[ relaxing music ]
>> Hope: I know you remember how good we were together.
How we made each other feel things that we had never
felt before or since, and that is what makes it so
difficult to understand.
>> Thomas: What?
>> Hope: You and Paris.
Not that you're dating, but that you asked her to marry you.
I mean, it wasn't that long ago you were proposing to me.
>> Thomas: You said no, twice.
You have to know what that did to me.
>> Hope: Yes.
And I am sorry that I hurt you, Thomas.
I wish I could do things differently.
Maybe if I had, you wouldn't have left me.
>> Thomas: No. Look, look, I-- Hope, I couldn't stay.
For all the reasons you already know. I had to move on.
>> Hope: Oh, so fast? So soon?
To Paris Buckingham?
Don't do it, Thomas.
Don't marry her.
♪♪♪ >> Paris: I realize this
is the last thing you guys were expecting to hear.
>> Ridge: Yeah, probably because I didn't know that you were
dating. Something that his sister kept from me.
>> Steffy: I wasn't keeping it from you. I wanted Thomas to
tell you himself.
And now, everything's out in the open.
>> Ridge: It's out in the open.
You're engaged.
>> Paris: I'm-- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. This is not the way we wanted to break the news.
We wanted to do it together, but then Douglas--
>> Steffy: Douglas had another idea.
>> Paris: Yeah, he's excited, and I just hope the two
of you can be too.
>> Ridge: That's not-- Yeah, of course, yes, we're-- Yes.
That's not the issue.
The issue is, my son went to France because he...
He had his heart broken.
>> Steffy: Yeah, by Hope.
>> Ridge: And he wanted to recover and refocus his life.
>> Paris: Well, he has, Ridge.
Your son's time away has changed him.
Hope's his past. I'm his future.
And I'm confident in Thomas' love and commitment to me.
>> Steffy: I hope you're right.
♪♪♪ >> Deacon: She's got a daughter
named Luna who works over at Forrester, and apparently,
Bill just found out that he's her father.
>> Poppy: Oh!
>> Tom: Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
>> Poppy: Oh, those happen.
>> Tom: Oh.
[ Tom sighing ] >> Tom: Bill Spencer, Bill
Spencer. Okay, okay, there.
>> Deacon: Hey, Tom, check it out.
Your name in print.
What do you think?
I gotta tell you, I am so excited to hear
you strum the guitar.
How do you feel?
You, you pumped?
You-- A little stage fright?
>> Tom: Listen, Deacon, I can't thank you enough.
I mean, just to get up on stage.
>> Deacon: Hey, come on.
Are you kidding me?
Tom Starr's comeback tour?
I mean, in my place?
I-- I'm honored.
Besides, it's good publicity.
>> Tom: Well, listen, I don't know how many
of the old fans are going to be coming out of
the woodwork, but, uh, listen, back in the day, it was a blast.
>> Deacon: And it will be again, all right?
Listen, I gotta find Hollis, get him to circulate these,
get the stage all set up.
You just let me know when you want to cut out
and get prepped, okay?
>> Tom: Oh, I will.
>> Deacon: All right.
♪♪♪
>> Luna: Okay.
Okay, bye.
>> Poppy: Well, someone's happy.
>> Luna: Oh, it's Dad.
Checking in for the third time this past hour.
>> Poppy: Well, he's never had a daughter before.
This is a whole new world for him.
>> Luna: Yeah, well, this is a whole new world for me, too.
Having a dad like Bill Spencer.
♪♪♪ >> Sheila: Hey.
So, hydrating for the big night?
>> Tom: Well, I'm not really into rituals.
I always liked to drink before.
>> Sheila: Yeah, loosens you up.
>> Tom: Oh, no.
No, no, no. No booze.
No.
I mean, I used to party hard back in the day, but, no, no,
it's just simply a sports drink.
Ice blue.
>> Sheila: Yeah, second chances, right? I--
But we all deserve those, don't we?
♪♪♪ >> Thomas: You know, I gotta
admit, I wish you had been this passionate about us
before I left for France.
>> Hope: I was passionate about our future together, Thomas.
It was never about that.
Or how much I loved you.
>> Thomas: And I loved you, too.
And I kept telling myself that if I kept proposing,
one day you would say yes, and you would make me
the happiest man in the world, but I was wrong.
You didn't, so I had to go.
>> Hope: I wish you hadn't.
Everything could be different right now.
But I guess I understand.
What I don't understand, though, is this complete 180
that you have taken. I mean, what your life looks like now,
with Paris at the center of it.
Douglas calling her "mom" in such a short amount of time.
How does that happen, Thomas?
Tell me.
It is too fast.
And you know it.
♪♪♪
>> Sheila: Yeah, I-- I've made
mistakes in my past, which you apparently
have already looked into.
But who hasn't, right?
I mean, who's perfect?
But one thing I do know, I do know that we are
all capable of change.
>> Tom: Well, that's for sure.
I've-- I've led many lives over the years.
>> Sheila: Yeah, but, well, one-- one most recently was
helping to save my life.
I mean, it was because of you.
You led Deacon and Finn to that warehouse, and I will
be forever thankful to you, Tom.
But I-- I choose to see you as the person you are right now,
not the-- the other one that you keep hinting at,
and I-- I really hope that you can do the same for me.
I just don't want you trudging up my past
to my husband.
>> Deacon: All right, I got the PA system out
of storage, and you, my man, are looking good
for your show tonight.
>> Tom: You know, I was just living on the streets.
I wasn't sure where my next meal was coming from.
And now, I'm here.
You know, I'm gearing up for my first show in years.
I-- I can't thank you enough, Deacon, both of you.
>> Deacon: Hey, Tom, I can never thank you for
helping me save Sheila's life.
>> Tom: You're helping me save mine.
And more than you could possibly know.
Well, hey, listen, enough of this sappiness.
I-- I gotta go to the kitchen.
I-- I think I got a couple more deliveries before the show.
>> Paris: Um, well, it feels like I need
to say this, but it's probably on your minds, but you're just
too polite to bring it up.
It's no secret the horrible things my father's done to
you, Steffy, to Liam, to Hope, to your families.
>> Ridge: No one is blaming you for what your dad did.
>> Steffy: Yeah, or-- or Zoe, or how Thomas
got caught up in it.
>> Paris: Which, you have to know, is something
that he'll always regret.
>> Ridge: Yeah, we know he worked very hard to put his
life back on track.
>> Steffy: Yeah, we see it now. Or you wouldn't be
wearing Thomas' ring.
>> Paris: True.
Though I have to admit, I was a little cautious at first.
Thomas was in an emotional tailspin, reeling over what
had just happened with Hope, but I'd been at a similar
point in my life, you know, loving someone who
ultimately couldn't commit.
I swore I'd never let that happen again.
I promised myself I'd protect my heart at all costs,
but I didn't need to worry.
Because Thomas was there, protecting it for me.
♪♪♪ >> Thomas: I-- Look,
I hear what you're saying, Hope. You're concerned.
>> Hope: Oh, so you get why I'm wondering if you've really
thought this through.
>> Thomas: You think I proposed to Paris on the rebound?
>> Hope: I don't know.
You tell me, given that you proposed to me not too long ago.
>> Thomas: Okay, look, I-- I went off to Paris to get past
what had happened between us.
And Paris was already there, living her life.
And we reconnected and-- >> Hope: And fell in love.
So deeply within that short amount of time.
>> Thomas: You're obviously having a problem with this,
and I understand why.
But I am not getting any younger.
I want another child.
I want a family.
>> Hope: With Paris.
So, she is your future now?
♪♪♪ >> Poppy: This is such an
exciting time for you, my beautiful baby girl.
>> Luna: For you too, Mom.
You know, you're finally back with the man that you loved
and lost all those years ago.
>> Poppy: It truly is a miracle the way things worked out.
[ phone rings ] >> Luna: Oh, it's RJ.
I'm gonna go take it.
>> Poppy: Tell him I said hi.
[ doorbell rings ]
>> Tom: Pizza delivery, Poppy. >> Poppy: Tom?
What are you doing here?
♪♪♪
>> Deacon: Tom still isn't back.
>> Sheila: No, why?
>> Deacon: I just thought maybe he'd want to do a sound check.
>> Sheila: Oh, look at you.
>> Deacon: What?
>> Sheila: Not only one of the top restaurateurs in all
of Los Angeles, but here comes your nightclub experience,
hard at work.
>> Deacon: You know, when I found out Tom was in a band
and used to play the circuit, I just, you know, thought it'd
be some good buzz for the place.
Do owe him a lot.
Babe, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have found you.
You know, he's down on his luck.
>> Sheila: Uh-huh. Which is why you gave him a job here.
>> Deacon: I think it was the least I could do.
I'm just glad it worked out.
>> Sheila: Yeah, so far.
I mean, there really is so much that we still don't
know about him.
Tom, well, I mean, is still somewhat of a mystery,
don't you think?
♪♪♪ >> Poppy: How did you know where
I live?
>> Tom: Saw you at Il Giardino's.
I thought I should stop by.
I got your name in the delivery system.
Nice digs. Free pizza.
>> Poppy: I don't know what you're doing here,
but you need to leave.
>> Tom: Oh, don't play games with me, Poppy.
>> Poppy: I don't know what you're talking about.
>> Tom: Oh, I think you do.
I think you know exactly what I'm talking about.
♪♪♪ >> Ridge: It wasn't that long
ago that my son wanted to spend his life with Hope.
Marry her, and raise Douglas together.
>> Paris: You think I'm deluding myself.
Living in a fool's paradise.
I assure you, I'm not.
Thomas and I have had long, deep, intense conversations.
We've opened ourselves up to each other. We've
connected like never before.
He's been honest with me.
Will Hope and Thomas always care for each other?
Yes.
Will there always be history there?
Yes.
But now, Thomas can see a future where he's happy with
someone other than Hope.
>> Steffy: With you.
>> Paris: Yeah.
Your brother has been very transparent with me, Steffy.
And I trust him.
Even around Hope.
>> Thomas: Look, I watched my sister finally break out of
those unhealthy patterns.
The toxic patterns she had with Liam.
And she moved on.
Into a better relationship.
Now, she's with Finn, and she's happy, right?
Don't you want that for me?
>> Hope: Thomas, I want you to be happy and this is--
>> Thomas: Okay, and Paris?
Paris makes me happy.
Do we both have baggage?
Absolutely. We have things we have to work on,
but I would not have proposed to her if I didn't think
we could make a go of it.
Paris is who I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with.
She's gonna be my wife.
♪♪♪
>> Deacon: Do you think Tom has secrets?
>> Sheila: I mean, doesn't everyone?
>> Poppy: This is my home.
I didn't invite you here.
If you don't leave right now, I'm gonna call security.
>> Tom: Come on, relax.
I don't want to cause any trouble.
I'm just delivering a pizza.
>> Poppy: A pizza that I didn't order.
>> Tom: It's a freebie.
And it's your favorite.
>> Poppy: Okay, fine.
I ask you to leave, and you leave me no choice.
>> Tom: Hey, wait, wa-- hold on.
Hold on. You're overreacting.
I come in peace.
I haven't forgotten about you.
And I know you haven't forgotten about me.
>> Poppy: For the last time, you need to leave now.
>> Luna: Mom?
What's going on?
Who are you?
>> Poppy: No one. He's just, uh, delivering a pizza.
The gates will open on your way out.
♪♪♪ >> Paris: Look, Thomas and I are
on the same page.
We want a family.
A wonderful, full life, and we're excited to
make that happen.
For us and for Douglas.
>> Ridge: And I'm happy to hear that, but we-- some--
>> Steffy: We're going to be somewhat cautious.
>> Paris: Of course.
Marriage is a big step.
Especially when there's a little boy to consider.
But I will make the Forrester family proud, Ridge.
You won't be disappointed in me.
As a daughter-in-law, or as a sister-in-law.
>> Steffy: Hope put Thomas through hell.
I'm really grateful you're in his life now.
♪♪♪ >> Thomas: Look, I am not trying
to hurt you, Hope.
You will always be important to me, but our time has passed.
And yes, we will continue to co-parent
our little boy together.
As much as Douglas loves you, he also loves Paris, too.
And the three of us, we're creating our own little family.
And soon, Paris and I will be married,
and it will be official.
>> Hope: Okay.
If that is your decision, I guess I will
have to accept it.
Please know, Thomas, I...
I will always want what's best for you.
And in spite of everything that has happened between us, I...
I'll always love you.
>> Steffy: Hoo-wee!
That kiss just now.
Did you really think that's all it would take and Thomas would
come running back to you?
>> Hope: Steffy, could you please leave me alone?
I am in no mood.
>> Steffy: Oh, I know that.
Thomas ended it with you.
He wants nothing to do with you, so you need to respect that.
Respect Thomas' decision.
Don't even think about getting into his head.
Because remember, he proposed to you twice.
And you turned him down.
So, don't even think about hurting or disappointing
my brother again.
♪♪♪
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