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>> Steffy: Wow.

Is that Thomas' design?

>> Ridge: Yeah,

he's very prolific these days.

>> Steffy: Shouldn't he be doing

the fitting?

>> Ridge: All right.

He'll be here soon enough.

For now, let's enjoy this.

Carmen, give it a turn, please.

Thank you. Huh?

>> Steffy: Don't tell my brother

I said this, but it's

pretty spectacular.

It's for Hope for the Future.

That's where his head's at--

Hope's line and Hope.

Where could he be?

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>> Hope: I killed him.

Thomas is dead because of me.

>> Brooke: Honey, no.

It was an accident--

a horrible, horrible accident.

>> Hope: But, Mom, I pushed him

and he fell into that tank,

and if I hadn't done that--

>> Brooke: Honey, you were

trying to defend yourself.

>> Hope: It doesn't--

It doesn't matter.

The reason doesn't matter.

It still happened.

>> Brooke: Thomas had become

unhinged.

He was willing to trade custody

of Douglas in order to have sex

with you.

>> Hope: That still doesn't mean

that he deserved to die.

>> Brooke: No. No. But if he

hadn't cornered you

on that catwalk...

>> Hope: [ voice breaking ]

He wouldn't tell me where

Douglas was, and I was worried,

and I didn't know where he was.

>> Brooke: Of course

you were worried.

But he used that

to manipulate you.

He had an agenda--a vile agenda.

>> Hope: Ridge isn't gonna

see it that way,

and neither will Taylor

or Steffy.

They're just gonna defend him

and vilify me,

but as they should,

because as twisted

as Thomas was,

he was still their son.

He was still her brother,

and... [ crying ] his--his blood

is on my hands.

Thomas' blood is on my hands.

[ sobbing ]

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[ birds chirping ]

>> Ridge: Can't go this dark.

>> Steffy: We could put a...

>> Liam: Hey.

>> Steffy: ...and make it.--Hi.

>> Liam: Well, I just wrapped up

things down in HR.

So...yeah, I guess all that's

left is to clean out my desk.

>> Steffy: Who says

you can leave?

>> Liam: Wait, what?

>> Steffy: We can still hold him

to his contract, right, Dad?

>> Liam: Wait--

>> Ridge: Yes, absolutely.

>> Liam: Whoa. Hold on. What?

>> Ridge: But that means that

big, bad Bill Spencer's

gonna come over here,

and he's gonna make

the whole place smell like musk

and hair product, and it just--

I'm gonna miss you, but, uh...

>> Liam: [ laughs ]

>> Ridge: I don't want

any of that.

>> Liam: That's fair.

>> Steffy: I echo

my co-CEO's sentiment.

>> Ridge: Thank you.

>> Steffy: Yeah,

I'm gonna miss ya.

>> Liam: Cool. Well...

Sorry for interrupting.

>> Steffy: Oh, no, you didn't.

We were just waiting on Thomas.

>> Ridge: Yeah, we're supposed

to have a fitting,

and no one's heard from him.

>> Liam: Oh, yeah, I might...

know why that is.

So something happened

last night. Um...

Apparently, Thomas signed

the custody papers.

>> Ridge: [ sighs ]

>> Brooke: Sweetheart,

you are a sweet, gentle person.

You hate violence.

>> Hope: Yes, yes, I do,

but--but he still died

because of me.

That's what happened, Mom,

and--and I've ruined everything.

I've ruined all our lives,

and I didn't mean to. I'm sorry.

Mom, I didn't--

>> Brooke: Anybody who knows you

knows that.

>> Hope: I was just trying to

keep Douglas safe, but now when

he learns that I've cost him

the only parent he has left--

>> Brooke: Stop. Stop it.

You're not to blame.

Thomas did this.

He was obsessed with you.

You had to fight back.

>> Hope: I can't get

that thought out of my head

of Thomas falling into a vat

of acid.

>> Brooke: Sweetheart, please...

>> Hope: No, Mom, it's--

No one deserves to die that way.

It's horrifying.

I think I'm gonna be sick

to my stomach. [ sobbing ]

>> Brooke: Oh, honey. Honey.

>> Hope: Huh?

>> Brooke: Honey.

>> Hope: [ crying ]

I have to tell them, Mom.

Ridge and Steffy--they--

they need to know...

that I'm responsible

for Thomas' death.

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>> Ridge: This can't be right.

This--This can't be happening.

>> Steffy: Liam,

are you sure about this?

>> Liam: [ sighs ]

>> Steffy: There's no chance

you might be mistaken?

>> Liam: No, no, no. No.

[ chuckles ] I saw

the custody papers myself

this morning, and that was

definitely Thomas' signature

on there, making Hope the boy's

adoptive mother, and then

Brooke confirmed it, so...

>> Ridge: Oh, of course

they did, yeah.

This is what they wanted

all along. They finally...

They finally got it.

They--They succeeded.

They succeeded

taking a little boy away

from his dad.

>> Liam: Wait. No.

Nobody took Douglas away from--

Thomas is still

his legal father.

He still has custody.

I know you're not psyched

about this.

I'm not psyched about it either.

But Hope is just doing what

she thinks is best for Douglas.

>> Steffy: What's best

for Douglas isn't up to Hope

or to Brooke.

>> Liam: I--

>> Steffy: They're not

his family.

>> Liam: I know--

>> Steffy: Thomas is.

The Forresters are.

>> Ridge: So, Liam...

>> Steffy: [ sighs ]

>> Liam: Yeah?

>> Ridge: Why do you think

I moved that little boy

into my dad's house?

So he could be with us,

with his family.

We could try to heal together.

Thomas isn't a great dad,

but he's working on it.

And the kid was okay with it.

He's finally starting

to trust him again.

And your wife in 24 hours

destroyed all of that.

>> Liam: Wait, though,

for all intents and purposes,

Hope has been the kid's mom

ever since we lost Caroline.

>> Steffy: And we were grateful,

but we all knew that wasn't

gonna be a permanent solution,

except Hope and Brooke.

They came up with this crazy

custody ploy to have Hope

and you adopt Douglas.

>> Liam: Okay, I don't know if

Hope would sign off on you

calling it a ploy,

but whatever--

>> Ridge: What do you call it?

Now where's a plan to take

something that does not belong

to you, and when it doesn't

work, you try something else.

What do you call that?

>> Steffy: Thomas would see it

as a chance to have access

to Hope.

They would be co-parenting.

>> Liam: Mm.

>> Ridge: It's manipulation,

is what that is.

It's all it is.

>> Liam: Okay, can we just,

like, pause for a second?

because all we actually know

for sure is that T--

>> Ridge: No, you pause!

You know what, mate? I don't--

[ breathing heavily ]

I think I know you well enough

to know that this can't

sit right with you.

This is Thomas' son.

This is his flesh and blood.

I know he's not a good parent.

I know you don't like him.

But he's trying.

And he loves that kid.

But Hope, for some reason,

thinks she can love him better.

So she stole him away

from Thomas.

>> Liam: Okay, you keep using

that word, like "steal,"

and it's--nobody is stealing

anything.

Yes, obviously, there were

better options for Hope

being in Douglas' life

than sharing custody,

and if I'm honest,

the worst thing about this

for me is that it puts your boy

in Hope's life forever.

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>> Brooke: I wish I had gone

to the office last night.

My every instinct

was telling me to,

and if I had, none of this

would have happened.

>> Hope: Mom, no.

This is not your fault.

I called, okay? I called.

I told you not to come.

>> Brooke: I should have come

anyway, especially when you

told me that Thomas had taken

Douglas somewhere,

and you didn't know where.

I'm never gonna forgive myself

for this.

>> Hope: There is nothing you

have to forgive yourself for.

I did this. I lost control.

>> Brooke: Thomas lost control.

You had to fight back, honey.

>> Hope: Did I, though?

Is that how it happened?

Or maybe I was just

overreacting.

>> Brooke: Thomas

threatened you.

>> Hope: I mean, yes, that's how

it seemed at the time, but now

I just--I don't know.

I'm not certain of anything

anymore.

>> Brooke: Well, I am.

I am certain. I am certain

that Thomas is dangerous,

and I'm certain that you did

what you had to do to get out

of that situation.

>> Hope: I don't know, Mom.

I don't know.

I don't know anymore.

I mean, what if... [ crying ]

what if--

>> Brooke: Stop it.

Please listen to me.

>> Hope: [ cries ]

>> Brooke: All of the "what ifs"

in the world isn't gonna change

the person that Thomas

has become, what he did,

what he tried to do.

Yes, it's terrible

that he's gone, but...

>> Hope: It's because of me.

>> Brooke: No, it's because

of his obsession.

He was consumed by it, Hope.

I mean, it was like there was

a demon inside of him

that he couldn't control.

>> Hope: But Ridge is never

going to see it that way!

And Douglas...

I...I have custody

of Douglas now.

I am his mother, and I k--

[ crying ] I killed his father.

>> Brooke: Hope, honey--

>> Hope: [ sobbing ] No, no,

Mom, he's going to hate me!

That little boy, what he's

already been through to learn

that the--the woman he grew

to love as a mother, that--

that she took away his father?

Mom, I...ruined everything.

My life is over.

>> Brooke: Honey,

don't say that.

>> Hope: No, I'm going to be

arrested.

I'm going to be taken away.

I'm going to be taken from Beth,

and I'm never gonna get

to hold her again.

I'm never gonna get to watch her

grow up, and Douglas--I mean,

he's the whole reason

I did this. He's going to...

[ sobs ] lose me, too.

I have to--I have to tell Liam.

I have to tell Liam

before the cops--

before the police come

and take me away.

>> Brooke: Stop it, please.

I am not going to let Thomas

ruin your life all over again.

I'm not. Okay? So....

We have to be careful

about what we're saying,

about how we're gonna react.

Okay?

We can't make

any rash decisions.

>> Hope: What are you trying

to say, Mom?

That I shouldn't...

say anything at all,

that I should just keep it

to myself and not tell

the truth?

The truth that...

I killed Thomas?

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>> Ridge: What's it gonna take,

Liam?

What's it gonna take for you

to acknowledge that my son

is trying, that he knows

he made mistakes?

He knows he hurt a lot

of people, but he's trying

to apologize.

It's never gonna be enough,

is it?

Not for you, not for Hope,

and not for Brooke.

>> Liam: Literally all I'm doing

is pointing out

that Thomas didn't--

>> Ridge: Don't point

anything out.

Let me point something out--

something that we all know.

Thomas loves Hope,

and Hope used that

to her advantage.

She--She made Thomas sign

something he never should have

signed.

>> Liam: Okay. We're all upset.

You have to stop attacking Hope.

>> Steffy: He's not attacking

Hope. He's questioning--

>> Liam: How is he not

attacking?

>> Ridge: No, that's what

I'm doing. I'm questioning.

>> Liam: Okay,

you're questioning.

>> Ridge: Thank you, Steffy.

I'm questioning why,

after the first time they tried

to grab Douglas,

and it didn't work,

they couldn't just let it go?

But they couldn't, could they?

They couldn't drop it.

Brooke couldn't drop it,

and she knew how I felt

about this. She knew how

the Forresters felt about it

and how Thomas felt about it.

But still, they kept going.

They tried to find something,

and they did. They found

a shared common space.

And they destroyed

my son's relationship

with his little boy...forever.

[ keys jangle ]

>> Steffy: Well, what--what are

you doing? Where are you going?

>> Ridge: Well, I'm gonna go

get some answers, 'cause this

one doesn't have any.

Thomas isn't here.

So I'm gonna talk to Hope

and Brooke.

>> Liam: Hold on a second.

You--You can't be going

over there right now.

Are you kidding me?

>> Ridge: Why? Why's that?

Thomas is my boy,

and as long as he's breathing,

I will stand up for him,

especially...

when someone wrongs him.

[ door opens ]

>> Liam: Whoa.

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>> Brooke: I didn't say that,

honey.

>> Hope: Isn't that what

you meant, that you don't want

me to tell Ridge or anyone?

>> Brooke: Look, this all

just happened, okay?

You are in a state of shock.

We just need to take some time.

>> Hope: Time isn't going to

bring Thomas back, Mom.

>> Brooke: I know that.

But you're panicking, Hope.

>> Hope: Of course

I'm panicking!

I killed Ridge's son!

>> Brooke: It was

in self-defense.

Thomas did this.

He came after you.

You were just trying

to protect yourself.

And, yes, it's terrible

that Thomas had to die.

But, Hope, he was willing

to trade custody of his son

to have sex with you.

I mean, how sick is that?

He just wanted to fulfill

his crazy fantasy,

and he was chasing you

all over the building,

trying to grab you and kiss you.

And he had you cornered

in the catwalk.

>> Hope: And I pushed him.

>> Brooke: You pushed him

in order to protect yourself.

You didn't intend to kill him.

>> Hope: [ crying ]

>> Brooke: Honey...

Thomas is responsible

for all of this.

He's responsible for taking

so much away from you already.

>> Hope: [ sobbing ]

>> Brooke: Oh, honey.

I just...

don't want you

to lose your life--

a life that you have with Liam

and with your daughter.

I refuse to let Thomas

take that away from you

all over again.

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>> Steffy: I can't believe Hope

convinced my brother to let her

adopt Douglas.

>> Liam: Yeah, I know.

[ cellphone chimes ]

>> Steffy: [ sighs heavily ]

A reminder of a meeting

I have tomorrow.

I thought it was

gonna be Thomas.

>> Liam: Oh.

Yeah, I'm sure he's just fine.

>> Steffy: How sure?

>> Liam: 85...percent sure.

70% sure.

60? [ chuckles ]

>> Steffy: You know what

I'm sure about?

>> Liam: What?

>> Steffy: This place is not

gonna be the same without you.

Is there anything I can do

to get you to stay?

>> Liam: [ laughs ]

I thought--I thought you were

happy for me,

mending fences with my old man,

rejoining the family business,

all of that.

>> Steffy: No, I-I am.

I'm happy for you.

I'm sad that you're leaving,

but, yeah, I'm--I'm happy

that you're going back

to Spencer Publications.

>> Liam: Hey, I meant

what I said the other night.

I really am committed

to spending more time with you

and Kelly and bringing Beth over

more often.

I just...

[ sighs ] I wanna turn the page

on all this...ugh...this drama

and angst and it's--

it's not worth it.

I wanna focus on creating

a happy future for the kids

and the adults.

That sound like a plan?

>> Steffy: Sounds like a plan.

>> Brooke: I hate that this is

making you suffer,

and it's all because of Thomas

once again.

But, honey, if you can just--

>> Hope: If I can what?

What, Mom, put it out my head?

Deny that it ever happened?

I can't do that.

It's already haunting me.

I can't live with the secret.

>> Brooke: No, I'm not asking

you to lie, and I'm not asking

you to hide anything.

I just want you

to take some time.

You're still reeling

from all of this, and so am I.

But you can't make

rash decisions.

There's too much at stake here--

your life, your future,

your family.

>> Brooke: I know, Mom.

And I love you so much

for trying to protect me.

But I can't live like this,

and I'm so terrified of spending

the rest of my life in jail,

of losing Beth all over again,

of losing Liam,

but Thomas is dead

because of me.

And even if we decided

to keep this a secret,

someone would eventually

find out.

Someone would find some shred

of evidence.

Someone would find out

something, and besides, this is

going to eat away

at your marriage to Ridge.

So I have to tell him.

I have to tell Ridge that

I killed his son.

[ door opens ]

[ door closes ]

>> Ridge: I just came

from the office

'cause I know what you did.

How could you do that?

How could you do that

to a little kid?

Do you have any idea

of the repercussions,

of the impact this could have

on that little boy

for the rest of his life?

I know you had a problem

with Thomas, but this--

this is how you have

to punish him?

By separating father and son?

You destroyed their relationship

forever.

>> Brooke: [ whispers ] Stop it.

[ normal voice ] I'm not gonna

let you talk to my daughter

like that.

>> Hope: No, he's right, Mom.

Everything Ridge is saying

is right.

Douglas lost his father

because of me.

And I didn't mean for it

to happen the way it happened.

I swear. It just...

I know how much you love Thomas.

And I would give anything

not to have to say this to you,

but...it needs to be said.

He's dead.

Thomas...Your son is dead.

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