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>> Thomas: Don't do this.
>> Steffy: What?

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It's a simple question.
Do you love my brother or not?

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It's a simple question.
Do you love my brother or not?

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>> Thomas: You don't have to
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Why are you putting Hope
on the spot like that?

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Why are you putting Hope
on the spot like that?

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Look, you have been completely
open about your feelings.

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Don't you think
Thomas deserves the same?

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Don't you think
Thomas deserves the same?

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>> Thomas: Come on, Steff.
>> Steffy: I'm not trying to

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upset Hope, Thomas.
I'm just being

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upset Hope, Thomas.
I'm just being

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a protective sister.
>> Thomas: Okay, well, you don't

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need to be a protective
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I'm a grown ass man.
>> Steffy: You are a grown ass

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I'm a grown ass man.
>> Steffy: You are a grown ass

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man who's been crazy about Hope
for a very long time.

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But I don't think she's ever
reciprocated the feelings.

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But I don't think she's ever
reciprocated the feelings.

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Until Rome.
Until you kissed him.

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And ever since then,
you two have gotten closer.

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And ever since then,
you two have gotten closer.

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Your feelings
have gotten stronger.

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So that's why you need to be
straight with him.

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So that's why you need to be
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Do you love Thomas?
Will you ever love Thomas?

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>> Finn: Hey. Yeah. I'm checking

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>> Finn: Hey. Yeah. I'm checking

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to see what the ETA is on
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to see what the ETA is on
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Seriously?
No, I-- Yes, I understand

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that they're shorthanded.
It just...

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that they're shorthanded.
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Okay, well see what you can do,
okay? I need the results

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as soon as possible.
All right. Thank you.

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>> Ridge: It sounds like
you're slammed.

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>> Ridge: It sounds like
you're slammed.

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>> Finn: Ridge.
>> Ridge: I'll come back

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when you're less busy.
>> Finn: No. Honestly. I don't

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know when that's gonna be.
It's crazy around here

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know when that's gonna be.
It's crazy around here

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all the time
What can I do for you?

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>> Ridge: Well, I came by
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>> Ridge: Well, I came by
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he's having some tests.
>> Finn: Yeah, I ordered them.

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I was actually just checking
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are gonna be ready.
He'll, uh, he'll be back up

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are gonna be ready.
He'll, uh, he'll be back up

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in his room soon.
>> Ridge: How's he doing?

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in his room soon.
>> Ridge: How's he doing?

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>> Finn: How do you feel
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>> Ridge: How do I--
Well, I don't know. Um...

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>> Ridge: How do I--
Well, I don't know. Um...

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I kind of was hoping that he'd
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and I know it takes time.
I get all that but, uh, I just

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and I know it takes time.
I get all that but, uh, I just

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wanna make sure we get there.
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wanna make sure we get there.
>> Finn: Get there as in

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when is he gonna be
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>> Ridge: yeah.
I know you can't look into

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the future. I-- I know.
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I want to make sure we get
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I want to make sure we get
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Or is that asking too much?
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Or is that asking too much?
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>> Finn: You're right.
I-- I can't see into the future.

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>> Finn: You're right.
I-- I can't see into the future.

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All right. But what I can do
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where he is right now.
Right? And where I hope he'll be

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where he is right now.
Right? And where I hope he'll be

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as Eric's doctor,
in a month or two or longer.

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as Eric's doctor,
in a month or two or longer.

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>> Ridge: Understood.
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Ridge, look, you--
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Eric's met
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He's off the ventilator, he's
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He's off the ventilator, he's
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and that's saying a lot
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what he's been through.
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him. We did lose him.
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him. We did lose him.
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but he came back.
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to you and your family.
That's a family he gets

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a lot of strength from.
Supporting him in recovery.

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a lot of strength from.
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>> Ridge: I get that
and his family will be here.

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>> Finn: Always, right?
>> Ridge: Yeah.

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>> Finn: Always, right?
>> Ridge: Yeah.

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>> Finn: But that same family
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Especially you, Ridge.
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responsibilities of being Eric's
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all that.
So, it-- it put Steffy through,

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all that.
So, it-- it put Steffy through,

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the toll it took on her.
I just can't imagine

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what it was like for you.
>> Ridge: It almost seemed easy

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what it was like for you.
>> Ridge: It almost seemed easy

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on paper, right?
Give him what he wants.

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on paper, right?
Give him what he wants.

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Let him go peacefully.
No machines.

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And then you came up with,
I still don't know what it is

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And then you came up with,
I still don't know what it is

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but whatever you did and uh,
so far so good.

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but whatever you did and uh,
so far so good.

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>> Finn: So far. Yeah.
>> Ridge: Well that makes you

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the doctor, makes you the man
that saved my dad.

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the doctor, makes you the man
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And I know I've been hard on
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but I was a little scared
But he's here and

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but I was a little scared
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I will always be grateful
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I will always be grateful
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>> Thomas: You need to stop.

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Hope isn't on trial, okay?
You don't get to come

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in here and--
>> Steffy: And ask if she's

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leading you on? If she has
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leading you on? If she has
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>> Hope: Of course, I have
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>> Steffy: But how deep are
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>> Thomas: I think it's pretty
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>> Thomas: I think it's pretty
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pointed it out.
>> Steffy: What? That you two

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are lovers?
Okay. Fine.

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are lovers?
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But has she actually told you
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>> Thomas: You gotta
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I know what this is.
You don't like our relationship.

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I know what this is.
You don't like our relationship.

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You don't actually want
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between us to succeed.
But that's okay

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between us to succeed.
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because I know what I'm doing.
>> Steffy: But does Hope

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know what she's doing?
>> Hope: Steff, I don't know

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know what she's doing?
>> Hope: Steff, I don't know

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what you want me to say.
>> Steffy: I've asked you

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a question and you haven't
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You haven't even been honest
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You haven't even been honest
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Look, I have my doubts
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But one thing I know is
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I don't think
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so can you stop leading him on?
Thomas has turned his

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so can you stop leading him on?
Thomas has turned his

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life around and I will not
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all the progress he's made
I won't let you do that to him.

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>> Finn: Honestly, I, um..

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>> Finn: Honestly, I, um..

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>> Finn: Honestly, I, um..

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I don't know what I would
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I don't know what I would
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And as a doctor, yeah, I believe
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and I-- I took an oath, but
there-- there have been

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and I-- I took an oath, but
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times when...
Yeah, it-- it-- it may have

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been kinder to let a patient go.
You know, and not try to prolong

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been kinder to let a patient go.
You know, and not try to prolong

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a life that was probably ending
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and surgeries and everything,
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and surgeries and everything,
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>> Ridge: And there's the rub.
My dad was done.

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>> Ridge: And there's the rub.
My dad was done.

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He wanted to go.
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the possibility of life.
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Maybe not the life he had,
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I had to decide
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>> Finn: I mean,
you were in the middle.

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I mean, you had the
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medical power of attorney.
Everything that comes with that.

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medical power of attorney.
Everything that comes with that.

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>> Finn: Yeah.

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I know Steffy didn't want
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I know Steffy didn't want
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>> Ridge: Steffy,
Donna, Brooke, Bridget.

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All of them.
They made me change my mind.

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All of them.
They made me change my mind.

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>> Finn: And I realize that's
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second guessing yourself about.
>> Ridge: Yeah.

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second guessing yourself about.
>> Ridge: Yeah.

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>> Finn: Yeah, one that
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gonna struggle with until
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improvement from Eric.
>> Ridge: And we will, right?

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improvement from Eric.
>> Ridge: And we will, right?

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I mean, look, if-- if he
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I mean, look, if-- if he
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if-- if everything is fine,
if he can still play the piano

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and do whatever he likes to do,
then we're in great shape.

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and do whatever he likes to do,
then we're in great shape.

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But he-- If he loses speed
even just a little bit...

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But he-- If he loses speed
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>> Finn: You feel responsible?
>> Ridge: Because I am

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responsible.
>> Finn: But look, Eric's alive.

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responsible.
>> Finn: But look, Eric's alive.

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Right? He's breathing
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He's getting stronger every day.
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He's getting stronger every day.
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I see potential for him
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I mean, he's already
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I mean, he's already
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>> Ridge: I know. You heard him,
right? Merry Christmas.

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Well, what a present that was.
>> Finn: Yeah, well it

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Well, what a present that was.
>> Finn: Yeah, well it

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definitely was for Steffy.
You know, she's been worried

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sick about--
Not that she still isn't.

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But look, she's seeing her
granddad get progress every day

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But look, she's seeing her
granddad get progress every day

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>> Ridge: And he's getting
better. You said his

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markers are good?
Is that what you said?

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>> Finn: Yeah. Yeah.
And if these tests show what

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>> Finn: Yeah. Yeah.
And if these tests show what

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I need them to show.
Again, but for now--

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>> Ridge: For now, we celebrate.
I hear you.

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That's what we're gonna do.
That's what I'm gonna do.

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That's what we're gonna do.
That's what I'm gonna do.

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I'm gonna celebrate.
>> Finn: Good, Good.

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I'm gonna celebrate.
>> Finn: Good, Good.

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>> Ridge: None of this
could happen without you.

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A few days ago, I mean, I'm
sitting in the waiting room

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A few days ago, I mean, I'm
sitting in the waiting room

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and I'm-- I'm trying to think
how I'm gonna

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live my life without my dad.
And now I don't have to do that.

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live my life without my dad.
And now I don't have to do that.

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So, I'm-- I-- I'm so grateful.
My family is grateful.

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So, I'm-- I-- I'm so grateful.
My family is grateful.

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>> Finn: Thanks. I-- I mean,
I'm just doing my job,

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but the fact that's Steffy's
grandfather is Eric, it also...

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but the fact that's Steffy's
grandfather is Eric, it also...

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>> Ridge: Yeah, you didn't
really have a choice, did you?

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>> Finn: I wanted to.
You've got a good family

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>> Finn: I wanted to.
You've got a good family

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And the Foresters are fiercely
loving, protective.

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And the Foresters are fiercely
loving, protective.

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There's nothing Steffy
wouldn't do for her family.

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>> Ridge: Thank you.
>> Finn: Yeah.

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>> Thomas: Steff.
I know you're trying

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>> Thomas: Steff.
I know you're trying

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to look out for me,
but Hope has been honest

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to look out for me,
but Hope has been honest

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about her feelings for me.
>> Steffy: Have you really?

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about her feelings for me.
>> Steffy: Have you really?

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Have you been
honest with yourself?

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You've asked yourself where
this relationship is going?

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You've asked yourself where
this relationship is going?

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Do you actually
want a future with him?

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Have you thought about Douglas?
What kind of message

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this is sending to him?
I mean, all he wants

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this is sending to him?
I mean, all he wants

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is his mom and dad back together
and it seems like you're

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just stringing his father along.
>> Hope: Okay. I'm going

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just stringing his father along.
>> Hope: Okay. I'm going

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to stop you right there, Steffy.
Honestly,

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it is none of your business.
This is an intimate,

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it is none of your business.
This is an intimate,

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private matter
between your brother and me,

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private matter
between your brother and me,

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between our family.
I am not about to share

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that information with you.
>> Steffy: What about you,

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that information with you.
>> Steffy: What about you,

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Thomas?
I hate to say it,

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Thomas?
I hate to say it,

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but you've had problems
in the past.

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Your obsessive feelings
for Hope.

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Your obsessive feelings
for Hope.

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I know you regret it now,
but that is because

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of your feelings for her.
>> Thomas: But you've said

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it before. People change.
>> Steffy: Do you see what

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it before. People change.
>> Steffy: Do you see what

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you're doing? Do you really
see what you're doing?

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you're doing? Do you really
see what you're doing?

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You're fanning the flames.
Thomas is gonna end up

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heartbroken because you are
unable to love him

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heartbroken because you are
unable to love him

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the way he wants to be loved.
I really think what

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you're doing is unfair.
>> Thomas: Hope.

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you're doing is unfair.
>> Thomas: Hope.

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Can I have a moment alone
with my sister?

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Can I have a moment alone
with my sister?

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>> Thomas: What the hell are
you doing?

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Are you actively trying to ruin
our relationship?

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Are you actively trying to ruin
our relationship?

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♪♪♪

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>> Ridge: Oh, hey.

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Oh, Ridge. Hi.
Are you, um, are you

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Oh, Ridge. Hi.
Are you, um, are you

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coming from the hospital?
>> Ridge: Yeah, I was

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just there.
>> Hope: How is Eric doing?

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just there.
>> Hope: How is Eric doing?

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You know what? I didn't get
a chance to see him.

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He was having some tests done,
but it gave me a chance

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He was having some tests done,
but it gave me a chance

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to talk to Finn
and thank him for everything.

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>> Hope: Yes, he is
a remarkable doctor.

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>> Ridge: Yes, he is.
>> Hope: I just wish Steffy

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>> Ridge: Yes, he is.
>> Hope: I just wish Steffy

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would focus on that.
Sorry. I, um...

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I just think that we all have
so much to be grateful for

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I just think that we all have
so much to be grateful for

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right now. Eric doing well and,
um, I wish Steffy would just

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right now. Eric doing well and,
um, I wish Steffy would just

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stop giving Thomas and me
such a hard time.

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stop giving Thomas and me
such a hard time.

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>> Ridge: What are you
talking about?

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>> Hope: I actually came in here
to escape the design office.

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>> Hope: I actually came in here
to escape the design office.

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I was in there with Thomas
and Steffy came barging in

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I was in there with Thomas
and Steffy came barging in

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and proceeded to put us on
the spot, once again.

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>> Ridge: On the spot?
What was she doing?

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She was asking you how you feel
about her brother or...

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She was asking you how you feel
about her brother or...

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>> Hope: I mean, yes.
>> Ridge: And?

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>> Hope: I mean, yes.
>> Ridge: And?

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How do you feel about him?
♪♪♪

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How do you feel about him?
♪♪♪

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>> Steffy: I'm sorry, Thomas.
I don't mean to upset you.

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I'm just concerned.
>> Thomas: So you've said,

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but I love Hope.
>> Steffy: I know you love Hope.

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but I love Hope.
>> Steffy: I know you love Hope.

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You've loved Hope for as long
as I can remember.

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But does she love you?
>> Thomas: She was married

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But does she love you?
>> Thomas: She was married

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before, Steff, okay?
>> Steffy: Okay.

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before, Steff, okay?
>> Steffy: Okay.

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>> Thomas: We didn't have
that before because she was

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married to Liam.
But now she's not, right?

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married to Liam.
But now she's not, right?

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So, this is our chance.
>> Steffy: So you and hope?

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A future?
>> Thomas: Yes.

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A future?
>> Thomas: Yes.

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>> Steffy: You really
think that's possible?

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>> Thomas: I know it's possible.
>> Steffy: How do you know that?

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Has she said anything?
Any kind of indication

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Has she said anything?
Any kind of indication

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that she wants to marry you?
Spend the rest

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of her life with you?
>> Thomas Okay. Not directly.

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of her life with you?
>> Thomas Okay. Not directly.

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Right.
But I'm willing to wait.

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Right.
But I'm willing to wait.

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>> Steffy: You have been
waiting a very long time.

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Shouldn't that
tell you something?

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Shouldn't that
tell you something?

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>> Thomas: Don't look at me
like that.

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You don't understand how
intimate Hope and I have been.

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You don't understand how
intimate Hope and I have been.

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>> Steffy: Oh, Thomas. God.
>> Thomas: Steff. We've had

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>> Steffy: Oh, Thomas. God.
>> Thomas: Steff. We've had

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a wonderful relationship
and I know that you say

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you want me to be happy,
so let us be happy together.

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you want me to be happy,
so let us be happy together.

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♪♪♪

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>> Ridge: Take it easy.

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I don't want to pry, all right?
That's his love life.

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I don't want to pry, all right?
That's his love life.

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My son's love life.
That's his business.

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And as long as he makes strong,
healthy choices,

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I'm not gonna interfere.
>> Hope: That's great.

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I'm not gonna interfere.
>> Hope: That's great.

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I just wish that Steffy and
everyone else got that memo.

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>> Ridge: And I'm sorry
this is causing friction

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>> Ridge: And I'm sorry
this is causing friction

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between the two of you.
>> Hope: Me too. Honestly.

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But I-- I don't know.
I just-- I don't know

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But I-- I don't know.
I just-- I don't know

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what to tell everyone.
I don't have an answer.

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what to tell everyone.
I don't have an answer.

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I am just for once in my life
trying to be present

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and live in the moment
and see where my heart takes me.

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and live in the moment
and see where my heart takes me.

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Something that my mother has
done over the years

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Something that my mother has
done over the years

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and I don't know, it seemed to
have worked out pretty well.

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and I don't know, it seemed to
have worked out pretty well.

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But, I just wish that people
would have the decency

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But, I just wish that people
would have the decency

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to give us the space to figure
it out for ourselves.

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Thomas and I, we have--
we have a good thing going.

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Thomas and I, we have--
we have a good thing going.

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And he's happy. I'm happy.
The kids are doing well.

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And he's happy. I'm happy.
The kids are doing well.

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I don't think
it's anybody's business.

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And quite frankly,
if everybody keeps pushing--

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And quite frankly,
if everybody keeps pushing--

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keeps pushing Thomas and
violating our boundaries,

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I just--
I worry it could lead

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I just--
I worry it could lead

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to trouble.
♪♪♪

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to trouble.
♪♪♪

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>> Thomas: These past few months
with Hope, I can't even explain

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>> Thomas: These past few months
with Hope, I can't even explain

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how amazing they've been.
How amazing

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she has made me feel.
By her own admission,

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she has made me feel.
By her own admission,

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how amazing I've made her feel.
Being together, intimately,

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how amazing I've made her feel.
Being together, intimately,

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holding her, touching her.
>> Steffy: Oh, please stop.

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>> Thomas: I can't stop
loving her. I---

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Don't you get that by now?
>> Steffy: I-- I do get that.

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Don't you get that by now?
>> Steffy: I-- I do get that.

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I absolutely get it.
And I'm trying to take you

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at your word
that you're not getting obsessed

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at your word
that you're not getting obsessed

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with Hope again.
>> Thomas: Okay, you have told

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me that I am a changed man.
You believe

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that I'm a changed man.
So, why would

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that I'm a changed man.
So, why would

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you even insinuate that?
It doesn't make any sense.

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Steffy, look...
I'm not getting obsessed

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Steffy, look...
I'm not getting obsessed

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with Hope.
But I love her.

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with Hope.
But I love her.

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And yeah,
maybe she hasn't directly said,

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"I love you, Thomas,"
but you haven't been there for

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"I love you, Thomas,"
but you haven't been there for

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the intimate conversations
and you weren't there for

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the intimate conversations
and you weren't there for

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a conversation where she looked
at me and said,

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"I do love you for that."
And yeah, I get it.

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"I do love you for that."
And yeah, I get it.

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It's not the same,
but you weren't there.

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There was love there, Steff.
>> Steffy: It's not the same.

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There was love there, Steff.
>> Steffy: It's not the same.

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It's not the same as Hope
looking at you and saying,

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"I'm in love with you."
And you know that.

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"I'm in love with you."
And you know that.

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You just don't want to accept it
and that worries me.

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>> Thomas: Okay, That's fine.
You haven't been there

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>> Thomas: Okay, That's fine.
You haven't been there

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for the last few months.
You haven't been there

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for our intimacy.
You weren't there

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for that conversation.
That doesn't matter.

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for that conversation.
That doesn't matter.

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That doesn't stop you from being
supportive of me and you don't

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even have to do that.
You don't have to be

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even have to do that.
You don't have to be

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supportive of me.
Just don't ruin my relationship.

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Don't intentionally get
in the middle of my relationship

456
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Don't intentionally get
in the middle of my relationship

457
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with Hope because I'm not going
to allow that, Steff.

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>> Steffy: This is so crazy.
>> Finn: That's enough, Thomas.

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>> Steffy: This is so crazy.
>> Finn: That's enough, Thomas.

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You are out of line.
I don't care

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that she's your sister,
you don't speak to her that way.

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that she's your sister,
you don't speak to her that way.

463
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You hear me?
Thomas. Thomas!

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You hear me?
Thomas. Thomas!

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Do you hear me?
♪♪♪

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Do you hear me?
♪♪♪

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