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>> Taylor: Is anyone else

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having trouble processing this?
I mean, we-- we-- we saw

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the proof. We-- we heard
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Sheila's actually dead.
>> Steffy: Yeah. It's

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definitely hard to process.
>> Ridge: Hard to process,

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hard to believe.
And I wouldn't if I didn't

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have DNA evidence.
>> Taylor: Oh, my gosh.

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>> Thomas: Yeah, I just don't
get it. Like, how is there

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only one toe left?
>> Ridge: I don't know.

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>> Steffy: Dad, I can't believe
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>> Ridge: What? Needed a new
background. Give me a break.

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>> Taylor: It's totally
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>> Ridge: I-- I understand
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But look, it's over now.
She's gone.

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Let's look toward the future.
>> Steffy: Mm-hmm.

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>> Ridge: Right?
>> Steffy: Yeah. The best

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future for you and our entire
family is one where you open

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your eyes and you run to mom.
As fast as you possibly can.

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>> Liam: Oh, my God. Is that--

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Oh, my God.
>> Brooke: Her toe, yes.

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Ridge wanted a picture.
>> Hope: Dad, I'm--

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I'm so sorry. I know this
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You and Sheila were...
>> Deacon: You know, part of

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me felt for her. I think back
on all the horrible things

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she's done over the years I--
Obviously, most recently to

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Steffy and Finn and what
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I guess if I feel sad,
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>> Li: A part of me would have

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preferred Sheila to spend
years rotting in some

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dark cell unloved, alone.
Regrets tearing up inside.

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But how she was torn apart
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What? Too morbid?
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Good to know we think alike.
Anyway, good riddance.

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That maniac terrorized
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>> Bill: It's gotta be a relief
knowing that Sheila can't hurt

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you again.
>> Li: Oh, It's huge relief.

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You have no idea.
>> Bill: Look, no one would

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ever accuse me of being
the greatest listener

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in the world.
But if you do wanna talk about

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it, I know how painful this
is for you.

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I can see it all over
your face. And I remember

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how you were when I found you.
So traumatized and broken.

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But look at you now.
You found your voice again.

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You're--
you're so much stronger.

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No-- no pressure at all.
But if you do need someone

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to talk to,
I can be that someone.

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You can trust me.

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>> Deacon: Why would Ridge

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even send that to you?
I mean, it's disgusting.

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Can we just change the subject,
please, to anything.

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Anything at all?
>> Liam: Mighty fine weather

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we're having.
>> Deacon: I'll run with it.

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Great. It's been gorgeous.
>> Brooke: Look, I--

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I didn't mean to interrupt
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wanted to give you the news.
I didn't think that I'd

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be staying so long.
>> Deacon: Because of me?

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>> Brooke: No, because of me.
Just don't wanna do anything

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that might upset Ridge.
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>> Ridge: And there it is.
How do I know you're going

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to try and bring this
conversation back

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to your mom and me?
>> Steffy: I'm just saying,

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after everything Sheila put us
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how every day is important.
We have to spend this time

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on Earth with the people
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And who matters more than
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That's who you are
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Anyone can see it.

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>> Li: I eventually convinced
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medicine, which wasn't a lie.
Finn needed it. But soon

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as I left-- Thank you.
She caught me. Just did it

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too soon. Things got ugly fast.
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but my God, Sheila Carter
attacking you with that

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evil look on her face,
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But I fought her off.
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I was in such a panic,
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the rain.
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I swam to shore.
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I don't know how
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in that state if you hadn't
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>> Bill: It wasn't me.
It's what lives inside of you.

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Your-- your strength,
your resilience, your--

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your perseverance.
You stood up to a true psycho

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and survived.
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of you. He got away from
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but when I see someone who is
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whose back is truly against
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that challenge.
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and my admiration.
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earned mine.
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>> Deacon: I don't wanna argue
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>> Brooke: I don't either.
That's why I am going

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to happily excuse myself
so you can spend some time

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with our daughter.
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a good relationship,
it's just not going

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to involve me.
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Believe me.
>> Brooke: What-- what are

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you talking about?
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tell your mother.
>> Brooke: What?

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What's going on?
>> Hope: It's nothing

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as of yet.
>> Liam: But, um, so Thomas

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stopped by, and, uh,
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making some changes.
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calls home. He brought up
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with him full-time.
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>> Taylor: Steffy,
I understand. And you're right.

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You're right. Who we spend
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very important.
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>> Taylor: There's a but.
But we got this right.

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Right, Ridge?
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>> Taylor: We got it. And--
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own decisions. Okay?
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should. Like the decision
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which, by the way,
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>> Taylor: What is with
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>> Ridge: They're relentless.
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>> Taylor: Yes, we kissed.
We kissed. We kissed.

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It was a good kiss. But--
but you know, we got caught

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up in the moment.
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caught up in the moment.
Come on. It was more

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>> Thomas: Huh.
>> Ridge: What? Some good news?

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>> Thomas: Oh, it's just--
it's Douglas. I'm always happy

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when he reaches out.
He wants me to go back

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to Hope's play some catch.
>> Ridge: Go. Don't let us

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stop you.
>> Taylor: Yeah. Why don't you

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use this as an excuse
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your parents making out?
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You got that. Are you--
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>> Taylor: Oh, my God.
>> Steffy: [indistinct] Dad,

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I got you.
>> Thomas: Uh, okay. Actually,

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he's gonna get ice cream
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so I'll head over after.
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any chance I can
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>> Taylor: Well, you should.
He's your son. You should

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>> Thomas: Yeah. I've been
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a lot lately.
>> Taylor: What is it?

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What's wrong?
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It's, um, something Douglas
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Uh, he asked me if I missed
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It's like--
That broke my heart that

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he would even question.
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I hate being away from him.
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have to.
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It's time, Thomas.
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>> Li: When you saw me in
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looked the other way.
You could have walked off

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I just wanna tell you
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that you didn't.
That you chose to help

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a complete stranger.
>> Bill: It really wasn't

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a choice, Li. Walking away
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>> Li: Bringing me here
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Letting me spend the night
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>> Bill: That's true.
Turns out you were capable

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of a lot.
>> Li: I just wants--

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wanted to say thank you
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>> Bill: But, well,
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>> Brooke: I can't
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that-- that would be terrible
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removing him from his home.
>> Hope: I know.

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>> Brooke: To where?
>> Liam: So Thomas is planning

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on asking Eric if he can
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a familiar place for Douglas,
but still uprooting him

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like that it's kinda messed up.
>> Brooke: So he's talking

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permanent custody? Is--
is that it? A permanent home?

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>> Hope: That's what it
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>> Liam: Yeah, well, I mean,
Hope shut down the

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conversation before they could
get too deep into it

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in front of the kid.
>> Hope: Look, I do feel for

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Thomas in this scenario, okay?
He-- he cares about his son

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I know Douglas loves being

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with his dad, but we've
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base with me and Liam
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and thriving there.
And I think disrupting that

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>> Brooke: But does Thomas see
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>> Taylor: You know Hope is--

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Hope has taken excellent care
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thankful for that.
She's provided security for

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him when you weren't able to.
But, honey, you're in

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a completely different
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and there's no reason
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with you if he wants to.
>> Steffy: He's been with Hope

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and Liam long enough.
And we're all thankful

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for what Hope did after
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But you're the father.
Time with your son shouldn't

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feel like visitation.
That's ridiculous.

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Your son should feel
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>> Thomas: Yeah, that's right.
That's-- that's exactly how

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it feels. It feels like when
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we're just visiting.
And God what he said earlier

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that he could even question
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Something inside me just
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>> Taylor: Then don't.
You need to talk to Hope

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and tell her how you feel.
>> Thomas: I actually did.

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I already brought it up.
I told her that Douglas

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should live with me.
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>> Bill: Your husband's name
is, uh, Jack, right?

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Uh, poor guy had to be worried
sick wondering what happened

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to you. Where you--
I'm gonna stop talking now.

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It seems that I hit on
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>> Li: No, it's fine. It's fine.
I have nothing to hide.

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Whether Jack was freaking out
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to me. He and I are
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>> Bill: Sorry to hear that.
>> Li: I'm not. He lied to me

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most of our marriage.
An affair.

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A child out of wedlock.
>> Bill: With Sheila Carter.

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>> Li: I love my son more
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I'll always be thankful that
I adopted him. But the levels

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of deception Jack went through
pretending the child

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we were raising wasn't
biologically his.

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An affair I might have gotten
over. But I will never

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forgive him for the amount
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Or for bringing that
awful woman into our lives.

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>> Hope: Hopefully, I will be
able to get through to Thomas

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when I talk to him,
but I'm not so sure.

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>> Liam: I mean,
here's the thing. He--

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he says that he wants
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Like that's obviously staying
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he's secure and happy.
>> Deacon: Exactly. I mean,

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look, if Thomas would just
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what it is that he's just--
>> Brooke: This is Thomas

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we're talking about.
Does he ever stop to think?

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I mean, everything was going
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a beautiful, loving home
for him. He has two very

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capable parents.
An amazing role model in Liam.

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>> Hope: I just-- I can't--
can't imagine Douglas leaving

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and what that would mean.
>> Brooke: Well, I can't

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imagine that either.
What would it mean to you?

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And to Beth?
Okay, so maybe Thomas has made

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some improvements, but is he
stable? Is he stable enough

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to care for Douglas on
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I honestly don't
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>> Steffy: Hold on.

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Hope flat out shut you down?
>> Thomas: No, no it's not

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that. She didn't even say no.
She just said it was

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a conversation
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>> Taylor: Why would she wanna
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>> Thomas: She didn't want
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>> Taylor: And say, "Oh, yes,
"I'd love to live with my dad."

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That's probably what she was
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>> Ridge: Maybe she felt
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phrase it?
>> Thomas: No, it's not

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like that. It was just
a suggestion. Okay. I--

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I just told her that
I wanna be around my son.

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I wanna be with him more
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>> Ridge: All right. But,
you know, this is the last

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thing that Douglas needs,
right? This just doesn't need

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to get contentious.
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That's the last thing
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Douglas' needs come first.
>> Steffy: Yeah. He needs you.

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He needs time with his father.
>> Taylor: Yeah, but Ridge

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I don't-- I don't think it--
it doesn't have to be

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contentious. It really doesn't
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you know, Hope doesn't have
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whole decision on any of this,
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saying that he thinks
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That's not okay.
Something needs to be done.

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>> Steffy: He's lived
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a long time now,
and it has been a loving,

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nurturing environment.
Anyone can see that.

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But you could provide that,
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doing so much better. I mean,
obviously, we understand that

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Douglas was staying with Hope
while you were working

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on yourself. But Mom is right.
You've made some huge strides.

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No one can question that,
especially Hope.

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>> Thomas: I don't think
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I just think that she doesn't
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>> Steffy: You're the
biological parent, not Hope.

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I know I've been very vocal
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and not Sheila, but that is
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Sheila chose to give up
her son. Caroline did not.

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She would never have walked
away from Douglas. She died.

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Okay. And Hope wanted to fill
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She's the mother now.
No one is saying she's not

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gonna have time with Douglas.
But I think it's clear

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you're the one and only living
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It's time to acknowledge that.
It's time to stand up to Hope.

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And to Brooke.
To all of the Logans.

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They're the ones who should
be visiting Douglas, not you.

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Douglas needs to come home
to his family. That's us.

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The Forresters.
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