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>> Judge: Are you absolutely

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sure of this, Douglas?
>> Douglas: Yes, ma'am.

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>> Judge: Very well.
Douglas has decided that his

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custodian moving forward
is Steffy Forrester.

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>> Douglas: I wanna live
with you, Aunt Steffy.

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♪♪♪
>> Li: Is this for me?

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>> Kelly: I made it myself,
except for the eyes.

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>> Finn: Uh, Douglas helped
with that part.

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>> Li: Oh, my goodness!
I love it. Very impressed.

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This is going on my fridge,
so I see it every day.

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>> Kelly: Awesome.
>> Finn: You certainly

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are, kiddo.
>> Li: You have such

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a lovely family, son.
I'm so happy for you and Steffy,

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the life that you created
for the four of you.

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♪♪♪
>> Deacon: Come on, Sheila,

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admit it. You want me too.

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>> Sheila: Someone has
a very high opinion

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of himself.
>> Deacon: Oh, really?

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This is coming from a woman
who lives with the biggest

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egomaniac on the planet.
>> Sheila: Now, now.

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Let's be nice. He kept
me outta prison, Deacon.

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>> Deacon: Fine. Whatever.
He saved your bacon,

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but there is no way that
you and Spencer have what

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you and I had, and can have
again very easily.

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All you gotta do is
just take a chance.

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>> Sheila: Yeah.
>> Deacon: Do it, Sheila.

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Let this be our time.
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>> Sheila: Oh. Seriously, you
have feelings for me?

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>> Deacon: You know I do,
and I think it's mutual.

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>> Sheila: Oh, what about
Brooke? And you didn't

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want me, you wanted her.
>> Deacon: You were right

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about what you said.
You know, I was just fooling

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myself thinking I could make
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>> Sheila: Making me
runner-up?

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>> Deacon: No way. All that
time that you were gone,

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I couldn't stop
thinking about you.

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Missing you, thinking about
what we had.

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I want you back.
Tell Spencer you're done.

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Dump him.
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>> Li: So sweetheart,
what other things have you

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and Douglas made together?
>> Kelly: We're making

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a mobile of the solar system.
>> Li: Wow!

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>> Finn: Yeah. It was
Douglas' idea.

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>> Kelly: He wants to be
an astronaut one day.

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>> Li: Mm!
>> Kelly: Me too, and CEO

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of Forrester.
>> Finn: Oh! Yeah, yeah.

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>> Kelly: Like mom.
>> Li: Mm.

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>> Kelly: When's Douglas
was coming over again?

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I miss him.
>> Finn: Um, yeah.

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Well, I'm sure he misses
you too. Um, we'll see

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if we can schedule
something soon. Okay?

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>> Kelly: Okay.
>> Finn: Okay. All right.

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>> Li: Aw.
[ Li chuckling ]

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[ Finn sighing ]
Something wrong, son?

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>> Finn: I-- I didn't wanna
say anything in front

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of Kelly, but Steffy is at
the courthouse right now

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with Douglas, Hope and Liam
and Thomas.

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>> Li: Why?
>> Finn: To determine

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who Douglas' legal guardian
will be.

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>> Hope: Steffy?
>> Douglas: Uh-huh.

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>> Thomas: She's your aunt.
She loves you, but--

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>> Hope: But why would you
want to live with

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Finn and her? I mean,
we're-- we're your parents?

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>> Liam: You mean so much
to Hope and me, buddy.

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>> Douglas: You mean so much
to me too. So does my dad.

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>> Thomas: Okay. And why?
Hope and I are your parents,

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not Aunt Steffy.
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>> Deacon: I know what
you're thinking.

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It can all be yours.
All of it, again.

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[ Sheila chuckling ]
>> Sheila: Wow! Uh, with

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an offer like that.
>> Deacon: All right.

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But Bill, really?
>> Sheila: Oh. Envious, are we?

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>> Deacon: Of a Neanderthal
who inherited his daddy's

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business on a silver platter?
A-- a guy that wears

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an idiotic toy sword around
his neck? But then again,

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look at me, living above
a restaurant, slaving away

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to make the perfect
signature pizza while Bill's

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running a multinational
company. Has a yacht,

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private jet.
Then again, you're here

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with me, not him.
So there's that.

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And inside you beats this
dark little heart,

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and no one gets it going on
like I do.

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I know how you
feel about Sheila.

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I can see it.
Since you already know

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how I feel about you.
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>> Li: I can't imagine
Thomas proposing letting

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Douglas choose his
legal guardian.

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>> Finn: I-- I guess he's
counting on being Douglas's

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biological dad and that
meaning something to Douglas.

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>> Li: Of course it means
something. But just because

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Hope isn't related to
Douglas by blood, it doesn't

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make her any less important
in that little boy's life.

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>> Finn: I wonder how Hope
is feeling through all this,

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and it kind of came out
of the blue. Though, I mean,

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I'd imagine that Douglas
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Hope and Liam.
That's probably why she

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agreed to go along with
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>> Hope: Sweetheart, you
know how much Liam

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and I love you, right?
>> Douglas: Yes.

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>> Thomas: How much
I love you?

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>> Liam: You know how
special you are to your mom

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and me. But Beth too, right?
I mean, like, you're--

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you're her big brother.
>> Douglas: I'm sorry.

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I don't mean to upset you
or hurt your feelings.

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I love you all, but I like
it over there.

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Steffy is my aunt and Finn
is really cool.

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I have a great time with
Kelly and Hayes.

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I also don't want you and
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I hope you understand.
>> Hope: Oh, I--

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I understand, sweetie.
It's just you get that

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you're choosing who is going
to raise you and you're--

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you're choosing Steffy to be
your guardian instead of

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your father or me, and--
and that sticks until

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you're a young adult.
>> Thomas: It's, uh,

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it's a big step, but...
>> Hope: Yeah. But you're

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so, so important to us.
You're our family and, um...

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It's just, you've been
a part of our home for so long.

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>> Hope: Steffy? Steffy,
can you please say something?

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[ Steffy sighing ]
>> Steffy: Douglas, I am so

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touched by your choice.
You are such a sweet little

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boy and you are always
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but you already have a home.
>> Douglas: Are you saying

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I can't come live with you?
>> Steffy: Oh!

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♪♪♪

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>> Sheila: I don't want this.
Stop it! I-- I'm--

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I'm with Bill now.
>> Deacon: So what?

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>> Sheila: So I owe him
everything. What you're

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talking about,
it just can't happen.

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>> Deacon: Our time together,
I-- I thought that

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meant something to you.
>> Sheila: Of course, it did!

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But you always had one eye
on Brooke and, my God, you tried

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to throw me out of here
on more than one occasion.

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>> Deacon: Look, that wasn't
‘cause I didn't have feelings

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for you.
>> Sheila: But I--

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I really don't care about
the reason, all right?

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You can't talk to me like
this anymore or--

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or I'm gonna--
I'm gonna have to break

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all contact with you.
>> Deacon: Come on,

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you don't mean that.
>> Sheila: Oh, yes I do.

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I need friends
and I consider you to be

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a very good one. But you--
you just, you can't--

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you can't talk to me like
this again.

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>> Deacon: You're scared.
>> Sheila: No! No, I'm not

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scared. I am smart,
and as quickly as Bill

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got me out of prison,
he could put me back there.

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>> Finn: You know,

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I feel for Douglas.
He's had a rough life.

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And losing his mother
so young and just everything

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that has happened since, he--
he-- he needs stability.

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He needs security.
>> Li: Something Thomas

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isn't capable of providing.
>> Finn: Yeah.

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You know,
talking about all this,

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it just makes me appreciate
even more how blessed Steffy

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and I are to have this
little family. You know,

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Kelly and Hayes,
they're just they're so

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close and when Douglas visits,
he-- he fits right in.

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It's kind of nice how that
all works.

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>> Douglas: I can't come
live with you?

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You don't want me there?
>> Steffy: Oh no, honey.

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It's not-- it's not that.
It's, um, it's just, uh--

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>> Judge: I think your aunt
and your mom and dad need

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a moment, Douglas.
Let's give them that. Okay?

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>> Liam: You all right
with that, dude?

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>> Judge: We'll be right
outside. Take your time.

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>> Thomas: Douglas isn't
thinking this through.

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>> Hope: Why-- why would he
want this?

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It doesn't make any sense.
>> Steffy: I am completely

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blindsided by this.
I never expected Douglas

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would wanna live with me.
>> Hope: I mean, Stephanie,

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please, can you talk to him
and make him see

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that it isn't an option?
>> Thomas: Yeah. I mean,

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Hope's right.
This isn't what any of us

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wanted. We thought--
>> Steffy: I know what

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you wanted Thomas.
And I understand that you

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and Hope are upset, but...
you both created this situation.

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>> Thomas: What is that
supposed to mean?

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>> Steffy: It-- it means,
it means you need to set

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aside your feelings and
focus on Douglas.

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You actually want me
to reject him?

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>> Thomas: Douglas is
my son, Steffy.

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>> Steffy: Oh, no.

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>> Hope: And Douglas is
my son too.

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And I know I'm his adoptive
mother, but I love him

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just as much as if I had
given birth to him. I mean,

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Steffy, Liam and I have
worked so hard to create

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a loving, stable home
for him. I mean, we shouldn't

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even be entertaining this.
Please, please, just put

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a stop to this now.
♪♪♪

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>> Deacon: Sheila, I get
that you're afraid of

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landing back in prison.
But what? You're--

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you're willing to become
Spencer's concubine in

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exchange for your freedom?
You can't be that desperate.

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>> Sheila: I am not Bill's
concubine. And you know what?

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I don't want you.
>> Deacon: I don't

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believe you.
>> Sheila: No? Well, believe

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this then, because I don't
think about you.

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I'm not longing for you.
Everything that we had

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before, it's just not
there anymore.

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>> Deacon: How do you know
for sure?

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>> Sheila: Because I know
you, Deacon, and you always

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want what you can't have.
You had me once and it's

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over. You didn't believe
in me, so I moved on.

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I'm with a man that saved
my life. A man that is

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completely committed to me.
A man that isn't always

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screwing up like you.
Oh, God. This was such

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a mistake coming here.
And you seriously believe

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you have a chance with me,
then you're a bigger

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screw up than I ever thought.
>> Deacon: Okay, stop.

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>> Sheila: No, no, no, no.
You know what? This is it.

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It is over. Bill is the
winner, you are a loser.

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I don't wanna see you again.
I don't want you anywhere

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near me ever again! Ever!
No, you're gonna mess

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everything for me, Deacon,
so goodbye.

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>> Deacon: Sheila, please.
>> Sheila: No, don't-- No! Stop!

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>> Sheila: Oh, you've gotta
forget him! He's just--

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You gotta forget.
I gotta forget.

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♪♪♪
>> Li: Kelly's good?

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>> Finn: Yeah. She's-- Well,
she's just as confused

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as I am. Is-- is Pluto
a planet or not?

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‘Cause the internet says
dwarf planet.

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>> Li: There you go.
>> Finn: Okay, well, it goes

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back and forth a lot.
[ Li chuckling ]

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Kind of like this whole
Douglas situation.

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Though after he makes
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at least he will finally
have some certainty. I am--

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I am happy for him
or whoever he chooses.

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>> Hope: You just have
to stop this before things

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escalate out of control.
>> Steffy: What exactly

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do you expect me to do?
>> Hope: I expect you not

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to go along with this, Steffy.
Ever since Douglas has come

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to live with Liam and me,
he has been given stability.

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He's been given love
and support, and I know

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you know that is
what he needs.

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>> Steffy: I am not
questioning that.

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But first and foremost,
we need to make sure that

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we don't upset Douglas
or make him feel like

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he's rejected.
>> Hope: No, of course not.

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Of course not. It's just...
last night, we asked him

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who he wanted to live with
and he said he wanted

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to live with Liam and me.
And now for him to just...

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>> Steffy: You heard him.
He doesn't wanna hurt you,

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Liam or Beth.
But think about it from

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Douglas' perspective,
everything he's going through.

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Frankly, I questioned
the whole idea of allowing

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a child to choose
their guardian,

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but we're here now
and I don't want him

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to feel that choosing me,
he's doing something wrong

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or that he's rejecting you
or Thomas, because he isn't.

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You realize that, right?
>> Hope: And you realize

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that this guardianship
is legally binding until

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he is a young adult, right?

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>> Steffy: Look, obviously,
I, uh, I have to talk

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to Finn, but, um,
off the top of my head,

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maybe it is a-- a good idea
for Douglas to stay with me

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for a while.
>> Hope: Steffy, no, no.

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>> Steffy: Just hear me out.
The beach house, it's--

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it's-- it's cool, it's fun,
but it isn't Douglas's home.

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Eventually, he's gonna start
missing you and he's gonna

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wanna go back to you,
Liam and Beth.

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I honestly feel that's
what's gonna happen.

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>> Hope: Well, time at
the beach isn't parenting,

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and Douglas should
understand that.

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It takes a lot of hard work
and commitment to give him

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the life that he
has right now.

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>> Steffy: I-- I understand
that, Hope. I'm a mom.

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I get that.
But I love Douglas.

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He's my nephew.
He's also a Forrester.

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I promise you, I will do
what's best for your son.

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