[intense music plays]
I...
what?
You heard me.
Why are you dressed like that?
Oh, my God, Sheila.
Did you hurt--
You don't get to ask...
the questions.
I do.
And I want the truth!
I'm Deacon's wife, and I deserve that.
I deserve to know.
Are you having an affair...
with my husband?
HOPE: Oh, good.
You're here, Dad.
I was getting worried
because you weren't responding to your messages.
Oh, shoot. Um...
I've been a little distracted, to say the least.
-I'm sorry. -Okay, it's fine.
But I was starting to think that the worst had happened.
Is, um...
-Is Sheila-- -Sheila's not here.
Has she said anything?
She doesn't know, or at least I've got to believe that.
I thought I reassured you and your brother
when you stopped by earlier.
Not exactly.
We're concerned.
And from the looks of it,
you're concerned too.
-Steffy? -Oh, great. Thank you so much.
I appreciate it. Bye.
Oh, thank goodness you're home.
Yeah. I wish I could have gotten here sooner.
The surgery took longer than I thought.
Your text was kinda cryptic. What's going on?
It's about your birth mother. Sheila.
[Carter chuckles]
Can you believe how easy this has been?
-Easy? -Yeah.
Getting married. Moving in together.
We've created something beautiful together, Daphne.
And not just for our marriage,
but we've created
something beautiful for our future.
Our future being in about nine months from now.
Exactly.
♪ ♪
I just--I can't help thinking about
how much fun it'll be when we have our...
Bringing our baby home?
Maybe it's already in the works.
Well, if you're not pregnant yet,
it is not for the lack of trying.
Shall we see if that effort paid off?
Should we find out if a baby is on its way?
My mom made a really, extremely...
-dangerous decision. -Does it involve Deacon?
Sheila almost walked in on Deacon and my mom in bed.
You and your brother don't have to worry about me.
Seriously? After everything you told us about...
[softly] Sheila almost finding you out?
But she--she didn't. It all worked out.
Did it, though?
Are you so sure that Sheila isn't on to you?
You just can't get enough of that, huh?
What?
When I went to your house, you were really all alone?
You saw me, all-- all by myself.
All by yourself, eating dinner all alone, having...
Il Giardino pizza from our restaurant.
Yeah, uh, it's such good pizza.
When did you order it?
What kind was it?
The ki--the kind? Gosh, I-- I always forget the names.
I found sand in Deacon's shoes the next morning.
It's pretty incredible, isn't it?
Sand...
and you live at the beach with Steffy,
and you're eating Il Giardino pizza.
But I checked the orders.
There were none. I checked the delivery,
and there was nothing going to your house.
So you wanna stand there...
and tell me that he didn't bring a pizza?
And maybe the sand just got in his shoes another way?
You've been cheating behind my back.
Why don't you just admit it, Taylor? Just admit it!
[intense music pounds]
Now, remember, if the test comes back positive,
we cannot get too excited.
We're gonna have to have it confirmed by the doctor.
Okay, but they're pretty accurate, right?
-So if it's positive, then... -These tests
are highly accurate, yes.
So then in a few minutes, we'll know.
-If there's a baby on its way. -Oh...
It's on its way.
Whether the test is positive or not,
if it doesn't happen this month, then next month.
If not, the month after.
I've never been more sure of anything
in my entire...life.
Well, good.
-You better be sure. -I am sure.
So Sheila's pounding on the door,
-holding a knife? -Yeah.
Thinking my mom was in danger.
-[huffs] -And the truth is, she was.
My mom and Deacon were both in danger,
because if Sheila had any inkling--
No, her instinct would have taken over.
She would have lunged at them
without even realizing what she was doing.
They both would have been dead, Finn.
Deacon...he put my mom at risk.
He put my entire family in harm's way.
It was a close call. It was too close.
I mean, if that door had been unlocked...
But, thankfully, it wasn't, which let me escape
with Sheila none the wiser.
Okay, but Sheila was still suspicious of something.
Look, if she had thought for even a minute
that I was over there,
I would have heard about it as soon as she got home.
Trust me.
[softly] Don't you dare lie to me.
Okay, Sheila, please,
you need to calm down.
I s--
I saw.
Deacon was here.
Yes, he was, but you know I'm not allowed to speak about
what he and I discussed. I mean, as a psychiatrist,
I-I have to value my patients' privacy,
I have to keep everything--
You have to value your patients,
but Deacon's not your patient anymore, is he, Taylor?
So you--you explain to me...
why would he have a reason to be here?
I saw the way he touched you.
I saw your little intimate moment together,
so just stop.
Stop with your lying.
Your only obligation right now is to me,
to yourself, to your well-being.
What...what is this?
Is this--is this just some sort of a passing fling,
or is it more than that?
Would you just tell me? Because I want to know.
There...there are no real feelings here, right?
This is--it's a rebound... for you?
You lost Ridge and...
and you were feeling vulnerable, and you allowed yourself
to go after a married man.
Just tell me that!
I can--I can see you're upset, and I-I...
I would be upset too if I thought...
if I thought my-- my husband was--
-was cheating on me. -Damn it, it is more
than a thought, isn't it?
Because he is cheating.
You're right.
I've been seeing Deacon, but I can't call it an affair.
Well, that--it--
-That's what it is, though. -But it's so much more.
You ask if there are actual feelings.
I know you're hoping that there aren't, but...
We're in love.
Sheila, Deacon and I are in love.
[dark music rises]
♪ ♪
[heavy music plays]
I get that you're furious with Deacon, and you should be,
but Steffy, your mom is not entirely blameless here.
I know. I know.
I had some choice words for her.
But, look, I do feel for my mom.
She's been vulnerable ever since my dad left her for Brooke.
And it's made her susceptible for the wrong guy
to come in and take advantage of her,
and that's exactly what's happening.
This whole situation is because of Deacon,
because he selfishly took advantage of my mom.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Italian music in background]
I've been thinking about what you said earlier,
about how cunning Sheila is
and how she likes to play with her prey before...
Yeah. And I think there's still a chance
that she could be doing that.
She's not the kinda person to keep her feelings inside,
especially when it comes to me, our relationship.
I mean, if she thought anything was going on,
she would not have just come home
and watched me sleep, believe me.
She would have woken me up.
She would have demanded answers right then and there.
And the next morning, I played it perfectly.
I acted completely surprised
that she said she went over there.
So you think you dodged the bullet.
I believe it. I mean...
look, I get this could have been a complete disaster,
but it worked out, all right?
I-I don't think she knows.
I think she's completely in the dark about me and Taylor.
I'm sorry.
I truly am, but you're right... Sheila.
You deserve the truth.
That you love my husband?
You know, Taylor, for months, literally months,
I have told everybody and anybody at all
that would listen to me how wonderful you are.
How you...
you saved my relationship with Deacon.
How I believed-- I-I believed that you were...
you were some sort of a miracle worker.
But no.
No, you were never trying to help me or my marriage--
all those intimate counseling sessions with my husband.
You were trying to lead him away from me.
-No, Sheila, no. -No, it's true!
It's true! How could you?
How could you be so selfish?
So unethical?
How could you cross that line,
not only as a doctor but as a friend?
As a confidant? I--
I admired you.
I looked up to you. I-I--God, I...
nearly idolized you.
And the whole time...
you were stabbing me in the back,
going after my husband.
-I'm sorry. -Oh, you're sorry.
Yeah, you're--you're sorry?
What, for being a--a two-faced cheating bitch?
Yeah, I'll bet you are!
I'll bet you are! Well, you know what?
This stops, and it stops right now.
You are not gonna see my husband anymore,
and you're gonna respect my marriage.
I...
I know...
you don't want to hear this, but...
Deacon and I, we--we...
we want a future...together.
I swear, we--we didn't expect for this to happen.
We tried. We--we tried to not go down this path,
but we can't fight it anymore.
We're in love.
No.
Deacon and I made a commitment.
We are together.
I am his wife. We are the ones in love,
and you just seem for some reason
to not want to respect that.
But you know what? You're going to.
You're going to, if it's the last thing I do.
[dark, dramatic music plays]
Mm.
DAPHNE: Hey.
CARTER: [light laugh]
Well, don't keep me in suspense.
I'm afraid I have to for just a bit longer.
I set a timer.
I'm too nervous to look at it until it's time.
Then come here and let's be nervous together.
-You are too? -Yes. Ha.
I am. But not for long.
No. Our lives are gonna change.
We'll get confirmation about what we already know.
-We're gonna have a child. -[giggles]
Deacon is a married man. He shouldn't be pursuing anyone.
Yeah, but if he's finally wised up
-and wants to end his marriage-- -Okay, fine.
If he wants to end his marriage, he can do that.
But my mom can't be involved.
This better be a wake-up call for everyone.
And I'm really hoping my mom came to her senses.
And Deacon and Hope, they need to come to their senses too.
Sheila's in the dark for now,
but there is someone else who knows what happened.
Between you and Taylor?
Who?
Steffy.
Taylor told her.
Okay, so I'm assuming you've already gotten a lecture?
Oh, you know her well.
She summoned me to Forrester,
told me to never go near her mother again.
Oh, and if I wanted to cheat on my wife,
to go do it with someone else.
Here's the thing Steffy doesn't get.
I don't want to cheat on my wife--I don't.
This isn't even about Sheila. It's...
It's about Taylor. It's...
about spending time with her,
holding her.
The thought of never seeing her again...
And you can't do that, can you?
Of course you can't.
You love her.
Are you afraid of me?
And look at you...
Trembling like a leaf, but you know what?
I am not the same Sheila Carter...
...that I used to be
when I stole Lauren Fenmore's baby all those years ago.
Did you really think you could have
a future
with my husband?
Is that what you thought?
Because we're the ones... that are married.
We are the ones who made memories,
who laughed, built a business!
And you know...
a lot of people
think that I'm...
I'm crazy.
A bit unhinged, but I'm not.
You came into my bedroom with a knife.
[huffs, mutters] I told you!
I was trying to save you.
You shouldn't have been there at all.
Don't put this on me.
No, you see, I'm not the bad one here.
I'm the one who's grown. I'm the one who's matured.
God, I'm just on the brink.
But I might already be there
because of your sordid affair with my husband!
Did you think...
did you think for a moment I would just hand him to you?
That I would just walk away?
No! You're wrong.
I would never do that. I'm...
I'm not gonna let you come between us.
I'm not even gonna let you try.
Deacon and I are meant to be together.
We are meant to have a long, happy life together,
and you know what?
I believe we would be doing that if it weren't for you.
If you weren't here, if you would just...
cease to exist.
TAYLOR: Aah!
Sheila! No!
No!
No! [gasping, whimpering]
No!
-[slicing sounds] -[Sheila grunting]
[eerie music plays]
♪ ♪
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