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>> Brooke: Honey [Sighs]

talk to me.

>> Hope: Im okay, Mom.

>> Ridge: Maybe I should have

waited to tell her, you know?

>> Hope: No.

No, its fine.

Steffy has adopted a little

girl, and now Kelly has

a new little sister.

Phoebe.

Im happy for them.

Liam is, too.

>> Brooke: That was very sweet

of you, to insist that he go

over there and be there with his

daughter and her new sister.

>> Hope: Mom, Liam had a family

with Steffy even before I got

pregnant with Beth, so...

[ Inhales sharply ]

Liam should be there.

To welcome Phoebe

to her new home

and her new family.

>> Liam: Hi.

>> Steffy: Little Phoebes

settled right into your arms.

>> Liam: [ Chuckles ]

Its funny. I al--

I already see a resemblance.

I dont mean a physical

resemblance, I just...

Her eyes. Her eyes are so...

The way that she looks at me

reminds me of how Kelly looked

at me when I first held her,

you know?

I know Im being silly.

I-I -- I just...

>> Steffy: No, no.

Youre not being silly.

Youre being a dad.

Liam, I-I meant what I said.

Yes, Ive adopted Phoebe

on my own.

But she is and

always will be your daughter.

>> Reese: So, everything went as

planned signing the adoption

paperwork?

>> Flo: It went off without a

hitch.

I was a little nervous -- or,

actually, very nervous,

given everything at stake.

>> Reese: But you covered,

though, right?

No red flags?

>> Flo: I did, yes.

Its done. Youre in the clear.

Or at least

I assume that you are?

>> Reese: Yeah.

Paid off my debt.

Every last cent.

My daughter is finally safe.

>> Flo: Im glad.

I know how much

Zoe means to you.

>> Reese: Everything I did,

I did for her.

To keep her out of harms way.

I would have never, ever crossed

the lines I did -- morally or

ethically -- otherwise.

>> Flo: I know.

Im happy for you.

But you dont -- you dont

seem too happy for you.

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>> Flo: Is that what

I think it is?

>> Reese: Like I said [Sighs]

I paid off all my debts

with $50,000 to spare.

>> Flo: Should I count it?

Im kidding, Reese. I trust you.

>> Reese: Look,

Im really sorry

that I got you involved

in all this.

But those thugs were going to do

something really horrible to my

daughter if I didnt come up

with the money.

>> Flo: Hey. Dont, okay?

I am far from perfect myself.

Weve all done things.

I mean, admittedly nothing

quite like this, but...

Its -- its over now.

Life goes on.

Better for some than others.

$50,000 to give one woman

a child while

robbing another of her baby.

>> Brooke: Honey, we all know

what youve been through, and

how much youre still going

through.

But if youre just saying that

youre okay with Liam being over

at Steffys with their daughter

and the new baby, then --

>> Ridge: We would all

understand.

Steffy most of all.

And, yes, she wanted that baby,

but the timing is...

[ Sighs ]

It -- it just hasnt --

hasnt been a long time s--

>> Hope: You can say it, Ridge.

Since Beth was taken from us.

>> Ridge: Youre still healing.

So is Liam.

>> Hope: Yeah, exactly.

And holding a new little girl

in his arms will --

No child will ever

replace Beth for us.

Im just acknowledging what is.

Beth is gone.

And, sure, on some level,

knowing that Steffy has a baby

girl and I dont have mine,

it hurts.

But I wont deny their family

this once-in-a-lifetime moment.

>> Steffy: I thought I heard

Kelly, but shes still in

dreamland.

>> Liam: Little does she know

her life is about to change

in a big way.

>> Steffy: All of our lives are.

>> Liam: I can picture it now,

Kelly and Phoebe just

ganging up on us.

>> Steffy: Ganging up on you,

you mean...

>> Liam: [ Chuckles ]

>> Steffy: ...and wrapping you

around their fingers.

>> Liam: I know.

>> Steffy: From the moment

I laid eyes on her,

it just felt right.

>> Liam: Thats cause it is

right.

I mean, Kelly now has the --

the sister that you wanted her

to have.

And shes gonna grow up having

that special connection that you

had with yours.

>> Steffy: Mm-hmm.

Best of all, this sweet little

baby whose biological father

wants nothing to do with her

has a loving, caring father

right here.

>> Reese: Okay.

I love you, too, sweetheart.

More than you know.

All right. Bye.

>> Flo: Zoe?

>> Reese: Yeah.

Checking up on her old man.

>> Flo: Sweet kid.

>> Reese: If I could take even

the tiniest bit of credit...

But, uh, you, uh --

You want to count that,

make sure its all there?

>> Flo: No, actually, what I

really want to do is, I want to

dump it all on the floor and

roll around in it, naked.

>> Reese: [ Chuckles ]

>> Flo: But Ill try to

restrain myself.

>> Reese: What?

>> Flo: Thats not true.

What I just said. Its --

[ Sighs ] It just --

It makes it -- it makes it sound

like its, like, a good thing.

But I just --

I cant help thinking,

this kind of just feels like

its blood money.

But I really do need the cash.

>> Reese: You take

every last dollar.

Go live your life and forget

this happened.

You helped me safeguard my

daughter.

And we still made sure that

that little girl has a

safe, happy home.

>> Hope: I wonder how its going

over at Steffys.

With the new baby.

>> Ridge: Im sure Steffy, uh,

is doing the best for Phoebe

to settle in.

>> Hope: Well, how much do they

know about the birth mother?

I mean, does Phoebe look like

her, or...?

>> Ridge: I, uh...

I dont know.

I know Steffy met her, but

thats...

>> Brooke: Why do you ask?

>> Hope: I just remember holding

Beth for the first time.

Searching her face, trying to

find a little bit of me or Liam.

And I was just wondering if she

had her mothers eyes or --

Im sorry. I dont --

I dont know why I

brought that up.

Uh...

All that matters now is that

Steffy is her mother.

>> Brooke: [ Sighs ]

Sweetheart...

All these questions, and

searching for answers...

You know, maybe it would help

if you go over there and meet

Phoebe.

>> Steffy: Phoebe and Kelly

are sleeping like --

Liam?

>> Liam: [ Inhales ] Sorry.

Did -- did she go down

without a fuss?

>> Steffy: Yeah, yeah.

I sang her a lullaby,

and she was out.

Its a big day

for a little girl.

>> Liam: Yeah, it was.

>> Steffy: What will you tell

her?

>> Liam: Who?

>> Steffy: Hope.

She has to know youre here.

>> Liam: Oh, y-yeah.

No, yeah, shes the one who

encouraged me to come.

>> Liam: She, um --

She thought I should be here

for Kelly when we welcome her

new sister into the family.

I was -- when I was holding

Phoebe, I was -- you know,

I was thinking about Beth.

And its so strange.

Its like...

You know, I-I only got to hold

her that once...

My sweet little girl.

>> Steffy: Im sorry, Liam.

Maybe this is too soon for you.

>> Liam: No, no -- Oh, no.

Thats not what I was -- No.

I -- heh...

Hope is right. I-I --

I should be here with Kelly

on Phoebes first day

with her new family.

And Im -- and Im glad I am.

>> Steffy: Phoebe will be, too.

When shes old enough to

understand.

But youre dealing with a

horrible loss, Liam.

Little Beth --

>> Liam: Will always be in my

heart.

But, um...

I cant -- I cant get her back.

And now theres Phoebe, and...

When I look at Phoebe, I-I --

I see joy. I see life.

I see the future.

And that -- and thats good.

I dont want my sadness over

Beth to cloud what happened

today.

I mean, this --

this was a miracle.

Phoebe is a miracle.

Shes such a gift

to you and Kelly.

>> Steffy: To you, too, Liam.

>> Flo: You going somewhere?

>> Reese: Yes. London.

>> Flo: For how long?

Youre not coming back, are you?

Its for the best.

>> Flo: [ Scoffs ]

I dont think your daughter

would agree with that.

>> Reese: Flo, you know me.

You know my history.

Trouble follows me.

I dont want my actions to

endanger my daughter again.

I love Zoe too damn much.

>> Flo: Okay.

Well, then...

What if I went with you?

You know, Ive never been to

jolly old England.

We could, uh -- we could travel

together, you could play

tour guide, we could spend

some of that money.

Itll be fun.

>> Reese: I thought you had

bills to pay off?

>> Flo: You dont want me

tagging along, do you?

>> Reese: What I want is for you

to be happy.

I want you to find a man

who wont pull you down into his

messiness like I have.

Someone who will respect you

and -- and be there for you in a

way that I cant.

If you want to make a fresh

start, pay off your debts,

keep the apartment.

Ive got the lease for a while.

>> Flo: Its not gonna be the

same around here without you.

Ill probably die of boredom.

>> Reese: [ Chuckles ]

You and I have gone through

something powerful and

life-changing together.

We share a secret.

A secret that will stay with us

and only us forever.

Flo, no one can ever know what

happened.

Especially not the babys real

mother.

>> Brooke: Its totally up to

you, sweetheart.

Im not pushing anything.

But if you do want to see

baby Phoebe --

>> Ridge: You dont think that

maybe this is a little too soon?

>> Brooke: No.

What do you think? Is it?

>> Hope: Honestly, I dont know.

I mean, if I go over there today

and meet Steffys little girl,

yeah, it -- it might be

too much for me.

It might make me feel the

loss of Beth even more

than I already do.

But at the same time, Im also

aware of the fact that this is

Kellys little sister.

And prolonging it might just

make it even harder when I

finally do meet Phoebe.

>> Ridge: Well, just -- just

know that you dont have to rush

any of this.

>> Brooke: Well, I agree.

If youre not ready, honey,

its fine, really.

>> Hope: No.

If it gets to be too much,

I can just leave.

I think I need to do this.

I need to do it for myself.

And I need to do it for Beth.

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>> Ridge: For what its worth,

I think Hope made

the right choice.

>> Brooke: So do I.

But I still cant help worrying.

>> Ridge: Of course you cant.

Youre her mother.

Its part of the territory.

>> Brooke: Like its any easier

for fathers?

>> Ridge: Its not.

I mean, she is my daughter,

in a way.

And to see this happen to her,

to have her heart ripped out

like that...

I dont -- I dont want that

for anybody.

I --

But maybe this -- this kid,

maybe this little baby...

will be a s-step away from this

grief that shes feeling and

towards healing.

I would like that.

>> Brooke: I love how you care

about my daughter.

And that youre sensitive to her

feelings.

And Im really impressed with

Hope, too.

That even in her grief, she is

showing her goodness by putting

the children first.

>> Ridge: Beth is always gonna

be part of their lives.

Its never gonna change.

>> Liam: Well -- well, thank you

for...including me.

>> Steffy: Liam,

youre always welcome here.

You know that.

>> Liam: Yeah, I do.

>> Steffy: Youre already so

wonderful with Phoebe.

[ Knock on door ]

>> Liam: Oh.

>> Hope: Is it okay?

>> Liam: Yeah.

>> Steffy: Y-y-yeah,

of course its okay.

Come on in.

>> Hope: Um...

I-I felt like I should stop by.

I heard the news.

I mean, its so amazing. Heh.

>> Steffy: Yeah.

I-it all happened so fast.

I assumed adoption

would take months.

But then, out of the blue,

it just -- it happened.

I-I wouldnt have pursued it

given the loss were all

dealing with --

>> Hope: I understand.

A child, no matter the timing,

is -- is an extraordinary gift.

[ Phoebe cries on monitor ]

Is that...?

>> Steffy: Its -- its Phoebe.

She just went down for a nap,

but, uh...

would you like to meet her?

>> Hope: Yes.

>> Steffy: Okay.

>> Liam: Hey.

Im glad you came.

Couldnt have been easy.

>> Steffy: Phoebe...

this is your very pretty

Aunt Hope.

>> Hope: Shes beautiful.

May I hold her?

>> Liam: Uh, are you --

Are you...sure?

>> Hope: Yeah.

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