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>> Ridge: Dead?

Thomas took Douglas

to school this morning.

So what are you trying to do?

Hurt me? Shock me? What is it?

>> Hope: There are

some things you don't know.

>> Brooke: Ridge, I can explain.

>> Ridge: You were with Thomas

last night,

and somehow you squeezed

a signature out of him.

So maybe he feels betrayed

or feels hurt.

Why would you say "dead"?

♪♪♪

>> Steffy: Okay.

>> Liam: I don't think anything

in here is mine.

>> Steffy: What about that card

you stuck in my laptop?

>> Liam: Uh, that's, uh,

decryption keys.

It's for private communication

with you and International.

You have one. Ridge has one.

And I think that's it.

It's just gonna run

in the background

when necessary.

>> Steffy: Would you help me

interview your replacement,

please?

>> Liam: Yes.

Actually, I already

worked up a short list

of candidates for you.

But, honestly,

if you really, really need me,

like, just call me.

>> Steffy: If Bill

doesn't treat you right,

you know I'm poaching you back.

>> Liam: [ sighs ] Am I crazy

making this move?

>> Steffy: I wanna say yes.

I wanna say you're not doing

the right thing.

Oh, but I know

what it feels like

to walk into a building

with your name on it

and think...

"This is where I belong."

>> Liam: Well...

thanks for making your business

my business.

>> Steffy: You know,

once you walk out that door...

[ singsongy ] you forfeit any

shot at Employee of the Month.

>> Liam: Oh! [ laughs ]

>> Steffy: [ laughs ]

♪♪♪

>> Liam: I don't remember

what's on this thumb drive.

>> Steffy: You better not be

leaving here with work product.

>> Liam: Uh, do me a favor.

Stick this in your laptop

and check it for me.

>> Steffy: Mm-hmm.

>> Liam: [ laughs ]

Um, also, Nayeli

is gonna reset all the passwords

once I'm out the door.

>> Steffy: Great. So what you're

telling me is it's gonna be

chaos for the next few days?

Awesome.

>> Liam: My parting gift.

>> Steffy: Well, I'll make sure

to let Thomas and my dad know.

>> Liam: Yeah.

Uh, be sure to say that it's,

like, everyone's passwords

so Thomas doesn't think

I'm plotting against him.

>> Steffy: Mm.

That's the crazy thing

about Thomas.

You try to be on his side,

and what does he do?

He switches sides.

Look, I supported him

having sole custody of his son.

So did you.

>> Liam: Mm-hmm.

>> Steffy: And instead,

he signs papers making Hope

legally Douglas's mom.

>> Liam: Strangely enough,

though, I mean,

given their track record,

it seems like Hope

is the only person

with any real influence

over him.

>> Steffy: No.

There's still one person

who hasn't fallen that far off

the pedestal for him.

That's my dad.

>> Ridge: Well, don't just

stand there feeling frightened.

Tell me what happened

with you and Thomas.

>> Hope: I'm...trying.

>> Ridge: You're trying?

You stole his son from him,

and now, what, you're gonna

tell Douglas that his father

is dead? Is that your plan?

>> Hope: I--I don't--

>> Brooke: Ridge.

Do you remember me telling you

when Thomas was dead to me?

>> Ridge: That's a tough one

to get past.

>> Brooke: Well, that's exactly

how Hope is feeling right now.

>> Hope: Mom, don't.

>> Brooke: She said

that he's dead

because the man that she knew,

the man that she cared about,

the man that she thought

she was marrying,

the one that said

he would be there for her son,

that man has vanished

a long time ago for all of us.

The only person who hasn't

wanted to see it is you

because you love him so much.

♪♪♪

>> Steffy: Thomas,

it's your sister...

again.

[ cellphone beeps ]

[ groans ]

What?

>> Liam: This is me

downloading updates,

not paying attention

to a word of shade

you're throwing

at your no-account brother.

>> Steffy: Well, this is

what Thomas does.

He turns off his cellphone,

and everyone worries about him.

So passive-aggressive.

>> Liam: See, I don't know

about the passive--

[ knock on door ]

>> Steffy: He's very passive--

>> Charlie: Oh, hey, you two.

Uh...

>> Steffy: Hey, Charlie.

>> Charlie: We're, uh, looking

for Ridge.

>> Steffy: He stepped out.

What's the update

with the hydrofluoric acid?

>> Liam: The what?

>> Jake: It's been neutralized.

Surface is wiped clean and dry.

Uh, not a trace of it left.

>> Steffy: I'll take a look.

>> Charlie: No, no. No.

There's no--no need

to stop what you're doing.

I've already signed off on it,

so...

>> Steffy: If it's

a major issue,

I'm ultimately responsible.

Let's go.

>> Charlie: Okay.

♪♪♪

>> Ridge: So that's it?

How about you?

You got something to say?

'Cause it--it seems like

there's something

you're not telling me.

>> Brooke: I think

this conversation

has gone on long enough.

>> Ridge: Why do you do that?

Hope, please,

what happened with Thomas?

>> Brooke: She's not his keeper.

>> Ridge: Why can't--Can--

Let her speak, please.

>> Hope: The last time

I saw Thomas...

>> Ridge: Was last night, yes?

>> Hope: Yes.

>> Ridge: All right.

So last night, what happened?

>> Hope: Uh...

he was upset with me

because he thought

that I had tricked him.

>> Ridge: Did you sleep

with him?

>> Brooke: My God, Ridge.

>> Ridge: I know. I'm sorry.

>> Brooke: You know,

I don't like how you

came in here and you started

interrogating my daughter.

This is terrible.

>> Ridge: My son was tricked

into giving his boy up.

I would like to know how.

>> Hope: That's not

how it happened.

>> Ridge: Then how did it

happen?

>> Brooke: Look, I'd like

a moment alone with my daughter

before this conversation

goes any further.

>> Ridge: No, don't do it.

No one's on trial here.

We're just trying

to figure something out

as a family.

Can we do that?

Can we just be honest

with each other?

Thank you.

Go on.

>> Hope: Thomas called and said

he wanted to see me.

>> Ridge: Why?

>> Hope: He wanted to spend

some time with me.

>> Ridge: But why would you

accept that?

>> Hope: Well, he said

as a family.

So I knew Douglas

would be there.

>> Ridge: Douglas was gonna

be there. Okay, I see.

>> Hope: And he asked me

to bring the adoption papers.

>> Ridge: See, now we're

getting somewhere.

You couldn't refuse that,

could you?

>> Brooke: Hope has been

taking care of Douglas ever

since your son went into hiding.

>> Ridge: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Where did all this happen?

>> Hope: At the office.

>> Ridge: At the office?

Why at the office?

>> Hope: I thought it was

about signing the papers.

I didn't know

that Thomas had planned dinner.

Look, I have loved Douglas

as a mother.

He's an exceptional,

young little boy,

and he's already been

through so much.

>> Ridge: Like losing

his real mother.

>> Hope: It's such a tragedy

at such a young age.

>> Ridge: Yeah, it was.

But it wasn't enough for you,

was it?

You had to make sure

he lost his father as well.

>> Brooke: Stop attacking her,

Ridge.

>> Ridge: I'm not attacking

anybody.

That's the first thing I heard

when I walked through that door.

"Douglas's father is dead."

Right? Is that what you said?

>> Brooke: That's not

what she meant.

>> Ridge: Then what did

she mean?

>> Hope: Thomas did not

sign away his parental rights.

>> Ridge: Then what did he sign?

>> Hope: I am legally

Douglas's mother,

but Thomas is still his father.

That's all.

It's what Thomas wanted.

>> Brooke: Well, there you go,

Ridge.

Hope couldn't be

any more clear.

Douglas now has

two parents again.

So why don't I walk you down

to the cabin so--

>> Ridge: I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Hey.

I feel like

we're always fighting.

I'm always yelling at you,

and I don't...

I don't wanna be that way.

[ sighs ]

I've known you

since you were this big.

And...

you're always good and honest,

and that's how I see you.

>> Hope: I'm no better

than anyone else.

>> Ridge: I look at you

right now, and I...

I don't feel like

you're being honest.

I don't feel like

you're being good.

You're ashamed of something,

aren't you?

What is it?

Secrets and lies--

they don't sit well with you,

do they, Hope?

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

>> Jake: Yeah. Once this stuff

was neutralized,

they did a partial flush,

tested the pH in the back,

and then they did a flush again.

>> Liam: What did they need

hydrofluoric acid for?

>> Steffy: Cleaning

machinery parts.

>> Jake: Yeah, I--There are

other slower ways to do it,

and I guess we'll be using those

in the future.

I mean, Ridge--he was not happy

about having the acid here.

>> Steffy: Neither was I.

>> Charlie: Well, you know,

we--we just wanted you to see

that everything's

all buttoned up here.

No issues at all.

Just sparkling-clean washers.

>> Jake: Yep.

>> Charlie: Which reminds me,

I got to do

my tighty-whities tonight.

>> Steffy: And you logged

all the procedures for OSHA?

>> Jake: Of course.

They're almost done

loading the truck.

Should be off the premises

completely

in a matter of minutes.

>> Steffy: Good. Efficient.

That's what I like to hear.

And most importantly,

no one was harmed.

♪♪♪

>> Ridge: Hey.

You--You can tell me.

You can tell me anything.

I know you want to.

>> Brooke: Ridge,

you've reduced her to tears.

Isn't that enough?

>> Ridge: Tell me.

>> Hope: I mean,

you have every right.

>> Ridge: Every right

to doubt you? I don't...

I don't doubt you.

I know you're gonna

tell the truth.

And not because I want you to,

but because you want to.

I can see there's something

eating you up inside.

I know it's gonna

take some time,

but you will tell me.

You used to call me "Dad."

You remember that?

>> Hope: Yes.

>> Ridge: Well, that's someone

that wants to protect you,

wants the best for you.

I still feel that way.

>> Hope: I know.

>> Ridge: And that's the way you

feel about Douglas, isn't it?

>> Hope: Yes, it is.

>> Ridge: And Thomas--

he's been such a disappointment

as a father.

And he's done things.

He's done horrible things--

things that are inexcusable.

I know that.

And I hated what he did to you.

If I didn't say that before,

I wanna say it now.

I know what he put you through,

and I'm so sorry.

But he did say one thing

over and over again,

and I know he meant it.

He loved you.

>> Hope: Yeah, but his--

his love, it just--

>> Ridge: Well, we don't get to

decide what kind of love we get.

We just take...

what our partners decide

to give us. Right, Brooke?

>> Hope: Well, he was never

really a partner.

>> Ridge: I know that.

He knows that--

[ sighs ]

He knows you didn't love him.

He just didn't think

you would never love him.

And he used Douglas

just to get to you, and I--

He didn't think it through.

He thought you'll marry him

to be his wife.

But you married him

to be Douglas's mother.

'Cause it's Douglas

you love, right?

That's why you accepted

this dinner invitation.

>> Hope: Yes.

>> Ridge: Douglas, man,

what a cute little boy, huh?

He's been through so much.

The way Thomas treated him

wasn't enough, right?

It was time to end Thomas.

>> Brooke: Ridge.

>> Ridge: Right?

Is that what happened?

The endgame

was getting full custody

of that boy.

And if you couldn't--

If you couldn't bully my son

into it,

you would just take

his checkered past to court--

get rid of him that way.

>> Hope: Yes.

To keep him away from Douglas.

To keep him away from me.

Just not in the way it happened.

♪♪♪

>> Liam: You know...

[ clears throat ]

it's not so easy taking my leave

after seeing the world's

greatest executive

doing her thang.

>> Steffy: If you didn't

already have a job,

I think you

were buttering me up

for a letter of recommendation.

>> Liam: [ laughs ]

Yeah, well, hold that thought

in case my old man

goes rogue again.

>> Steffy: [ chuckles ]

[ sighs ]

>> Liam: What? What's wrong?

>> Steffy: Oh, nothing.

Just waiting

on a certain someone

who's supposed to be here,

and they haven't called

or texted.

>> Liam: Mm-hmm.

>> Steffy: Oh, yeah. Thomas.

He, like, achieves

a new level of AWOL every month.

>> Liam: [ grunts ]

No comment.

>> Steffy: I'm really gonna miss

having you here.

>> Liam: No, you won't.

>> Steffy: So first you quit.

Now you're talking back to me?

Really?

>> Liam: [ laughs ]

Thank you for everything.

>> Steffy: Likewise.

What? What?

>> Liam: Ah. I don't--

>> Steffy: Get out of here.

>> Yes, boss.

Whatever you say, boss.

♪♪♪

>> Hope: How could I trust him

with Douglas?

How could you?

You were just willing

to look the other way

while he played Jekyll and Hyde

with his own son?

Yes, I wanted to get him

away from Douglas, but I just--

I didn't dream

that it would go the way it did.

>> Brooke: Hope,

what are you doing?

>> Ridge: I'm listening.

>> Hope: He wants to hear

how it ended.

So I'm not going to hold back.

>> Brooke: But you didn't

tell him everything.

He doesn't know what Thomas did.

>> Ridge: My son is not here

to defend himself.

Maybe just once you can stop

throwing him under the bus.

>> Brooke: It's what led up

to last night.

I don't supposed you know

that Thomas was willing

to trade custody of his son

in order to have sex with Hope.

>> Ridge: Is that true?

>> Brooke: [ sighs ]

Hope shot it down, obviously,

and she thought

that Thomas had accepted it.

But after he signed

the custody papers,

it appeared that he didn't.

>> Thomas: No, you were

just manipulating me,

putting on a face so I would

sign on the dotted line.

[ cellphone rings ]

>> Ridge: Maybe that's him.

[ cellphone beeps ]

Steffy, is he there?

>> Steffy: Hey, Dad.

>> Ridge: Is your brother

at the office?

>> Steffy: No.

No, he is not here.

The hazmat team

just finished up.

They did a good job.

>> Ridge: Acid's gone. Great.

>> Steffy: It is gone.

They flushed it,

they cleaned it,

and they sent it

to its next job.

>> Ridge: That's fantastic.

If you hear from your brother,

please give me a call.

Text me. Do something.

[ cellphone beeps ]

>> Brooke: Acid?

>> Ridge: Yeah.

Uh, hydrofluoric acid.

Please, go on.

>> Brooke: It's a really

dangerous substance.

>> Ridge: I know.

It's disposed of.

They cleaned everything,

and no one got hurt.

Everything was fine,

and--and that's it.

I'm sorry. I-I...

I-I defended Thomas before.

He--

I was wrong, and maybe

it's 'cause he's my son.

I don't know. It's--

I don't wanna do it again.

So please--

What Brooke just said,

is that true?

>> Hope: Yes.

>> Ridge: I--I...

I wasn't implying

that you--you would lie to me

about something like that.

You wouldn't--Neither one of you

would lie to me.

I just--I'm trying to...

make room for it

somewhere in my head.

And, um...

Maybe that's why he ran.

That's--That's why he took off--

'cause he's ashamed.

He just disappears, doesn't he?

♪♪♪

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