♪♪
>> Steffy: It was her.
It was Sheila.
She shot me,
and she killed Finn.
>> Deacon: Something's off
with you, Sheila.
>> Sheila: What?
>> Deacon: The way you're
acting, saying all these
crazy things?
>> Sheila: I'm-- I'm not.
>> Deacon: You said that Finn
would still be alive,
if it weren't for Steffy.
What the hell's
that supposed to mean?
♪♪
>> Quinn: What's with Paris
and all her questions?
>> Carter: She wanted to know
if I was still hung up
on you or not.
>> Quinn: And?
Um, you made it clear that
there's nothing going
on between us, right?
>> Carter: Yes, that's what
I told her.
>> Quinn: Good, because I don't
need her walking around here,
stirring up a bunch of trouble.
>> Carter: She seemed to pick
up on a vibe.
I don't think I'm as good
at hiding my feelings
as I thought.
[ Donna giggling ]
>> Donna: What are you
thinking about?
Hm?
>> Eric: I'm just, uh...
Just enjoying the quiet.
>> Donna: Ah. I know,
it's nice, isn't it?
>> Eric: Mm hm.
>> Donna: There's no drama.
No one here to bother us.
Hm?
>> Eric: Oh, yeah.
[ Donna tsk-ing ]
>> Donna: But I think
I know you too well, Eric.
You're thinking about Quinn,
aren't you?
♪♪
>> Carter: Look, I realize
nothing can happen between us.
>> Quinn: No, no.
We've been down
that road before.
I almost lost my husband,
and my marriage!
>> Carter: And I almost lost my
friendship with Eric and Ridge,
not to mention my position
at Forrester.
>> Quinn: Right, exactly.
We-- There is too much
at stake for us to lose-- eh.
Carter, it's not like
I'm not always
going to care about you,
or even be attracted to every
single thing about you,
but, I love my husband.
We're committed to each other.
And nothing is ever going
to change that.
>> Eric: You got me.
You're right.
I was thinking about Quinn.
>> Donna: Mm hm.
>> Eric: I'm sorry.
>> Donna: Oh. No, no,
no need to apologize to me.
I-- I was just thinking
about Brad Pitt, actually.
Yeah. Yeah.
So I guess that makes us
about even so, you know...
>> Eric: Brad Pitt.
>> Donna: Mm hm.
>> Eric: Well, I'll admit that
he's-- he's a pretty
handsome fellow, I guess.
>> Donna: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Oh, I mean, he's always
been my fantasy hall pass.
>> Eric: Ahuh.
>> Donna: And I guess,
I'm yours.
But we'll keep it
our little secret. Okay?
>> Eric: Okay.
I can't help feeling
a little guilty,
where Quinn is concerned.
But, I appreciate you so much.
You always manage to bring
a smile to my face.
♪♪
>> Deacon: How could Steffy
be responsible? It--
That doesn't even make sense.
>> Sheila: She's always
causing trouble, Deacon.
She doesn't know when
to keep her mouth shut.
>> Deacon: So you think it's
her fault that-- that
Finn was murdered?
>> Sheila: I think if she'd
handled things differently,
Finn would still be here.
>> Deacon: How could you
even know that?
>> Sheila: I just do.
[ scoffing ]
>> Deacon: You know, Sheila, uh
the way-- the way you're
talking, it's almost as if
you were there that night.
>> Steffy: It was Sheila.
It was Sheila!
>> Taylor: Okay, okay, so--
so Sheila killed her own son,
and then she shot you?
>> Steffy: Mom! Mom, mom, mom,
I'm telling you the truth.
I am telling you the truth.
I-- I know I couldn't
remember things for a while,
but it is so--
it is so, so clear to me now.
The shooter, the person
that we've been looking for,
has been, she's been here
the entire time.
>> Ridge: It's her?
There's no doubt in your mind?
>> Steffy: I-- I've never been
more certain about anything
in my life.
She did it.
It was Sheila.
She pulled the trigger and--
and Finn saved my life.
He jumped in front
of the bullet.
And she took him away from us.
I am going to make her pay
for what she's done!
♪♪
>> Carter: You know you've
grown a lot, Quinn.
I admire the work you put
into bettering yourself
and your relationship.
>> Quinn: I think Eric deserves
a lot of that credit, you know,
for not giving up on us.
On me?
I'm not saying things
are the way they used
to be between us,
because they certainly aren't.
>> Carter: It may take
some time.
>> Quinn: I just have
to own what I did.
You know, I broke Eric's trust.
Something he would
never do to me.
>> Donna: The last thing I ever
want to do
is complicate your life.
>> Eric: Well, my emotions
are pretty complicated
these days,
and that's one of the things
that I appreciate so
much about you
is how uncomplicated you are.
Being here with you,
doing this,
is effortless.
[ Donna chuckling ]
>> Donna: Well, that's what
I want to be for you.
I want to make your life
easy and... happy.
>> Eric: And that's what
this is.
That's what you do for me.
You make me so happy.
♪♪
>> Deacon: I get that you've
suffered a huge loss,
but so has Steffy.
The cops, they think this was
some kind of robbery gone bad.
If they were getting jumped,
how could Steffy
have stopped it?
>> Sheila: Because she never...
listens.
She only considers herself.
She never was worried
about Finn or anyone else.
She was only
thinking about herself.
>> Deacon: What, you think
she mouthed off to the shooter?
>> Sheila: Oh, she mouthed off,
I'm sure of it.
>> Deacon: I never really
thought about that.
You know, whether or
not they complied
with the shooter's demands,
did what he said.
Does it-- does it
really matter now?
>> Sheila: I'm sure the person
that was holding that gun--
That it was never their plan
to shoot two people.
>> Deacon: Sheila, you have
to realize that there's
the possibility we might
never know what happened.
The cops, they don't
seem to have any leads.
It's weird, though,
the way things went down, it--
it just didn't have
to end that tragically.
>> Sheila: No, it didn't.
I should have been there,
to protect Finn,
instead of him getting shot.
>> Deacon: Don't beat yourself
up over this.
You're not responsible
for what happened to Finn.
♪♪
>> Steffy: Sheila.
She murdered her own son.
>> Ridge: Of course she did.
>> Taylor: My God.
>> Ridge: Her own flesh
and blood.
>> Taylor: How could she
do this?
[ Taylor sighing ]
>> Steffy: She looked at me,
and then she--
She shot me,
as her son lay dead
in the alley.
>> Ridge: Because she's sick,
she's a psychopath.
>> Taylor: I-- I let her
into our lives.
>> Ridge: Don't do that.
You tried to give her
the benefit of the doubt.
>> Steffy: I don't--
I don't get it.
I don't get it like,
she wanted-- she wanted
a relationship with Hayes
and Finn.
>> Taylor: I welcomed her
into this home.
I-- I...
I believed that
she was changing.
>> Steffy: Mom!
Mom, please do not do this.
She had Finn fooled too.
[ Taylor gasping ]
>> Taylor: I should have
seen it.
I should have seen it.
How could I not see this?
This is-- this is why.
This is why
she was blaming herself.
Because--
She's the reason
that Finn is dead.
>> Steffy: Finn is the reason
I'm alive, Mom.
He jumped in front of me,
just as she was pulling
the trigger.
He took the bullet.
I'm alive because of Finn.
♪♪
>> Carter: You're lucky to be
married to Eric, but
he is really lucky to have you.
>> Quinn: Sometimes I question
that last part.
>> Carter: What?
Quinn, I can list
at least 50 reasons why any man
would be grateful to have you.
>> Quinn: Just 50?
>> Carter: A 100.
[ Quinn tch-ing ]
A thousand, millions.
>> Quinn: Okay, all right,
that's a lot better.
>> Carter: Look, I want your
marriage to succeed,
because I know how much
you want it to succeed.
>> Quinn: I really do.
>> Carter: I know.
And I want you to be happy.
>> Carter: That's all I want
for you.
>> Carter: No, no. No, no.
We're not talking about me.
We're talking about you,
and how you could
strengthen your marriage.
Is there anything else
you can do on your end?
>> Quinn: I don't know.
I feel like I've been
trying to do everything,
you know?
I'm trying to be softer
and-- and more present,
more vulnerable.
I'm trying to be the woman
that Eric fell in love with.
Only better.
>> Carter: And you're still
sensing some distance from him?
[ Quinn sighing ]
>> Quinn: I know, he's busy
with work and his...
newfound love of pickleball.
I don't know.
I mean, I know he's still
in the process of--
of forgiving me, I just--
I can't wait for us
to be close again.
>> Carter: Then, talk to him.
What's the worst
that can happen, right?
Reach out to Eric.
Show him how much you care.
♪♪
>> Deacon: Losing your kid is--
It's hard enough.
But convincing yourself
that you were to blame,
that's next level torture.
>> Sheila: Yeah, well, it's
the deepest, darkest feeling
in the world.
>> Deacon: Stop it.
Finn would not want
you punishing yourself.
>> Sheila: I am not so sure
about that.
>> Deacon: Come on, he would
want you to keep living,
to keep going on.
It's not like you're going
to forget him.
>> Sheila: Finn is all
I think about.
Every day. Every night.
And the manner
in which he passed,
it didn't have to be this way.
If Finn hadn't shown up
in that alley, if--
if Steffy hadn't given him
a reason to worry--
>> Deacon: If, if-- Sheila!
There are so many things
in this world
that we don't control.
Your issues with Steffy
did not cause this.
>> Sheila: I wish that were
the case, but--
I'm always going
to feel responsible.
I think that's why
it's just best if I--
If I leave L.A.,
I-- I don't come back.
>> Steffy: Sheila wanted
me dead.
But Finn stopped her.
He died for me.
>> Ridge: I'm gonna kill
this woman.
>> Taylor: I'm gonna call
the police.
We're going to go--
>> Steffy: No, no, no, no.
You have to wait.
Wait.
>> Taylor: What, why?
>> Steffy: Invite her
over here.
>> Ridge: Steffy.
>> Steffy: I want to see
her face when she's busted.
I want to look her
right in the eye,
and watch her squirm.
♪♪
[ Donna moaning ]
>> Donna: I don't want to see
my honey bear furrowing
his brow like that.
Your happiness matters, Eric.
Us being here,
it's-- it's cozy.
It's familiar.
It's beautiful. Okay?
Don't let this eat
away at your conscience.
>> Eric: Na uh.
I don't regret any of this.
Being here with you like this,
is the best thing that's
happened in my life
for a very long time.
>> Donna: Yeah, but you're...
Feeling bad that
you're being unfaithful.
>> Eric: I'm feeling grateful.
Grateful that...
I have you with me
to make me laugh.
You make me laugh till I cry.
[ Donna chuckling ]
Your affection.
It means so much to me.
You're not too bad to look at,
either.
>> Donna: Really? Huh.
[ Donna laughing ]
>> Eric: You see how happy
you make me?
♪♪
>> Quinn: You know what,
Carter, you're right.
>> Carter: Yeah?
>> Quinn: Yeah, yeah.
I am going to take your advice,
and I'm going to call
Eric right now.
>> Carter: Okay, well,
I'll give you some privacy.
♪♪
[ phone ringing ]
>> Eric: It's Quinn.
Quinn?
>> Quinn: Eric?
♪♪
>> Ridge: You want Sheila
to come here, to the house?
>> Steffy: Yes.
>> Taylor: No,
Sheila's too dangerous.
>> Ridge: I agree with your
mom, let's call the police,
have her arrested.
>> Steffy: She will be.
Will make sure of it.
I just--
I need to see her first.
>> Taylor: Sweetheart,
I understand why you think
you need to see her, but--
>> Steffy: Mom, please, just--
Just call her.
>> Taylor: And say what?
>> Steffy: What does Sheila
want more than anything?
To be part of Hayes' life,
our family's life.
She's desperate to be accepted.
So we reach out to her,
and we offer everything
she's ever wanted.
And that's when we call her out
before she's hauled off
to prison for the rest
of her miserable life.
>> Ridge: I don't think
that's a good idea.
>> Steffy: Dad, please,
I need this.
I lost my husband.
Hayes lost his father.
I need to feel like I'm like
I'm-- like I'm avenging
Finn's death, somehow.
>> Taylor: What if she
has a weapon?
>> Steffy: No, she's not--
she's not gonna
bring a weapon in,
if she knows Hayes is here.
>> Taylor: Okay, I'll call her.
>> Steffy: Thank you.
[ call ringing ]
[ phone ringing ]
>> Sheila: It's Taylor.
>> Deacon: Pick it up.
What are you waiting for?
[ phone ringing ]
>> Sheila: Hello, Taylor.
>> Taylor: Sheila.
I'm glad I caught you.
>> Sheila: I'm really sorry.
I didn't mean
to upset Steffy,
earlier at the house.
>> Taylor: She's just trying
to come to terms with--
with everything that happened.
Everything that happened with
Finn, the-- the whole tragedy.
Look, I-- I know that you're--
you're dealing with
an-- an enormous amount
of pain and loss as well.
And-- and you're missing Hayes
very much.
>> Sheila: Of course.
>> Taylor: He's your--
he's your grandson.
He's the only part of Finn
that you have left.
So I was thinking it would be
a good idea if you--
if you came back over
to see him.
>> Sheila: Wait. What? You--
You mean that?
I-- I would love to.
>> Taylor: Good. Good.
I really want you to be here,
Sheila.
>> Sheila: You do?
>> Taylor: Yes.
I do, very much.
I just want to see
you get what you deserve.
Finn would want this.
We have to honor his memory.
>> Sheila: You mean that?
>> Taylor: More than you'll
ever know.
>> Sheila: You-- you have no
idea what this means to me.
>> Taylor: I think I do.
>> Sheila: I'll head right over
[ Sheila laughing ]
It's unbelievable!
That was-- that was Taylor,
and-- and--
It looks like I might
have an opportunity to play
a role in my grandson's life.
>> Deacon: That's awesome.
I'm happy for you.
Looks like you might
not be leaving L.A. after all.
>> Sheila: Oh!
[ both laughing ]
>> Ridge: You're sure
about this?
>> Steffy: Finn's the reason
you still have a daughter.
My kids still have a mother.
Because of my husband's
bravery, the sacrifice
he made for all of us.
I have to do this.
I have to face his mother,
his murderer.
Sheila Carter has terrorized
her family for far too long.
It's time to put an end
to it, once and for all.
♪♪
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