>> Taylor: Is anyone else
having trouble processing this? I mean, we-- we-- we saw
the proof. We-- we heard the news. It--
Sheila's actually dead. >> Steffy: Yeah. It's
definitely hard to process. >> Ridge: Hard to process,
hard to believe. And I wouldn't if I didn't
have DNA evidence. >> Taylor: Oh, my gosh.
>> Thomas: Yeah, I just don't get it. Like, how is there
only one toe left? >> Ridge: I don't know.
>> Steffy: Dad, I can't believe you've got a picture of it.
>> Ridge: What? Needed a new background. Give me a break.
>> Taylor: It's totally inappropriate.
>> Ridge: I-- I understand this is hard to bear.
But look, it's over now. She's gone.
Let's look toward the future. >> Steffy: Mm-hmm.
>> Ridge: Right? >> Steffy: Yeah. The best
future for you and our entire family is one where you open
your eyes and you run to mom. As fast as you possibly can.
>> Liam: Oh, my God. Is that--
Oh, my God. >> Brooke: Her toe, yes.
Ridge wanted a picture. >> Hope: Dad, I'm--
I'm so sorry. I know this can't be easy for you.
You and Sheila were... >> Deacon: You know, part of
me felt for her. I think back on all the horrible things
she's done over the years I-- Obviously, most recently to
Steffy and Finn and what she did to you. I don't know.
I guess if I feel sad, it's because she never became
that better person that she wanted to be.
>> Li: A part of me would have
preferred Sheila to spend years rotting in some
dark cell unloved, alone. Regrets tearing up inside.
But how she was torn apart instead works just as well.
What? Too morbid? >> Bill: No. No, not at all.
Good to know we think alike. Anyway, good riddance.
That maniac terrorized too many people.
♪♪♪
>> Bill: It's gotta be a relief knowing that Sheila can't hurt
you again. >> Li: Oh, It's huge relief.
You have no idea. >> Bill: Look, no one would
ever accuse me of being the greatest listener
in the world. But if you do wanna talk about
it, I know how painful this is for you.
I can see it all over your face. And I remember
how you were when I found you. So traumatized and broken.
But look at you now. You found your voice again.
You're-- you're so much stronger.
No-- no pressure at all. But if you do need someone
to talk to, I can be that someone.
You can trust me.
>> Deacon: Why would Ridge
even send that to you? I mean, it's disgusting.
Can we just change the subject, please, to anything.
Anything at all? >> Liam: Mighty fine weather
we're having. >> Deacon: I'll run with it.
Great. It's been gorgeous. >> Brooke: Look, I--
I didn't mean to interrupt you guys here, but I just
wanted to give you the news. I didn't think that I'd
be staying so long. >> Deacon: Because of me?
>> Brooke: No, because of me. Just don't wanna do anything
that might upset Ridge. ♪♪♪
>> Ridge: And there it is. How do I know you're going
to try and bring this conversation back
to your mom and me? >> Steffy: I'm just saying,
after everything Sheila put us through, it made me realize
how every day is important. We have to spend this time
on Earth with the people who matter the most.
And who matters more than the love of your life?
That's who you are to each other.
Anyone can see it.
>> Li: I eventually convinced Sheila that I needed more
medicine, which wasn't a lie. Finn needed it. But soon
as I left-- Thank you. She caught me. Just did it
too soon. Things got ugly fast. Not much scares me,
but my God, Sheila Carter attacking you with that
evil look on her face, I thought it was over.
But I fought her off. Got to my car. She followed.
I was in such a panic, I could barely see in
the rain. Next thing you knew,
I was in the water. I lost control.
Somehow survival instincts kicked in and I got free.
I swam to shore. Injured, traumatized.
Completely lost until you found me.
I don't know how much longer I could have been
in that state if you hadn't rescued me.
>> Bill: It wasn't me. It's what lives inside of you.
Your-- your strength, your resilience, your--
your perseverance. You stood up to a true psycho
and survived. Your son is alive because
of you. He got away from Sheila because of you.
And he's back with his wife and child. Because of you.
Now listen, I am not a man who is easily impressed,
but when I see someone who is pushed to the brink,
whose back is truly against the wall, and they answer
that challenge. You have earned my respect
and my admiration. >> Li: And you have
earned mine. ♪♪♪
>> Deacon: I don't wanna argue about Ridge.
>> Brooke: I don't either. That's why I am going
to happily excuse myself so you can spend some time
with our daughter. And I want you to have
a good relationship, it's just not going
to involve me. >> Deacon: Uh, well, there's
something you're gonna wanna involve yourself with.
Believe me. >> Brooke: What-- what are
you talking about? >> Deacon: Hope, tell your--
tell your mother. >> Brooke: What?
What's going on? >> Hope: It's nothing
as of yet. >> Liam: But, um, so Thomas
stopped by, and, uh, and he was thinking about
making some changes. >> Hope: About where Douglas
calls home. He brought up the idea of Douglas living
with him full-time. ♪♪♪
>> Taylor: Steffy, I understand. And you're right.
You're right. Who we spend our days with is
very important. >> Steffy: I sense a but coming.
>> Taylor: There's a but. But we got this right.
Right, Ridge? >> Ridge: Oh, yeah.
>> Taylor: We got it. And-- and we can make our
own decisions. Okay? >> Thomas: Yeah. And you
should. Like the decision to make out in Monaco,
which, by the way, we are fully supportive of.
>> Taylor: What is with these two?
>> Ridge: They're relentless. It's--
>> Taylor: Yes, we kissed. We kissed. We kissed.
It was a good kiss. But-- but you know, we got caught
up in the moment. >> Steffy: Don't say you got
caught up in the moment. Come on. It was more
than that. [ phone chiming ]
>> Thomas: Huh. >> Ridge: What? Some good news?
>> Thomas: Oh, it's just-- it's Douglas. I'm always happy
when he reaches out. He wants me to go back
to Hope's play some catch. >> Ridge: Go. Don't let us
stop you. >> Taylor: Yeah. Why don't you
use this as an excuse to stop talking about
your parents making out? >> Thomas: Oh, okay. All right.
You got that. Are you-- You're gonna handle this.
>> Taylor: Oh, my God. >> Steffy: [indistinct] Dad,
I got you. >> Thomas: Uh, okay. Actually,
he's gonna get ice cream with the sitter first,
so I'll head over after. I do like jumping on
any chance I can to spend time with him.
>> Taylor: Well, you should. He's your son. You should
spend as much time with him as you want to.
>> Thomas: Yeah. I've been thinking about that
a lot lately. >> Taylor: What is it?
What's wrong? >> Thomas: Nothing. It's just--
It's, um, something Douglas said to me earlier.
Uh, he asked me if I missed him when we're not together.
It's like-- That broke my heart that
he would even question. I-- I just-- I-- I--
I hate being away from him. >> Steffy: You should never
have to. >> Taylor: No, you shouldn't.
It's time, Thomas. Douglas needs to be with you.
♪♪♪
>> Li: When you saw me in that alley, you could have
looked the other way. You could have walked off
without a thought to what I was going through.
I just wanna tell you how grateful I am
that you didn't. That you chose to help
a complete stranger. >> Bill: It really wasn't
a choice, Li. Walking away was not an option.
>> Li: Bringing me here certainly was.
Letting me spend the night without knowing or having
a clue of what I might be capable of.
>> Bill: That's true. Turns out you were capable
of a lot. >> Li: I just wants--
wanted to say thank you for taking a chance on me.
And for everything you did for my son. If it weren't
for you, he might still be trapped with Sheila.
But instead, he's home, reunited with his family.
>> Bill: But, well, you're home, too. I--
I just realize we got two reunions to celebrate.
Your husband must have been worried sick, wondering what
happened to you. He's gotta be thrilled
to have his wife home. ♪♪♪
>> Brooke: I can't believe this. That would--
that-- that would be terrible for Douglas,
removing him from his home. >> Hope: I know.
>> Brooke: To where? >> Liam: So Thomas is planning
on asking Eric if he can move in with him. Which--
I mean, I guess at least that would be a--
a familiar place for Douglas, but still uprooting him
like that it's kinda messed up. >> Brooke: So he's talking
permanent custody? Is-- is that it? A permanent home?
>> Hope: That's what it sounded like.
>> Liam: Yeah, well, I mean, Hope shut down the
conversation before they could get too deep into it
in front of the kid. >> Hope: Look, I do feel for
Thomas in this scenario, okay? He-- he cares about his son
and vice versa. I know Douglas loves being
with his dad, but we've already established his home
base with me and Liam and Beth, and he's happy
and thriving there. And I think disrupting that
would be-- It would be a huge mistake.
>> Brooke: But does Thomas see it that way?
>> Taylor: You know Hope is--
Hope has taken excellent care of Douglas and we're all very
thankful for that. She's provided security for
him when you weren't able to. But, honey, you're in
a completely different state of mind now,
and there's no reason that Douglas shouldn't live
with you if he wants to. >> Steffy: He's been with Hope
and Liam long enough. And we're all thankful
for what Hope did after Caroline died.
But you're the father. Time with your son shouldn't
feel like visitation. That's ridiculous.
Your son should feel at home with you.
>> Thomas: Yeah, that's right. That's-- that's exactly how
it feels. It feels like when we're together,
we're just visiting. And God what he said earlier
that he could even question that I would miss him?
Something inside me just couldn't take it anymore.
>> Taylor: Then don't. You need to talk to Hope
and tell her how you feel. >> Thomas: I actually did.
I already brought it up. I told her that Douglas
should live with me. ♪♪
>> Bill: Your husband's name is, uh, Jack, right?
Uh, poor guy had to be worried sick wondering what happened
to you. Where you-- I'm gonna stop talking now.
It seems that I hit on a sensitive topic.
>> Li: No, it's fine. It's fine. I have nothing to hide.
Whether Jack was freaking out or not means very little
to me. He and I are no longer together.
>> Bill: Sorry to hear that. >> Li: I'm not. He lied to me
most of our marriage. An affair.
A child out of wedlock. >> Bill: With Sheila Carter.
>> Li: I love my son more than anything.
I'll always be thankful that I adopted him. But the levels
of deception Jack went through pretending the child
we were raising wasn't biologically his.
An affair I might have gotten over. But I will never
forgive him for the amount of disrespect he showed me.
Or for bringing that awful woman into our lives.
>> Hope: Hopefully, I will be able to get through to Thomas
when I talk to him, but I'm not so sure.
>> Liam: I mean, here's the thing. He--
he says that he wants what's best for his son, but--
Like that's obviously staying with Hope and me where
he's secure and happy. >> Deacon: Exactly. I mean,
look, if Thomas would just stop for a second and think
what it is that he's just-- >> Brooke: This is Thomas
we're talking about. Does he ever stop to think?
I mean, everything was going so well. You created such
a beautiful, loving home for him. He has two very
capable parents. An amazing role model in Liam.
>> Hope: I just-- I can't-- can't imagine Douglas leaving
and what that would mean. >> Brooke: Well, I can't
imagine that either. What would it mean to you?
And to Beth? Okay, so maybe Thomas has made
some improvements, but is he stable? Is he stable enough
to care for Douglas on his own?
I honestly don't think he ever will be.
>> Steffy: Hold on.
Hope flat out shut you down? >> Thomas: No, no it's not
that. She didn't even say no. She just said it was
a conversation for another time.
>> Taylor: Why would she wanna put it off?
>> Thomas: She didn't want Douglas overhear.
>> Taylor: And say, "Oh, yes, "I'd love to live with my dad."
That's probably what she was afraid of.
>> Ridge: Maybe she felt threatened. How did you
phrase it? >> Thomas: No, it's not
like that. It was just a suggestion. Okay. I--
I just told her that I wanna be around my son.
I wanna be with him more time than I have not with him.
>> Ridge: All right. But, you know, this is the last
thing that Douglas needs, right? This just doesn't need
to get contentious. >> Thomas: No, I--
That's the last thing I want too.
Douglas' needs come first. >> Steffy: Yeah. He needs you.
He needs time with his father. >> Taylor: Yeah, but Ridge
I don't-- I don't think it-- it doesn't have to be
contentious. It really doesn't have to be. But-- but,
you know, Hope doesn't have the right to make this
whole decision on any of this, especially with Douglas
saying that he thinks his father misses him.
That's not okay. Something needs to be done.
>> Steffy: He's lived primarily with Hope for
a long time now, and it has been a loving,
nurturing environment. Anyone can see that.
But you could provide that, especially now that you're
doing so much better. I mean, obviously, we understand that
Douglas was staying with Hope while you were working
on yourself. But Mom is right. You've made some huge strides.
No one can question that, especially Hope.
>> Thomas: I don't think she is questioning that. I--
I just think that she doesn't want Douglas to leave.
>> Steffy: You're the biological parent, not Hope.
I know I've been very vocal about Li being Finn's mother
and not Sheila, but that is something completely different.
Sheila chose to give up her son. Caroline did not.
She would never have walked away from Douglas. She died.
Okay. And Hope wanted to fill that role? Fine.
She's the mother now. No one is saying she's not
gonna have time with Douglas. But I think it's clear
you're the one and only living parent, Thomas.
It's time to acknowledge that. It's time to stand up to Hope.
And to Brooke. To all of the Logans.
They're the ones who should be visiting Douglas, not you.
Douglas needs to come home to his family. That's us.
The Forresters. ♪♪♪
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