1 00:00:03,636 --> 00:00:09,943 [ dramatic music ] [ console beeping ] 2 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:29,195 [ machine beeping ] >> Ridge: How are you holding 3 00:00:29,262 --> 00:00:36,403 [ machine beeping ] >> Ridge: How are you holding 4 00:00:36,469 --> 00:00:39,339 up, partner? >> Bill: How am I holding up? 5 00:00:39,406 --> 00:00:41,541 How am I holding up? How do you think 6 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:43,576 I'm holding up? I am ready. 7 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:46,379 I am so ready to put Sheila Carter behind bars 8 00:00:46,446 --> 00:01:01,327 for life. >> Ridge: You have to hang in 9 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:04,030 for life. >> Ridge: You have to hang in 10 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:05,899 there a little longer. >> Bill: That's easy for you 11 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:07,867 to say, Forrester. This little sting operation 12 00:01:07,934 --> 00:01:09,869 was supposed to last for a week. 13 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:12,071 >> Ridge: You said you wanted this done the right way. 14 00:01:12,138 --> 00:01:14,307 >> Bill: Don't tell me what I said! 15 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:17,277 Fine, that's what I said, but this has gone on for months. 16 00:01:17,343 --> 00:01:21,881 Months of that vile creature living in my home, 17 00:01:21,948 --> 00:01:25,985 sleeping in my-- sleeping in my bed. 18 00:01:26,052 --> 00:01:28,388 >> Ridge: And why is that? This is your idea. 19 00:01:28,455 --> 00:01:30,824 This phony love affair and she's buying into it. Good. 20 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:34,694 >> Bill: Yeah, my love for her freedom. Makes me wanna puke. 21 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:37,931 I hate that woman. With a passion! 22 00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:39,999 >> Ridge: And you're alone on this? How do you think 23 00:01:40,066 --> 00:01:41,968 I feel? Tried to kill my daughter, 24 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:44,237 tried to kill Finn, but this-- We're almost there. 25 00:01:44,304 --> 00:01:46,639 It's gonna be the end of it. We're gonna put her away. 26 00:01:46,706 --> 00:01:52,011 Our family's gonna be safe. >> Bill: Who's she talking to? 27 00:01:52,078 --> 00:01:54,814 >> Chen: Deacon Sharpe. My team's monitoring the call. 28 00:01:54,881 --> 00:02:00,920 >> Ridge: What's she saying? >> Sheila: He's-- he's acting 29 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:06,993 so strange. Could he suspect something? 30 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:10,330 >> Deacon: About us? >> Sheila: God, I hope not. 31 00:02:10,396 --> 00:02:13,132 How could he? We've been so careful. 32 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:18,137 I've only seen you a few times. But I'm worried, Deacon. 33 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:22,308 Bill can never be on to us. >> Bill: We're on to you, 34 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:25,245 all right. >> Ridge: Do you see what 35 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:30,183 that is? That is a woman who's starting to lose it. 36 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:33,920 We're gonna have her exactly where we want her. 37 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:42,695 ♪♪♪ 38 00:02:45,431 --> 00:02:48,401 >> Sheila: We've got to play it safe, Deacon. 39 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:50,370 We can't afford to make any mistakes. 40 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:52,372 >> Deacon: Look, I know you're stressed out about this, 41 00:02:52,438 --> 00:02:54,140 but you've got to-- Sheila, I've got to go. 42 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:56,309 Keep it together and stay strong 43 00:02:56,376 --> 00:03:00,547 and keep us out of trouble. Hey, honey. How are you? 44 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:05,785 >> Hope: Hi. Uh, good. How are you? 45 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:15,528 Is everything all right? ♪♪♪ 46 00:03:24,237 --> 00:03:27,273 >> Bill: I love watching Sheila pace around like a caged animal. 47 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:31,477 >> Ridge: It is satisfying. Maybe not for you, seeing your 48 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:33,446 girlfriend flirt with someone else, but for us. 49 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:35,848 >> Bill: Well, I think I'm gonna be able to get over that. 50 00:03:35,915 --> 00:03:39,018 Are you kidding me? That pizza boy convict is 51 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:42,155 doing me a favor. Less time I have to spend 52 00:03:42,221 --> 00:03:44,657 around that vile woman, the better. 53 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:47,293 Plus, it's given me an opportunity to plant some seeds 54 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,965 in her brain. Make her squirm. 55 00:03:52,031 --> 00:03:54,334 >> Ridge: Well, maybe you can find a way to make her squirm 56 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,436 enough to give up some information. What do you think? 57 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:58,838 >> Bill: She was very close. >> Ridge: Really close. 58 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:01,307 >> Bill: She was about to confess her deepest, darkest 59 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:04,877 secrets until the lights flickered and she clammed up! 60 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:07,080 >> Chen: Technical glitch with one of the bugging devices. 61 00:04:07,146 --> 00:04:09,015 It shouldn't happen again. >> Bill: It better not 62 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:10,750 happen again! >> Ridge: How is this 63 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:12,619 helping anybody? She trusts you. 64 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:16,689 We'll get her to that place again. 65 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:20,660 >> Bill: I don't think I fully appreciated the lengths I would 66 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:23,363 have to go to when I involved the FBI. 67 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:25,098 And it better not all be for nothing. 68 00:04:25,164 --> 00:04:28,101 >> Ridge: She's-- she's gonna pay for what she's done. 69 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:31,838 To my family, to your family. Can we just take a moment? 70 00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:35,642 Can I-- can I ask you something? And look, I didn't think you 71 00:04:35,708 --> 00:04:38,378 had it in you that you could make anybody love you. 72 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:41,447 You-- you've done it. Tears rolling down your face, 73 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:43,916 it was-- it was beautiful. >> Bill: Yeah, save it, 74 00:04:43,983 --> 00:04:46,419 Samurai Sam. >> Ridge: Whatever you did 75 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:48,721 wasn't enough. You gotta keep going. You gotta keep 76 00:04:48,788 --> 00:04:50,723 pushing her. We need a confession. 77 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:53,092 >> Bill: I have given it everything I've got. 78 00:04:53,159 --> 00:04:56,462 Man, I can't believe she hasn't caved yet. 79 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:59,399 How-- What's keeping her from just confessing? 80 00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:03,403 >> Ridge: She will. And when she does, we got her. 81 00:05:03,469 --> 00:05:06,506 Not for attempted murder on my daughter, 82 00:05:06,572 --> 00:05:11,844 but for actually killing somebody. Murder one. 83 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:16,749 >> Bill: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Murder one. 84 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:19,819 ♪♪♪ 85 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:33,366 >> Deacon: I'm just not sure how I feel about you and Thomas 86 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:36,035 working together again. >> Hope: Dad, he has to respect 87 00:05:36,102 --> 00:05:38,404 the boundaries I put in place, otherwise he's gone. 88 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:40,440 >> Deacon: Well, your husband isn't quite sure he's gonna 89 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:42,408 be able to hold up his end of the bargain. 90 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:45,745 >> Hope: Liam and I have had this discussion and I-- 91 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:48,481 I thought we were on the same page, that we don't want this 92 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:50,883 to affect our marriage. >> Deacon: That's easier 93 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:54,854 said than done. >> Hope: Look, I get why Liam 94 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:57,290 would be upset about this, especially since I initially 95 00:05:57,356 --> 00:06:00,927 told him that I wasn't going to bring Thomas back on board, 96 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:03,629 but I am allowed to change my mind. 97 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:05,898 >> Deacon: It's a woman's prerogative. Hey, focus on 98 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:08,101 the positive. You got Douglas coming home and that is 99 00:06:08,167 --> 00:06:11,437 great news. >> Hope: Yeah, it's wonderful. 100 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:14,173 >> Deacon: Hope, take care of that little family of yours. 101 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,643 >> Hope: I will, but Dad, I really do feel like 102 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:22,415 everything is gonna be okay. It is actually you 103 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:25,718 that I'm a little worried about because it's very rare that 104 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:28,521 I see you stressed out and you got off that phone 105 00:06:28,588 --> 00:06:32,492 pretty quickly, so... what's really going on? 106 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:47,440 ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ 107 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:53,412 ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ 108 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:56,015 >> Bill: After I rescued Finn from that apartment and got 109 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:58,818 him back to Steffy, I-- I couldn't stand by knowing 110 00:06:58,885 --> 00:07:01,821 that Sheila had escaped. I knew everyone would be 111 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:04,857 in danger. That-- that whole bear 112 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:09,962 mauling BS. I didn't buy your missing toe 113 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:17,436 story for a second. Ugh. It-- it is actual torture 114 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:19,605 having to look at that woman on camera and off. 115 00:07:19,672 --> 00:07:21,641 >> Ridge: Well, it isn't a picnic for us either, 116 00:07:21,707 --> 00:07:23,843 watching her 24/7. >> Bill: Watching me 24/7. 117 00:07:23,910 --> 00:07:26,479 >> Ridge: Or watching you 24/7, right. Although this morning, 118 00:07:26,546 --> 00:07:30,550 I gotta say, Bill, your pajamas, they were form 119 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:33,653 fitting but still classy. Nice job. Nice color. 120 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:36,355 >> Bill: Well, coming from the dress maker fashionista, 121 00:07:36,422 --> 00:07:40,226 I suppose I should be flattered. God, there are no 122 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:42,628 cameras in my bedroom. There are no cameras in 123 00:07:42,695 --> 00:07:44,497 my bedroom, right? >> Ridge: No, there aren't. 124 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:46,499 And you know why? Because no one could ever 125 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:49,135 unsee that. >> Bill: Well, you're right 126 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:54,974 about that. But seriously, this whole setup, 127 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:57,343 the cameras, the mics, it makes me feel like I'm 128 00:07:57,410 --> 00:07:59,178 living in-- in a freaking fish bowl. 129 00:07:59,245 --> 00:08:01,113 >> Ridge: Well, it's to keep you safe. 130 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:03,449 To keep everyone safe. >> Chen: We've been maintaining 131 00:08:03,516 --> 00:08:06,619 close tabs on Sheila to make sure she doesn't hurt anyone. 132 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:08,788 Especially when she leaves your house. 133 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:16,362 >> Bill: Practically had her. I mean, she was just about 134 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:20,233 to confess all her sins. Killing that-- that 135 00:08:20,299 --> 00:08:24,670 Lance Day with the bees. I mean, who-- who does that? 136 00:08:24,737 --> 00:08:28,207 Pushing that Dr. Garvin to his death, shooting Steffy 137 00:08:28,274 --> 00:08:31,244 and Finn and who knows what else? 138 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:33,946 She said she has done things that are absolutely 139 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:38,050 unimaginable. Why couldn't she just spit it all 140 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:40,586 out already? >> Ridge: This is really taking 141 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:42,688 a toll on you. >> Bill: You have no idea, 142 00:08:42,755 --> 00:08:46,692 Forrester. I-- I have had to go so deep into this thing 143 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:49,161 that there are times when I-- I actually believe what 144 00:08:49,228 --> 00:08:55,034 I'm saying. I mean my sons, Brooke, Katie, they actually 145 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:58,004 think that I've lost my mind! That I've gone to the dark 146 00:08:58,070 --> 00:09:02,742 side and fallen for Sheila Carter. 147 00:09:02,808 --> 00:09:05,411 If they only knew the truth. >> Ridge: Well, they will know 148 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:07,446 the truth and when they do, you'll be a hero. 149 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:09,515 >> Bill: I don't give a damn about any of that. 150 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:13,753 I just want everybody to be safe. 151 00:09:13,819 --> 00:09:16,555 I just hope they will understand and forgive me. 152 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,691 >> Ridge: Of course they're gonna forgive you. 153 00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:20,626 They're gonna throw you a party. 154 00:09:20,693 --> 00:09:23,462 You know why? Because they're gonna realize that the police 155 00:09:23,529 --> 00:09:26,499 weren't gonna hold Sheila. They couldn't. 156 00:09:26,565 --> 00:09:28,668 Attempted murder? She's not gonna be in there forever. 157 00:09:28,734 --> 00:09:30,803 That's why we need that confession. 158 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:34,140 So she goes away for good and Brooke, Taylor, our kids, 159 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:36,275 our grandkids, everyone's gonna be safe. 160 00:09:36,342 --> 00:09:38,344 >> Bill: I'm trying, Ridge. >> Ridge: Well, you're not 161 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:41,280 trying hard enough. As long as she's out there, 162 00:09:41,347 --> 00:09:46,352 no one is safe. ♪♪♪ 163 00:09:59,498 --> 00:10:05,471 >> Customer: Thank you. [ Hope clearing her throat ] 164 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:07,106 >> Hope: Something's up with you. 165 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:10,376 >> Deacon: I-- Okay, I'm a little stressed. 166 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,645 I mean, I'm trying to make a success of this place. 167 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:14,914 I've got investors on my back, but you know what? 168 00:10:14,981 --> 00:10:17,850 These are high end problems. I'm good. 169 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:20,453 >> Hope: You sure? >> Deacon: Yes, absolutely. 170 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:24,890 >> Hope: Okay because I could help out. I could roll up 171 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:29,028 my sleeves, wash some dishes. I make a mean margarita. 172 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:33,632 I could even mop the floor. >> Deacon: Are you implying 173 00:10:33,699 --> 00:10:39,071 that my floors are dirty? >> Hope: I would never. 174 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:41,941 I know I could eat a pizza of that floor. 175 00:10:42,008 --> 00:10:46,045 I am just saying I don't like seeing you 176 00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:48,814 stressed out. I mean, this is supposed to be fun. 177 00:10:48,881 --> 00:10:51,250 Are you having fun? >> Deacon: I am, I am. 178 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:56,088 I-- I do, yes. I'm good. >> Hope: Okay. It's the same way 179 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:58,190 you worry about me, I get to worry about you. 180 00:10:58,257 --> 00:11:00,493 >> Deacon: I know. Listen. I got everything under 181 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,295 control. I'm not gonna do anything to ruin this life 182 00:11:03,362 --> 00:11:10,803 that I'm building. ♪♪♪ 183 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:16,709 [ Sheila sighing ] >> Bill: I love you, Sheila. 184 00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:25,584 >> Sheila: You love me? That's all I ever dreamed of. 185 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:30,923 That's all I've ever wanted. Is to be loved. 186 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:44,970 Oh. [ Sheila sighing ] 187 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:47,206 >> Bill: I've done my damnedest to get to Sheila, but she's 188 00:11:47,273 --> 00:11:50,743 holding out on me. >> Ridge: She's loosening up. 189 00:11:53,479 --> 00:11:55,448 You're saying all the right things, you just gotta 190 00:11:55,514 --> 00:11:59,785 step it up a bit. >> Bill: I gotta what? 191 00:11:59,852 --> 00:12:04,356 I gotta step it up a bit? Well, easy for you to say, 192 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:07,726 Forrester, as you sit in here day after day, eating hot dogs 193 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:11,997 and donuts. Let's not forget who's doing the heavy lifting. 194 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:15,501 You have-- you have no idea what it's like. Can you even 195 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:18,904 imagine being intimate with a murderous, vile woman 196 00:12:18,971 --> 00:12:22,274 like Sheila? >> Ridge: Yeah, I-- I'd rather 197 00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:24,343 not imagine any of that. >> Bill: No, no, no. 198 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,679 I want you too, all right? I really want you to kind of-- 199 00:12:26,745 --> 00:12:29,615 To live in that for a minute. Imagine what that's like. 200 00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:32,084 >> Ridge: All right. Couple of things. Number one: don't 201 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:35,187 touch a grown man's chair. Number two: you know I don't 202 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:37,823 like you. I never will, but I respect you because 203 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:40,025 I could never do what you're doing. Not with someone 204 00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:42,194 as dangerous as that. I couldn't. 205 00:12:42,261 --> 00:12:44,663 >> Bill: Yeah, you know what I have to do? I have to sleep 206 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:47,066 with one eye open. >> Ridge: I want this to be 207 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:51,003 over. All I'm doing is sitting here and growing hair. 208 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:55,741 My kids think I'm in Europe. I'm only just a couple miles 209 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:57,643 away from them, trying to keep them safe. 210 00:12:57,710 --> 00:13:01,380 That's all I'm doing. >> Bill: You've done a lot. 211 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:03,883 Not to the level of me, but you've done a lot. 212 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:06,118 >> Ridge: It's never to your level, I know that. 213 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:08,387 >> Bill: Yeah. >> Ridge: But you know what? 214 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:11,357 I'm doing what I can. He's doing what he can. 215 00:13:11,423 --> 00:13:14,426 You do what you can and in the end, Sheila's gonna 216 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:17,830 be gone for good. ♪♪♪ 217 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:33,979 >> Ridge: I thought you were nuts when you came up with 218 00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:38,551 this crazy scheme. >> Bill: Every attempt in the 219 00:13:38,617 --> 00:13:42,521 past to keep Sheila locked up failed. We gotta come up 220 00:13:42,588 --> 00:13:46,225 with proof. Iron clad proof that she is responsible 221 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:48,727 for several murders and attempted murders. 222 00:13:48,794 --> 00:13:51,230 >> Ridge: And you're right, if you can get her to admit it 223 00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:53,566 on camera, then we got it. >> Bill: If I can get her 224 00:13:53,632 --> 00:13:56,001 to say the words. >> Ridge: If anyone can get her 225 00:13:56,068 --> 00:14:00,172 to say the words, it's you. You figure out a way to give 226 00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:02,308 her something that she's always wanted. 227 00:14:02,374 --> 00:14:06,679 Love. >> Bill: I actually duped her 228 00:14:06,745 --> 00:14:09,782 into thinking that she's finally got that from me. 229 00:14:09,848 --> 00:14:14,486 >> Ridge: Took one for the team. >> Bill: I didn't think it 230 00:14:14,553 --> 00:14:18,958 through. How to maintain my dignity in the process. 231 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:21,193 >> Ridge: I'm-- Bill Spencer and dignity in 232 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:24,430 the same sentence, that's a tough one for me. 233 00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:29,034 >> Bill: Listen. I-- I mean it, Ridge. It is really 234 00:14:29,101 --> 00:14:33,339 hard to keep up this façade, you know? I-- 235 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:38,244 I am looking pure evil in the eye night after night, 236 00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:42,748 whispering sweet nothings in its ear, pretending that 237 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:46,185 I accept Sheila for who and what she is. 238 00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:48,654 >> Ridge: So, you know what we should do? We'll cut 239 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:50,956 together a tape and send it to the Academy because I think 240 00:14:51,023 --> 00:14:55,694 Best Actor. It's-- You know. >> Bill: Get my speech ready. 241 00:14:55,761 --> 00:15:00,332 >> Ridge: You did it. You reeled her in like a pro. 242 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:04,303 >> Bill: Yeah. It all began that night 243 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:12,878 when I lured her to the beach. I knew Sheila had been watching 244 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:21,387 me at Il Giardino. I sent enough signals to 245 00:15:21,453 --> 00:15:29,995 grab her attention. So she would follow me 246 00:15:30,062 --> 00:15:44,943 to the beach. I was playing the part of the 247 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:48,147 to the beach. I was playing the part of the 248 00:15:48,213 --> 00:15:51,984 lonely, heartbroken, misunderstood man. 249 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:56,588 Sheila bought it. Hook, line and sinker. 250 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:59,758 When she hesitantly walked toward me, I acted surprised 251 00:15:59,825 --> 00:16:03,762 to see her. I didn't lash out, 252 00:16:03,829 --> 00:16:10,436 which obviously shocked her. I pretended to open my heart 253 00:16:10,502 --> 00:16:15,174 and soul up to her. We sat there together for hours, 254 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:21,880 talking through the night. I worked my magic to get her 255 00:16:21,947 --> 00:16:25,818 to trust me, using all of Sheila's vulnerabilities and 256 00:16:25,884 --> 00:16:30,489 insecurities against her. Not to mention, the promise 257 00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:34,727 of freedom. Something I ultimately said 258 00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:42,935 I would give her. It was risky. 259 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:46,171 Sheila could've gotten suspicious. It was also risky 260 00:16:46,238 --> 00:16:49,341 to tell her that Taylor shot me, but she had to be in on it 261 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:51,710 for the blackmail scheme to work. 262 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:54,580 That's why I went to the feds and made sure that they were 263 00:16:54,646 --> 00:16:56,348 to exonerate Taylor of any charges. 264 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:58,684 >> Ridge: I don't like that she had to be involved at all. 265 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:01,253 I don't like what it did to Steffy or to Finn. 266 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,356 >> Bill: Everyone's had to suffer as a means to an end. 267 00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:07,659 >> Ridge: Yeah, all of us. I don't like being away 268 00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:10,028 from my family. >> Bill: Yeah. At least they 269 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:12,264 don't hate you. I've had to push my family away. 270 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:14,199 >> Ridge: Well, they're not gonna hate you once they 271 00:17:14,266 --> 00:17:16,001 figure out what you did with Sheila. 272 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:18,637 >> Bill: Part of me's a little offended. I mean, I know I put 273 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:20,906 on the performance of a lifetime, but come on. 274 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:23,575 They all actually believe that I have fallen for 275 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:28,313 Sheila Carter? Ugh. >> Ridge: To be fair, you guys 276 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:31,016 make a very, very handsome couple. 277 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:34,119 >> Bill: I know you're trying to keep things light, Forrester, 278 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:37,723 I'm gonna be real with you. I don't know how much more 279 00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:47,533 of this I can take. >> Ridge: I know. 280 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:53,772 And I don't blame you at all. But Bill, we're this close. 281 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:56,341 We're this close to doing what the police couldn't do, 282 00:17:56,408 --> 00:18:01,914 put Sheila away forever. Don't quit. 283 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:16,862 Not now. ♪♪♪ 284 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:17,162 Not now. ♪♪♪ 285 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:34,413 Captioned by Los Angeles Distribution and Broadcasting, Inc.