1 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:08,208 [ dramatic music ] 2 00:00:08,274 --> 00:00:10,710 >> Steffy: Brooke betrayed you yet again. 3 00:00:10,777 --> 00:00:13,680 How many times has it been? 4 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:15,148 Why do you put yourself through this? 5 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:17,617 There is no reason, not with Mom standing 6 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:20,120 right here. 7 00:00:20,186 --> 00:00:23,456 She loves you. 8 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:26,326 You should see this as an opportunity. 9 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:28,094 Mom is back. 10 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:31,631 Make a life with her. 11 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,967 Make a life with a family you never should've 12 00:00:34,033 --> 00:00:34,868 left behind. 13 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:40,940 >> Hope: Ridge should have picked up his phone. 14 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:43,810 >> Liam: Yeah, well, he's going to be talking 15 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:45,845 to her soon, whether he likes it or not. 16 00:00:45,912 --> 00:00:47,814 >> Hope: Well, that's if Ridge is even there. 17 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:48,648 Who knows? 18 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,583 My mom could show up to an empty house. 19 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:51,885 >> Liam: I don't know, she seemed pretty confident 20 00:00:51,951 --> 00:00:53,119 he would be there. 21 00:00:53,186 --> 00:00:55,688 >> Hope: Well, he better be because the sooner the two 22 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:58,892 of them work through that, the better. 23 00:00:58,958 --> 00:01:00,660 >> Brooke: Why aren't you letting me through? 24 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:01,861 Ridge is my husband. 25 00:01:01,928 --> 00:01:02,862 I have every right to. 26 00:01:02,929 --> 00:01:04,898 >> Thomas: He doesn't want to see you right now. 27 00:01:04,964 --> 00:01:06,866 >> Brooke: Did he say that? 28 00:01:06,933 --> 00:01:08,468 >> Thomas: He didn't have to. 29 00:01:08,535 --> 00:01:09,869 After what you did to him? 30 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:13,239 [ Brooke sighing ] Yes, Brooke. 31 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:15,241 I know all about what you did with Deacon. 32 00:01:15,308 --> 00:01:17,243 >> Brooke: I was drinking, Thomas. 33 00:01:17,310 --> 00:01:18,478 >> Thomas: That's not an excuse. 34 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:21,347 >> Brooke: I know, I know, that's not an excuse. 35 00:01:21,414 --> 00:01:22,715 I love your father. 36 00:01:22,782 --> 00:01:24,617 I love the life that we have together. 37 00:01:24,684 --> 00:01:26,653 >> Thomas: Sure. So why not just throw it away 38 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:28,354 for one drunken night with Deacon? 39 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:30,857 >> Brooke: It's not something that I wanted. 40 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:32,058 >> Thomas: Sure, it is. 41 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:35,028 Otherwise, why make out with Deacon? 42 00:01:35,094 --> 00:01:36,729 Why take the first step? 43 00:01:36,796 --> 00:01:39,499 >> Brooke: I keep asking myself that same question: 44 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:42,235 Why did I start drinking in the first place? 45 00:01:45,004 --> 00:01:45,905 >> Sheila: I still can't 46 00:01:45,972 --> 00:01:48,174 believe you let Ridge let you do this to you. 47 00:01:48,241 --> 00:01:49,275 >> Deacon: Well, with Brooke there I didn't have much 48 00:01:49,342 --> 00:01:52,812 of a choice. 49 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:57,016 >> Sheila: So she got to see you as the victim and Ridge 50 00:01:57,083 --> 00:02:00,887 as the bully aggressor? 51 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:02,555 I suppose that could work. 52 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:04,390 >> Deacon: I'm not trying to work anything. 53 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:06,659 I just knew it would hurt her a whole lot less 54 00:02:06,726 --> 00:02:08,161 if it hurt me. 55 00:02:08,228 --> 00:02:10,196 Actually, I'm not so sure about that now, 56 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:11,865 but that's why I stopped fighting. 57 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:13,967 >> Sheila: Even with all the horrible things that 58 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:15,134 he was saying about you. 59 00:02:15,201 --> 00:02:17,103 >> Deacon: I mean, you should have heard him. 60 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:19,873 He actually thinks I targeted Brooke. 61 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:22,742 Yeah, that I spiked her drink. 62 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:24,777 You know, she picked up that damn bottle all 63 00:02:24,844 --> 00:02:27,013 by herself. 64 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,649 ♪♪♪ 65 00:02:30,116 --> 00:02:39,592 ♪♪♪ 66 00:02:40,693 --> 00:02:44,564 >> Liam: I know it's hard, but try not to worry. 67 00:02:44,631 --> 00:02:46,666 Your mom knows what she's doing. 68 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:50,904 >> Hope: I want to believe that, but I don't know. 69 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:52,906 It already feels like their marriage is ending. 70 00:02:52,972 --> 00:02:55,308 I mean, Ridge making assumptions, coming to blows 71 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:58,811 with my dad and my mom drinking again and why-- 72 00:02:58,878 --> 00:03:00,013 >> Liam: Are you about to do that thing 73 00:03:00,079 --> 00:03:02,682 where you start blaming yourself? Because if so, 74 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:05,451 don't. Even if they do split up because of-- 75 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:06,719 You know what? They're not, they're not going to 76 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:07,720 split up, okay? 77 00:03:07,787 --> 00:03:08,521 Your mom is over there. 78 00:03:08,588 --> 00:03:09,622 They're talking it out. 79 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:12,091 They're not going to let this thing come between them. 80 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:15,695 ♪♪♪ 81 00:03:15,762 --> 00:03:17,864 >> Thomas: Does it really matter why you drank, Brooke? 82 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:19,499 I don't think so. 83 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:21,901 I'm not letting you in to see my father. 84 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:24,871 >> Brooke: Fine, then he can come out. 85 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:26,940 He's going to want to talk. 86 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:29,943 >> Thomas: Okay. 87 00:03:35,715 --> 00:03:39,085 [ phone ringing ] >> Thomas: Oh, ah yeah. 88 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:41,955 That's right. 89 00:03:42,021 --> 00:03:45,091 >> Brooke: You're the reason why he hasn't been calling 90 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:46,125 me back? 91 00:03:46,192 --> 00:03:47,827 >> Thomas: Turn around Brooke. It's time for you 92 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:48,261 to go. 93 00:03:52,198 --> 00:03:53,032 >> Taylor: Steffy, 94 00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:56,369 I appreciate everything that you've said. 95 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:59,038 I really do. 96 00:03:59,105 --> 00:04:03,009 And I know how much you-- You want your father 97 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:07,780 to finally find peace, but... 98 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:11,384 you're putting too much pressure on him. 99 00:04:11,451 --> 00:04:14,053 >> Steffy: No, I'm trying to do the opposite. 100 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,255 I'm trying to take the pressure away. 101 00:04:16,322 --> 00:04:17,123 You get that right? 102 00:04:17,190 --> 00:04:20,693 >> Taylor: No, but you-- Do you get that, 103 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:26,799 that your father is going through so much as it is? 104 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:32,105 I--I don't want any of this to be overwhelming for you. 105 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:35,241 It's complicated enough. 106 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:39,445 >> Steffy: And that right there, Mom, is exactly why 107 00:04:39,512 --> 00:04:41,047 you are the woman for him. 108 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,749 Do you hear her? 109 00:04:42,815 --> 00:04:44,984 Do you hear how much she cares? 110 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:47,954 She is willing to put you first. 111 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:49,722 Brooke would never do that. 112 00:04:49,789 --> 00:04:52,158 She's never done that. 113 00:04:52,225 --> 00:04:56,496 Dad, please tell me you've opened your eyes. 114 00:04:56,562 --> 00:05:00,299 Your future is right here. 115 00:05:00,366 --> 00:05:02,301 It's standing right in front of you. 116 00:05:16,249 --> 00:05:17,250 >> Hope: I hate that Ridge 117 00:05:17,316 --> 00:05:19,719 thinks that my dad came up with some evil plan 118 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:21,254 to get my mom drunk. 119 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,924 >> Liam: Uh, yeah-- I mean, I kind of get it 120 00:05:24,991 --> 00:05:29,195 though. Ridge was already highly suspicious of Deacon. 121 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:31,664 And then, the one night-- The one night he's out 122 00:05:31,731 --> 00:05:34,000 of town, this stuff goes down? It's like. 123 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,469 >> Hope: I know how it looks, Liam, but I believe my dad 124 00:05:36,536 --> 00:05:38,471 and my mom does too. 125 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:41,874 >> Liam: Yeah. Well, that's kind of the problem. 126 00:05:41,941 --> 00:05:45,244 I mean, your mom believes Deacon, she's defending Deacon. 127 00:05:45,311 --> 00:05:48,014 Ridge can't handle that and that's why we're 128 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:49,382 in this situation. 129 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:51,617 >> Hope: Well, it wasn't just that. My mom relapsed 130 00:05:51,684 --> 00:05:52,652 that night. 131 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:54,220 Her judgment was impaired. 132 00:05:54,287 --> 00:05:56,889 And I still don't understand why, after all those years 133 00:05:56,956 --> 00:06:00,626 of sobriety, why-- Why she had to give in 134 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:02,462 to temptation. 135 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:07,166 >> Sheila: Of course, Brooke drank on her own. 136 00:06:07,233 --> 00:06:10,236 Ridge really thinks that-- That you caused it somehow? 137 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:12,171 >> Deacon: Yeah. 138 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:15,141 >> Sheila: What, like you spiked Brooke's drink? 139 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,176 And--and how did you pull that off? 140 00:06:17,243 --> 00:06:19,312 >> Deacon: Who the hell knows? Probably thinks 141 00:06:19,378 --> 00:06:21,280 I was sneaking around with a flask, just waiting 142 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:22,381 for my opportunity. 143 00:06:22,448 --> 00:06:24,550 >> Sheila: Yeah, but Ridge is even smart enough to know 144 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:27,053 that--that Brooke would taste a difference in 145 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,755 her drink if you did something like that. 146 00:06:28,821 --> 00:06:32,492 >> Deacon: Exactly. This guy is so blinded by his hatred 147 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:34,827 for me-- He doesn't want to hear 148 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:36,662 the truth. He doesn't know who I am. 149 00:06:36,729 --> 00:06:38,664 I would never do something like that to Brooke. 150 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:39,966 I mean, come on? 151 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:42,502 Spike an alcoholic's drink? 152 00:06:42,568 --> 00:06:54,213 Who would do something that cruel? 153 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:59,018 >> Sheila: Who...indeed? 154 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,187 >> Brooke: I can't believe you're doing this! 155 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:02,288 Taking his phone! 156 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:04,323 >> Thomas: He needs time, Brooke. And if you're not 157 00:07:04,390 --> 00:07:06,259 willing to give him that-- >> Brooke: He needs time 158 00:07:06,325 --> 00:07:09,028 with me, time with his wife, time to work through this-- 159 00:07:09,095 --> 00:07:10,830 >> Thomas: Not happening. 160 00:07:10,897 --> 00:07:12,932 >> Brooke: Do you really think you can keep me away 161 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:14,100 from my husband? 162 00:07:14,167 --> 00:07:16,235 >> Thomas: I have to keep you away from your husband 163 00:07:16,302 --> 00:07:17,270 because guess what? 164 00:07:17,336 --> 00:07:18,538 You always do this. 165 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:21,007 You always hurt him and then you have tears 166 00:07:21,073 --> 00:07:23,142 and your excuses at the ready. 167 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:24,644 Save it for the next guy. 168 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:26,112 >> Brooke: The next guy? 169 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:28,181 >> Thomas: Yes, Brooke, because he's in there. 170 00:07:28,247 --> 00:07:30,550 He's with a family that cares about him with 171 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:33,319 a woman who actually cares about him. 172 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:36,055 My mother is his future. 173 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:38,925 It's time for you to accept that. 174 00:07:38,991 --> 00:07:40,593 >> Steffy: I'll get out of your way 175 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:41,494 and let you two talk. 176 00:07:41,561 --> 00:07:43,563 >> Taylor: No, you don't have to, honey. 177 00:07:43,629 --> 00:07:45,164 >> Steffy: But I do, Mom. 178 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:47,066 This could be the most important conversation 179 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:49,101 you'll ever have. 180 00:07:49,168 --> 00:07:53,039 And Mom, please be honest with Dad. 181 00:07:53,105 --> 00:07:55,174 Tell him how you really feel. 182 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:57,109 Because it matters. 183 00:07:57,176 --> 00:07:58,110 And Dad, listen. 184 00:07:58,177 --> 00:07:58,911 >> Ridge: Yes. 185 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:01,180 Please listen to Mom. 186 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:05,184 This is the woman who you deserve. You know that. 187 00:08:05,251 --> 00:08:07,620 You always have. 188 00:08:11,591 --> 00:08:13,226 >> Taylor: Doesn't matter how old they are, 189 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:14,861 kids just want their parents together? 190 00:08:14,927 --> 00:08:19,031 >> Ridge: You know, I-- I remember how I felt when 191 00:08:19,098 --> 00:08:21,434 my parents found their way back to each other. 192 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:24,303 And not just me. Thorne. 193 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:27,473 Felicia, Kristen, they were... 194 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,475 Were beaming like little kids. 195 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:35,414 I'm sure Steffy and Thomas would feel the same. 196 00:08:35,481 --> 00:08:38,618 >> Taylor: There's no pressure here, Ridge. 197 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:43,155 From any of us, okay? 198 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:48,895 I just want what's best for you. 199 00:08:48,961 --> 00:08:51,397 And you're the only one that knows what that is. 200 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:05,444 >> Sheila: I can't see Ridge 201 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:07,513 and Brooke lasting much longer. 202 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:10,149 I mean, how many times does he have to walk out on her 203 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:12,285 before he finally gives up? 204 00:09:12,351 --> 00:09:13,419 I don't know. 205 00:09:13,486 --> 00:09:18,090 I think it could be the end of an era. 206 00:09:18,157 --> 00:09:19,825 >> Deacon: Anything's possible. 207 00:09:19,892 --> 00:09:22,061 >> Sheila: And then what? 208 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:25,231 You finally get your big chance with Brooke. 209 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:28,401 This fairy tale reconciliation? 210 00:09:28,467 --> 00:09:31,871 >> Deacon: I'll be there for her. Whatever she needs. 211 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:34,106 >> Sheila: I bet you will be. 212 00:09:34,173 --> 00:09:37,944 And if for some reason she turns you down, 213 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:43,382 I can always give you something that she never could. 214 00:09:43,449 --> 00:09:46,686 >> Deacon: Ah-- Watch it, please. 215 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:51,223 >> Sheila: Oh, I'll be watching, all right. 216 00:09:51,290 --> 00:10:00,399 ♪♪♪ >> Brooke: You really think 217 00:10:00,466 --> 00:10:02,501 your mother is Ridge's future? 218 00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:05,371 >> Thomas: Is it that hard to imagine? Someone who 219 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:07,540 actually values him, someone who respects him 220 00:10:07,606 --> 00:10:09,575 enough to not go off and sleep with the guy 221 00:10:09,642 --> 00:10:10,643 he hates most in the world? 222 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:11,644 >> Brooke: Okay, fine. 223 00:10:11,711 --> 00:10:14,146 I'm a horrible person and I don't deserve Ridge. 224 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:16,115 I never have and I never will. 225 00:10:16,182 --> 00:10:18,417 Do you know how many years I've heard that, Thomas? 226 00:10:18,484 --> 00:10:20,686 Before you were even born. 227 00:10:20,753 --> 00:10:23,589 But it doesn't matter to Ridge or to me because 228 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:26,392 we know that we belong together, no matter how many 229 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,894 hurdles are-- >> Thomas: Sleeping with 230 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:30,062 Deacon is not a hurdle! 231 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:31,864 >> Brooke: I really need to talk to my husband. 232 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:32,932 Just get out of my way. 233 00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:34,800 >> Thomas: No. 234 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:36,902 >> Brooke: You think you can stop me? 235 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:38,070 >> Thomas: What're you gonna do? 236 00:10:38,137 --> 00:10:40,539 Gonna push me off the cliff again? 237 00:10:40,606 --> 00:10:43,209 So far as I remember, that didn't score too many 238 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,543 points for you last time. 239 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:49,115 >> Brooke: I am never giving up on Ridge. Never. 240 00:10:49,181 --> 00:10:53,486 ♪♪♪ >> Ridge: I know there's 241 00:10:53,552 --> 00:10:54,787 no pressure from you. 242 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:55,621 I know that. 243 00:10:55,688 --> 00:10:56,489 And I appreciate it. 244 00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:58,357 I'm very thankful for it. 245 00:10:58,424 --> 00:11:02,928 But what I could really use is some insight from someone 246 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:05,798 that I trust very much. 247 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:08,467 Steffy told me what she thought about my relationship 248 00:11:08,534 --> 00:11:11,103 with Brooke and I... 249 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:17,309 I would like to have your honest opinion. 250 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:20,880 >> Taylor: Brooke isn't worthy of you. 251 00:11:20,946 --> 00:11:24,083 I don't think she ever has been. 252 00:11:24,150 --> 00:11:28,487 >> Ridge: Wow. But why-- Why would you say that? 253 00:11:28,554 --> 00:11:32,525 >> Taylor: There are so many reasons. 254 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:39,165 But the main one is... 255 00:11:39,231 --> 00:11:42,301 her pattern of turning to other men. 256 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:47,907 Um, “following her heart,” as--as she likes to say, 257 00:11:47,973 --> 00:11:50,409 which is incredibly disrespectful of you 258 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:53,512 and your marriage. 259 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:59,952 She doesn't seem to have much regard for your feelings. 260 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:02,488 Or most people's really. 261 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:06,092 She does what she wants when she wants. 262 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:09,161 And she's learned that if she does get caught, 263 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:11,964 all she has to do is cry. 264 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:14,667 Beg for forgiveness. 265 00:12:14,733 --> 00:12:17,937 Claims she takes full responsibility and 266 00:12:18,003 --> 00:12:21,006 everything will just go back to normal like it 267 00:12:21,073 --> 00:12:25,111 never happened, so. 268 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:27,546 >> Ridge: I asked for honesty and you gave it to me. 269 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:29,248 >> Taylor: I can-- I can stop. 270 00:12:29,315 --> 00:12:32,418 >> Ridge: I don't want you to stop. It's important 271 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:33,719 that I hear it. 272 00:12:33,786 --> 00:12:35,588 It's just not easy. 273 00:12:35,654 --> 00:12:41,060 >> Taylor: The truth is never easy when you have 274 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:46,499 to hear it about someone you really want to believe in. 275 00:12:46,565 --> 00:12:49,368 And for you, that's Brooke. 276 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:52,838 You want so bad to believe that her patterns 277 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:56,976 have changed, but Ridge, after all these years... 278 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:59,044 it hasn't. 279 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:00,813 I don't think it ever will. 280 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:05,885 I--I think it's just who she is, it's ingrained. 281 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:09,188 She's the woman who will... 282 00:13:09,255 --> 00:13:12,024 turn to other men in a moment of weakness 283 00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:16,061 and not give it a second thought. 284 00:13:16,128 --> 00:13:20,499 I mean, if I were you... 285 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:21,534 >> Ridge: You would what? 286 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,803 >> Taylor: No, I'm not telling you what to do. 287 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:27,706 This is your life. 288 00:13:27,773 --> 00:13:32,645 She's your destiny, right? 289 00:13:32,711 --> 00:13:37,783 But when your destiny causes you so much pain, 290 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:45,057 betrayal and confusion over and over again... 291 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:51,697 maybe it's time to check yourself and ask why you 292 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:57,736 think you deserve that path? 293 00:13:57,803 --> 00:14:01,874 I think you deserve so much better. 294 00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:17,623 >> Steffy: You're still here? 295 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,325 Are you looking for something? 296 00:14:19,391 --> 00:14:20,092 >> Thomas: Someone. 297 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:22,261 Making sure she doesn't come back. 298 00:14:22,328 --> 00:14:24,330 Brooke came looking for Dad. 299 00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:25,965 >> Steffy: She was here? 300 00:14:26,031 --> 00:14:29,435 >> Thomas: Yeah, I told her that he wasn't available. 301 00:14:29,501 --> 00:14:30,336 >> Steffy: Good for you. 302 00:14:30,402 --> 00:14:31,403 That's not going to stall her for long. 303 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:32,905 I'm sure she sent a thousand texts. 304 00:14:32,972 --> 00:14:35,641 >> Thomas: And she's called a million times. 305 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:38,911 But Dad isn't currently taking phone calls, so. 306 00:14:38,978 --> 00:14:41,380 >> Steffy: Nicely done. 307 00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:43,682 >> Thomas: Yeah, we can't let her get to him 308 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:45,718 because otherwise she's going to start crying 309 00:14:45,784 --> 00:14:47,686 and begging and he needs time to figure out 310 00:14:47,753 --> 00:14:48,587 what he wants. 311 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:50,489 >> Steffy: Yeah. Well, he's inside with Mom 312 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:53,692 right now, hopefully realizing what life could be 313 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:54,426 like with her. 314 00:14:55,694 --> 00:14:56,962 >> Liam: I mean, you could just call her. 315 00:14:57,029 --> 00:14:58,464 >> Hope: No, I don't want to interrupt her, 316 00:14:58,530 --> 00:15:00,933 especially if she's making progress with Ridge. 317 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,005 [ door opening ] Mom, what happened? 318 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:07,906 Were you able to talk to him? 319 00:15:07,973 --> 00:15:10,209 >> Brooke: No, I didn't get a chance to. 320 00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:12,111 >> Liam: What-- What he wasn't there? 321 00:15:12,177 --> 00:15:13,512 >> Brooke: He was there, all right. 322 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:15,447 But Thomas wouldn't let me. 323 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:16,448 >> Hope: What? 324 00:15:16,515 --> 00:15:18,050 >> Brooke: I couldn't even get to the front door. 325 00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:20,819 Ridge has no idea that I was trying to call him. 326 00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:22,855 Thomas has his phone. 327 00:15:22,921 --> 00:15:26,392 Thomas and Steffy were trying to keep me away 328 00:15:26,458 --> 00:15:27,893 from Ridge to give their mother a chance 329 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,628 to plead her case! 330 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:32,665 I feel like my marriage is just slipping between 331 00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:35,868 my fingers, now that Ridge is stuck in that house 332 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:36,568 with Taylor! 333 00:15:38,904 --> 00:15:42,441 >> Ridge: Thank you for your honesty. 334 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:45,010 >> Taylor: You'd do the same for me, right? 335 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:47,413 >> Ridge: Of course I would. 336 00:15:47,479 --> 00:15:50,416 >> Taylor: I'll always be honest with you, Ridge. 337 00:15:50,482 --> 00:15:52,384 Even when it's difficult. 338 00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:56,722 >> Ridge: You always have been. 339 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,258 >> Taylor: How are you feelin'? 340 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:01,393 >> Ridge: I don't know. 341 00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:03,262 It'd be easier to tell you how I'm not feeling 342 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:06,799 because my-- my head is spinning 343 00:16:06,865 --> 00:16:10,336 and everything I thought was right is not. 344 00:16:10,402 --> 00:16:12,805 And it just keeps happening over and over again. 345 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:15,974 >> Taylor: Yeah, I know that feeling. When you love 346 00:16:16,041 --> 00:16:18,744 someone so much and they they keep hurting you over 347 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:23,615 and over. It feels like your world is falling apart. 348 00:16:23,682 --> 00:16:25,884 >> Ridge: I heard from Steffy, I heard from Thomas, 349 00:16:25,951 --> 00:16:28,320 I know what they want. 350 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:30,289 They want what they always wanted. 351 00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:36,762 They want me to come home and I thought home... 352 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,263 was with Brooke. 353 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:40,999 And I'm not-- I'm not saying that 354 00:16:41,066 --> 00:16:47,573 what we had wasn't-- wasn't amazing. It was... 355 00:16:47,639 --> 00:16:54,046 until Sheila-- >> Taylor: You moved on. 356 00:16:54,113 --> 00:16:56,648 No regrets, right? 357 00:16:56,715 --> 00:17:00,085 >> Ridge: But you didn't. 358 00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:01,987 >> Taylor: Never. 359 00:17:02,054 --> 00:17:05,023 You were my husband. 360 00:17:05,090 --> 00:17:16,668 I came back to a life that wasn't there anymore, so. 361 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:22,241 >> Ridge: What if the kids are right? 362 00:17:22,307 --> 00:17:25,611 What if I should be here? 363 00:17:25,677 --> 00:17:27,913 Someone who's always been honest with me, 364 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,581 who's never betrayed me. 365 00:17:29,648 --> 00:17:35,621 Someone who's always been there for me. 366 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:43,195 >> Taylor: Stop. I-- I cannot go through this again. 367 00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:50,335 What-- what are you saying, Ridge? 368 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:55,607 >> Ridge: I want to come home, if you'll have me. 369 00:17:55,674 --> 00:18:03,949 ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ 370 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:29,975 ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪