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[engine revving]
[brakes screech]

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>> Carter: I got your text.
What's going on?

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>> Hope: Steffy fired me.
She ended my line.

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Nobody stopped her.
They said I had to leave the

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building.
>> Carter: What?

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>> Hope: Can you just get me out
of here?

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Please, can you just get me out
of here?

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>> Carter: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I
got you.

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It's gonna be okay, all right?
♪♪♪

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They're not getting away with
this.

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>> Steffy: I had to do it.
Hope gave me no choice.

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>> Ridge: You wanted her out of
the building--she's out of the

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building.
>> Steffy: And she's never

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coming back.
I fired her.

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>> Taylor: Your father backed
you up, Steffy.

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He-he agrees with your decision.
>> Steffy: I am really, really

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grateful for that, but you know
Hope--she's gonna have so many

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excuses. I mean, you heard her
out there acting like some kind

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of victim.
>> Ridge: This is unfortunate

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for all of us.
>> Steffy: Well, I already

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warned Hope.
I told her if she were ever to

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cross the line with my husband,
she would be fired.

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She brought this on herself.
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>> Carter: Hey, sit down, relax.
I'll see if your mom--

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>> Hope: No, no, no, wait, just
don't go, just not yet, please.

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Please.
>> Carter: It's gonna be okay,

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Hope.
>> Hope: I was just fired,

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Carter.
I was-I was told to leave the

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building.
>> Carter: Steffy lost her

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temper--she said things she
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>> Hope: And I thought that
might change once everyone else

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found out what happened, but
that wasn't the case.

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Instead, I was publicly
humiliated, Carter.

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I'm just grateful you came when
you did. I'm just so--

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>> Carter: I got there as fast
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Pulled up to Forrester, seeing
you standing there alone, I just

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thought--I don't-I don't--
>> Hope: Ha, yeah, it's a

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miracle that security didn't
just chase me out of the parking

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lot.
>> Carter: Look, I don't get

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this, I really don't.
I don't know what Steffy's

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thinking...I don't, but-but
it's not right.

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It's not right.
Hey, hey.

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We're gonna fix this, okay?
>> Hope: I don't know if I want

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you to fix this.
I-I-I don't even know

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if I want to go back to
Forrester Creations.

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I mean, it hasn't been a good
place for me for-for some time

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now, and...
nothing is going right there.

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I mean, the only thing--the only
thing that is going right in my

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life right now is you.
>> Carter: And I'm here for you.

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I am. But we'll make Forrester
a good place for you, we will.

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'Cause this, Hope, this is
outrageous, and I'm still trying

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to wrap my head around it.
Steffy won't get away with this.

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I'm Forrester's COO.
Ridge is my best friend, and his

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daughter's losing control.
You don't make decisions based

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off of rivalries and vendettas.
It's no way to run a business.

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And look at me, look at me.
I'll fight for you.

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Okay?
Okay?

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>> Hope: Kay.
>> Carter: Okay.

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♪♪♪
>> Brooke: What's going on?

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What happened?
>> Hope: I was fired, Mom.

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Steffy fired me.
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>> Steffy: Hope understood the
consequences of her actions.

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>> Ridge: Really? She seemed
pretty shocked to me.

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>> Steffy: Because no one's ever
held her accountable before.

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Until now.
She disrespected me and my

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marriage.
Look, Dad, she can't be trusted.

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And if you can't be trusted,
you do not belong here at

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Forrester Creations.
>> Taylor: You agree with that,

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don't you, Ridge?
>> Brooke: There must be some

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mistake.
>> Hope: There isn't.

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Steffy fired me, ordered me to
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>> Brooke: What? No, she can't
do that.

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Can she?
>> Carter: I can't say until I

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know what happened.
>> Brooke: Hope?

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>> Hope: Well, uh, she believes
that I was...trying to seduce

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Finn, only I wasn't.
>> Brooke: Oh, honey.

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>> Hope: Yeah, Steffy has it all
wrong. She completely

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misinterpreted the situation,
but she wouldn't listen.

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I mean, Carter believes me,
don't you, Carter?

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>> Carter: Yeah, yeah, yes, yes,
of course, of course I believe

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you.
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>> Steffy: I wanted to believe
her.

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Hope swore that she was gonna
leave my husband alone.

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>> Taylor: You told her what
would happen if she didn't.

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>> Steffy: I guess she thought
I was bluffing.

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Too bad I don't.
>> Ridge: And she didn't try to

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explain herself?
>> Steffy: Dad, I already told

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you, I walked in and I saw her
in lingerie on top of my

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husband.
>> Ridge: I get it. I get why

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you're furious, I do.
>> Steffy: I'm trying to run

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this company, take care of my
family.

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I'm done playing these games.
>> Taylor: You've reached your

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limit.
>> Steffy: Look, Dad, I didn't

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want it to come to this,
but Hope crossed a line.

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And look, I understand this is
gonna be hard for you.

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It's gonna be awkward since you
live with Brooke, but...

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Hope brought this on herself,
and if you don't trust someone,

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you need to cut them off.
[knock on door]

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>> Charlie: Boss.
Steffy.

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Well, um...
Hope is, uh, no longer on the

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premises, per your directive.
I've also taken her photos down

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from the wall.
Again, per your directive.

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>> Steffy: Great. Thanks,
Charlie.

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She can't come back.
>> Charlie: No, uh, her security

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credentials have been revoked.
>> Steffy: Thank you.

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>> Ridge: I was gonna say let's
try to keep this on the down

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low, but I'm not sure if that's
possible.

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>> Charlie: No, I will.
It's, uh, understood.

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I got it.
>> Steffy: I'm not gonna change

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my mind, Dad.
>> Taylor: But you don't want

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people starting rumors, taking
sides.

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>> Steffy: There's only one side
to this.

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Hope ambushed Finn.
There's no excuse.

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I mean, Hope couldn't even come
up with an excuse.

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This isn't some kind of
accident.

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Hope was trying to seduce my
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>> Hope: Steffy has it all
wrong--I swear.

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>> Brooke: But you weren't
coming on to Finn, right?

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>> Hope: Oh, God, no, Mom, no.
I--pfft--I wasn't.

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>> Carter: But she thought you
were.

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>> Brooke: Honey, why don't you
explain everything that

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happened.
>> Hope: [clears throat]

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All right, then. Uh...
I was in the design office,

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working.
I was alone, and I was

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thinking about you, Carter, and
what we had talked about.

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And I saw the new designs for
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and I remembered how we joked
about the idea of me modeling

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lingerie for you.
And you did say that you were

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going to be coming right back
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>> Carter: Yeah, I, uh,
I had a meeting at the bank

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I had to get to.
>> Hope: Only I didn't know

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that.
So I went behind the screen

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and got changed and, um,
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>> Carter: And you assumed
it was me.

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>> Brooke: What did you do?
>> Hope: Well, I called out to

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them and told them lock the door
and that I had been waiting for

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them.
>> Carter: But it wasn't me.

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>> Hope: No, it was Finn.
And when I came out from behind

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the screen, he was just standing
there with this dumbfounded,

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appalled look on his face,
and I was mortified and

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flustered and-and before I could
even explain myself, I tripped,

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and I fell onto Finn
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And of course, that is when
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top of her husband, so...
>> Brooke: [whispering] Oh, my--

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>> Carter: And Steffy blew up.
>> Hope: She ripped into me.

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She accused me of throwing
myself at her husband, only we

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know that I wasn't.
>> Brooke: But you were wearing

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lingerie.
>> Hope: I was wearing lingerie.

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Yes, there is that. I know how
bad it looks, believe me, I do.

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But Steffy wouldn't even let me
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Even though I tried to explain,
she told me she already put me

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on notice, and if I ever crossed
that line with Finn, that me and

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my line, we were history.
Except we know that I wasn't--

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I didn't cross that line.
I was just trying to surprise

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you, Carter.
But we know

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Steffy's going to believe what
she wants to believe.

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So she fired me.
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>> Steffy: I can't work with
someone who's trying to harm my

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family.
This is about trust and respect.

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>> Taylor: You made your
boundaries very clear.

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Her behavior's unacceptable.
>> Ridge: Here's what I don't

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get--Hope worked so hard
to get that line back on top,

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and now she just throws it
all away on a whim?

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>> Steffy: I bet Brooke's gonna
say, "Hope was just following

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her heart."
>> Ridge: Come on, don't--

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>> Steffy: What--
>> Ridge: So Hope goes after a

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man that she knows is devoted
to you.

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I don't get it. I get why you
did what you did, but...

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there's some things we gotta
figure out.

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>> Taylor: There's nothing to
figure out.

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Ridge, Steffy's co-CEO.
The decision has been made.

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You supported her.
>> Ridge: Yeah, I supported her.

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There are implications, 'cause
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This is not a good look for us.
>> Taylor: You're worried about

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PR?
>> Ridge: I'm not--[sighs]

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I'm not worried about it, but
you saw the employees, you know,

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how they reacted when they saw
that Hope was fired.

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>> Taylor: Yeah, but doesn't
that tell you everything you

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need to know?
Hope was caught in the act, and

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she still plays the victim.
It's very concerning.

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>> Ridge: It is concerning,
to all of--look, all right.

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What you did was a business
decision, but it affects

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everybody in this company,
so...gotta talk to Katie.

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>> Taylor: Hope's aunt?
[laughs] I can only imagine how

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she's gonna respond to this.
>> Ridge: Katie. She's head of

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PR and marketing.
>> Steffy: She's still a Logan.

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>> Ridge: Can we please not do
that--not now.

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Try to keep a level head about
all of this.

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>> Steffy: Fine.
Yeah, I guess we have to loop in

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Carter, let him know that Hope's
been terminated.

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Sure we're gonna get some
pushback from him, especially

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since he's been such a staunch
supporter of Hope lately.

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>> Carter: Steffy made a
decision in the heat of the

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moment.
>> Hope: She's not going to take

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it back, Carter.
>> Brooke: She misunderstood

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the situation.
All you need to do is explain.

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>> Hope: I tried.
But standing there, dressed the

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way I was, I mean, how it looked
from Finn's perspective--she was

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never going to listen to me.
>> Carter: Okay, but did you

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explain to her what's really
going on?

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>> Hope: Well, we promised that
we were going to keep our

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involvement a secret, so...
>> Carter: Yes, Hope, I get

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that, but if you tell Steffy the
truth--

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>> Hope: No, absolutely not,
Carter.

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I'm not going to throw you under
the bus and jeopardize your

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position at the company.
I've already lost my own, and

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besides, Steffy was looking for
a reason to fire me, and I

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handed her one on a silver
platter.

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And you know if it wasn't this
situation, it was going to be

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something else.
I mean, maybe it would have been

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about us eventually.
I mean, she's already accused me

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of manipulating you and your
position as COO to try to save

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my line, so...
>> Brooke: This is ridiculous!

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>> Hope: Steffy was already
giving Carter grief about

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supporting Hope for the Future,
so imagine if she found out

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about us.
It would just reinforce her idea

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of me, it would reflect poorly
on you, and I won't have it.

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I know this playbook.
I know it so well.

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I can hear the accusations
already, that I'm just a Logan.

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>> Carter: No, no one's ever
gonna say anything like that

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about you.
>> Hope: Except they already

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have.
And I am trying to spare us the

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judgement of everyone else.
The Forresters cannot find out

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about what you mean to me,
Carter, especially now.

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>> Carter: I hear you, I do,
but Steffy's wrong, and you can

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prove it.
>> Hope: Not if the truth is

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going to hurt you, and you know
that it will, Carter.

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I mean, they-they never
questioned your ideas until you

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started defending me.
I'm the problem.

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And I am not going to let
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>> Carter: I don't need you to
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>> Brooke: Honey, this is crazy.
All this talk about you getting

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fired and losing your job--
it's impossible, really.

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Ridge is co-CEO.
He is not gonna let this happen.

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>> Hope: Only, he did.
He was standing right there,

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and he ordered me to leave.
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>> Ridge: So anything else you
need, you can get from Zende.

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You know, I'm pretty sure his
email still works.

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Yeah, he's got all the
information.

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You shut down Hope's email?
>> Steffy: Part of the security

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protocol.
>> Ridge: Security protocol,

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okay. So what do we do?
What do we tell her team?

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>> Steffy: We tell them the
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>> Taylor: Three simple words.
Hope was fired.

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>> Ridge: There's nothing simple
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>> Taylor: I know this is
difficult for you, but Hope's

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behavior required a response.
>> Ridge: Okay, and now we need

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a response to the response.
We gotta deal with this.

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>> Steffy: Okay. I'll do that.
>> Taylor: That's not what your

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father's worried about.
You're worried about Brooke.

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Are you, how she's gonna respond
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>> Ridge: I am. She's not in the
office, and maybe she doesn't

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know about it, so...she should
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>> Steffy: Okay. Well, everyone
needs to know that the decision

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is final.
>> Taylor: And that you support

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her.
>> Ridge: Of course I support

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you.
>> Steffy: That means a lot to

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me, Dad.
It really does.

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It's nice not to be contradicted
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Look, I know this is probably
gonna be hard for you.

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We're gonna get some flack.
You saw Hope, all of her

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excuses, and you have Brooke.
She's gonna be defending her

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daughter.
But you have to stay strong,

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okay?
You told Hope to leave.

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Do not let the Logans manipulate
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Don't let them change your mind.
>> Brooke: Ridge won't let

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Steffy force you out of the
company.

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>> Hope: He asked me to leave
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>> Brooke: He wouldn't do that,
honey, not without talking to me

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first.
>> Hope: He did. I-I pled my

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case with him, Mom, I really did
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And then...
and then they escorted me to the

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elevator...
in front of what essentially

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felt like all of our coworkers,
people that I respect and

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admire, and they watched as I...
you know, was ordered to leave

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the building by Ridge and
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You know, it really feels like
Steffy was purposely trying to

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shame me, like she was...
[clears throat] I don't know,

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exacting some revenge like, you
know, getting back at me for all

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the hurt that she thinks I might
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I don't know.
>> Brooke: I can't believe

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Taylor was there.
>> Carter: This isn't right.

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None of it.
>> Hope: I just didn't think

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that this would actually happen.
I mean, Forrester has been like

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a second home to me, Mom.
You know I-I practically grew up

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in those offices.
Got to watch you be head of the

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company.
And that counts for something.

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I mean, we made an impact,
right, like the BeLieF formula

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and Brooke's Bedroom and
Hope for the Future--that should

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mean something, right?
Only it feels like none of it

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even matters.
All of those years,

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all of the hard work, it just...
the only thing that I'm going to

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be able to remember now is the
cold look on their faces when

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they asked me to go.
>> Brooke: All because you

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tripped and fell into Finn's
arms.

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>> Hope: Only, we all know I
don't want Finn.

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That is not what happened.
I care about you, Carter.

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>> Carter: I warned Ridge.
I told him his daughter's losing

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perspective, and now she went
too far.

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Ridge, Steffy--
they're not getting away with

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this, okay?
I won't let them.

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♪♪♪