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[ relaxing music ]
>> Hope: Hi, Dad.

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>> Deacon: Hey, sweetheart.
Thanks for coming.

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Uh, can I get you anything?
>> Hope: No, I'm good.

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Uh, can I get you anything?
>> Hope: No, I'm good.

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Uh, actually, I should be at
work, so what's this all about?

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Uh, actually, I should be at
work, so what's this all about?

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>> Deacon: Well, before
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I-- I just want you to know
that I'm sorry, we didn't see

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each other for Thanksgiving.
I missed you.

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each other for Thanksgiving.
I missed you.

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>> Hope: Oh, you understand why
I kept my distance, right?

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>> Hope: Oh, you understand why
I kept my distance, right?

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Is she here today?
Is she working? Is Sheila here?

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Is she here today?
Is she working? Is Sheila here?

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>> Deacon: No, uh,
not at the moment.

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>> Hope: Okay, good because I
don't want to be around her,

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but sadly, that also means that
I don't get to be around my dad.

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but sadly, that also means that
I don't get to be around my dad.

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♪♪♪
>> Brooke: Ah, it was really

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♪♪♪
>> Brooke: Ah, it was really

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♪♪♪
>> Brooke: Ah, it was really

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a wonderful day.
>> Ridge: Forrester

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a wonderful day.
>> Ridge: Forrester

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Thanksgivings. They always are.
>> RJ: Yeah, family,

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friends, food galore.
>> Brooke: It's just hard

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friends, food galore.
>> Brooke: It's just hard

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to really enjoy it...
knowing what we know.

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to really enjoy it...
knowing what we know.

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>> Ridge: I always thought
my dad would be there.

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You know, every party,
every special occasion.

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You know, every party,
every special occasion.

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Now, he's slipping away more
and more every day.

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Now, he's slipping away more
and more every day.

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And we have to pretend
that everything's fine.

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♪♪♪
>> Eric: So, ladies, tell me,

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♪♪♪
>> Eric: So, ladies, tell me,

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uh, tell me what you see?
>> Katie: I see Eric Forrester

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uh, tell me what you see?
>> Katie: I see Eric Forrester

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sitting behind his desk,
reveling in his

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sitting behind his desk,
reveling in his

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triumphant glory.
[ all chuckling ]

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>> Eric: Thank you.
And, um, anything else?

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>> Eric: Thank you.
And, um, anything else?

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>> Donna: I see a man who won
the fashion challenge,

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reclaimed his office and
control of his company.

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reclaimed his office and
control of his company.

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Who's at the top of his game
and the top of the fashion

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world again.
>> Eric: Imagine how

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world again.
>> Eric: Imagine how

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that makes me feel.
>> Katie: We love seeing

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you like this.
>> Donna: Just like we love

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you like this.
>> Donna: Just like we love

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seeing you at the head of the
table on Thanksgiving.

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>> Katie: Forrester family
patriarch whom we all love

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>> Katie: Forrester family
patriarch whom we all love

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and cherish.
>> Eric: Thank you.

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Yeah, one might think that
I don't have that much to be

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Yeah, one might think that
I don't have that much to be

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thankful for this particular--
particular Thanksgiving, but,

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um, they'd be wrong
because I get to get up

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um, they'd be wrong
because I get to get up

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every morning and-- and--
and create beauty

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every morning and-- and--
and create beauty

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for the whole world to see.
And-- and I can get-- I can be

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celebrated for it and-- and be
given credit for it.

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celebrated for it and-- and be
given credit for it.

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I mean, what could be
better than that?

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>> Deacon: Let's not dwell on
Sheila because that's not why

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I asked you here.
I'm hearing that you're

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I asked you here.
I'm hearing that you're

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still seeing Thomas. Is it true?
>> Hope: Why do you ask?

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>> Deacon: Because I'm
a protective father.

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>> Deacon: Because I'm
a protective father.

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And because I don't think
the guy's right for you.

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>> Hope: Are you being
serious right now?

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>> Hope: Are you being
serious right now?

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>> Deacon: Very. Yeah, I am.
I mean, you know, given the

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guy's history, the hurt that
he's put you through.

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guy's history, the hurt that
he's put you through.

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>> Hope: Wow.
Wow. I'm really getting dating

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advice from a man dating
a psycho like Sheila.

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>> Eric: I want to, uh,

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>> Eric: I want to, uh,

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I-- I want to pull out
all the stops

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for this collection, okay?
I wanna do a PR campaign

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for this collection, okay?
I wanna do a PR campaign

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that's the biggest thing the
fashion industry has ever seen.

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I'll give you a-- I'll-- I'll
up your budget for this, Katie.

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I'll give you a-- I'll-- I'll
up your budget for this, Katie.

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>> Katie: Um, excuse me. What?
>> Eric: Whatever you need.

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Whatever. [ coughing ]
Anything you need, Katie.

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Whatever. [ coughing ]
Anything you need, Katie.

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>> Donna: Eric.
Honey bear.

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>> Donna: Eric.
Honey bear.

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>> Katie: Eric, are you okay?
>> Eric: Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.

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Yeah. You know my mantra.
I'm not dead yet.

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Yeah. You know my mantra.
I'm not dead yet.

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Look, the whole world thinks
that I'm-- I'm alive and well

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Look, the whole world thinks
that I'm-- I'm alive and well

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and I'm at the top of my game.
I don't want that to change.

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>> RJ: Granddad's dying and

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>> RJ: Granddad's dying and

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>> RJ: Granddad's dying and

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we're supposed to just act like
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>> Brooke: Honey, it's
wonderful how much you've been

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>> Brooke: Honey, it's
wonderful how much you've been

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there for your grandfather.
How much you love him

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and care for him.
>> Ridge: He turned to you

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and care for him.
>> Ridge: He turned to you

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because he needed you,
and you were there for him.

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And you guys, you created this
amazing line that's gonna

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live-- That's...
The fashion world is

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live-- That's...
The fashion world is

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gonna remember.
And that means a lot to Dad.

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gonna remember.
And that means a lot to Dad.

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So in a way, you're
keeping him alive.

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So in a way, you're
keeping him alive.

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Well done.
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>> Deacon: Um, I got a pretty
good idea how you feel

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about Sheila.
But Hope, right now, I'm more

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concerned about you.
You can't tell me that you've

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concerned about you.
You can't tell me that you've

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forgotten all the crazy stuff
that Thomas has done.

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>> Hope: Oh, you want
to talk about crazy?

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Thomas is a saint compared
to Sheila Carter.

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Thomas is a saint compared
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>> Deacon: He's got his own
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You can't have forgotten.
>> Hope: Dad, you don't need to

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You can't have forgotten.
>> Hope: Dad, you don't need to

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remind me of Thomas' past
misdeeds. I mean, I know better

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than anyone.
I haven't forgotten.

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>> Deacon: Well, I'm thinking
maybe you have if you're buying

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>> Deacon: Well, I'm thinking
maybe you have if you're buying

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what this guy's selling.
>> Hope: Thomas has changed

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for the better.
And he is loving

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for the better.
And he is loving

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and caring toward me
and he doesn't have conflicted

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feelings, unlike Liam.
>> Deacon: Baby, look.

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feelings, unlike Liam.
>> Deacon: Baby, look.

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I don't want to fight with you.
>> Hope: I don't want to

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fight with you either.
But, Dad, you have to-- you have

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fight with you either.
But, Dad, you have to-- you have

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to understand that things don't
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now, right?
I'm disappointed in you for

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now, right?
I'm disappointed in you for

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even entertaining the idea of
being involved with someone

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even entertaining the idea of
being involved with someone

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like Sheila Carter.
For wanting to risk everything

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that you have worked so hard
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that you have worked so hard
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I am hurt because you are
choosing her over me.

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I am hurt because you are
choosing her over me.

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I am hurt because you are
choosing her over me.

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>> Eric: I like this color.

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>> Eric: I like this color.

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I think this color is beautiful.
>> Katie: It's exquisite, Eric.

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>> Eric: Thank you, Katie.
Thank you. [ coughing ]

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>> Eric: Thank you, Katie.
Thank you. [ coughing ]

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>> Donna: Okay.
Okay, that's enough.

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I cannot let this go on.
We need to call your doctor.

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I cannot let this go on.
We need to call your doctor.

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>> Eric: No, no.
No, I don't wanna

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see the doctor.
>> Katie: I-- I have

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to agree with Donna.
Eric, you should at least

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to agree with Donna.
Eric, you should at least

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check in.
>> Eric: No, no, Katie.

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Every time I-- every time I
visit the doctor, it's like

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Every time I-- every time I
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visiting the grim reaper.
You know, he-- he--

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I don't want to spend my last
days being brought down by that.

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I don't want to spend my last
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I want-- I want to spend my
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That's what I want.
>> Donna: Okay. I-- I get that.

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That's what I want.
>> Donna: Okay. I-- I get that.

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I really do. It's just--
Okay, you know what?

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I-- I'm not gonna push because
the last thing you need is me

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I-- I'm not gonna push because
the last thing you need is me

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nagging you like that.
>> Eric: The last thing you

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nagging you like that.
>> Eric: The last thing you

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would be is-- is a nag.
You don't nag me.

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I thank you both so much for
your-- For supporting me so

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I thank you both so much for
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much. Thank you.
Thank you.

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But I don't want my dying
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But I don't want my dying
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As long as I'm breathing,
I wanna be able to create.

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As long as I'm breathing,
I wanna be able to create.

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I wanna be able to design.
It gives me peace.

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Especially if this is my last--
especially if this is

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my last collection.
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my last collection.
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>> Brooke: RJ,
your father and I

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>> Brooke: RJ,
your father and I

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are worried about Eric.
But we're worried about you too.

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>> RJ: No.
Don't-- don't worry about me.

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>> RJ: No.
Don't-- don't worry about me.

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I'm completely fine. I'm fine.
I'm-- I'm just-- I'm gonna be

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working day and night to help
Granddad bring this line to

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working day and night to help
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life. That's what I'm doing.
>> Ridge: Yes, of course.

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Because that's the kind,
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that you are, but...
don't take all of this

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that you are, but...
don't take all of this

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and put it on your shoulders.
It's not necessary.

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>> RJ: No. I-- I am.
I'm going to put this on my

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>> RJ: No. I-- I am.
I'm going to put this on my

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shoulder. This isn't about me.
This is about Granddad.

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That's the focus.
>> Ridge: I get that.

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I-- I understand, but seeing him
grow weaker and weaker every

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I-- I understand, but seeing him
grow weaker and weaker every

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day, that's not--
>> RJ: That-- that's not

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what I'm seeing.
When he's-- when he's in the

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creative zone and he-- and
he's-- and he's focused on the

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creative zone and he-- and
he's-- and he's focused on the

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design, it brings him life.
It energizes him because

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he loves this.
I-- I-- I just want to

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help him with that.
I-- I feel like that's

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help him with that.
I-- I feel like that's

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really important.
>> Ridge: What your mom

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and I are saying is--
>> RJ: I can see what you and

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Mom are saying and I love the
two of you. I do. I love you

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Mom are saying and I love the
two of you. I do. I love you

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so much, but I need to do this.
Okay? I need to know that when

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so much, but I need to do this.
Okay? I need to know that when

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Granddad's passed on that I did
everything that I could to...

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Granddad's passed on that I did
everything that I could to...

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You know what?
We just need to make sure that

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You know what?
We just need to make sure that

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his medical diagnosis doesn't
get out. He can't know that all

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these people know that he's
dying and he can't know that he

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these people know that he's
dying and he can't know that he

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lost the fashion challenge, Dad.
That would--

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>> Ridge: He's never gonna know.
He's never gonna know that.

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He's got too much pride and
he's got too much dignity to--

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He's got too much pride and
he's got too much dignity to--

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to ever think that somebody
gave him pity.

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But can we all try
to remember something?

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But can we all try
to remember something?

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It's not like we handed
him everything.

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The-- the seat that he's in is
something that he earned

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The-- the seat that he's in is
something that he earned

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a long time ago.
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>> Donna: Eric, please.
I-- I don't wanna think

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about the end.
>> Eric: How can I not?

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How can I-- If I have to face
the last few months of my life,

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How can I-- If I have to face
the last few months of my life,

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I'm gonna face it the same way
I faced everything in my life.

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Every challenge.
With courage and-- and

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Every challenge.
With courage and-- and

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with determination.
I mean, look-- look at this.

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Look at this.
All this-- These ideas, they're

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Look at this.
All this-- These ideas, they're

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just pouring out of me.
I-- I can't stop.

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I have to keep designing.
If this is my last chance,

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I have to keep designing.
If this is my last chance,

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I have to do it.
If this is my-- if this is my

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last collection, this is what
I have to do.

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>> RJ: No, you're right.

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Granddad keeps--
He keeps pushing himself.

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He's putting-- He's getting out
one incredible design

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after another.
And you know, when he's

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in that creative zone,
he is unstoppable.

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I-- I can't, you know, I-- I'm
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I-- I can't, you know, I-- I'm
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Honestly, keep up with
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>> Katie: Hey, I'm glad
you're all here.

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>> Katie: Hey, I'm glad
you're all here.

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I just came from Eric and Donna.
Ridge, if you could see him

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I just came from Eric and Donna.
Ridge, if you could see him

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sitting behind his desk
in his chair.

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He's so proud.
I'm telling you, letting him

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He's so proud.
I'm telling you, letting him

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win the fashion challenge,
it was the most beautiful thing

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you ever could have done
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>> Ridge: Okay. All right.
But there's got to be something

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>> Ridge: Okay. All right.
But there's got to be something

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else we can do.
There's gotta be something we

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can do to keep him with us.
No, I--

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can do to keep him with us.
No, I--

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I just thinking of
this office without him in it.

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This-- this family
without him here.

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This-- this family
without him here.

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I-- I don't know how to do this.
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I-- I don't know how to do this.
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>> Deacon: Honey, I'm not
choosing you over Sheila.

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>> Deacon: Honey, I'm not
choosing you over Sheila.

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I could never do that.
>> Hope: Well, you say that,

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but then you've gone and made
her more a part of your life

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but then you've gone and made
her more a part of your life

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now than-- than I am.
And so, there obviously must

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be a little more care.
>> Deacon: That's not true.

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be a little more care.
>> Deacon: That's not true.

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Hope, I love you.
>> Hope: And I love

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you too, Dad, but you knew
what you were doing.

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You knew what you were risking.
>> Deacon: There's like an--

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You knew what you were risking.
>> Deacon: There's like an--

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there's like a disconnect here.
You're asking me

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to accept the fact
that Thomas has changed, right?

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to accept the fact
that Thomas has changed, right?

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Why won't you believe
my intuition that Sheila's

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changed too?
Why won't you extend me the

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same benefit of the doubt?
>> Hope: I understand that you

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same benefit of the doubt?
>> Hope: I understand that you

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think our circumstances are
similar here.

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They are not, Dad.
Sheila is actually dangerous.

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They are not, Dad.
Sheila is actually dangerous.

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>> Deacon: You mean
everything to me.

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>> Deacon: You mean
everything to me.

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You and Douglas and Beth.
I love those kids, I adore them

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and I haven't seen them in ages.
>> Hope: Because of Sheila.

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and I haven't seen them in ages.
>> Hope: Because of Sheila.

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>> Deacon: Wait-- wait a second.
Are you-- are you telling me

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>> Deacon: Wait-- wait a second.
Are you-- are you telling me

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that I can't see them anymore?
>> Hope: Well, Dad, as long as

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that I can't see them anymore?
>> Hope: Well, Dad, as long as

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you are involved with Sheila
Carter, I-- I...

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>> Deacon: Okay.
Look, she doesn't have

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to be with me, okay?
I'll make sure of it.

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to be with me, okay?
I'll make sure of it.

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>> Hope: Dad, don't you get
there are consequences

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to your actions?
And I knew I couldn't

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to your actions?
And I knew I couldn't

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trust Sheila Carter.
But now I-- I don't even

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know if I can trust you.
>> Deacon: Honey, please,

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know if I can trust you.
>> Deacon: Honey, please,

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listen to me.
>> Hope: Dad, there is nothing

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more that you can say.
Okay?

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more that you can say.
Okay?

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As much as it-- it kills me
to say this to you.

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As much as it-- it kills me
to say this to you.

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As long as Sheila Carter
is a part of your life...

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As long as Sheila Carter
is a part of your life...

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you don't get to have access
to mine.

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♪♪♪

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>> Hope: I don't know
how Sheila did it.

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How she managed to manipulate
you of all people?

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How she managed to manipulate
you of all people?

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But, Dad, she's using you.
And you need to wake up

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because she is dangerous.
And I will not allow her or

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because she is dangerous.
And I will not allow her or

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anyone who is close to her
near my children.

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>> Deacon: Hope, she's
different now.

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>> Deacon: Hope, she's
different now.

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>> Hope: Dad, people like that,
who are missing that empathy

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>> Hope: Dad, people like that,
who are missing that empathy

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part of their brain,
they cannot change.

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>> Deacon: But Thomas can?
I changed.

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>> Deacon: But Thomas can?
I changed.

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I'm not the same man
that I was years ago.

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>> Hope: Dad, please.
Sheila Carter is in

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>> Hope: Dad, please.
Sheila Carter is in

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a league of her own.
And you actually

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put in the work.
I mean, Dad!

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Look at Il Giardino.
Look at everything you've done

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Look at Il Giardino.
Look at everything you've done

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to repair our relationship.
Look at-- look at how you're

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to repair our relationship.
Look at-- look at how you're

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showing up for Beth and Douglas.
I mean, they adore you.

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>> Deacon: And I adore them
and I adore you.

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>> Deacon: And I adore them
and I adore you.

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>> Hope: Okay, good.
So, then you should understand

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why this decision is so hurtful.
It just feels like you're

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why this decision is so hurtful.
It just feels like you're

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choosing you.
Yet again.

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choosing you.
Yet again.

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And I don't--
I don't want to lose you.

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I never wanted to lose you, Dad.
But now, once again, you just--

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I never wanted to lose you, Dad.
But now, once again, you just--

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you aren't even considering
family or the impact that it

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you aren't even considering
family or the impact that it

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might have on your daughter or
your grandkids.

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might have on your daughter or
your grandkids.

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So, I don't want this to happen,
but if...

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So, I don't want this to happen,
but if...

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It will happen
if you don't cut Sheila Carter

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It will happen
if you don't cut Sheila Carter

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out of your life for good.
♪♪♪

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out of your life for good.
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>> Brooke: Maybe I should have
gone with Ridge and RJ.

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>> Brooke: Maybe I should have
gone with Ridge and RJ.

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>> Katie: I think they wanted
to see Eric on their own.

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>> Katie: I think they wanted
to see Eric on their own.

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Spend some time with him.
>> Brooke: Yeah.

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Something he doesn't have
a lot of.

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Something he doesn't have
a lot of.

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>> Katie: I know.
I was with him earlier

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>> Katie: I know.
I was with him earlier

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and he was coughing up blood.
>> Brooke: What?

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He should be in the hospital.
>> Katie: I-- I don't disagree

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He should be in the hospital.
>> Katie: I-- I don't disagree

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with you but it's-- it's not
our choice to make.

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It's his choice.
We have to respect it.

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It's his choice.
We have to respect it.

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I know that my situation is not
the same thing, but I-- I know

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what it's like to
face your own mortality.

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what it's like to
face your own mortality.

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You know, my-- my heart
could stop any day.

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You know, my-- my heart
could stop any day.

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Which is why you have to take
every day and-- and-- and

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appreciate it as the precious
gift that it is and--

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appreciate it as the precious
gift that it is and--

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and live every moment.
And I think that's

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what Eric is doing.
He's-- he's doing what he loves.

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what Eric is doing.
He's-- he's doing what he loves.

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He's designing and creating,
and it's inspiring.

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But it's-- it's heartbreaking.
>> Brooke: But he is so--

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But it's-- it's heartbreaking.
>> Brooke: But he is so--

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he's so courageous.
And you know what makes it hard

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he's so courageous.
And you know what makes it hard

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is the fact that he built up
this wall, and I just wish

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that I could get through to him.
>> Katie: I know.

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that I could get through to him.
>> Katie: I know.

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>> Brooke: Or one of us.
We just need to be able

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to tell him the truth.
The truth that we know.

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to tell him the truth.
The truth that we know.

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That way we can love him
and we can support him.

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That way we can love him
and we can support him.

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The way that he needs,
until the end.

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♪♪♪
>> Eric: I'm-- I'm particularly

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♪♪♪
>> Eric: I'm-- I'm particularly

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♪♪♪
>> Eric: I'm-- I'm particularly

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proud of this one, actually.
I like how it turned out.

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It-- it gave me a hard time at
first but-- but it's come out

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It-- it gave me a hard time at
first but-- but it's come out

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really wonderful, I thought.
>> Ridge: It's breathtaking,

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Dad.
>> Eric: I had a hard time at

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first, but then I had a lot of
wonderful, great help with my

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first, but then I had a lot of
wonderful, great help with my

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extraordinary right-hand man.
RJ, um, well, you know

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extraordinary right-hand man.
RJ, um, well, you know

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how I feel about you.
>> RJ: I-- I do.

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Same way I feel about you, sir.
>> Ridge: Well, listen, all of

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Same way I feel about you, sir.
>> Ridge: Well, listen, all of

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this-- this whole collection is
uh, is amazing.

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And I know-- I know you wanna--
you wanna do this on your own.

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And I know-- I know you wanna--
you wanna do this on your own.

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>> Eric: Absolutely,
I want to do it on my own.

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You have no idea how important
that is to me.

445
00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:12,000
>> Ridge: No, I-- I do.
I-- I do understand that.

446
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,365
>> Ridge: No, I-- I do.
I-- I do understand that.

447
00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:15,701
I just--
Look, everything I know

448
00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:18,000
I've learned from you
and those--

449
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:18,437
I've learned from you
and those--

450
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those are special days for me.
>> Eric: I'm glad you

451
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haven't forgotten.
>> Ridge: I would never

452
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haven't forgotten.
>> Ridge: I would never

453
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forget any of that, Dad.
>> Eric: Yeah?

454
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>> Ridge: You've given me
everything and-- and--

455
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>> Ridge: You've given me
everything and-- and--

456
00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:35,687
this is your collection.
But even Michelangelo, I mean,

457
00:17:35,754 --> 00:17:36,000
he had help painting the
Sistine Chapel.

458
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,123
he had help painting the
Sistine Chapel.

459
00:17:38,190 --> 00:17:39,958
He didn't do it alone.
He-- You have help.

460
00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:42,000
You have my son and maybe it
would make sense to have your

461
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,028
You have my son and maybe it
would make sense to have your

462
00:17:43,095 --> 00:17:45,864
son help as well.
And I-- I will stay

463
00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:48,000
in the background.
I just thought maybe this would

464
00:17:48,066 --> 00:17:51,603
be a time for me to repay you
for everything you've done.

465
00:17:51,670 --> 00:17:54,000
Not just as a dad, but as-- as
a-- as a mentor, and I--

466
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,442
Not just as a dad, but as-- as
a-- as a mentor, and I--

467
00:17:56,508 --> 00:18:00,000
I just, I don't want anything.
That's a lie.

468
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,346
I just, I don't want anything.
That's a lie.

469
00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:06,000
What I want is to work with you
one last time.

470
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,821
What I want is to work with you
one last time.

471
00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:10,889
What do you say?
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