the past, including with my sister, but there’s no doubt that your brother is a caring and loving father.

Zende: I’ve never known anyone like her– the way she lives her life, the things she values, how she inspires, always wanting to make the world a better place. Totally lives by her principles, you know? Not to mention, she’s so damn beautiful. I’m so blessed, man, having her in my life.

Thomas: Yeah. Yeah, you are.

Deacon: But it wasn’t& all bad. All right, so I show up, and I took brooke completely by surprise. Ridge wasn’t there yet. But here’s the thing. I got to talk to hope. I am completely convinced that my daughter wants me to be in her life.

Sheila: But brooke– brooke doesn’T. She went into mama bear mode, came down on you about the misery that you’ve inflicted and how she doesn’t want hope to go through anything like that again.

Deacon: No, she wasn’t happy to see me. I mean, she’s still wary. But I am convinced that she can get to a place of acceptance if it wasn’t for ridge.

Ridge: I’m sorry. I don’t wanna disrespect you or–or you, but I think your emotions are clouding your judgment. Your father’s done nothing but bring heartache to you and your mother, disappointment after disappointment, and to–to bring that back into your life just doesn’t make sense to me.

Brooke: Okay, ridge, I think we need to–

Ridge: And it’s not just you anymore, is it? It’s your kids. You don’t wanna subject ’em to somebody like deacon.

Hope: Subject them? I would never put my children in harm’s way.

Ridge: I-I know that! So good. You–you realize that you can’t have deacon around the house. You just can’T.

Hope: But when has deacon ever endangered a child, ridge? I realize that my father has made mistakes, but I also realize that he has paid the price for them and that he wants to move on from that, and I don’t believe that he’s being insincere. I don’t believe he has ill intentions, so whatever your concerns may be, ridge, while I may understand them, I do not share them, and it is not your decision to make. My dad is going to be a part of my life and my family’s life whether you approve or not. I wish we had a sled as fast as cricket 5g.

Steffy: So douglas asked you if you’re his dad’s girlfriend.

Paris: Yeah. But when you think about it, it makes sense why he might wonder.

Steffy: How’d you handle that?

Paris: Thomas and I made it very clear that we are not girlfriend and boyfriend… or we thought we did.

[Laughs] And then douglas asked if I was gonna live with them when his dad found his new house.

Steffy: Sounds like someone has a crush on you.

Sheila: But you said ridge wasn’t there when you arrived.

Deacon: Yeah, thankfully. Brooke was, but then hope showed up. She wound up in my arms, telling me that she needed me, that she needed me. She needed her dad, and then she told brooke. She said for everyone to just quit driving me away.

Sheila: God. If I could just get finn to say something like that to steffy about me.

Deacon: I mean, it was unbelievable to hear hope say that. No one has ever defended me like that before. Then, of course, ridge showed up and tried to throw me out like a piece of trash.

Sheila: But I told you they would defend us. You could’ve used that to your advantage.

Deacon: I know I could’ve, but I didn’t want to. I didn’t wanna…

Sheila: All right, so what? So you let ridge win?

Deacon: Yeah, but, sheila, don’t you get it? I love both of them too much to cause them any more pain.

Sheila: But–but both of them? Are you–what… look, I understand that you’re a loving father trying to reconnect with his daughter, but… this thing with brooke is a fantasy. You know that, right? Right?

Brooke: I think you should think about this just a little bit.

Hope: Mom, I have thought about it a lot, and I trust my instincts, and it feels right. It feels right to have my dad be a part of my life right now.

Ridge: And how do you think liam’s gonna feel about that?

Hope: Well, I understand my husband’s concerns. He loves me, and he trusts me, and he will respect this decision.

Ridge: Yeah, and I’m sure your kids are gonna love this terrible decision, too.

Hope: Are you questioning me as a mother? My children mean everything to me, and I will always take care of them, and you should know that! You both should know that.

Brooke: Of course we both know that. Just, ridge was expressing his feelings.

Hope: You know what? No. I am, um, I’m through explaining myself and defending my decision. If you can’t be supportive of what I am doing, then I think it is best for liam and the kids and me to move out of the cabin.

Brooke: Ridge, if you don’t mind, I’d like to talk to hope alone.

Ridge: Don’t do this.

Brooke: [Sighs]

[Door closes]

Hope: Mom, please understand that I am not trying to give you an ultimatum, but I am serious. If you can’t be supportive of me wanting my dad to have a place in my life, then I think it’s best for us to go.

Don’t stop me, don’t stop me

Zende: So how’s the house hunting going? Any closer to finding something?

Thomas: Eh, not really. My realtor’s on it, but nothing exciting’s turned up so far.

Zende: Well, light a fire under him, will you? I mean, the sooner you find a house, the sooner I get to have this sexy lady all to myself.

Steffy: Oh! Perfect timing. I wanna go over these budget revisions with you.

Ridge: Can we do it some other time, please?

Steffy: What is going on?

Ridge: After everything this guy has done to her, how do you–I don’T…

Steffy: What guy? What are you talking about?-

Ridge: Deacon! He’s playing hope again. I can see it. You can see it. Everybody can see it. Why can’t she see?

Hope: This isn’t just about me and my wishes. I also don’t wanna create any problems for you and ridge, so maybe it is best if liam and the kids and me move out.

Brooke: Hope, no, I-I don’t want that. I love having you and the grandchildren.

Hope: And I love it, too, but I am not going to do battle over my own father. I’m certainly not going to be constantly told by ridge or anyone else whether or not I can even see him.

Brooke: Okay. I understand that. I do. But–

Hope: No “but”s, mom! You heard deacon. He just wants to love me and be a part of my life. Why is that such a bad thing?

Brooke: Sweetheart…

Hope: I should’ve gone after him. I shouldn’t have let ridge just run him off like that!

Brooke: You listen to me. Ridge was just trying to protect—

Hope: I don’t need protection from my own father!

[Crying] Mom, you saw what happened. Dad left willingly, even though he wanted to stay, and he did that because he didn’t wanna cause you or me any more pain. He has changed, that if he can just have one more chance, maybe… we all–we all get so many second chances in this life. Don’t I owe my dad one? So… [Sniffles] I have to do this, and I need to do this, even if I get hurt in the end.

[Cries]

[Cellphone ringing]

Deacon: [Whispers] It’s hope! Shh, shh.

[Cellphone beeps]

[Normal voice] Hey, sweetheart. Is everything okay?

Hope: Mm-hmm. Um…I’m sorry for what happened at the house before. Can you–can you please come back?

Deacon: Uh, are– are you sure? I don’t wanna cause any more problems.

Hope: I’m positive.

Deacon: Okay. I’ll–I’ll leave right now.

[Cellphone beeps]

Sheila: What, hope wants to see you?

Deacon: I have no idea what the hell this is about, but I can spend some time with my daughter. See ya.

[Door opens]

Hope: Mom… I know what I’m doing. We always talk about being one big loving family. Well, that includes my father, too. On the outside, I looked fine.

Paris: What did I just walk in on?

Zende: I was just saying how I couldn’t wait to have you all to myself.

Thomas: Yeah, zende wants me to light a fire under my realtor’s butt, stat. But he may have to fend off another suitor first.

Zende: Wait, what?

Thomas: My son. He’s really taken to paris.

Paris: The feeling’s mutual. Douglas is a very special little boy. Takes after his father.

Ridge: Ah, no, I don’t know about that guy. I mean, how many times does he have to let hope down before she realizes that is who he is, who he’s always gonna be? It’s not gonna change. It’s not, and, uh, I get it. It’s her dad, and she wants to see some–some great things in him. She wants to have faith in him. But how can you with his track record? And now you’re gonna allow him to see the kids?

Steffy: What?

Ridge: Oh, yeah, yeah. Not just about deacon anymore. She wants him to be part of the kids’ life.

Steffy: You can’t be serious.

Ridge: I am.

Steffy: Hope can’t be serious. Why would she do such a thing?

Brooke: Sweetheart, I know how much you want this, and I also know why you took such a hard line with ridge. But you have to understand ridge raised you. He was there for you when deacon wasn’T.

[Knock on door]

Hope: That must be him. That’s dad. Hi. Thanks for coming.

Deacon: Thanks for inviting me, especially after what happened earlier. Um…is ridge here?

Hope: No.

Deacon: Is he coming back? Because if he’s just gonna blow another gasket…

Brooke: No. No. That’s not gonna happen.

Deacon: Are you okay with me being here?

Hope: Uh, mom and I had a long talk, and she knows I don’t want you going anywhere. Like I said, it’s actually nice having the three of us together as a family.

Deacon: I feel the same way. I just–I don’t think brooke does.

Hope: Well, she has every right to be guarded.

Deacon: Yeah.

Hope: While the two of you may have shared some special times, there were some painful times as well. But I am trying to focus on the present and focus on my family, and that not only includes liam and the kids, it includes you and mom as well. You know, I want this to be a positive time in our life for us to try to get along and move forward, and I know– I know that ridge isn’t there yet. Hopefully with time, he will be, but whether he is or not, he’s not going to tell me what to do because I’m not a little girl anymore. I’m a grown woman, and I make my own decisions. And I believe you when you say that you regret not being a part of my life all those years, and I believe you’re being earnest when you say that you want a relationship with me now. And as my father, you will always be welcome as long as I’m living here on the property.

Brooke: Honey, I don’t want you to leave here. Your children and you belong here.

Deacon: Wait a second. You’re thinking of leaving brooke’s house for me?

Hope: Yes. Yes, if I have to. I’m not going to justify allowing you into my life to anyone. Dad, when you say that you want to prove that you’re a changed man, in my heart of hearts, I believe that. And I can see that you wanna be a good father, and I can see that you wanna be a good grandfather.

[Crying] And I want you and mom to be a part of beth and douglas’ life. I want them to grow up knowing both of their grandparents.

[Whispers] You’re my dad.

[Normal voice] I love you, and my home is your home.

Deacon: Um… do you feel the same way? Can you accept me?

Brooke: I really don’t think that ridge is going to agree with this, but, um… I have to support my daughter’s wishes.

Hope: This is a fresh start! A chance for us to put the past behind us and to try to start fresh as a family again. Welcome home, dad. Home. [Laughs]

[Crying and laughing]

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Ridge: Enough of this. Let’s go.

Hope: Ridge, stop. Mom, make him stop. This is my dad we’re talking about.

Brooke: Ridge, ait. Just wait a minute. Let’s all calm down here. We can talk about this reasonably.

Ridge: What are you doing? Talk about what? Are you defending this guy after everything he’s done? Really?

Katie: It is so easy to make me the scapegoat, to blame us logans for all of your problems.

Quinn: Well, every time I turn around, there you are. Carter and I were just having a private conversation.

Katie: Yeah, I heard. I mean, does it ever get old, this whole “evil logan sisters” narrative?

Quinn: I don’t think the truth ever gets old. But, I mean, I’m not going to apologize for what I was saying. I am kind of sick of it. You know? You show up at my house anytime of the day or night. Brooke’s always yapping in eric’s ear, and your sister, donna, is, well, obviously being extremely inappropriate with my husband.

Katie: My sister, donna, was a very good friend to eric. I mean, we all have been.

Quinn: You have a very interesting idea of friendship.

Katie: I could say the same thing about your idea of fidelity.

Quinn: [ Sighs ] See, my life is none of your business. You and your sisters, you need to back off. Stop interfering in my marriage.

Paris: What is that?

Douglas: That’s the earth’s atmosphere, and this is the rocket entering space. That’s me and daddy.

Paris: Oh! So cool.

Thomas: Yeah, douglas is really into space technology these days.

Paris: Wow. So you’re hoping to be an astronaut when you grow up?

Douglas: Mm-hmm. And a soccer coach.

Paris: Well, what if you could be a soccer coach in space?

Douglas: Whoa! That’d be awesome.

Thomas: All right, bud. It’s time. You have some homework to finish.

Paris: Ah. Homework, huh?

Thomas: Yeah.

Douglas: We’re learning multiplication.

Thomas: Yeah. If you have any questions, ask paris, ’cause she’s a lot smarter than I am.

Douglas: Okay, daddy.

Thomas: No, that– that was actually– never mind. [ Clears throat ]

Paris: Oh, he’s adorable.

Thomas: Well, you are pretty great with him. Thanks for being so– just amazing.

Paris: Are you kidding? This is my element. Being around douglas is so fun.

Thomas: Well, it seems to go both ways. He seems to like you very much.

Katie: Oh, my god. Could you please take some accountability for once in your life?

Quinn: I have. I have apologized to eric a million times.

[ Laughs ] And he’s decided to stick with me and, thank goodness, not allow you and your sisters to do any more damage.

Katie: Why do you keep putting the responsibility on me and my sisters? Do you think that if we weren’t around, all of your struggles would just magically disappear? Let me give you a little reality check. You interfered in your marriage all on your own.

Quinn: Oh, okay. Now you’re referring to me and carter, right? Well– I mean, I’ve already taken my shot, so go ahead. I mean, lay into him. Carter can take it.

Hope: He doesn’t deserve to be kicked out.

Ridge: I’m trying to protect you and your mother.

Hope: I don’t want him to go, not like this.

Ridge: I can’t have him around here, around the people that I care about. And I’m sure your mother agrees.

Brooke: Ridge.

Ridge: What are you doing? Really. Have you forgotten everything this guy’s done to you?

Brooke: No. Of course I haven’t forgotten. But hope wants him to stay, and he’s her father. There’s nothing we can do to change that. Doesn’t your family deserve the best?

Quinn: Have at it, katie. I mean, un–unleash your fury. Carter can take it, can’t he? I mean, we’ve heard the worst, haven’t we?

Carter: Yes, I’ve been quite surprised by some of the conversations I’ve had recently.

Katie: Yeah, I bet.

Carter: Go ahead, katie. You can say whatever you want.

Quinn: Wait. No, you gotta buckle up first because, you know, the logans, they have never learned how to play fair.

Katie: I’m sorry. Were you playing fair when you threatened donna? When you got eric to fire her?

Quinn: After what she pulled with my husband? Yeah, I think she deserved it. Wha– oh, I think you were hoping that maybe eric fired both me and carter so you’d never have to see either of us here ever again? It’s amazing that you logans think that you can stand in judgment of anyone.

Katie: I think carter knows how I feel. And I also know that he wanted a future with you that he was willing to give up everything for you, and you turned him down.

Quinn: To stay with my husband and fight for our future.

Katie: Then why are you here?

Quinn: [ Laughs ] I work here.

Katie: No, no, no. Why are you here in this office reminding carter about how you wanted a future with him? I mean, have you reconsidered? Are you leaving your husband for carter?

Brooke: Ridge, I know how you feel about him.

Ridge: How I feel about him. It’s how we feel about him, right? No?

Brooke: Okay, look, I understand that you’re concerned. I do. It’s just… [ Sighs ] We need to just calm down for a moment.

Ridge: Why?

Brooke: For hope’s sake.

Ridge: Everything I’m doing is for hope’s sake and for yours. I can’t have this criminal in our house.

Deacon: Look, I paid my debt to society. I did my time.

Ridge: Why is he speaking? Why?

Brooke: Ridge, we need to consider what hope wants.

Deacon: Look, I get that you and I have bad history, all right? You’ve got no reason to trust me. I respect that. But I’m not here to cause any problems to my daughter or your family.

Ridge: I’ve heard all this before. I didn’t buy it then. I’m not buying it now.

Hope: Ridge, let him talk and explain himself.

Deacon: Please, all right? I’m not the same guy you knew before. I’ve changed.

Ridge: How have you changed? How? You’re hanging out with sheila, right? That’s birds of a feather.

Deacon: No. No. That’s over. I’m not associating with her anymore.

Ridge: She dumped you? Oh, man. That’s gotta be a low point even for someone like you. I’m so sorry.

Deacon: Okay. I’m gonna try this again. No. I realized how risky it was. I realized it was just gonna make it more difficult for me to have a relationship with hope.

Deacon: That’s all I want. I just want a chance to be a father to my daughter.

Hope: Can we at least let him try? Is that really so much to ask?

Paris: You are douglas’s hero, and that’s very clear.

Thomas: And he’s mine. And he’s the toughest, most resilient person I know. And he inspires me every day to keep working on myself and making myself better and also focusing on what’s truly important in life.

Paris: Kids will do that, won’t they?

Thomas: That’s why I want him to look up to me, you know? That’s what keeps me working and trying to be the best version of myself so I can give him what he deserves.

Paris: You’re already doing it, thomas. I mean, hope’s been a godsend, a wonderful addition to douglas’s whole world. But you got to give yourself some credit. You’re an amazing parent.

Thomas: That means a lot, coming from someone as, uh, kind and compassionate as you. You– you’re kind of like hope in that way. Hey, bud, did you finish your homework?

Douglas: Yep.

Paris: Wow. That was fast.

Thomas: Right? Okay, do you have any questions?

Douglas: I only have one question.

Thomas: Okay.

Douglas: It’s for paris.

Thomas: Okay.

Paris: For me? All right. Shoot.

Douglas: Are you my daddy’s girlfriend? Serena: It’s my 3:10

Douglas: I like you, paris.

Paris: Well, that’s good because I like you, too.

Douglas: I’m so glad you’re my daddy’s girlfriend.

Paris: [ Laughs ] Oh, douglas. I am not your dad’s girlfriend.

Douglas: You aren’t?

Paris: No.

Douglas: Well, you live here together.

Thomas: Yeah. We’re just, uh– we’re just roommates, bud. Just two friends living together.

Paris: Remember when your dad almost bought a new house?

Thomas: Right. The one in the canyon that we were really excited about? Well, that’s when paris moved in here.

Paris: And when that deal fell through, I insisted that your dad keep living here.

Thomas: She was kind enough to let me stay.

Paris: So here we are. Just… friends staying in the same place until your dad finds a new house.

Thomas: Yeah. Just for the time being. Just a short-term kind of thing.

Paris: Does that make sense?

Thomas: All right. Now that that’s all cleared up, do you have any questions about your homework?

Douglas: Nope. I aced it.

Paris: Ooh! You aced it.

Thomas: Of course he did. Your teacher’s gonna be very proud.

Paris: I am very impressed.

Douglas: Paris.

Paris: Yeah.

Douglas: When daddy buys the new house, will you be moving in with us, too?

Quinn: Am I going back to carter?

Katie: It’s a simple question.

Quinn: Well, you would like that, wouldn’t you? I mean, if I–if I left eric, then you and brooke could just pave the way to install donna in my place.

Katie: You know, I have no control over what eric does or doesn’t do. Believe it or not, my sisters and i just want him to be happy.

Quinn: You would have a field day, wouldn’t you? Wait. No. I just wanna know what would be the first thing that you guys would do. Would you–would you throw all of my clothes in the pool? No, you would take my portrait off the wall. You would douse it in lighter fluid, and then– and then you guys could have a big bonfire on the tennis court.

Katie: Maybe we could roast marshmallows. I mean, seriously, quinn, don’t give me any ideas.

Quinn: Well, I wouldn’t put anything past you.

Katie: And for the record, you have no right to harass eric about who he sees and who he doesn’t see, especially if you’re here contemplating running away with carter.

Quinn: Oh, that’s right. That’s right. I never answered your question. You wanted to know if I was resuming my relationship with carter.

Katie: Yep. That’s what I wanna know.

Quinn: No.

Katie: No. Wow. That’s blunt. I mean, he’s standing right here. I mean, don’t you think it’s a little insensitive to talk that way in front of him? I mean, especially since he wanted a future with you and everything that the two of you have shared and the fact that he still has feelings for you?

Hope: Ridge, I’m not naive. I understand both of your concerns.

Ridge: Maybe you don’T. Your mom and I, we have a lot of history with this, uh, gentleman over here. And maybe you don’t grasp all of it.

Hope: No, I get that there are a lot of complicated dynamics at play, and there’s a lot of hurt and anger on all sides. And I hear you. I really do. I respect your feelings about this, ridge, but that is your perspective. Okay, I don’t share it.

Brooke: Hope’s never been able to form her own thoughts or opinions about her father. It’s only what we told her.

Ridge: I’m sorry. This is not my perspective. We gave you the facts of what happened.

Hope: And I am not questioning them. I’m not even denying them. My dad has let me down. I know that. But I believe that he has changed. And this is about me having an opportunity to really have a relationship with my dad.

Ridge: And what about liam? He’s okay with this?

Hope: At the end of the day, it is my decision to make.

Ridge: I see. And what about the children?

Deacon: Come on, man. You’re talking about my grandkids. Do you really think that I would do anything to hurt them?

Ridge: This is our job to protect those little kids from guys like that and from sheila. Can we do that? Can we make it about the children?

Hope: I do. I always put my children first.

Ridge: That makes me very happy. ‘Cause that means you’re not buying this changed-man routine that he’s selling right now. And neither are you. So, please, tell him to get out and never come back.

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Douglas: I hope you live with us when daddy buys the big house. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of room.

Paris: Douglas, you’re the sweetest. Thanks for making me feel so welcome.

Thomas: But this is paris’s home. She just moved in.

Paris: Yeah, this is where I’m gonna live from now on. Maybe you could, uh, help me hang up some pictures.

Douglas: Even after daddy moves out?

Paris: That’s the plan. But it doesn’t mean we can’t still hang out.

Douglas: Really?

Paris: Of course. You’re my dude.

Thomas: And, uh, well, when we move into our new place, we can just have her over& for a swim.

Paris: Oh, wow. A swim. So that means your next place is gonna have a pool.

Douglas: Dad promised.

Thomas: Yes. Whatever the king wants, my liege.

Paris: Well, that sounds like a blast. Count me in. But until you find you fabulous new digs, you can come chill here whenever you want. It’s your home, too. How does that sound? Cool?

Douglas: Cool.

Paris: All right. Can I get a high five? Oh, yeah! Can I get a fist bump? And a hug? Oh! He gives the sweetest squeezes.

Quinn: You’re actually defending carter.

Carter: I don’t need defending.

Katie: No, you don’T. And I will never condone the two of you having an affair. But I know you. You’re good, and you’re a decent man.

Quinn: Oh, so– so carter gets cut some slack, but when it comes to me, I’m completely irredeemable.

Katie: Well, if the shoe fits.

Quinn: Wow. Talk about a double standard.

Katie: Oh, come on, quinn. You were clearly the instigator, because you need so much attention, and, unfortunately, carter was there and got caught up in you. And hopefully, that will never happen again. Because he deserves a woman who puts him first.

Deacon: I didn’t come here to complicate things. It’s the last thing I wanna do. I just wanted to make amends but not at the expense of causing any more problems for you, and not if it means causing problems for ridge and your mom.

Ridge: And you would like that, wouldn’t you?

Deacon: You know, man, you’re right. The old me probably would’ve. I would’ve used that to my advantage, but I’m not about that anymore. I’m willing to leave here whether than cause any more pain, any more hurt.

Hope: Dad, please, we still have so much to– I don’t want you to go.

Deacon: You have no idea what it means to me to hear you say that. Just knowing that you believe in me, that gives me the strength to believe in myself. Hope, I love you so much. I’m gonna miss you. I’ll be thinking about you, rooting for you, and missing those grandkids.

Hope: Dad.

Deacon: No, it’s okay. I am so proud of the woman that you’ve become. Your grit. Your grace. Your decency. I love you. Brooke, you did this. You…

[ Laughs ] You built her up into this amazing human being. You picked up the slack, and you did it beautifully. And for that, I’ll always be in your debt.

Ridge: That’s it? All right. Great speech. Thanks for coming by.

Hope: Dad, you don’t have to do this.

Deacon: This is the best thing I can do right now. But I’m always gonna be with you. You and I are connected now forever. There’s a little piece of you in my heart, and I’m in your heart. Okay?

Brooke: Honey–

Hope: No. No.

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Deacon: You have no idea what it means holding you like this.

Hope: Well, I missed you while you’re away. I didn’t want to, but I did it, and that’s why I started writing you back.

Deacon: Those letters saved me.

Hope: Oh, you have a lot of time to make up for. Please, mom. Don’t shut the door on him. Give him another chance. Let us have a chance to be a real father and daughter again.

Ridge: Brooke is never going to open a door to deacon ever again. God, after all that guy’s done to her. Pain and the misery he’s caused. She’d be so happy she’d never look at him again.

Liam: Yeah, well, unfortunately, deacon’s the kind of guy… the minute you think he’s gone for good, back he comes.

Ridge: And there’s always something, right? It’s either bad luck or he’s misunderstood. Now he’s coming back because he really, really wants to be hope’s daddy. He wants to show her that he’s a decent person. Brooke knows exactly who he is, and she’s going to do everything in her power to keep him away from hope.

Katie: Thank you.

Donna: Thank you.

Donna: Eric, is a kind and compassionate man. And the two of you have a long and loving history together. I just can’t believe he would walk away from all that.

Katie: He was honoring quinn’s wishes.

Katie: I’m so sorry.

Donna: I can’t pretend like it doesn’t hurt.

Katie: No, of course it does. Things have been so good between you two lately, and brooke and I were all but convinced that you would find your way back to each other. I just cannot believe that eric let quinn bully him into cutting out of his life.

Carter: Well, james, from a legal standpoint, it’s very low risk.

James: Good. I think it’s going to be hot like a cookout. It’ll go viral for sure.

Carter: You don’t want to miss the window.

James: Exactly. Looking back saying it’s the one that got away.

Carter: Yeah, that’s an awful feeling. Looks safe, man. Just run it by ridge.

James: Thank you, carter.

Carter: One that got away.

Carter: Our life together is

out there, okay, we just have t

go out and we have to grab it.

So what do you say?

Quinn: I can’T.

I just can’T.

Carter: If you’re looking for eric…

Quinn: I found what I’m looking for.

Katie: Eric should have taken a stand with quinn. I mean, it is ridiculous to allow her to dictate who can be a part of his life and who can’T. And for the record, you have been a part of his, long before quinn showed up. He should have defended that.

Donna: It’s not on eric, okay? He’s loyal to his wife because that’s the kind of man he is. And quinn knew that, and she used it against me. This is all on quinn.

Carter: What can I do for you, quinn?

Quinn: Maybe try not to hate me. Though I wouldn’t blame you if you did.

Carter: I don’t even know how.

Quinn: You brought me back to life, carter. You gave me your love. Just… the most incredible gift. And I’m so sorry that I broke your heart.

Ridge: As long as carter signed off on it, I guess… go for it, james.

James: Will do. Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt.

Liam: All good.

Ridge: Cool– are you guys done because it’s gonna be outdated by the time you get there. Go! Good luck. I like that guy. Yeah, see, and that’s a good idea, right? And that’s what we should be doing work on the company instead of this mess.

Liam: Can I ask you a question? [Sighs] I’ve heard some of the stories about brooke and deacon, not all of them. Is this as scandalous as everybody’s making it out to be?

Ridge: That wasn’t brooke’s finest hour. Having an affair with her daughter’s husband, then bearing his child.

Liam: On the other hand, if it weren’t for brooke and deacon, we wouldn’t have hope. And that’s not a world I want to live in.

Hope: I realize that your history with dad is complicated, painful, even. But like I said, you must have loved him at some point, right? For your love to have created me. Right, mom?

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Donna: It’s just going to be so strange, you know, being out of the loop, not seeing my sisters every day, [Indistinct] And eric. Can’t even interact with him.

Katie: I just can’t believe that you’re being pushed out of forrester, all because quinn is so insecure.

Donna: Yeah, but incident in question did happen there.

Katie: Well, you and eric didn’t plan it that way, and you shouldn’t be punished for it. In fact, quinn should be thanking you.

Donna: Yeah.

Katie: Yeah.

Donna: She should be thanking me.

Katie: She knows the condition isn’t permanent. I just cannot believe the audacity of that woman demanding that eric cut you out of his life after she had an affair with carter.

Carter: It’s no reason to apologize. We didn’t work out. It happens.

Quinn: You asked me to run away with you. You were ready to commit to a life with me. But I chose to stay with eric.

Carter: He’s your husband.

Quinn: But I never meant to hurt you.

Carter: I know.

Quinn: You weren’t just some fling to me, carter. I hope you know that. Just because I chose to stay with my husband doesn’T… doesn’t negate the love that we felt for each other.

Ridge: The only good thing deacon ever brought into this world is hope. That doesn’t mean it gets to be part of her life.

[Sighs] Liam, I could tell you stories about this guy. Brooke and I were here raising hope he was off, wherever he was drinking, whatever they would put in front of him. You can’t underestimate the guy because he’s got something, I don’t know what it is, some kind of charm that people like. We got to make sure that hope doesn’t get swept up in that. He’s gonna try to make her believe that he’s a good person. He’s not.

Liam: Yeah, I hear you.

Ridge: Good because you’re her husband, you have to be– what do they call it? You have to be the last line of defense? That clown, he’s going to come, and he’s going to try and play the father card, and it shouldn’t even have that in his wallet, right?

Liam: Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m going to protect my wife… …whatever it takes.

Brooke: Of course there were feelings, honey. However misguided. But I never would have gotten involved with deacon otherwise. We hurt people… and I will never forgive myself for that. I have a lot of regrets. But… never regret that you gave me our beautiful daughter.

Deacon: You did good, brooke. I mean, hope is the best part of both of us, what little best you can find in me.

[Sighs] I love you both. I know that I’ve given you cause to lose faith, and I’m not proud of that. I’m sorry. I’m ready to make up for what I did wrong to be worthy of hope’s love, her trust. And I don’t expect you to believe me. I get that that’s a privilege. But I want to earn it. I intend on it. I just need you to let me in enough, just a little bit so I can love our daughter.

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Man: Thank you very much. Have a wonderful day.

Donna: And thank you, katie.

Katie: Of course.

Donna: You know, we’ve known carter a long time and I mean, not that we know everything about him, but I get a sense of who he is. He seems loyal and dependable–

Katie: And hot and really, really hot.

Donna: Yeah, and hot. I’ll give you that, my goodness. Okay! But the point is not a million years would I put him with quinn. And he wanted a future with her.

Katie: I guess they’re just an unlikely couple. Kind of like bill and me.

Donna: Yeah. What’s the story with you and bill anyway?

Katie: I don’t know. I wish I did. I guess I’m still just so disillusioned by what happened. He was so reckless with our lives and with our family. I mean, how can I trust him to be a good father to our son when he just continuously makes just terrible choices. And as far as his commitment to me, I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to trust it. I mean, he called brooke the love of his life. What am I supposed to do with that? I’ll always be wary. Don’t get me wrong, I am not stuck in the past. Quite the opposite. I’m looking forward to a better and brighter future with a man who loves me and only me.

Quinn: I’ve never experienced anything like our connection. It wasn’t just… physical.

Carter: You know, the pull between us, it was… …it was powerful. And I deeply regret betraying eric, but I was ready to throw away a life I spent years building to be with you. Walk away from people who became like family to me, quinn. I wanted to grow that connection that brought us together into a future, but… …you made the right decision, choosing eric. Doesn’t change the fact that once again, I came second.

Ridge: Whatever it takes. I like that. So we’re in agreement when it comes to deacon?

Liam: Absolutely.

Ridge: Good. We’ll work together, we’ll keep him away from broken and hope..

Brooke: Well, you say you won’t disappoint, deacon. Right? But somehow you always manage to. And I’m not talking about myself so much because I set my expectations low. Talking about our daughter, you’ve disappointed her over and over again.

Deacon: I’m ashamed of that.

Hope: Well, I got to say that learning you and sheila are together, it doesn’t exactly put my mind at ease.

Deacon: We’re not.

Hope: What I thought the two of you were in a “relationship”?

Deacon: That is over, and I don’t want to spend any time talking about sheila. I want to talk about this. I want to talk about this unit right here. Now we’re not traditional by any stretch of the imagination, but we have two parents. We’ve got a child, and, well, that makes us family. And nothing can ever change that. Brooke, I’m not trying to put you on the spot, I’m not trying to con you or guilt trip you. I just want you to know what’s in my heart. And that’s love for our daughter. Please don’t judge me from my past. I spent a lot of time in my head when I was locked up, thinking about the man that I was thinking about things that I’d done, and also thinking about everything I missed out on. And the most important thing was a relationship with our daughter.

Hope: I want to give him this opportunity, mom. I want my father back in my life. See you later teeth stains.

Carter: I hope you don’t think I’m feeling sorry for myself. My eyes were wide open when we got involved. I knew you were married, and not just to any guy. You were… you’re mrs. Eric forrester. Eric’s love gives you a sense of self-worth and value, and I was naive to think you’d give that up to be with me.

Quinn: [Sighs] But I don’t want you to ever question what we shared. It was real, carter, it was as real as it gets. We told each other I love you!

Carter: And I meant it. I was ready to get rid of everything that mattered to me in L.A. To be with you, quinn. I would have cherished you.

Quinn: But I had to stay with my husband.

Carter: I know. So how are you? Um… I heard you guys were still facing challenges.

[Sighs]

Quinn: Where’d you hear that? Wait, let me guess brooke or katie or donna, or all of the above? Telling you, eric and I would be a lot less challenged if those logan women would just stay out of our lives.

Katie: My sisters and I have loved and cared for eric long before you came along. So, yeah, we’re going to be looking out for him, whether you like it or not. And here’s a tip: If you really want us to back off, you should stop giving us reasons to be concerned about him. If that’s even possible.

Hope: This moment means so much to me being able to stand here with both my parents. And I know it’s a rarity, but, mom, it doesn’t have to be. Like dad said, we’re family, and that will never change no matter how strange we’ve been in the past, what mistakes we might have made.

Deacon: I know I’ve made a lot. I was never around when I should have been in. And, look, most of the time when I was, I had an ulterior motive.

Brooke: Well, how do we know that it’s going to be different this time?

Deacon: Um… the context, I guess. I just got out of prison. Prison changes everyone. It changes you for the better or for the worse, but it changes you. I decided that I was going to change for the better, and in order to do that, it takes two things. The first is it takes getting honest. That means you have to reflect. The second is figuring out what’s important, and what’s important to me is this right here. This and the thought of having a chance to get out and do things better. You know, being in there just… just being still, it gave me the perspective I needed to commit to being the kind of father that’s worthy of his daughter. I will never let you down again, either one of you. Brooke, please, just… …give me this opportunity to be a father, to be a grandfather, maybe even a friend. But most of all, I need this opportunity to prove to myself that I’m worth a damn.

[Sighs] Look, I, uh… I just need you to let me in. I’ll do the rest.

Hope: Mom, please. He’s just asking for a chance to be the father I’ve always wanted, and how will we know it’s even possible if we don’t even try?

Brooke: And what if he hurts you again?

Hope: Then so be it. But what if he doesn’t?

Ridge: What is he doing here?

Hope: It’s okay, ridge.

Ridge: It’s not okay. Get out–

Deacon: Hang on a second–

[Talking over each other]

Brooke: Wait! Leave him alone.

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[ Relaxing music ]

Hope: I think the mission will love these donations.

Brooke: Oh, good. Anything to help.

Hope: Okay, so wait, let me get this straight. Eric and quinn almost divorced a while ago, but then they called it off.

Brooke: Well, that’s before he knew about aunt donna’s feelings for him. I really think they might have another chance together.

Hope: I think that’s great. I would love that for her. After so much time apart, finally able to reconnect.

Brooke: You’re not thinking about your dad, are you?

Deacon: Hey, you know, housekeeping will do that.

Sheila: You keep them busy enough.

Deacon: Hey sheila, you know, I’ve been locked up in a six by six cell for a very long time. Forgive me if I wanna spread out a little bit.

Sheila: Yeah, well, you have been locked up for a while, which is–I would think you would want a little more than just some space. We are in a relationship now.

Deacon: A fake one.

Sheila: And if you play along, our children are going to totally believe we’re in love.

Katie: Hi.

Donna: Hey.

Katie: Uh… what are you doing?

Donna: Um…I was going to call you. Eric wanted to see you alone.

Katie: What happened?

Donna: It’s over.

Quinn: You’re back. Did you speak with donna?

Eric: Yes. I explained the situation to her. I told her that you felt that our interaction was inappropriate.

Quinn: Eric, she used a personal problem in our marriage to get closer to you. She conspired with her sisters to break us up.

Eric: I said yes, quinn. I did what you asked.

Quinn: I hope you know how happy I am that you can be intimate again. It’s what we’ve been hoping for. It’s just… it’s just how it happened, and I don’t think that my request was out of bounds.

Eric: It’s what you needed from me. Donna is packing up her things now and leaving forrester as we speak.

Brooke: Oh, god. There is no way your father and sheila are romantically involved.

Hope: Could it be a trick? Could it be one of sheila’s manipulations? Sure. I just I don’t want to believe that dad would do that to me after everything.

Brooke: Honey, that’s why I don’t want you involved with him. Because he is going to disappoint you and let you down.

Hope: But that’s not the only reason, is it? You’ve pretty much steered me away from my father most of my life, but why, why are you so dead set against me getting to know him?

Katie: Eric, fired you?

Donna: No, no. I said I would leave.

Katie: This whole thing, donna, is quinn’s mess, it’s not yours. What happened between you and eric should not impact your employment.

Donna: She knows how I feel about eric.

Katie: So what? She doesn’t make decisions about who gets fired and hired around here.

Donna: Stop! It’s over. It’s over. Eric chose quinn.

Quinn: I’m sorry you feel so drained. I don’t want you thinking I’m being callous or unkind. I’m not getting any joy out of this.

Eric: I respect your feeling, but I feel that forcing donna out of the company’s a total overreaction.

Quinn: I don’T. She crossed a line with my husband. Eric, I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. But donna thinks that she belongs with you and that’s why she had to go.

Deacon: Hope, your son, the forresters, they’re not stupid. They’re going to see right through this performance.

Sheila: That’s why we need to make everyone believe that we are a couple. We’ve got to give them proof. And what could be more convincing than a paper trail?

Deacon: Great. My letters from hope. This is your big plan.

Sheila: Our letters. Passionate correspondence between lovers that are just dreaming about the day they can be together.

Deacon: Sheila carter. The only problem is I never wrote you. And if I did, it definitely wouldn’t be whatever fantasy you concocted in this little gem.

Sheila: But you wrote to brooke and bridget, hope over and over.

Deacon: Hope’s the only one who responded.

Sheila: The letters were returned.

Deacon: Yeah.

Sheila: What could be more human than a love story? I can use those returned letters as templates. I mean, it could be key to helping me create a perfect narrative. I’m trying to create history for us here, deacon. The story of our love affair, and it is going to be so compelling that finn and hope and even the almighty forresters will never once doubt that we’re in a relationship.

Brooke: My number one concern is for you, hope.

Hope: You don’t want dad to let me down again.

Brooke: No, and he most certainly will. Your father isn’t the man that you wish he was.

Hope: Mom, I can’t defend his judgment, but I also don’t want to just write him off and I don’t know why you want me to. Why you won’t even let me give him a chance and… that makes me think that there’s something more to this for you.

Brooke: I won’t deny that my history with your father is painful to me. And yes, I do want to just put it all behind me. I mean, having him here in town and wanting to have a relationship with you, that does worry me, hope. And it, it fills me with a lot of shame.

Front loader odor.

Deacon: Do you really think running a con on our kids is the best way to get them to believe we’ve changed? I just, I wanted to do things differently this time. I wanted to be honest, really connect with my kid.

Sheila: Me too. But the forresters are never going to allow that. They forced us into this deception.

Deacon: So what we just… fabricate a relationship and the evidence to prove it?

Sheila: We’ve done worse.

Deacon: Yeah, that’s kind of the problem.

Sheila: Okay, we’re just telling a story here, deacon. That’s not going to hurt anyone.

Deacon: Except us if they see through it. All right, so, um… so we’re supposed to be soulmates, right? Where was our first date?

Sheila: Knowing you, it was a cheap one.

Deacon: Did you pick me up when I got out of prison? Sheila, if we slip up, if we get caught in a lie, it’ll prove the forresters right and we’ll never get a second chance with our kids.

Sheila: Just follow my lead, okay? Everything’s going to be all right.

Hope: So, there’s nothing good you can say about deacon?

Brooke: Oh. Well… without him, I wouldn’t have you. You have to know how precious you are to me.

Hope: I can also tell that this is hurting your feelings.

Brooke: Okay, look. You can’t help who your father is, and none of this is your fault. It’s just that with deacon back in town, his presence here. I mean, ridge and I are in a good space, and I don’t want him to disrupt that in some way.

Hope: I thought you and ridge were solid, right?

Brooke: Yeah. It’s just–I mean, some things really hurt to remember.

Hope: Was your time with dad really that bad?

Brooke: I did some indefensible things. I mean, I said that it just happened, when really… I allowed it to happen. I allowed your father to, to seduce me in ways… with his charm and his charisma. I was alone. Ridge wasn’t there. And deacon was, was there for me. What are you doing?

Deacon: What we’ve both been thinking about all night long.

Brooke: I can’T.

Deacon: Do you want me to leave?

Brooke: No. I made a mistake. The worst betrayal of my life. I, you know, honey. I slept with my… daughter’s husband. But, you have to know that you weren’t one of them. Honey. I’m so blessed to have you in my life. I’m so thankful for that. Why give your family just ordinary eggs

Katie: You mean so much to eric. He shouldn’t force you out just because quinn wants him to.

Donna: Quinn is his priority, katie. Eric doesn’t want me to leave. She had no choice.

Quinn: Eric. We vowed to put each other first. To always defend ourselves and our marriage. Today, you did that for me.

Deacon: This fake relationship thing? This is a bad idea.

Sheila: No, it’s the opportunity we’ve been looking for. This could be the pathway back to their lives. I… finn is my last opportunity to prove that I can be the mother I know I can be. All those horrible things that steffy said about me… that was in my past. I’m not that woman anymore, deacon. I’ve, I’ve paid for my mistakes. My other children, they… they don’t want to see me. They won’t have anything to do with me. Finn is my lifeline. My future. Hope is yours. We can be with them, our grandchildren. Just stick to the plan, please.

Hope: Can you at least admit that you saw something in my father? That you felt something.

Deacon: Last night, I felt this incredible… sense of stillness, of calm. Like I’ve been living in some kind of hurricane and I finally made it to the eye of the storm, and it’s raging outside. And now all there is is peace. And quiet. And you.

Brooke: It was… it was complicated, sweetheart.

Hope: I know about all the negatives that surround that time, and deacon’s let me down in the past too. He’s let a lot of people down, but… I have to imagine you saw some goodness in him, right? Because, then otherwise, there wouldn’t be me.

Deacon: Baby, please, I can’t stand seeing you hurt like this. I just–I want to help you, please. We can get through this. Just be honest with me.

Brooke: Yes. Yes. I’m pregnant.

Deacon: Oh, my god. Oh, my god, you’re pregnant with my baby.

Brooke: We were just freaked out. But when I told him, he was happy. He’s had a really hard life, you know? And yeah, yeah, there’s some good qualities there.

Hope: Then why can’t I see him? Ridge isn’t perfect, but you always have his back, and besides, the two of you weren’t even together at that point. Ridge was off with taylor. He’s my dad, why… why don’t I get a say in this? I’ve basically been kept separated from my father my entire life. And I don’t think I deserve that.

Deacon: Yeah I love you so much. I don’t ever want you to think that your dad is leaving you because I’m not. I just want to give you the best life that you can have. You know, brooke, most people, they just have memories. But you and me got this beautiful, little girl. Do me a favor and just tell her I love her every chance you get. Someday, the storm is going to clear, brooke. And when it does, you better believe it. I’m going to be right there waiting for you.

Hope: I’m sorry, but he’s my father and… honestly, I-I think he’S… fascinating. He’s led a very, very interesting life. He’s protective. He’s sweet. He has a wicked sense of humor.

Brooke: He’s also–

Hope: He’s also my dad, mom. And I know I will probably be let down, and I know I might have a really hard lesson to learn, but at least let me be the one to learn it. And it might have been your mistake all those years ago to even let him into your life, but now I… I… I’m the one paying the price. I want him in my life, mom. I want to give him a chance. Are you really going to to rob me of that? My own father?

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Finn: Steffy, what you overheard–

Steffy: What I heard was hope injecting herself in our marriage and in our family. Implying that you could have a relationship with sheila.

Hope: Actually what I said was–

Steffy: I can’t believe you are advocating for that woman!

Hope: I’m not doing that. I was simply trying to point out–

Steffy: What? How unfair it is that you’re forbidden to see your dad and his birth mom? Nothing about this is unfair. I mean, come on. They’re poison. Everything that sheila and deacon touch turns to poison. I mean, how can you not see that? You should be telling him to stay away from her. Not saying the exact opposite!

[Dramatic music]

Brooke: You sure you won’t join me?

Katie: No, no. I’m just keeping you company. I had a lovely lunch earlier.

Brooke: Yeah, so you said. Looking for somebody?

Katie: No, no. I’m sure he’s back at his office by now.

Brooke: He?

Katie: Never mind. So, what do you think about eric asking to talk to donna alone? I mean, what do you think he’s gonna say to her?

Brooke: I know what I’m hoping he’ll say. That he’s ready to dump quinn once and for all.

[Gentle music]

[Sighing]

Shauna: I got here as fast as I could. So, what happened with donna?

Quinn: That’s what I’m wondering.

Shauna: You don’t know? I mean, earlier you said that you were gonna confront her. Did you see her?

Quinn: Yeah, yeah. And eric is with her now. Doing what he should’ve done from the start.

Doonna: You wanted to talk to me… about our future?

Eric: Yes, especially after everything that’s happened. I think it’s time, don’t you?

Brooke: Can you imagine how much saner eric’s life would be with donna? She can give him so much more than quinn ever could. That’s why quinn’s flipping out.

Katie: Yeah, I know, but it’s not like donna put the moves on eric. There was no affair. But quinn still blames her anyway.

Brooke: Oh, blaming is one thing, but threatening? That’s uncalled for.

Katie: I don’t blame donna for feeling like her life was in danger. I mean, I would’ve felt the same way.

Brooke: Quinn is erratic. There’s no telling what she might do.

Quinn: Oh my god, shauna. The very thought of my husband and donna logan. Ugh!

Shauna: I know you’re disgusted and why wouldn’t you be? It had to be so painful hearing what hasn’t happened between you and eric happened between donna and eric.

Eric: My whole world lights up when I look at your face. It does. All my troubles fade away. Everything’s gone except how happy you make me.

Donna: Well, when you’re happy, I’m happy. That’s all I’ve ever wanted, eric.

Eric: I know. I know, and that means so much to me. Donna, I had to be… I had to be honest with quinn. I had to tell her what had happened. I owed her that much. And you could imagine it didn’t go well with her. It’s impossible for her to accept.

Finn: I think you’re reading a little more into this than what there is.

Steffy: Are you saying I didn’t hear what I heard?

Finn: No, but you didn’t hear everything. If you had, you’d know hope and I are just trying to deal with a situation that isn’t easy for anyone.

Hope: Yeah, and like it or not steffy, your husband and I, we have something in common which is parents with very, very troubled pasts.

Finn: Parents that we’ve been told we can’t see again.

Steffy: You know why? You know why liam feels the same? Because if you have any interaction with sheila, you put our family in jeopardy. That woman is dangerous. I know she keeps telling you that she’s not, that she’s reborn. But this woman manipulates. You know that. She’s making you a target. And hope, deacon’s making you a target. Please tell me you understand. Want your clothes to smell freshly washed

Brooke: It’s impossible to know what quinn might do. So I’d rather focus on what eric will do.

Katie: Asking to talk to donna’s got to be a good sign, right?

Brooke: I hope so. But, you know, quinn won’t give up without a fight.

Katie: I can only imagine what quinn has said to eric about this.

Brooke: Hopefully eric realizes he’s had enough of quinn. Especially now that there’s an undeniable connection between him and donna.

Katie: Yeah, I’m sure quinn is well aware of that connection by this time too.

Quinn: Course I’m happy that eric had this breakthrough. But, I mean, how can I not be hurt under the circumstances? My husband was aroused by not me, but another woman. And not just any woman, a logan woman. Which makes it so much worse.

Shauna: Quinn, you’ve had to put up with your share from all of them.

Quinn: I know, we both have. Life would be so much better without those sanctimonious logan sisters.

[Scoffing] Katie shows up at all hours of the day and night, just to hold eric’s hand. And brooke sticking her nose in any chance she gets, and then donna just vamping her way up to my husband. That is why I told eric he needs to cut donna out of our lives completely.

Donna: Obviously there’s no love lost between quinn and me. But, I understand why she was so upset. I mean, it must’ve been so painful to hear that. But, I hope she didn’t take it out on you.

Eric: I don’t want to talk about quinn right now, I want to talk about you and me. Mostly you. And…and about… the decision I’ve made. And the effect it’s gonna have on both of our futures.

Donna: Tell me! Tell me, please. You’re killing me with the suspense. What have you decided?

Finn: You think all I am to sheila is someone to be manipulated? She doesn’t have any genuine feelings for me?

Steffy: I didn’t say that.

Finn: No, but it’s what you implied when you said I’m her target.

[Sighs]

Steffy: I’m not trying to be harsh, or controlling. I know you and hope are in a terrible position. Under different circumstances, liam and I and the whole family would have your back. But we’re talking about sheila and deacon. Think about all the heartache they’ve caused, all the devastation, and I don’t want that to happen again. I don’t want you to be another casualty of sheila’s cruelty. And I don’t want that for you where deacon’s concerned.

Hope: And I appreciate that, steffy, I do. And look, I’m weary of sheila too, and I know that my father is no saint. But, is it really fair for you and liam, and everyone else to tell us to cut our parents out of our lives forever without even giving them a real chance? I mean, no, I don’t think so.

Finn: Obviously, there’s different ways of seeing this. I just, I don’t want things to get contentious between you two.

Steffy: Neither do I. But I need to know you both really hear me on this.

Hope: We hear you. But, can you say the same for what we’re trying to tell you? Look, if you don’t mind. I actually– I’d like to speak to steffy alone.

Steffy: I’d like to speak to hope too. We’ll be fine.

Finn: Okay. I love you. And I love our family. And I get why you’re concerned about sheila. Never doubt that, okay?

[Dramatic music]

Steffy: Before you say anything, I just want to be clear about one thing. If you want a relationship with deacon, that’s on you. That’s your prerogative. But keep finn out of it. And our marriage.

Shauna: You told eric that donna had to go?

Quinn: She completely disrespected me and our marriage.

Shauna: Those logans are such hypocrites. Chastising you for having an affair with carter? But encouraging donna to have an affair with eric? I mean, where do they get off?

Quinn: I know! Donna had to know that eric was vulnerable. There is no way that I can turn a blind eye to this. I had to tell eric that he needed to respect me. I had to insist that he honor me. That he give donna the boot from the office and our personal lives. He should be doing that right now.

Eric: I’m not sure I can explain to you how it felt to me as a man to have such a wonderful breakthrough with you as I did. And I went home, expecting to be able to make love to my wife in a way that we hadn’t in months and months. And when I wasn’t able to I… well, we both know why it didn’t happen. I felt something for you. I’ve never known anyone with a more wonderful huge heart than yours. I never will again. Once upon a time there was a reindeer named tiptoe

Hope: I am not trying to interfere in your marriage.

Steffy: If you’re getting into finn’s head about sheila, that’s exactly what you’re doing.

Hope: No, we just– we have something in common. I mean, my dad and his mom–

Steffy: His birth mom.

Hope: Them…seeing them together, and then hearing that they’re in a relationship. It just–

Steffy: I can’t believe you’re actually buying that.

Hope: Well, I don’t think I do. Steffy, my guard is up when it comes to sheila, and I understand how this may look given my concerns about taylor in the past. But we only just got them back. Can’t we at least give them time to prove us right or wrong? Is it that bad that finn and I just wanna see if they’ve grown and if they’ve changed. It’s about second chances, steffy.

Steffy: We’ve already given sheila a second chance. And a third chance. And a fourth chance. I mean, I just…I thank god finn didn’t have to go through that nightmare that woman put my family through. Yours too.

Hope: And I’m thankful for that too. We’re just…we’re trying to help each other out.

Steffy: Okay, if you wanna help me out, if you want to help finn out, tell him to stay away from sheila, and you should stay away from deacon. They’re dangerous. And we need to be thinking about the children.

Hope: And given what I have been through in the past, I am well aware of that. But it’s not as cut and dry for us, steffy. They are our parents. And our feelings are different about it. And you know, finn, he’s become a friend to me and we are just trying to help each other navigate through a really complicated situation.

Steffy: It’s not that complicated. It is not that complicated at all. Sheila and deacon should still be behind bars. This relationship is a manipulation to get to you. And finn! And it’s actually working. I thought we talked about putting the family first. Putting the children first.

Hope: Yes, but steffy, sheila and deacon are a part of our families.

Steffy: No, I’m never gonna accept sheila as part of my family. I’m never gonna do that. Look, whatever you decide to do about deacon, that’s on you. But when it comes to sheila and finn, stay out of it. And stay out of my marriage.

Brooke: It could be happening at this very moment. Eric and donna reuniting.

Katie: One thing’s for sure, our sister is so much better for eric than quinn.

Brooke: [Sighs] Yep.

Quinn: Eric knows how important this is to me. And if he respects me and our marriage, donna will be gone from our lives today.

Eric: It’s impossible to deny that something wonderful happened between us. You’re able to reach me in a way that… that quinn was not able to. You’re so different, the two of you. She’s this force of nature, and you’re this calm, loving woman. You’ve loved me all this time?

Donna: I’ve always loved you, eric. Always will. What? What is it, eric? What’s wrong?

Eric: You know how seriously I take my commitments. How serious I am about my vows to quinn. She feels that you’ve disrespected her and our marriage, and she wants you gone from forrester creations and from our lives for good.

Donna: Uh, she threatened the same thing to me, but–

Eric: I know.

Donna: Wait, don’T… don’t tell me that you… you’re gonna…

Eric: I’m sorry, donna. After everything… everything we’re done together, everything you’ve meant to me, I’m so… I’m sorry. I didn’t want it to end this way. Uh… but I want to honor my wife’s wishes. I hate telling you this.

Donna: Stop. Stop. Stop. Just stop. I’m gonna clean out my desk. It’s okay. It’s okay. I don’t want to make this any harder for you than it already is. Just know that… I will cherish our memories. And I will always hold them close. And I wish that we could make more together. But don’t forget one thing… my love for you is constant. It will never waver. You are the one great love of my life, eric forrester. And nothing, or nobody, will ever change that.

[Door closing]

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Liam: You know, I was– I was positive kelly would be exhausted after our hike.

Steffy: Yeah! Have you met our daughter?

Liam: I know. Apparently not. I couldn’t even keep up with her.

Steffy: Yeah, she was like, 10 feet ahead of us.

[Laughing]

Liam: Yeah, well, now she and hayes can wear amelia out at the park.

Steffy: Aw, those sweet little angel babies. I never want them out of my sight.

Liam: Yeah, I know that feeling.

Steffy: I mean, our kids are our life.

Liam: Kind of defeats the purpose if we don’t protect them, doesn’t it?

Steffy: That’s why it’s so important to keep sheila and deacon out of our lives for good.

[Bird whistles]

Finn: Hope?

Hope: Finn, hi. Um, steffy actually isn’t here, right now. She’s out with liam and kelly.

No, I know, I know. Uh, I actually came by to see you.

Donna: I’m trying to stay calm but honestly I’m– I’m still a little rattled.

>>[Brooke sighs] I’d feel the same way if quinn cornered me like that.

Donna: Thank you. She was furious, brooke.

Katie: Hello, my beautiful sissies.

Brooke: Oh, why are you all smiley?

Katie: Oh, I just had a lovely lunch at il giardino.

Brooke: Ooh, making me crave that chopped salad.

Katie: I know, it’s so good. Donna, what’s going on? What’s wrong?

[Donna scoffs]

Donna: Think about it. Who is the craziest person we know?

Brooke: Yeah, quinn was here earlier.

Katie: Oh.

Donna: She knows. She knows about what happened between eric and me.

Quinn: I can’t believe you and donna logan.

Eric: Quinn, this is not at all what you’re making it out to be.

[Quinn scoffs] We should be celebrating this breakthrough! This is such good news after so many months– you finally being yourself again– but for it– for it to have happened not with me, but with donna. She’s trying to sabotage our marriage. And I am not going to let that happen. And you need to promise me you’re not going to let it happen either.

Liam: Yeah, as if the two of them aren’t bad enough on their own. Now they’re– they’re claiming to be a couple?

Steffy: Yeah, it’s just so weird. I mean, they do have a lot in common. They’re both con artists.

Liam: Yeah, they’ve both been locked away for committing crimes against your family.

Steffy: Hope’s family, too.

Liam: I know. And now they’re in love.

Hope: Actually, my um, my dad just texted.

Finn: What’d he say?

Hope: He just said he’s thinking of me… I haven’t written back yet.

Finn: Yeah, sheila’s been reaching out, too. I haven’t responded. We both know how steffy feels about my birth mother.

Hope: Ugh, yeah well, liam’s attitude about deacon isn’t much better.

Finn: So what do we do?

Katie: Quinn knows?

Brooke: Yes, she does. And she’s already coming after donna.

Donna: She confronted me when I was in here, all by myself.

Katie: Are you okay? Did she hurt you?

Donna: No. But, I am not exaggerating when I said, I was seriously scared for my life. I mean, there’s– there’s no telling what quinn might do.

Quinn: We will get through this. Together. But not if donna is making a play for you.

Eric: Quinn, that’s not at all what donna–

Quinn: She’s in love with you. Eric. She wants you. But I’m your wife and I am asking you to honor that. And if you respect me, if you respect our marriage, you will fire donna right away.

Liam: I mean, sheila’s proven time and time again that she’s just not interested in respecting boundaries.

Steffy: No. She came into my home and she was holding my baby.

Liam: Yeah, how– how has finn been since then? Is he a little better about trying to keep her away?

Steffy: I mean, I know it’s difficult for him. Feels guilty about it.

Liam: Yeah, well, I’m sure that’s exactly how sheila wants him to feel.

Steffy: Yeah, you get it. So do I. But when it comes to hope and finn, it’s their parents and I think they’re trying to see something good inside.

Liam: Yeah, I get that. It’s just know, in deacon’s case, he just keeps disappointing hope. Over and over again. And that’s what bothers me about that. Like, I don’t want her to have to experience that same pain all over again.

Steffy: The same goes with finn. I don’t want that. But you know, sheila and deacon are gonna try to sell this ridiculous romance, come on.

Liam: I know, I know. That’s just got to be another angle. Right?

Steffy: Most definitely. This is something straight outta sheila carter’s playbook.

Liam: Yeah, I mean I gotta think, it’s just another manipulation to try to worm their way back into the family.

Steffy: Of course, it is. That’s why we need to stay firm on this. We have to make sure finn and hope stay far away from sheila and deacon.

Finn: I wish I wanted nothing to do with sheila. But, I’m curious. You know? Like, who is she underneath that hard surface? I mean, what made her that way? What was her childhood like?

Hope: She’s your birth mom, finn. It’s natural to feel a connection.

Finn: Yeah. But I also get why no one trusts her. I’d never make excuses for what she’s done. I dunno. I wish things were different. I missed out on a huge part of my life. I just want a chance to get to know her a little better.

Hope: I certainly have my issues with sheila. But as someone who’s father has basically been labeled a pariah since before I was even born… I also get your frustration, too. Yeah, I missed out on a lot of time with my dad and now beth, she’s not even going to get to meet her grandfather?

Finn: It’s not like we’re saying our parents are innocent…

[Hope chuckles] No, not by a longshot. I mean, they did this to themselves.

Finn: It sucks. You and I, we’re stuck in the middle. All right, we’re married to two people who literally despise them.

Hope: Yup, and now our parents are complicating matters even more now that they are supposedly in a relationship together.

Quinn: I love you, eric. And despite everything that happened, I know that you love me, too. But I need you to show me. I need you to show me that we are a priority to you. And I need you to prove that to me by telling donna that she will no longer be a part of our lives.

Katie: The fact is, eric has a connection with you that he doesn’t have with quinn. And he never will.

Brooke: Thank god he’s finally realizing he’s been with the wrong woman all these years.

Donna: I’ve always adored eric, I have. And there’s nothing I want more… but honestly, I’ve– I’ve just been too afraid to allow myself to think that it could even happen. And I’m not gonna interfere with that marriage.

Brooke: I know. Of course not. I mean, what happened was innocent.

Katie: Well, it was but on another level, it wasn’T. I mean, what happened was profound. It was a sign that eric can’t connect with quinn. Not because of some physical problem, but because he can’t connect with her emotionally and psychologically.

Brooke: Because she’s betrayed him so many times.

Katie: If he loved her once, it’s gone now.

Brooke: You’re the person that he’s longing for… the kind of bond that he deserves.

Katie: Eric belongs with you.

Steffy: I feel for finn, what this must be like for him.

Liam: Yeah, well hope’s in a crap position, too. I mean deacon’s, he’s always caused trouble for the family. He’s always been a conman but hope– I dunno. She just doesn’t want to see him for who he is because she’s a loving, caring daughter, right? And– and, the idea of cutting him out of her life completely, it’s a hard pill to swallow.

Steffy: I’d probably feel the same. But they have to protect themselves and they have to keep our children safe.

Liam: I agree. It’s just– I don’t even wanna appear like I’m telling hope how to live her life– like, who she can and can’t associate with. I don’t want to be that guy.

Steffy: I’m not enjoying this. This isn’t fun. But this is what has to be done. We can’t give them a chance just because deacon is beth’s grandfather, and sheila is… hayes’ grandmother. Liek, we can’t risk that. We need to be united on this. We need to stand together and be on high alert for all of our sakes: Our children and our families.

Finn: Did they really fall for each other?

Hope: Or are we the ones falling for some scheme?

Finn: I’d like to give our parents the benefit of the doubt. I’d like to see them happy. I mean, why not?

Hope: Well, they certainly appear interested in improving themselves and their circumstances but question is, are they a good influence on each other?

Finn: That remains to be seen.

Hope: Hm, yeah, I guess so…

Finn: But look, it’s not like we have any say in the matter. It’s their lives. And isn’t it possible they’ve learned from their mistakes?

Hope: It is possible although in sheila’s case, she does have some pretty big demons to overcome.

Finn: I’m not denying that. But people can be rehabilitated. Deacon said he walked out of that cell a new man. And I know my mom regrets everything that she’s done. If it was my choice– if I’m being honest, I… might be willing to give sheila and deacon the opportunity to prove themselves.

Hope: I… might consider it, too…

Finn: But it’s not only up to us.

Hope: Well no, of course not. I mean, we have our kids to think about. You have steffy, I have liam. Although unfortunately, it looks like steffy and liam they don’t believe or will ever believe that our parents deserve a second chance.

Katie: You’ve been so respectful, standing on the sidelines. But this is your moment. You and eric should give each other the happiness that you both deserve.

Donna: I have wanted that more than anything. And if you really think that this marriage could be over, then I could–

Brooke: It is. And you and eric are already so close.

Donna: This is the first moment I actually have a glimmer of hope… that– that eric and i could actually be together.

Katie: There you go. There it is. That is the attitude you should be having.

[Katie and brooke chuckling]

Brooke: Oh, honey. You just have to have faith that it’s going to happen. Okay?

Donna: I love you too, so much. Thank you for all of your love and support.

Eric: Sorry to interrupt, ladies.

Katie: Oh, um. You’re not interrupting.

Eric: You all look very happy together.

Brooke: Well, the days ahead are suddenly looking much brighter.

Katie: Yes, we have an awful lot to be encouraged about.

Eric: Would you mind terribly if I took a moment alone with this one, here?

Katie: No, no, not at all.

Eric: Thank you.

Katie: Brooke and i can make ourselves scarce.

Brooke: Yes, uh, how about that chopped salad…

Donna: I– I wanted to talk to you too, actually. Quinn knows about what happened with us. I’m so sorry.

Eric: No, no, it’s all right. I know she knows. She overheard brooke and me talking and so I, I felt I owed it to her to be honest. That’s why I want to see you.

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Finn: Steffy has every right in the world to want sheila gone from our lives. There’s no repairing the damage inflicted on the forrester family. I get that. But it doesn’t make it any easier on my end.

Hope: Of course, not.

Finn: All this wondering if there’s you know, somehow, some way I could get to know my birth mother on my own terms. That dream has gone out the window. But steffy and I, we go hand in hand. We have to function as a team.

Hope: Well, absolutely. But it is still a tough situation. You know, I get it. It’s similar with deacon. Am I proud of the choices that he has made in his life? No. And I don’t even know the half of it but he’s still my dad. And I don’t want to be another unforgiving, untrusting person in his life right now. Look, ridge was a good stepfather… but for better or for worse, deacon is my father and I want to believe that he has changed.

Finn: Well look, at least they’ve got each other now. Sheila and deacon. I mean, if what they’re saying is true– I don’t know about you I feel comforted knowing that sheila’s not alone. I felt like a jerk every time I gotta ask her to leave and tell her, to get out. She can’t be here.

Hope: I have to admit it does feel a little unfair that we’re basically being forbidden from seeing our own parents.

Steffy: Excuse me? Are you serious, hope? What are you saying to finn?

Finn: We were discussing our parents and how–

Steffy: How what? How psychotic sheila is, how dangerous she is? She tried to shoot my mother, she kidnapped yours. And now you’re questioning why I want her out of my life?

Hope: Woah, that is not what I was saying, steffy.

Steffy: This is my husband. My marriage. My family. You keep your bad advice to yourself.

Brooke: So you have to see what this means, right? The woman that could make you truly, truly happy is my sister. Donna.

[Pants lightly]

Quinn: I don’t want you to be around her ever again except to go to the office and tell her clean out her desk and never set foot in forrester creation or our home ever again.

Donna: You wanted to see me?

Eric: Yes.

Donna: Eric, I’m so sorry. I– I might have overstepped by telling my sisters but they were just hounding me…

Eric: Donna, it’s okay. It’s all right. It really is.

Donna: No, but brooke shouldn’t have come to your house and for quinn to overhear like that? She should have heard it from you. But my sisters have always believed that maybe you and I would get back together… but I would never, I would never interfere with your marriage. You know that. What we shared, it was a hug, an innocent hug that was sweet, that was tender and then, I don’t know, something unexpected occurred.

Eric: I know.

[Donna chuckles] And I tried to explain that to quinn, I did, I tried, that neither you or I wanted this to happen–

Eric: I know. I told her that.

Donna: Oh.

Eric: I know that but she doesn’t believe it.

Donna: Wait. Okay, so you– you spoke to quinn about this.

Eric: Yes, I did. She’s uh, she’s very upset. Donna, I had a chance to do some uh, some self-examination, some real thinking about myself and my moving forward in my life. And I’ve made a decision. You know how much you mean to me. And not just now, I mean, all the time we were married and now this whole revelation to me– you’ve brought me back to life! I feel whole again. I feel like I’m reborn. You need to know how much, how much I love you, how much you mean to me, how grateful I am. You know that, right?

[Donna chuckles bashfully] Well– you know how I feel, eric.

Eric: Yeah, I do. That’s why I wanted to talk to you about us. About you and me, about our past and everything we’ve been through… and our future.

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Quinn: Don’t try me, donna. I promise you’ll regret it.

Donna: I’m not trying to do anything, quinn. Okay?

[Whimpering] I don’t want to fight with you. I don’t want to fight with you!

Qui: Then you keep your hands off my husband.

Donna: I don’t know what you think–

Quinn: Oh, no, no, no! Don’t you dare try to play innocent with me. I heard eric and brooke talking. I know what you were up to! You’re going after my husband–

Donna: No–

Quinn: So you should consider yourself warned. Back off! Or I will make sure eric never sees or hears from you ever again.

Brooke: Eric, do you really need to tell quinn what happened between you and donna?

Eric: Absolutely. She’s my wife, brooke. Look, I had this breakthrough, this breakthrough I thought would ner ul granted, it was with somebody else and so I think she deserves to know the truth.

Brooke: Yeah, well, if it were anybody else but quinn, I would understand that. But, you know, quinn has a history of losing her temper in a major way.

Eric: I’ll be able to handle quinn.

Brooke: Well, I know you will. But what if she goes after my sister?

Katie: You’re holding my hand.

Carter: You noticed.

Katie: It’s kind of hard not to.

Carter: It’s a nice hand. Very soft.

Katie: Hasn’t been held in a long time.

Carter: Is this okay?

Katie: Yeah. Yeah, I don’t mind a bit.

[Katie chuckling]

Katie: Oh!

Carter: Uh. Thank you.

Katie: Looks good.

Carter: Yeah, yeah it does. So um, back to the news about eric. He had A… physical reaction to donna.

Katie: Yeah, pretty crazy, right? I mean, it’s something that hasn’t happened with quinn. I think that speaks volumes about how he really feels about his wife.

Carter: And you think i should pursue a relationship with quinn if she and eric don’t make it?

Katie: No. No, I didn’t say that.

Carter: Well, it’s– it’s the way it sounded.

Katie: No. I was just wondering how you would feel if quinn were suddenly available. I’m not advocating for you to be with her at all. I think that you deserve someone better, someone who respects you and appreciates you and… who always put you first.

Brooke: I’m just saying, quinn’s not the most stable person I’ve ever met. So, it’s entirely possible she could blame donna and go off on her.

Eric: Look, I’ll make it clear that donna did absolutely nothing wrong. You don’t have to be concerned.

Donna: Quinn I– I just– I just– I– I wanna get back to my desk, please.

Quinn: I don’t think you fully understand me.

Donna: Just… let me go–

Quinn: Eric is my husband and I will not tolerate you disrespecting me or my marriage. And I won’t sit back quietly while you make moves on my husband. What I will do… is make you pay. Hi susan! Honey?

Katie: I know that your feelings for quinn run deep. She could have cost you everything and you were willing to pay the price. Build a life with her, away from los angeles.

Carter: If quinn said yes, I would’ve walked away from everything I’ve built here and never looked back. But… she didn’T. She went back to eric and, and– what am i supposed to do with that?

Katie: So, what are you saying? You wouldn’t want to be with quinn even if you had the chance?

Brooke: Those of us who are reasonable and who know donna, know that she would never do anything wrong. She doesn’t have a deceptive bone in her body.

Eric: Truer words. No one’s ever been more open or genuine than donna has.

Brooke: Well, she’s a good person. She has good morals and good values. And she would never interfere in your marriage.

Eric: I know that.

Brooke: You know that but does quinn know that? And you did say that you’re gonna tell her donna did nothing wrong. But you know quinn: When she feels wronged or slighted, she just gets that stuck in her head? Donna is a lover, not a fighter. And quinn… well, she’s been known to go off on people. She can be dangerous. I’m just worried about my sister.

Eric: I know. It’s going to be okay.

Brooke: Okay.

Eric: Go on.

Donna: You– you’re misinterpreting everything, okay? I… I didn’t come on to eric. I didn’T. I swear– we shared a hug and that’s it!

Quinn: Must have been some hug.

Donna: Okay. Ah! I could see how, uh, you would be hurt that he responded to another woman, but I swe–

Quinn: But– but nothing. No, I don’t want to hear your excuses, I don’t want to hear your justifications. You– you think you can have anyone or anything you want. You are so… self-righteous! And high and mighty. You, and brooke, and katie– you look down your hypocritical noses at me like you have never done anything wrong, you’ve never done anything that you’ve ever regretted. I know I’ve made mistakes. I’ve owned up to them. I’ve apologized for them. I’ve asked eric to forgive me but it doesn’t justify you going after my husband.

Donna: No. I–

Quinn: It must bug you! Doesn’t it? I mean, it must really, really get to you that eric chose me. That eric, wanted me to be his wife. Handsome eric forrester wanted to be saddled for life with a piece of trash like me.

Donna: I have never called you that.

Quinn: You didn’t have to. It’s written all over your face. It is. Yeah. Wait, you’re, you’re the “sweet” logan, right? I mean, you’re the good one that balances out the arrogance and the entitlement of the other two. Donna, you don’t have to come right out and tell me how awful you think I am because that’s what brooke and katie do. You just need to sit outside at your little desk and you just need to wait and wait until you see your opportunity to pounce.

Donna: That’s so not fair–

Quinn: I am not letting you steal my husband. I am going to do everything I have to do to protect my marriage. And if that means that I have to eliminate you from our lives forever… so be it. You try to stay ahead of the mess

Carter: It’s funny. I can’t believe we’ve known each other for this long and this is the first time we’re sitting down and having a conversation.

Katie: Right?

Carter: It’s nice. I enjoy talking with you, katie.

Katie: Yeah, same here.

Carter: Hoping for more of it.

Katie: Oh, I think that’s a pretty safe bet.

Carter: You said earlier that I deserve someone who appreciates me.

Katie: Yeah, I meant it.

Carter: And I can say the same for you, as well. You’re special, katie. And I was never convinced that bill is worthy. Probably shouldn’t have said that. I just think so highly of you. I mean, you’re this amazing businesswoman. You’re smart and accomplished. But there’s this other side to you: You’re warm and you’re funny. Vulnerable. And I mean that in the best possible way. I mean, you’re open and honest. It’s a compliment.

Katie: Thank you.

Carter: And I’m aware of some of the struggles you’ve been through but you never let it change you. Wonderful mother to will, good friend and sister– katie, I don’t know– I don’t know where this strength comes from. I know you may feel you’ve been in brooke and donna’s shadow but… I see you.

[Door creaks]

Brooke: Oh! When I didn’t see you at your desk, I thought that you were out to lunch.

Donna: Yeah. Yeah, I don’t think that um, I could really eat right now.

Brooke: Well, I’m sure that you’re distracted given everything that’s happening with eric. It’s pretty significant that he responded to you and not–

Donna: K. I don’t want to come between them, brooke. How many times have I said that?

Brooke: Are you all right?

Donna: I’m trying to be.

Brooke: Did something happen?

Yes. Quinn happened. She was here. And she knows. She knows what happened with eric and me.

Eric: Quinn, there you are.

Quinn: Yep. Here I am.

Eric: Everything alright?

Quinn: I’m fine.

Eric: I think not. What is it?

Quinn: I think you know, eric. When were you going to tell me?

Eric: Tell you what?

Quinn: About you and donna.

Eric: Ah… how did you, um–

Quinn: Oh, I overheard you and brooke talking.

Eric: It’s not what I can see you’re probably thinking…

Quinn: All this time… you weren’t able to make it happen with me… but you could with donna? Donna logan?

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Katie: Well, I’m flattered that I’ve caught your attention. Feeling’s mutual.

Carter: You don’t have to say that. Katie: Oh, come on. How could I not notice the most eligible bachelor that forrester has ever seen? I mean, it is baffling to me that you’re still unattached.

Carter: Well, I am looking to change that. I want a woman I can build a future with.

Katie: And you thought that woman was quinn? Sorry. I’m gonna rein in my disdain. I know that you, um, have feelings for her.

Carter: Yeah, but I’m looking forward. From this vantage point, I… I see good things ahead.

Katie: It’s funny. So do I.

Donna: I mean, something is seriously wrong with that woman. I mean, who acts like that?

Brooke: What happened?

Donna: I was– I was here by myself, straightening up and then suddenly the door slams and there’s quinn behind me, glaring at me with her crazy eyes. And then I tried to leave and she stepped in front of me…

Brooke: What? She wouldn’t let you leave?

Donna: No. No. And then she got in my face and said she knew what I was up to with her husband and– well, then she ranted and raved about us.

Brooke: Us?

Donna: Yeah, you, me, and katie. And then she pinned me up against that desk with a freaking chair!

Brooke: Wait– I– okay, I don’t understand because eric said he hadn’t told quinn yet, so how did she find out?

Donna: She overheard you talking to eric last night.

Brooke: Oh.

Eric: I’m sorry you had to find out that way. I was going to tell you.

Quinn: When?

Eric: Now. I shouldn’t have put it off.

Quinn: So, you uh… you really felt something with donna. Oh. Well… that is, um… that’s significant. And I’m so happy. I’m happy for you. The more I think about it, the more I come to realize that um, this problem you were having– it wasn’t about you, it was about me. And I– I– I I know some day that– that it will be between us again, right? That– that it’ll be us. But until then, I need to know– I need to know what happened with donna so um, so I can understand.

Eric: It was innocent, quinn.

Quinn: I really find that hard to believe.

Eric: I see that. But, it was. Look, she and I have been talking lately and she’s been concerned about me.

Quinn: Because she’s in love with you.

Eric: Yes, I know that now. And I held her. And it wasn’t sexual. It was about friendship and history. But yes, something did happen.

Quinn: Twice.

Eric: Yeah… the first time…

Quinn: Was that night, the night you came in to the house and you practically swept me off my feet. And you said, “I don’t even wanna have dinner. I just wanna take you upstairs and make love to you. That was about donna–

Eric: No, that– that was about you and me. I wanted to have sex with you.

Quinn: I don’t get it. I know I made mistakes, eric. And, and I know that I hurt you but…

Eric: Donna did nothing wrong.

Quinn: Donna and her sisters have been attacking me and our marriage since day one! And I have had to bite my tongue and I have had to take their condescending attitude because you hold those logan sisters in such high esteem! I wanted it to happen with me! And it will. I know it will. It’ll happen, it’ll happen between us. I’m sure of that. But until then, I want donna to be gone. I mean it. Eric, I will not accept such blatant disrespect. I don’t want to see donna here, anymore.

Eric: What?

Quinn: I don’T. Want to see donna’s face ever again. I don’t want you to be around her ever again, except to go to the office and tell her, clean out her desk and never set foot in forrester creation or our home ever again!

Eric: Quinn, you’re overreact–

Quinn: No! I am not overreacting! Not after what donna has done. I need you to respect me, eric! I am your wife! I need you to honor me! If you care about our marriage, if you think it has even the chance to survive, you need to tell donna to get out of forrester creations and out of our lives. Forever.

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Brooke: It’s not that you don’t have passion or desire, it’s just that you don’t have that with quinn. You couldn’t with quinn but you could with donna. Twice. Eric. That means quinn isn’t the woman you’re supposed to be with. The woman that can make you truly, truly happy is my sister. Donna.

Shauna: Quinn? I got your text. It sounded urgent.

Quinn: It is.

Shauna: What’s wrong?

Quinn: What’s wrong? Oh, I don’t know. I dunno. How about my marriage being under attack again by the logans?

Shauna: Oh, no. What is brooke up to now?

Quinn: Nope. Not brooke this time, donna.

Brooke: I was just trying to help.

Donna: I know, I know. I just wish you wouldn’t had gone to eric about what happened between us.

Brooke: Why not?

Brooke: Somebody’s gotta be your advocate.

Donna: I love you for wanting to be that for me but please, just let eric make his own decision. I don’t want you or anyone else making this more difficult for him!

Carter: Hey, I got your message. About meeting up…

Katie: Um, yeah, yeah. Thanks for coming. Sit.

Carter: Of course. So, what’s going on? Why did you want to see me? So, let me guess… legal advice.

Katie: Maybe. But not for me. For eric and quinn.

Carter: Well, it might be best to talk to a different lawyer given my um, let’s just call it complicated history with them.

Katie: Yeah, well that’s– that’s kind of why I’m reaching out to you. Something is going on that you should know about. Something having to do with eric and quinn… and donna.

Donna: I don’t know how I keep embarrassing myself. No– okay. No more talking at work. From now on it’s just… “forrester creations, how may I direct your call?” And that is it.

Eric: Yeah, that sounds pretty boring. I much prefer walking in here and overhearing these thoughtful words of yours. It’s uh, much appreciated.

Brooke: Uh so, um, eric. Did you get a chance to think more about what I said yesterday?

Eric: Uh, brooke… listen, I realize you’re just trying to protect me–

Donna: Brooke, you’ve got to stop putting him on the spot like this.

Brooke: I’m not. C’mon. What happened with you and what didn’t happened with quinn… I mean, that speaks volumes–

Eric: Ugh, brooke. Please, please.

Brooke: Eric, eric, I am thrilled for you. I’m relieved that this problem isn’t permanent. And my relief goes beyond that, okay? I’m just happy that maybe you’ll be able to trust again, maybe find commitment again. To know love.

Shauna: Donna?

Quinn: You’re never gonna believe what I overheard. Brooke was over here, yesterday talking to eric. They had no idea I was listening in… what I want to do to that woman– what she was encouraging eric to do…

Shauna: Encouraging what?

Quinn: And I can’t even believe that eric would hurt me this way, not after everything we’ve been through.

Shauna: Okay, you are not making any sense. And, you need to take a deep breath and calm down. Tell me what happened. Because it sounds like you’re trying to tell me that eric cheated on you. And you and I both know that cheating isn’t exactly an option for him right now.

Quinn: Except it is. Every time he tries with me, he can’T. But he can with donna when you hear the word healthy

Katie: Eric and donna were just talking and… I’m not sure if you know but donna still has feelings for him and they were talking about that. And it just turned into this sweet, tender moment and they embraced and… I guess there’s just something about donna, you know, her kindness, that um, made eric react.

Carter: So, he can’t with quinn? But just embracing donna…

Katie: Yup.

Carter: Wow. Why tell me?

Katie: Well, I know you have feelings for quinn. You loved her, you wanted to run away with her and I saw how devastated you were when she decided to go back to eric. But what if eric doesn’t really want to be with quinn? What if he’s decided that donna’s really the right woman for him? That could open up possibilities for you. How would you feel about that?

Shauna: Oh, my god. Quinn, I can’t believe this.

Quinn: When I first started hearing them talking, I thought brooke was here for one of her regular rants, you know? You know how she loves to go on and on about how horrible I am and that the only reason that eric is… that eric is with me ’cause he doesn’t want to be alone… but then she she started talking about our problems in the bedroom. And, she said it– it was proof that that he shouldn’t be with me… because twice. Now, twice– during… a sensitive moment with donna, she made it happen. I mean, there’s a part of me that wants to be so happy for eric because I know, I know what this must meant to him, but I…

Shauna: But it breaks your heart that it was with donna and not you. So, they haven’t actually…

Quinn: What? No– I mean, I don’t know. They made it sound innocent. But you know the logans. You know what donna is going to turn this into, what brooke is going to turn this into. She actually told eric that his body was sending him a sign that he shouldn’t be with me. And that if he ever wants to be truly happy, he needs to spend the rest of his life with donna.

Donna: Eric, I– I don’t ever want you to feel pressured, okay? Or cornered in any way. Honestly, I’m glad you know how I feel. I’ll always love you. You have to know I’m never gonna do anything to jeopardize your marriage.

Eric: I know that, donna. I absolutely know that. I also know that something significant happened between the two of us and something that I haven’T… I haven’t shared with my wife. Yet.

Brooke: Yet? Eric, are you thinking about maybe not telling her?

Eric: She’s my wife, brooke. I want to be absolutely honest with her. I don’t want to keep any secrets from her and I don’t want her finding out from anyone else.

Brooke: Okay, but it’s not like any of us would say anything–

Eric: Look, before i go home, I wanna spend some time with donna.

Brooke: Well if there’s one thing we can agree upon: The more time you two spend together, the better.

Donna: She doesn’t stop.

Eric: It’s an adorable quality at times.

Donna: And other times, not so much…

Eric: Yeah. Look, I know it comes from a good place.

Donna: Yeah, I mean she’s so happy for you. So am I. But I don’t want what happened between us to complicate your life…

Eric: To complicate my life? Quite the opposite. You’ve given me hope, donna. I’m very grateful for that. I’m so grateful to you. I’ve lost count of how many asthma attacks I’ve had.

Shauna: I can see how much you’re hurting…

Quinn: Eric and i are working so hard to put the past behind us and move forward but is brooke gonna let that happen? No. No way. Her sister, donna, has the magic touch, so what does she do? She runs right over here, trying to fill eric’s head with all sorts of… ridiculous ideas!

Shauna: Where are you going? You’re not in a good place to be confronting brooke if that’s what you’re doing.

Quinn: Brooke is going to get what’s coming to her. But I need to get rid of her ammunition first. Donna thinks that she can hit on my husband? She may have gotten a response out of him twice, but it is not going to happen a third time. Trust me.

Donna: I am grateful to you, too. For all the lovely memories. For you being so sweet to me after I just admitted how I felt, anD…

Eric: That admission gave me a lot to think about, donna. You’re the woman who helped me bounce back. You– no, no, you reached to me in a way that i desperately needed. You make me feel like my old self again. You know, donna, whatever happens moving forward, that’s something I’ll never forget.

Carter: Are you trying to play matchmaker for me and quinn? ‘Cause I could’ve sworn you stormed over to my place and chewed me out about our involvement.

Katie: Yeah, yeah, I did do thaT. And I’m not a fan, don’t get me wrong but um, I care about you. And there are things going on that affect you and I know about them and i felt like you deserved to know.

Carter: Say that again.

Katie: You deserve to know.

Carter: You care about me?

Eric: You’re the woman who helped me bounce back. You make me feel like my old self again. I’m very grateful to you.

[Bang]

Donna: Oh! You just um, scared the living daylights out of me.

Quinn: Scared you.

Donna: No, I mean, not really.

Donna: Um, so I’m– I’m gonna just get back to my desk. Excuse me. Uh… I’m not sure what’s going on here…

Quinn: Really? You’re not sure? You have absolutely no idea? Why don’t you think, donna? Think. What is it you might have done recently… that might have upset me? Something that may have been… inappropriate with eric. I know, donna. I know what you’ve been up to with my husband.

Carter: So, you care about me?

Katie: Well… yes, of course, I do. I um. I’ve known you for a very long time. We work together. And, you know what? We have a vey important bond: We’re both card carrying members of the lonely hearts club.

Carter: That is true. My dues paid in full.

Katie: Lifetime membership I’ll have you know.

Carter: Don’t even say that. Don’t say that. It is funny, though. ‘Cause I never feel lonely when I’m with you.

Brooke: Eric?

Eric: Brooke, come in. I thought you might, uh…

Brooke: Might…

Eric: I thought you might be quinn.

Brooke: Oh. Uh, no. Are you really gonna tell quinn what happened between you and donna?

Eric: Yeah, she needs to know.

Brooke: Oh… eric.

Eric: What, you don’t agree? You don’t believe in honesty?

Brooke: No, of course I believe in honesty it’s just quinn. She’s gonna go ballistic. We don’t know how she’s going to react.

Donna: Okay. I’m guessing that eric told you the good news.

Quinn: Good? Wow. Good news. Really?

Donna: Quinn. Let me just–

Quinn: You know, I am so sick of you logan women always interfering in my marriage. First brooke, then katie… now you. I mean, at least the first two, they just wanna talk eric to death but you, you just– you took it to a whole other level.

Donna: Okay, obviously eric didn’t explain this very well to you.

Quinn: Hold on a second donna. I’m gonna ask you a question. You know, woman to woman. Do you have any idea how difficult this has been? Do you? To watch eric suffering, not being able to be the husband he so desperately wants to be? And I’m sure you assume, right, that I was– I was some sort of nagging wife making tons of demands on him. Oh, I’m sure you did but see, here’s the thing. Here is the thing… I was loving. I was caring. And supportive and beyond understanding.

Donna: I don’t want you misinterpreting what happened here. It’s just that eric and I have a lot of… history.

Quinn: Oh no, I don’t care. Oh, I don’t care about your history. That’s over, that’s done with. I– I’m mrs. Eric forrester. What is it with you logan women? I mean like, you’re like, “oh, oh, I see a married man! Oh good! That’s my challenge!”

Donna: I would never do that. Everything that happened was… it was… innocent.

Quinn: Innocent? Innocent? Oh, hah… oh. How stupid do you think I am? Actually, that was a rhetorical question so you can shut up. Listen to me for a second, here, donna. Okay? Hey! Lightning may have struck once for you with eric when you poured honey all over yourself and him but see, the thing is it’s not gonna strike again. Eric’s not gonna fall for it because I’m his wife. So, here’s the thing. I’ll make it clear for you. You’re gonna stay away from my husband. Did you get that? Maybe you didn’T. Let me tell you again. You’re not gonna go anywhere near him–

Donna: Okay…

Quinn: Do you get that? Okay. Let’s try for a third time and I’ll make it really clear for you. You are never going to see my husband ever, ever, again.

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Deacon: You want me to help you ruin my daughter’s marriage. All right. I need a drink.

Sheila: No, no. What you need to do is get on board with my plan.

Deacon: Your plan is bonkers, lady. It’s not gonna work.

Sheila: Oh, again with the negativity. Are you ever positive?

Deacon: I’m positive this isn’t gonna work.

Sheila: Look, the forresters, they wanna make us go away, right? But that kiss between us that hope and finn saw, that is gonna get everyone talking.

Finn: Steffy just texted me that she and liam are gonna be here any minute. How do you wanna handle this?

Hope: Uh, well, um, I think we pretty much agree that we need to tell them what we saw.

Finn: Even though we know it’s not gonna do down well? They have been very clear about you and me having nothing to do with your father and my birth mother. Wait until they hear the latest.

Steffy: When who hears the latest? About what?

Liam: Yeah. What’s going on?

Shauna: It’s gonna happen.

Quinn: It almost did last night. Eric came home. He was definitely in the mood. I mean, I thought his problem wasn’t gonna be a problem anymore, that we were gonna finally make love. But, unfortunately– I mean, it’s just–it’s-it’s so frustrating for both of us. Eric has the desire. He just– he just isn’t able to.

Donna: You went home to quinn and-and nothing happened?

Eric: No. I was so hoping that last night would be– that I could finally be the husband that I haven’t been able to be to quinn for so many months.

Donna: Maybe you’re putting too much pressure on yourself, eric. Maybe quinn’s putting too much pressure on you.

Eric: No, no, no. Quinn’s been completely loving and supportive to me. She has, the whole time. And still I keep letting her down. She has to wonder why I was so excited about– about last night when I came to her, but I couldn’t– I couldn’t tell her– I couldn’t tell her what happened in this office before I went home between the two of us– that it happened with you… and only with you.

Quinn: At least the desire is there. He’s not giving up.

Shauna: But you want it more.

Quinn: Of course I want it more. We both want more. I mean, I wanna feel that kind of passion and intimacy with my husband again. But you gotta admit, this was a big step.

Shauna: Absolutely. I do wonder, though, what changed in eric for him to think he can make love to you?

Donna: Eric, you know how I feel about quinn, but I am genuinely sorry that things didn’t go the way you had hoped.

Eric: Thank you. Donna, last night after– after what should have happened between quinn and me did not happen, I– I just laid down in bed and I-I thought over and over the same thing in my mind. I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened here yesterday… between you and me.

Deacon: Okay, uh, I get that you’ve put a lot of thought into creating this plan that somehow people think that we’re in love and it’s gonna magically transform hope and finn into a couple. But, sheila, it ain’T.

Sheila: There you go again with the negativity. You are such a loser.

Deacon: What you don’t like is when people call you on your crazy schemes and tell you that they’re doomed to fail.

Sheila: Fine. You go ahead and doubt me, but I always get what I want eventually.

Deacon: You as my girlfriend?

Sheila: With all the fringe benefits.

Deacon: You can’t– you can’t be serious.

Sheila: You’ve been locked away a long time, deacon, without any kind of female companionship. Wouldn’t you like to have your way with me? Or better yet… maybe I’ll have my way with you. Pshooo.

[Laughing]

Finn: We were just talking about lunch yesterday at il giardino’S.

Liam: Oh, yeah. Forgot to ask how that went.

Steffy: Yeah. How’s the new menu? It’s not too, like, experimental? I hate when they do that.

Finn: Experimental. No. Um, but we…did see something out of the ordinary.

Steffy: What?

Hope: Sheila.

Steffy: What?

Finn: And deacon.

Steffy: You didn’t speak to them, did you?

Hope: We had to.

Liam: Whoa.

Finn: Just hear us out, okay? Wait until you hear what we’ve learned.

The best kept skincare secret?

Quinn: [Sighs] I want us to be like this again. Happy. Smiling. Eric feeling like his old self.

Shauna: Sounds like he almost was.

Quinn: Eric really believed that we were gonna make love last night. And when it didn’t happen, he was– well, you could see how disappointed he was.

Shauna: I imagine you reassured him.

Quinn: I held him in my arms, and I said the same thing I say to him every time. “I love you. Stop putting so much pressure on yourself.”

Shauna: Easier said than done. I’m still curious, though. If– if eric really felt that way, what changed? What happened to make him feel like he could kickstart his love life with his wife again?

Donna: Did I ever tell you I could see the future?

Eric: No.

Donna: What? You seem skeptical.

Eric: Yeah. ‘Cause in all the time we were married, you never mentioned this to me.

Donna: Yeah. Well, you know, a girl has to have some secrets, right?

Eric: Well, I assume you’re bringing this up because, um–

Donna: Because my crystal ball tells me that it won’t be long before you and quinn reconnect.

Eric: You really believe that, don’t you?

Donna: Oh, I do. For your sake, not quinn’S.

Eric: Yeah. Yeah. I understand that.

Donna: Even though I’ve never been a fan of quinn’s, I had hoped that she would make you truly happy. That you’d find peace and contentment in your marriage despite quinn’S… very checkered past. And if she really loved you, she would be the wife that you deserveD. To never cause you hurt or a moment’s pain. And she did. She has. And that broke my heart.

[Sighs] I know you took her back, and I can’t say I fully understand why. All that matters right now, eric, is you. You. The man that you are. And I just want joy and happiness for you. And that’s what I will always want for you.

Deacon: You got me. You had your fun flirting. Playtime’s over.

Sheila: [Laughs] Oh, deacon, deacon, deacon. You really have no idea what I’m capable of.

Deacon: Believe me when I tell you this. I hope I never find out. Look, I’m still not understanding what this supposed romance of ours has to do with getting your son and my daughter together.

Sheila: Well, then you need to pay better attention. Because when hope and finn announce this little scandalous news, people are gonna be very, very upset, especially steffy and liam. And I am counting on our children to defend us.

Deacon: And why would they do that?

Sheila: Because despite their doubts about us, we’re their parents, and we’ve been absent from their lives for so long. They-they want to trust us. They-they want to believe we’re redeemable. And sooner or later, that’s gonna cause tension in their marriages. But that’s gonna clear a way for us to be in all of their lives.

Liam: Okay, can we– let’s just back it up a second. Were deacon and sheila there together?

Finn: Sharing a table.

Steffy: How did that happen?

Hope: Look, the point is we saw them, and, uh–

Steffy: What, you felt compelled to speak to them?

Finn: Steffy, just– hold on a second. Hope and I both know how you and liam feel. And under normal circumstances, we would’ve just left. But they weren’t just together. They were… together together.

Liam: Yeah, I don’t know– what does that mean?

Steffy: You’re not making any sense.

Hope: Look, my dad, deacon, and finn’s birth mother, sheila, are involved.

Finn: Romantically involved.

Liam: What?

Steffy: What?

Hope: I mean, we didn’t believe it either, but then we saw them kissing.

Steffy: Kissing?

Finn: Yeah.

Steffy: Are you serious?

Finn: Yeah. We were as shocked as you guys are.

Hope: And I’m sorry, but I-I couldn’t just– after I saw that, I just had to go over and confront them.

Liam: Oh, my god. Ju–would–did–okay. Okay. Okay. What did they say?

Hope: Well, uh, sheila said that, uh, she and my dad are in love.

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Sheila: Ian s tt you’re a bit dubious. So, how do you think we should handle this? Are you into fire and fury something a little more subtle?Apheanake themt?A: I really don’t knowif you really love your daughter and granddaughter. You say that you want to tothns thopand here I’m givecreon explation and–

Deacon: Reason–reasonable?Ouple?Sheila, that’s nuts. Because I’m willing to bet that the buzz has already started, that our names will be out there, good or bad.

Deacon: Oh, it’ll be bad. Yeah, you can bet your dark little heart on that one.

Sheila: Yeah, but at least our names are gonna be in the conversation. We’ll be relevant. Not on the sidelines like we are right now.

Steffy: In love?

Hope: That’s what they said.

Liam: Deacon and sheila?

Finn: I know it sounds a little, but–

Liam: [Stammers]

Steffy: You’re not buying it, are you?

Liam: I certainly hope they’re not buying it, guys. Obviously this is a con.

Steffy: Yeah, this is sheila and deacon we’re talking about. This is some sort of sick game.

Hope: I understand your skepticism, and I have it too–

Liam: You under–this– hope, skepticism doesn’t begin to cover it. They’re up to something, okay? And it’s not good.

Steffy: It never is when it comes to sheila and deacon. I hope you see that.

Liam: Please tell us you see that.

Eric: You’re a breath of fresh air.

Donna: [Chuckles]

Eric: Exactly what I need these days.

Donna: Well, I’m not going anywhere. I’m right where I want to be.

Eric: Yeah? Right out there at the reception desk? Sharing that desk with pam?

Donna: Pammy and i have become…friends.

Eric:. Uh-huh.

Donna: Sort of, you know. Plus we have one thing in common. We both want to protect you.

Eric: You and pam.

Donna: Mm-hmm.

Eric: Both believe that I need protection from quinn.

Donna: It’s your life. I am not gonna harp on this. Your decision to do whatever you want.

Eric: I appreciate that. I also appreciate your candor, and your, uh… your smiles and your humor. All of it.

Donna: Really?

Eric: Yeah.

Donna: Ooh!

Eric: And your poise.

Donna: [Laughing] I’m so clumsy. I–I always will be. I’m–I’m sorry.

Eric: You dutifully man that reception desk out there. And you know that I’m married to a woman of whom you do not approve, and you say that you, uh… that you’re still in love with me.

Donna: Just like I’ll always be clumsy, I’ll always love my honey bear.

[Both chuckle]

Brushing only reaches

25% of your mouth.

Eric: Let me ask you something. Ridge, brooke, and katie all believe that, uh… I stay with quinn because I don’t really want to be alone. And… sometimes I think maybe that is the case. What do you think?

Donna: Eric… you will never be alone. So many people love you and– and care for you. Me most of all. We’ll always be here for you, no matter what.

Eric: Come here.

Liam: [Laughs] Okay, okay. How do sheila and deacon even know each other?

Steffy: Let me guess. They randomly bumped into each other on the day deacon was released from prison and they just… fell madly in love? Is that what they’re trying to make you believe?

Hope: Sheila actually started writing my dad letters when he was in prison.

Liam: Oh. Okay, yeah. No, that–that makes perfect sense. I’m sure deacon needed another pen pal besides his own daughter while he was behind bars and he just randomly chose sheila, of all people. Come on, guys!

Steffy: I know! Why didn’t you call them out?

Finn: We did. We questioned their relationship. We asked them the same questions you’re asking us.

Hope: Yes. I mean, we’re not completely naive, and you two, sorry, you weren’t there, and as unlikely as it may be, sheila and deacon, they seemed pretty sincere.

Finn: They seemed in… in love. I mean, I don’t know, even before we went over there.

Steffy: Oh, please. Oh, my god. I am not hearing this. Hope, finn, you cannot fall for this. This is ridiculous.

Finn: [Sighs]

Liam: She’s right. Just–just for our sake, for the family’s sake, whatever sheila and deacon are up to, just stay away. That’s it. Stay away.

Sheila: Take a look at this. I photoshopped it. One big, happy family.

Deacon: When did you do this?

Sheila: Last night. I couldn’t sleep. I was so… excited, you know.

[Whispers] About the family.

Deacon: Sheila…

Sheila: Honey, I know, I know what you’re gonna say. I–I might be getting ahead of myself and maybe I am, but this is going to happen. Finn and hope, hayes and beth, they’re our family, and no one’s gonna deny us that. I mean, forresters can try to vilify us and–and try to make hope and finn hate us, but we’re not going to let that happen. Our children, our grandchildren, our family… this is gonna happen. I’m gonna make that happen. Nothing and no one will stand in my way.

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Eric: Donna, I wanna be sure you don’t feel uncomfortable about what just happened here between us…again.

Donna: Eric, we used to be married once. Look, I don’t wanna us to feel awkward about what just happened here. You had a–a natural reaction.

Eric: A reaction I wasn’t sure I was ever gonna feel again until just now… because of you.

Donna: I– I didn’t do anything really. I–

Eric: You’re just being you. Warm and caring.

Donna: Clumsy. Don’t forget clumsy.

Eric: And clumsy. Yeah. I love how comfortable you are in your own skin. And you–you make everyone around you feel the same way. For a long time now, the– the thought of intimacy just gave me stress and tension, but you reminded me that, uh– that it can be fun. That’s exactly what I needed.

Brooke: …Got everything off your list.

Katie: [Chattering]

Brooke: Hi.

Eric: Hey.

Thomas: I like it, but why not take it further? Right? Like, take the back down so you can expose the shoulder.

Zende: Says the guy trying to corner the market on restraint with his design.

Thomas: I’m playing with a classic silhouette.

Zende: You wanna play, that’s fine. You wanna make a statement, I’d cinch it all the way up, like a corset.

Thomas: Okay, so what you’re saying is good enough is not good enough for what we’re doing here. It’s a good thing I know that we both want what’s best for hope for the future.

Zende: Yeah, that’s the one thing we can agree on.

Thomas: Not the only thing. We both agree on how special paris is.

Paris: Sounds like you two are having a meeting of the minds.

Thomas: Ah, critiquing each other’s designs.

Paris: Yeah, I heard. You need a referee? I can call pam in here.

Thomas: Pam? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. You’re not volunteering yourself?

Paris: Oh, no way.

Zende: Thomas and i weren’t arguing. We were actually just talking about you.

Paris: Yeah. I heard. And I think you two are pretty special, too. Especially my sexy boyfriend.

Zende: Mmm.

Eric: I adore you. You’ve brought so much joy and passion into my life. I’m just afraid I’m not gonna be able to return that in kind.

Katie: Um, are we interrupting anything?

Donna: No. Not at all.

Brooke: If you need the room, we can come back.

Eric: No, actually, uh, I should go.

Brooke: Oh.

Katie: Well, don’t rush out on our account.

Brooke: Is something wrong?

Eric: No, not at all. As a matter of fact, uh, the day started out kind of not so good, but your sister here is a real breath of fresh air. I need to get home to my wife.

Donna: Yeah. You should go.

Eric: Yeah. Thanks, donna.

Thomas: Paris is the one doing me a favor.

Paris: Letting you stay in your own apartment?

Thomas: I’m just staying there till my realtor finds me the house of my dreams.

Zende: So, the new roomies are getting along.

Paris: Yeah.

Zende: My cuz isn’t driving you crazy yet?

Paris: [Scoffs] No. And besides, we’re both so busy. We’re not even home that often.

Thomas: That’s true. I think I see you more at work than I do at home.

Zende: Glad to hear it.

Thomas: Glad to– zende, you don’t have a problem with us living together?

Zende: No. No, not at all. But if you’re seeing my girlfriend more often than I am, that doesn’t make me a very good boyfriend. I want paris to know that she’s my top priority.

Brooke: You don’t have to tell us exactly what eric said. Just tell us what’s going on.

Donna: Um, nothing.

Katie: Oh, oh, oh, oh. Nothing that you wanna talk about. But we can see that it’s clearly something.

Brooke: Yes, we can. You’ve never been able to lie to your sisters.

Donna: Oh, my god. You guys are like high school, you know? It’s like, “we saw you talking with eric.”

[Clattering]

Brooke: Oh!

Katie: Nervous much?

Donna: Yes. You’re making me nervous, the two of you, with all these questions.

Brooke: Well, you haven’t answered one of them. Why not?

Donna: [Groans] You know, some conversations are meant to be private.

Katie: Oh.

Brooke: So telling eric the truth about your feelings, that did change things, didn’t it? He was finally able to see, to realize that you’re the woman that he should be with.

Donna: Brooke, he just went home to his wife, okay?

Katie: Are you disappointed about that?

Donna: Yes. No. No. I–I don’t know. I just–

[Sighs] It’s what he wants.

Katie: Okay. You know, if you’re not gonna tell us what’s going on, then maybe I think, brooke, we should call eric. We should just ask him, right?

Brooke: Yes.

Katie: Let’s me get my…

Donna: No. Don’T. Stop.

Katie: No?

Donna: Maybe something more did happen.

[Sighs] But you gotta promise me that you’re not gonna say anything to anyone. Okay?

Katie: Okay.

Donna: Especially quinn. Because if she finds out I had something to do with this, she just might kill me.

Brooke: Oh, please. I hardly ever talk to quinn.

Donna: Okay. Well–[Sighs] Last night I did, um, what you said, you know. You said tell eric I love him and how precious is he to me. And, um, it could’ve been really awkward and embarrassing, but it–it wasn’T. It–it actually wasn’t at all. More happened. You know. [Sighs] I didn’t lie. I didn’t lie. He did go home to quinn last night. He did. But, um, more happened here at the office that I–and I wouldn’t be telling you now. But it, um, kind of just happened again.

[Sighs] Okay, I don’t think you’re following me here. Eric and I were reminiscing about our feelings for each other, about our relationship, our past. And we hugged. And…it must’ve… aroused some emotions in him, because… he had A…reaction.

Katie: What sort of reaction?

Donna: Remember the thing that he was having a problem with? It kind of momentarily… resolved itself.

Brooke: Oh. With you?

Donna: Mm-hmm.

Quinn: Hey.

Eric: Hey.

Quinn: What are you doing home so soon?

Eric: Well, I’m looking for my beautiful wife, but there she is.

Quinn: There she is.

Eric: Is shauna gone? Is she still…

Quinn: Yeah. No. She left a while ago, and, well, my afternoon meeting was canceled, so I thought I’d do some work at home.

Eric: Mm-hmm.

Quinn: Unless, uh, you have something else in mind.

Eric: Oh, I do. I do. It’s all I’ve been thinking about all the way home.

Quinn: Yeah?

Eric: Yeah.

Quinn: Look at you. A smile on your face.

Eric: Yeah?

Quinn: Pep in your step. What’s going on, mr. Forrester? Something happen at the office? See you later teeth stains.

Paris: What are you talking about? You’re a fantastic boyfriend.

Zende: Yeah, you’ve done a lot more for me than I’ve done for you. Wine and candlelight, I’m your man. But, I mean, come on, that dodgers game?

Thomas: That was one heck of a surprise.

Zende: It’s nothing compared to the last one. Have you told him about the scholarship fund?

Thomas: Yeah, I gotta say, though, it does sound a little, like, egotistical. The zende forrester scholarship fund.

Zende: Yeah, okay. Fine, fine. But it benefits kids from the orphanage where my parents found me. I still can’t believe it.

Paris: Well, I wanted to honor you. I know how much where you came from means to you.

Zende: Yeah, but… you’re the one who set it up. Doing something so amazing for me for those kids? Well, that’s what you do, isn’t it? You make things better. I can’t tell you how blessed I am to have you in my life.

Eric: Mmm.

Quinn: [Laughs] You weren’t at work for very long. What got you so revved up?

Eric: “Revved up”? Is that how I seem to you? Revved up.

Quinn: [Laughs] You know what? I think I need to start paying more attention during those budget meetings because I never had any idea that they were so scintillating.

Eric: Yeah, this was not a budget meeting, believe me.

Quinn: Well, whatever it is, I like it. Things have been so heavy between us and it’S… it’s so nice to see my husband so energized, especially after the way you left this morning.

Eric: Well, things are a lot different now.

Quinn: Yeah. Good. Because I–I didn’t want you to go to work feeling discouraged, because I wasn’T. You know, I know last night, it–it wasn’t the outcome that we expected, but, I could sense your desire and your willingness to try.

Eric: Yeah?

Quinn: And it’s gonna happen.

Eric: I feel like I’m– I’m gonna be the man I used to be. All the passion I used to feel, I wanted to bring that home to you.

Quinn: [Laughs] Oh!

Brooke: You and eric?

Katie: So, he had A… breakthrough with you, just now. Right here.

Brooke: Wait, so the two of you have been…

Donna: Oh, no. No, no, no, not like that. We–we were just… reminiscing.

Katie: About your feelings for him?

Donna: Yeah. Yeah, and his for me, and you know, about the past.

Donna: And somehow, that led to his…breakthrough.

Donna: [Sighs] Eric knows I would never do anything to undermine his marriage, despite my opinion about quinn. But…I think we’re just able to relax around each other, you know? No judgment, no pressure and I–I think that’s how he was able to… you know. Look, we were both shocked. And it could’ve been, like, weird or awkward or uncomfortable but it wasn’t, because I saw how relieved he was, you know? To finally have that glimmer of hope. It was really significant for him.

Brooke: And for you, too, donna. I mean, you triggered that feeling in him.

Donna: Well, no, I– uh, no. Nothing changed between us.

Katie: How can you say that?

Donna: Because he just raced home to his wife, again, like last time.

Katie: Oh, honey.

Donna: No, it’s okay. Quinn’s his wife and that’s who he wants to share the feelings with. Maybe this time they’ll be a–

Katie: What do you mean? Wait, ho-hold on. Back up. What do you mean, “maybe this time”? It–you mean–

Brooke: Wait, you mean… he didn’t feel for quinn what he felt for you?

Donna: No. [Weak chuckle] Last night, eric went home to quinn, and… nothing happened.

Brooke: Of course not! Because he doesn’t love quinn! He loves you! Don’t settle. Start your day with secret.

Donna: All right, stop. You two are reading way too much into this.

Katie: Eric had a breakthrough with you, not with quinn. That is a fact.

Donna: Okay, but it doesn’t mean he’s in love with me.

Brooke: Well, he obviously feels something for you more than he feels for quinn. It wasn’t a fluke, donna. You said it happened twice.

Donna: Because there’s no pressure with me. It’s not going anywhere.

Brooke: Well, could it?

Donna: Okay, stop. I am not a homewrecker.

Katie: No, no, no. Of course not. Of course not.

Brooke: But you have very strong feelings for eric and obviously he has very strong feelings for you. Eric can’t waste another minute on quinn. This has gone on long enough. And the problem won’t go away, because the problem is quinn. He’s gotta realize that by now. The woman he should be with isn’t quinn, donna–it’s you.

Donna: Wait, what– where are you going?

Katie: Seems like she’s on a mission.

Donna: Oh…

Zende: What do you have planned for tonight?

Paris: Nothing, really.

Zende: You want to have dinner?

Paris: Yeah, I’d like that.

Zende: Oh, you’re gonna love it. I’m thinking of doing something special. Intimate. Just the two of us.

Thomas: You know, if you want me to clear out, I, uh– I can just give you the apartment to yourself.

Zende: No, no, no, it’s okay, man. It’s fine. We’ll just use the guest house. I know eventually we’ll be spending a lot of time at paris’s but tonight, I want to get as much privacy with this lady as I can.

Donna: [Groans] Why does brooke have to get involved in everything?

Katie: Because she’s trying to help you.

Donna: Oh…

Katie: And eric. And I know you don’t want to get your hopes up, but… I think that man really might love you.

Brooke: Eric?

Eric: Brooke, hi.

Brooke: Hey. Is quinn here?

Eric: She’s not here for the moment. Why?

Brooke: Okay, well, I need to talk to you about something… sensitive. Katie and I were talking to donna after you left, and…it seemed like something was going on there.

Eric: Well, your sister and i are very close to each other. We, uh–we have a great deal of respect for each other, so we were talking.

Brooke: Well, she didn’t want to say anything, but we… dragged it out of her.

Eric: I wish you hadn’t done that.

Brooke: Eric. [Laughs] What are you talking about? This is great news. You have to be relieved.

[Laughs] I know I am. I’m overjoyed for you. You haven’t been very happy. You’ve been stuck in this awful marriage with quinn, and this gives you a glimpse of what life beyond this is like.

Eric: I think you’re misinterpreting what happened there today.

Brooke: No, I don’t think I am, eric. It should be pretty clear to you, too. Your psyche is trying to tell you something and you need to listen. It’s not that you don’t have passion or desire. It’s just that you don’t have that with quinn. You’ve been a very good husband. She betrayed you, and you forgave her and you took her back.

Eric: I won’t be chastised for that, brooke.

Brooke: Eric, that’s not why I’m here. I know you don’t want to be alone, and you think if you give up quinn that you will be. That’s the only reason you’re staying committed to her. But that’s not love. Okay, maybe you loved her at some time in the past, but you don’t anymore. I mean, if you really, truly loved her, unconditionally, you would’ve been able to show her last night. And don’t blame donna for this, okay? She didn’t want to tell us, but we pressured her. So you have to see what this means, right? You couldn’t with quinn, but you could with donna. Twice! Eric… that means quinn isn’t the woman you’re supposed to be with. The woman that could make you truly, truly happy is my sister, donna.

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Brooke: Wow! You’re here bright and early.

Donna: Oh. Uh yeah, just you know, got a lot of work. Figured I’d get a jump start.

Brooke: Eric’s not in yet?

Donna: No, um, must’ve had a big night. With quinn.

Quinn: Mmm… my gorgeous, sexy husband.

Hope: So, yesterday was a strange turn of events.

Finn: I’d say. Where do we even begin? It’s all I could think about last night.

Hope: Thank you for inviting me over because I have been dying to talk to you about this especially before i bring it up to liam.

Finn: Yeah, I haven’t mentioned anything to steffy either.

Hope: Yeah, I am still trying to process everything…

Finn: What the hell was that, hope? We went to il giardino to have a bite for lunch and run into deacon and my mother, the two of them are together?

Hope: So, do you think it’s true? I mean, my dad and sheila? Are they really a couple?

Sheila: Good morning, deacon. How’s that couch treating you, huh?

Deacon: Well, it’s a hell of a lot better than sleeping on the street. That’s for sure.

Sheila: You’re welcome.

Deacon: All right, don’t act like you’re letting me crash here because i don’t have any cash. We both know it’s so that I can sign on to your crazy scheme.

Sheila: You know what, I really thought that you wanted to be a part of hope and your granddaughter’s lives.

Deacon: I do. I just don’t have a hell of a lot to offer right now.

Sheila: You’re her only father and… and we both have rights. Finn wants to see me. I– I can see it in his eyes and I know that hope feels the same way about you.

Deacon: Okay. Fine. But that still doesn’t explain your little stunt yesterday. What the hell did you kiss me for and tell everyone that we’re in love?

Deacon: Just so we’re on the same page, here: The kiss, telling everyone that we’re in love– that’s all part of the master plan, right?

Sheila: Actually, I didn’t have a master plan so I improvised.

Deacon: By kissing me?

Sheila: Yes. Because there’s a bond between a parent and a child and i refuse to allow the forresters to stand in our way and before you know it, finn and hope, they won’t allow it either. They were kissing. Your dad and my birth mother going at it right in the middle of the restaurant.

Hope: “Well, the heart wants what it wants.”

Finn: Well, this whole situation is just bizarre.

Hope: Yeah, I didn’t even know they really knew each other and suddenly they’re in love?

Finn: Do we buy it? I mean, do we believe them?

Brooke: Why do you think they had a big night?

Donna: Oh, I don’t know. It’s just that eric was in such a good mood yesterday and in fact, I haven’t seen him that upbeat in a really long time.

Ah, thank you for putting a smile on his face. Although, I’m sure it went away the minute he went home to his dreadful wife.

Donna: Who knows? Maybe they, uh, were able to reconnect. By the way, it was really good to see him so happy.

Quinn: Don’t be sad.

Eric: I was so hoping that last night would be about us.

Quinn: Look. But didn’t you see how happy it made me that you were so excited to even try again?

Eric: Yeah, I did.

Quinn: Yeah–

[Knocking]

Shauna: Hi. Sorry, the door was unlocked.

Eric: It’s alright, shauna. Come in. It’s always good to see you. Look, I was– uh, going to the office anyway. I have stuff to do. I’ll see ya later, okay?

Quinn: Okay. Alright. Have a good day.

Eric: Okay. Bye.

Shauna: Bye. Well? How’d it go last night?

Quinn: Well, I thought we were gonna have a breakthrough. But nothing’s changed. Eric still can’t be intimate.

Hope: Your mom and my dad dating…

Finn: You’re having major doubts.

Hope: Yes! Because I know them and their histories.

Finn: So you think they’re playing us, making this all up.

Hope: I think it’s too random.

Finn: I mean, I don’t disagree. But how do we explain the fact that they were already at il giardino when we got there? There’s no way they could have known that we were coming. We only decided to go at the last minute.

Hope: Okay, that, I can’t explain. Uh… maybe it was just a coincidence?

Finn: I know that we need to tread carefully. And we can’t take their word at face value. But I’d like to believe that sheila and deacon are being truthful.

Deacon: You wanna explain to me why we’re acting like we’re in a romance novel, here?

Sheila: How many times do I have to tell you? We are better together.

Deacon: Sheila, together you and I, we’re like a– a toxic waste dump.

Sheila: You are never gonna get through to her on your own.

Deacon: I’ll take my chances.

Sheila: Oh really, what with ridge and brooke denying access and then there is liam… hope’s gatekeeper?

Deacon: My daughter has a mind of her own.

Sheila: Oh, does she? So she’s been calling you trying set up meetings with you, I’m sure or does she still hang up the phone every time you call? Deacon. She’s not doing this because she wants to, it’s that family that is doing everything in their power to keep you away from her!

Deacon: Okay, okay, okay– I get it, genius, I understand that. What I don’t understand is why you kissed me.

Sheila: Didn’t you see what I saw? My son and your daughter. Imagine if they were involved. Imagine if they were together!

Shauna: Sounds like things could’ve gone better. I’m sorry.

Quinn: Ugh, I actually had my hopes up. Eric did too, you know? I mean, he was raring to go. And then it just fizzled out.

Shauna: There’s always tonight. And tomorrow night. It’ll happen.

Quinn: I hope so. Just seeing how much eric wanted me… and then seeing his disappointment.

Shauna: We all want to feel desired. And eric clearly was hot to trot for you last night.

Quinn: I gotta find out what that man ate for lunch because he was raring to go.

Shauna: I’m glad you’re not giving up.

Quinn: I’m never gonna give up on eric or our marriage. C’mon, I’ve learned that lesson, right? I mean. I’m never gonna take it for granted again. What we share is so remarkable. We have jumped through hoop after hoop after hoop and if we can’t make it through this last hoop– me having an affair with carter…

Shauna: And you did make it through.

Quinn: Yes, I know, and it actually recommitted us to each other even more. Much to his family’s dismay.

Shauna: Hmpf.

Quinn: Especially brooke who’s always out to undermine my marriage.

Eric: Hey.

Brooke: Good morning, eric.

Eric: Morning, brooke.

Brooke: Did you see donna at her desk?

Eric: No, I didn’T. She wasn’t there.

Brooke: Oh… well, she came in early, I think hoping to see you. She also said that you and quinn may have had a big night.

Eric: She said that?

Brooke: Eric, I know these last few months have been difficult for you… dealing with your issue. I’m sure it’s very frustrating.

Eric: Yes, it has been.

Brooke: Eric, I’m sorry. I hate that you’re faced with this kind of challenge. But I’m sure that you’ll overcome it, somehow. Did you ever stop to think that maybe it’s not about you? I’m not entirely convinced that there’s anything wrong with you.

Eric: If only that were the case. What if it isn’t you? What if it’s quinn?

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Deacon: Whatever demented thoughts you’ve got going on in that head of yours…

Sheila: Oh, would you just try to imagine it, deacon?

Deacon: Imagine hope and finn, together?

Sheila: Yes! Yes, because if they were a pair, we’d get to see our kids and hold those grandbabies as much as we wanted to!

Deacon: Alright, you are talking crazy, now.

Sheila: Maybe. But maybe not. Because when steffy, and liam, and brooke, and the rest of the forresters find out about our little “love affair”… they’re going to be up in arms.

Deacon: Sheila, that is the last thing that I need. I’m not looking to cause any more problems for hope.

Sheila: No, that’s exactly what you need to do. They want to see us. They want to be a part of their parent’s lives. But they’re being forbidden to see us! They’re being shamed for wanting to.

Deacon: Did you see what I saw at il giardino? ‘Cause they didn’t seem real receptive to our new found love. I mean, they weren’t all warm and fuzzy.

They are not going to abandon us. They are going to defend us. And when they do, it’s going to cause trouble in their marriages to steffy and liam. Deacon, who knows? My son and your daughter– they could end up looking at each other with a fresh pair of eyes.

Finn: I’m not naive. I know I didn’t live all the history with my birth mom. And I’ve only heard bits and pieces about your dad. But staging a lunch yesterday? And then fabricating their relationship? For what? Like, how would they benefit from that?

Hope: I mean, obviously I want to believe my father. We were making really good headway when he was in jail. I was writing him all those letters.

Finn: You’re the only family that deacon has. Would he really jeopardize all of this progress by lying about an affair? I mean, I really hope not. But uh, I guess time will tell.

Hope: Yeah, and meanwhile, liam and steffy both don’t want us talking to our parents. I mean… do we tell them what we saw yesterday? And if so, how will they react?

Brooke: I blame quinn.

Eric: Well, that’s– that’s ridiculous. Brooke–

Brooke: Eric. Look. I don’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable and I know this is a very sensitive subject but I know you. And for as long as I’ve known you, you’ve been an extremely passionate man. And now you’re with quinn and suddenly there’s no more passion there? It just doesn’t make sense.

Eric: Well, it doesn’t make sense to blame quinn for my physical condition.

Brooke: Okay, well maybe it’s emotional. Maybe you have a mental block? I’m sure you enjoy quinn’s companionship, but I don’t think you really love her. I mean, how can you after all of the things that she’s done to you? There’s a lot of people out there who love you and adore you, and nobody more than my sister. She told me about her feelings for you. She told me that she told you. I really think that she could bring happiness and joy and passion back into your life. What’s the #1 retinol brand

Hope: Liam and I promised that we wouldn’t keep secrets from each other. Especially after…

Finn: No, same. And uh, I feel like I– I owe it to steffy to tell her about our parents.

Hope: Besides, it’s not like we’re doing anything wrong. We didn’t know they were going to be at the restaurant when we just happened to be there and I’m sorry but, I had to confront them.

Finn: No, yeah, totally. It’s just, I’ve already asked you not to mention sheila’s most recent text. I don’t want to make you feel obligated about keeping this quiet too.

Hope: Look, I’m more… I’m more so worried about how our families are going to react. I mean, those two, they’re– they’re already explosive topics just on their own…

Finn: It’s best, I think for everyone if it comes directly from us.

Hope: I agree. But the real question is… are sheila and deacon being honest?

Deacon: You’re certifiable.

Sheila: Oh, come on. Why is that such an outrageous idea?

Deacon: My daughter and your son.

Sheila: I mean, look– look at how cute they were together, why not?

Deacon: For one thing, they’re already married. To other people!

Sheila: So what?

Deacon: So what? Sheila, they’ve got families! They’ve got– they’ve got children.

Sheila: They are beautiful together. It just– just–

Deacon: “They’re beautiful together?” Are you off your rocker? Finn has a new born child at home. My daughter’s not a homewrecker. She’s not a cheater. She’s got morals.

Sheila: Well, that makes one of you.

Deacon: Listen to me, if you think that hope is gonna leave her husband, then you’re crazy if that’s what you’re hinting at.

Sheila: I am saying think of the possibilities. If they– if they found a path to one another, that would just pave the way for us.

Deacon: See, this is the problem. All you do is think of you, yourself, and then you again.

Sheila: No. I don’t! I’m not saying this is gonna happen overnight. It’s not gonna be easy. But we have to work together! We have to stick together.

Quinn: Those logan women are not worth my time.

Shauna: Exactly. Focus on what happened last night. Or almost happened. That there’s still real potential there.

Quinn: You’re right. You’re right. I don’t know what got into eric and made him believe that he could make love to me again. But I am grateful for it.

Donna: I know you mean well, sis, but I don’t want to put eric on the spot.

Brooke: Okay. I understand. I just want you both to be happy. And we both know how much donna loves you. So just, open yourself up to her. Doesn’t hurt to give it a chance.

Donna: Okay. I– I meant what I said. I never want you to feel pressured.

Eric: So, you were here early. You were um, brooke said you were waiting for me? You wanted to see me?

Donna: Oh, you were on my mind and, you know, I was too busy thinking about what might be happening with you and quinn to get much sleep.

Eric: Yeah. I was thinking about you last night, too.

Donna: Oh, wait. You didn’t tell quinn about, you know, what– our– our breakthrough here?

Eric: No.

Donna: Good. Okay, well, you know. She must have been really overjoyed last night

Eric: You always want what’s best for me, don’t you? I always feel so supported and understood by you. Thank you.

Donna: Well, you’re my honey bear–

Eric: Yes, I am–

Donna: I am always gonna have your back.

Eric: And I’ll always have yours, too. You’re the bright star in my dark skies, these days. Look, I wish I had better news for you but it didn’t really happen with quinn last night. I did not have the breakthrough with my wife that I wanted. I only had that with you, with you, donna.

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