[ dramatic music ] >> Taylor: Sheila's free?
The judge released her? >> Finn: We've already
alerted security. >> Taylor: Wh-- what--
You didn't testify because of me?
>> Steffy: Mom, we didn't have a choice.
If we told the judge that Sheila shot us,
then Bill would tell the cops that you shot him
all those years ago. >> Taylor: Why? Why?
He promised he would never say anything.
>> Steffy: Now, he won't. >> Taylor: What?
>> Steffy: Remember the night with the storm?
>> Taylor: Yeah. >> Steffy: Sheila showed
up here. >> Finn: We were about to call
the police when Bill appeared and stopped us.
>> Steffy: Yeah. Bill told us to let her go, and when
we refused, he blackmailed us. He tied Sheila's freedom
to yours. >> Taylor: My God. Why?
Why would he do this? >> Steffy: You're not gonna
believe this, Mom, but something's going on
between Sheila and Bill. ♪♪♪
>> Sheila: I've been hiding for so long, I almost forgot
what freedom felt like. I could-- I could just scream
with relief, joy and gratitude. I--
I knew you said that you would get me off...
I believed it. I just, there was a part of me
that was-- I was still scared. When I finally heard the judge
say those words, "You are free to go,"
I just-- I couldn't believe it. Yes. Look at me. Here I am.
A free woman again. >> Bill: Freedom looks good
on you. A lot better than that disguise.
>> Sheila: Thank you. I appreciate it.
And you are the reason why I am a free woman.
♪♪♪
>> Katie: So, I'm assuming someone is keeping Ridge
in the loop? >> Brooke: Steffy talks to him
the most. >> Katie: But you've heard
from him too, right? >> Brooke: Yeah. A few times.
He's still travelling. I think this time away has
been really good for him. >> Katie: For you as well.
I don't remember the last time I've seen you so at ease.
I really admire the way you've handled this, Brooke.
>> Brooke: Why, thank you. Taylor and I were just talking
about what a difference it's made.
>> Katie: Yeah, well, you're talking. You're not smearing
paint and cake all over each other.
>> Brooke: Oh, yeah. It's amazing.
For so long, we've been adversaries,
and then we just took Ridge out of the occasion and I could
see how much we actually have in common.
We love our kids, we're so devoted to them,
to our careers. We're fiercely protective
of our families. >> Katie: Well, you've had to
be with Sheila Carter around. But today, that's all going
to change after Steffy and Finn give their testimony
to the judge, Sheila won't be a threat
ever again. >> Brooke: Thank God.
♪♪♪ >> Sheila: I-- I'm never going
to forget the look on Steffy's face when the judge
dropped all the charges. I really think she and Finn
thought he would keep me locked up.
>> Bill: If they testified, he would have.
>> Sheila: Yeah, but you made sure that they didn't.
>> Bill: They thought he'd keep you in custody anyway.
>> Sheila: For what? Breaking out of jail?
Mike changed his story. He forced me out of there
and the judge said that he even had video evidence or
was that just the way he was supposed to interpret it?
This is unbelievable. Everyone thought that my case
was going to be open and shut, but there was no real evidence.
I mean, there's no video footage of the shooting.
No forensics. And the only eye witness
chose to not testify against me.
And that was because of you. My hero.
You really are my hero. ♪♪♪
>> Taylor: So, something is going on between Bill
and Sheila? Did you mean like...
romantically? >> Steffy: Yeah.
>> Taylor: No, no, no. Bill called the police
on Sheila. He's-- he's a hero. He turned her in.
>> Steffy: After making sure we would testify against her.
They planned the whole thing. >> Taylor: Okay, okay.
So, Bill's loyalty is to Sheila Carter, the woman who
almost killed you both? ♪♪♪
>> Katie: Gosh, I didn't realize how stressed out I was
about Sheila until she was caught.
>> Brooke: Oh, I know. The feeling is incredible.
>> Katie: Taylor and her family must feel the same way.
>> Brooke: I'm sure they'll feel even better once Finn
and Steffy give their testimony.
Sheila will be locked away for good.
>> Katie: Thank God. >> Brooke: Then, you can go
back to focusing on your love life.
>> Katie: I'm just trying not to overthink it.
>> Brooke: Well, this gorgeous, intelligent, luscious C-O-O
of ours has been thinking about you.
>> Katie: Has Carter said something to you?
>> Brooke: Well, maybe you should ask him yourself. Oh.
>> Katie: Oh, hi. >> Brooke: Hi there. We were
just talking about you. >> Katie: What is it?
What's wrong? >> Carter: I have some
shocking news. >> Katie: What?
>> Carter: Sheila Carter has been released from jail.
♪♪♪ >> Sheila: And you're happy
for me, aren't you? >> Bill: Of course I am.
I can see how relieved you are. >> Sheila: It's-- it's
unbelievable. I mean, to think that I could walk out that door
and there's nothing that anyone can do to me?
That I don't need a disguise or-- or to fear being caught?
I'm no longer a fugitive. I'm also not a monster.
I know I've made mistakes. I've realized that. Big ones.
But I did it out of fear. I hurt the ones that I love,
but it wasn't intentional and I am not evil.
You know that. And you looked into my eyes,
into my heart and you understand the woman
that I truly am. And you didn't...
You didn't hold my past against me.
Or my terrible reputation. You understood me
and that strength and that... And that intense passion
that we share. You never looked at me
like I was a villain. You gave me another chance
and for that, I am going to be forever grateful.
♪♪♪ >> Taylor: Okay, so-- so
Sheila's a free woman because of Bill Spencer?
>> Finn: We're as sad and sickened as you are.
>> Taylor: Oh, my God. This can't be happening!
She left you in an alley to die. She held you hostage!
She almost killed Li and now she's free to walk?
She's free to go on with her life?
>> Steffy: We didn't think that was a possibility, Mom.
There were other charges. >> Taylor: Exactly! Yes!
There were! She-- she escaped from jail.
The judge doesn't need your testimony to hold her for that.
>> Finn: Except she didn't break out.
>> Taylor: Yes, she did! >> Finn: N-- not if you believe
the story that was concocted claiming that Mike Guthrie
forced her to leave with him. >> Taylor: Mike Guthrie,
her accomplice. >> Steffy: Based on a sworn
affidavit, it was his idea to bust her out.
Sheila was kidnapped. >> Taylor: Now, they're making
her the victim? >> Finn: Apparently, there's
security footage. >> Steffy: The whole thing
is bogus, Mom. Bill is behind all of it.
He has the judge bought and paid for.
He orchestrated the whole thing. >> Taylor: What is he thinking?
He's Kelly's grandfather! Does he have any idea how
dangerous this is for all of us?
>> Steffy: Bill's clearly lost his mind, Mom.
And he will do whatever he can to protect Sheila.
>> Taylor: You and my grandbabies are the ones
that need protecting. Hayes!
You know she's gonna try and go after him.
You know she is! There's gotta be another way
to make her pay for what she's done.
There's only one way that I can think of
and we both know what that is. ♪♪♪
>> Brooke: There is no way. It can't be true.
>> Carter: I didn't believe it either.
>> Katie: Sheila attempted murder.
>> Brooke: She needs to be locked up. She was.
>> Carter: Now, she isn't. >> Katie: How do you know this?
>> Carter: I got a call from a colleague at the courthouse.
>> Katie: I-- I don't understand what's going on.
>> Brooke: Okay, wait. Finn and Steffy were just
there. They were going to give their testimony to the judge
about Sheila shooting them. >> Katie: Not only that,
she escaped from prison. She faked her own death.
They can't just let her go. >> Brooke: She is a dangerous
criminal. She needs to be behind bars.
>> Carter: I agree, but that's not what happened.
Sheila was released. She walked out of that
courthouse totally free. ♪♪♪
>> Sheila: So, how long before they start showing up with
pitchforks and torches? >> Bill: I don't know
and I don't care. I told security to let them
through. Get it out of the way. >> Sheila: Yeah, but you know
that they're not just coming for me.
Bill, once they find out I'm here,
you're gonna be in for it too. You realize I didn't want it
to be like this, not for any of us.
What happened in the alley that night really was
a terrible, terrible accident. I love my son.
He's my flesh and blood. I love Steffy too.
Just really wish things could've been different.
♪♪♪ >> Steffy: No. N-- no. No.
I'm not listening to this. What's done is done.
>> Taylor: Yes, but Steffy, I can undo it.
>> Steffy: No, you can't! I won't let you.
>> Taylor: Listen, I know that you are just trying
to protect me and I love you so much for that,
but I am not going to put my family in danger.
>> Steffy: No, you aren't, Mom. Sheila is the danger.
>> Taylor: Yes! Yes, she is and she needs to be in prison.
Finn, I am so sorry that you had to learn what happened
that night. I gave into my-- my darkest,
most uh-- Most violent instincts
and I... I committed a horrible crime.
>> Finn: And I know why. >> Steffy: Mom, you weren't
yourself when you shot Bill. >> Taylor: No.
I know that wasn't me. I just-- I-- I can't believe
that Bill is-- is blackmailing you to stay quiet so you
won't testify. It doesn't make any sense.
So much for him keeping his word about what happened
that night and it's all to defend
Sheila Carter, a literal psychopath.
My God. I can't let that happen. I can't. I will confess.
I will confess to-- to shooting Bill and he'll have
nothing to hold against you. You-- you can tell the judge
exactly what happened in the alley that night
and then Sheila will spend the rest of her life rotting
behind bars, where she belongs. ♪♪♪
>> Sheila: I really was hoping I could get through to
Finn and Steffy and show them that we really
could co-exist regardless of our past.
Finn is my son and I... I love him.
He's of my blood and Hayes is my grandson
and we're connected and nothing is ever
gonna change that. I don't know. Maybe I was just
hoping for too much. You know, I was just
being naive. >> Bill: It's hard to give up
on family. >> Sheila: Yeah, but that's
all I ever wanted. Even-- even that night in
the alley, I-- I begged Steffy to--
to try and accept me. Not turn my son against me
and now, all I want is to be forgiven.
Now, I just think that that day is probably never
going to come. [ Bill sighing ]
>> Bill: I can't promise you that you will be part of
Finn and Steffy's lives, but I give you my word,
you'll never have to worry about your freedom.
I'll do whatever it takes to protect you,
keep you out of prison. >> Sheila: You are an
incredibly generous man, Bill Spencer.
And what you've done for me is more than money could
ever, ever buy. You've given me my freedom
and my future. I owe you my life.
♪♪♪ >> Taylor: Sheila and Bill
will not get away with this. >> Steffy: They already are.
Sheila's out. She's roaming free.
>> Taylor: Okay, not for long. >> Steffy: Mom, you weren't
there. You didn't hear the things Bill was saying
about Sheila. >> Taylor: No, but I can--
I can hear the fear in your voice.
I can see it on your husband's face.
Knowing that Sheila is out there, wondering when
she's gonna snap again, what she can do to my children
and grandchildren? >> Finn: I won't let
that happen. >> Taylor: No, I'm going to
make sure that it never happens. I am going to go Baker,
I'm going to tell him exactly what happened the night
Bill Spencer was shot. That I was in a maternal rage.
Every-- everything inside of me, I just-- I just lost it.
All I could think about in that moment was--
was wanting Bill out of our lives for--
Permanently. I have tried for so many years
to just try and make some kind of peace for what I did,
but I can't. I have to come forward.
I have to say what I did. I do. >> Steffy: No, no, no, no.
>> Taylor: For everybody. >> Steffy: I know you.
You wanna do the right thing, but what you're suggesting
might not even help. We told you.
Bill owns the judge. Mom, if you confess, you could
go to prison and Sheila, she still might be free.
How is that protecting our family?
>> Finn: Look, if you want to keep your grandkids safe,
help us keep Sheila away. >> Taylor: No, I want her
to be away forever. I-- I want her to go to jail.
>> Steffy: Mom, you are a good person. We need you.
Kelly and Hayes need you. Douglas needs you.
We can't lose you. You can't-- you can't say
anything. Promise me you won't say anything about
shooting Bill. Your future, your freedom,
is not worth putting Sheila away.
♪♪♪
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