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>> Hope: I'm, uh,
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looking for my father.
Who are you?
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>> Hope: Taylor and Steffy have
to realize that this Douglas
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situation is going to put you
and ridge at odds.
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>> Brooke: That's what they
want.
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>> Ridge: Thomas has moved into
my dads house,
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and he wants Douglas to be part
of that, and I support it.
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>> Brooke: No. Oh, my gosh,
Ridge, No. Thomas can't have
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whatever he wants.
> But that litle boy can't live
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with Hope and Liam anymore.
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He needs to know where
his father is. He needs
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to understand that.
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And I really need you to support
me in this.
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>> Liam: Hey, Brooke.
>> Brooke: Oh.
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Uh, hi, Liam.
>> Liam: Hi. Sorry.
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Yeah, I didn't mean to, um--
If I was interrupting...
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>> Brooke: No. Don't worry. No.
Uh, you just got in?
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>> Liam: Yeah. Yeah.
Long day, you know?
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>> Brooke: Yeah.
I gathered from Hope.
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I was with her earlier.
>> Liam: Oh, earlier? Not--
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Uh, okay. I, kind of, thought
she'd be here now.
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>> Brooke: No, she went
to visit her dad.
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>> Deacon: Damn it.
>> Paul: What's the matter?
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>> Deacon: The distributor
screwed up the order, again.
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>> Paul: Oh, no, you mean
you got the wrong napkins?
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Dude, you should get really,
really upset about it.
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What's bugging you?
>> Deacon: Stuff.
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Stuff's bugging me.
>> Paul: What kind of stuff?
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And does she have a name?
>> Deacon: What are you? A cop?
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Just let it go.
>> Paul: Whatever you say.
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>> Deacon: Tonight's
just getting better and better.
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Oh, boy.
>> Ridge: Hi.
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I need to talk to you.
>> Deacon: Yeah? Well,
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unless you're here to order
the fettuccine Alfredo, I'd say
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it's a wasted trip because--
>> Ridge: You gotta
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stay away from Brooke.
>> Deacon: Okay, we're gonna
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do that again. I'm, just,
gonna move this away.
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You were saying?
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>> Deacon: Okay. So, uh,
go ahead and thump your chest.
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Get it out of your system
and then, please go,
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'cause I'm at work.
>> Ridge: Is this
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a joke to you?
'Cause I gotta tell you,
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it's not a joke to me.
I saw the picture that Hope
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posted of you and my wife.
>> Deacon: 'Course you did.
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>> Ridge: And that's after she
told you to stay away from her.
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I told you. She told you.
>> Deacon: I remember.
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>> Ridge: Do you? Because
as soon as I leave town,
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you're sniffing around her,
what is that?
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>> Deacon: Stop it, come on,
"sniffing around?"
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That's not why I was there.
>> Ridge: You're just bad news
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for everyone, especially
the people you claim
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you care about.
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>> Liam: Wow. Really?
Douglas is-- It's a--
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He's going to spend
another night over with Thomas?
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[ Brooke sighing ]
>> Brooke: Eric is hosting
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a family dinner
and Kelly and Hayes are there.
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Douglas is having a great time.
He wants to stay.
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Hope didn't want to upset him.
>> Liam: All right, okay.
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And Beth is still at Lola's.
>> Brooke: Right.
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That's why Hope knew
she had time to go visit
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her dad at his apartment.
>> Liam: Yeah. Seems like he's
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settling in there nicely.
Although I know,
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he wishes he could drop by here
a little more.
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[ Brooke chuckling ]
>> Brooke: That is no longer
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an option.
>> Liam: Yeah, I--
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You've made it abundantly clear
how adamant Ridge is about him--
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him staying away.
>> Brooke: Away from me,
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not from Hope.
Nobody's going to deny her
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of a relationship
with her father.
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>> Liam: Yeah-- I mean,
of course. Yes. It still
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affects Hope, though.
I mean, she-- she's trying to do
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right by Ridge. She's trying
to respect his wishes.
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Deacon is still her dad,
though, so it's like, it does
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kind of make the situation
harder for everybody.
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>> Brooke: Yeah. It's just
Ridge is...
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You know, Ridge. He's...
protective.
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>> Liam: Yeah.
>> Brooke: And especially now
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that Sheila is no longer
in our lives.
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>> Liam: And now that she's
no longer in our lives, he gets
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to take all that pent up energy
and focus it right on Deacon.
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>> Brooke: Exactly.
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Sheila is dead. I mean,
she's no longer a threat to us.
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We don't have to hear from her
or see her ever again.
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>> Hope: Hello?
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I asked who you are.
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>> Liam: So did Hope, uh...
Did Hope say anything
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about when she might be back?
>> Brooke: Oh, I don't think
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she'll be gone that long.
She just wanted to see her dad.
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I think it was
more of a diversion.
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>> Liam: From this whole thing
with Douglas.
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>> Brooke: Yeah. I can't
believe Thomas is doing this.
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A custody battle.
>> Liam: Potential
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custody battle. I'm hoping
the two of them can work out
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some kind of arrangement
where there aren't lawyers
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and a judge involved.
>> Brooke: That would be nice.
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But Thomas is already acting
like Douglas is going
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to move in with him full-time.
And he has this image
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in his head that he's going
to be there as a father, 24/7
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and he hasn't taken care
of that little boy for years.
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>> Liam: We all know
why that is, because the dude
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was actually unstable.
I mean, he was dealing
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with his own issues.
And that's-- that's the whole
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reason Hope and I took Douglas
in in the first place.
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>> Brooke: I know. And now
out of the blue, he wants
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him back. He wants to raise him
at the Forrester estate,
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as the heir apparent?
>> Liam: Did he actually
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say that? Like, those words?
>> Brooke: Well, no. I mean,
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not in those exact words.
But why all this
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sudden interest in everything
Forrester for his son?
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I think a lot of it might be
Steffy and Taylor. I think
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they're pushing for this.
I mean, we all want Douglas
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to know and be a part
of his father's family.
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But you're his family, too.
You and Hope and Beth.
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Hope is his mother. And Beth,
she thinks that that's
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her older brother.
And if he's no longer living
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with the three of you then, oh,
all of that's going to change.
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>> Liam: You know, even I see
Douglas as-- as a kind of son.
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And I know that Thomas
is saying that Hope can visit
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him whenever she wants.
But that-- that is not the same
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as Douglas living with us.
>> Brooke: No, it's not
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the same at all.
And Hope knows that. And I think
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it's stressing her out.
And it's good she went over
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to see Deacon. Maybe she can,
just, unwind a bit.
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Okay. I know you're not
a fan of Deacon.
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>> Liam: Eh...
I am and I'm not.
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It depends on my mood.
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>> Deacon: You just never
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miss a chance to say
what a lowlife I am, do ya?
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>> Ridge: To be fair, Deacon,
it's right in front of me.
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You're bad for Brooke
and everyone she cares about.
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Stay away from her.
>> Deacon: Really?
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Does that include my daughter?
You know, the one that Brooke
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and I created together?
I know it bothers you when I
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say that, but it is a fact.
>> Ridge: And the other fact
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is that you've hurt
this young woman over and over
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again with the bad choices
you continue to make.
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>> Deacon: You've never made
any bad choices, have you? Huh?
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Nothing that you regret.
God, it-- It must be so amazing
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to be this perfect.
>> Ridge: Thank you.
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Silly, silly boy.
I'm not perfect. And I'm not
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a con. Sorry, ex-con. You've
changed your ways, right?
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>> Deacon: You know, you never
even give me a chance.
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You just always assume--
>> Ridge: Assume what?
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[ crowd murmuring ]
Excuse-- I'm sorry. Excuse me.
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Assume what?
That you are exactly
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who I know you are?
That you're going
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to move in on someone
when no one's watching
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like you did on New Year's Eve?
>> Deacon: That wasn't me.
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That was Sheila.
She switched the damn--
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>> Ridge: That picture you took
was taken in my office.
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You know how I know that?
My name is right on the door.
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I don't want you in my office.
I don't want you in my house,
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the house I share with Brooke.
I don't want you anywhere
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near my family because
all you do is cause trouble.
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>> Deacon: I'm not sure
I cause trouble, I--
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Sometimes trouble finds me.
>> Ridge: Are you kidding me?
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So now it's trouble's fault.
You never take responsibility.
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You're just like Sheila.
It's never your fault.
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And you know
what happened to Sheila.
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She got eaten by a bear.
And you know why?
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She had no one to talk to,
no one to turn to except this.
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>> Hope: Hi.
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What's your name
and how do you know my dad?
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Okay. You don't want to answer
and I think I might know why.
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Oh, my gosh.
I can't believe
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what I'm seeing.
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>> Liam: I guess I hoped that
things would settle down. Like,
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With Sheila finally out
of the picture for good,
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things would return to normal.
Whatever normal happens
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to look like between
the Forresters and the Logans.
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But now I'm not-- You know,
I'm not even so sure
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between this whole, you know,
Thomas wanting Douglas to come
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live with him full-time.
And then there's this ongoing
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thing between Ridge and Deacon.
It's like-- Uh!
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>> Brooke: Mm-hm. And you don't
want Hope getting caught up
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in the middle of that, again.
>> Liam: No, it's too much.
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It's too much.
She's dealing with enough
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on her own, you know, like.
>> Brooke: Okay. But there's
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something you're not saying.
>> Liam: No.
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[ sighing ]
Okay.
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Hope finally has
the relationship that she's
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wanted with her father
for a really long time.
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Right? You know?
And I just-- I don't know--
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I don't-- I don't even know
how long that's gonna last now.
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Like, Deacon is doing
his absolute best. He is trying
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his hardest not to disappoint
Hope again. He's trying to make
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all the right choices so he can
make his daughter proud.
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But old habits, you know,
they're hard to break.
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And there are people
in Hope's life, and you know
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who I'm talking about,
who are just waiting.
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They're just-- They're just
waiting for Deacon to slip up
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or to-- or to give in
to temptation again,
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whatever that might look like,
so that they can--
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So, that they can pounce, right?
They can give Hope the old,
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"I told you so."
And if that happens...
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I hope that doesn't happen.
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>> Deacon: Sheila and I
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were never friends,
not in the real sense
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of the word, anyway.
>> Ridge: Can I stop you?
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I don't, uh... I don't care
who you may or may not
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have been to each other.
The fact is that
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she was a psycho. A lunatic.
And you allowed her to be
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in your life for a long time.
That's the kind
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of choices you make.
And that's the kind of person
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I don't want around my family.
I don't want around Brooke.
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And I don't want around Hope.
>> Deacon: No, you'd like
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if, uh, I was just banned
from Hope's life--
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>> Ridge: Are you kidding me?
I would love that.
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You know why?
'Cause you are toxic.
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Hmm. Okay.
Well, fortunately,
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she doesn't feel the same way.
She wants to be close with me.
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I know she wants to be close
with you.
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She wants you to be
who she wants you to be.
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It's never gonna happen.
We both know it's gonna end
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in disaster.
[ phone ringing ]
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>> Deacon: Hey, Liam.
What's going on?
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>> Liam: Hey. Uh...
So, I'm with Brooke.
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I've been texting Hope
but she's not getting
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back to me. But Brooke says
that-- that Hope went over
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to your apartment to see you.
>> Deacon: She went
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to my apartment?
>> Liam: Uh, yeah.
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Uh, she's not there now?
No, I'm at work.
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Uh, Liam, thanks
for the heads up, okay?
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>> Liam: What?
>> Deacon: I gotta go.
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>> Brooke: Deacon wasn't
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with Hope?
Uh, apparently not.
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And uh, Deacon was acting
a little weird on the phone.
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So I wonder what that's about.
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This can't be.
It can't.
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Dad.
I can't believe
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what I 'm seeing.
You never told me that you have
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a new woman in your life.
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>> Liam: Okay. Wait. So...
if Hope showed up
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to Deacon's place
and he's not there,
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why doesn't she just
go downstairs to Il Giardino?
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Maybe she didn't want
to interrupt him at work.
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Yeah. Okay. It's a little
weird they weren't together.
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>> Ridge: Who wasn't together?
Hi.
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>> Brooke: Oh, hi.
Hope and her father.
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Hope went to spend
a little time with Deacon
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and apparently they missed
each other.
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>> Ridge: Huh? Well, I--
I don't know.
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I-- I was with him
when you called Il Giardino.
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I was... I was with him there.
>> Liam: Huh?
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>> Brooke: You went
to see Deacon, too?
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>> Ridge: Yeah. Probably not
for the same reason
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that Hope went to see him.
>> Liam: Okay, so. So did Deacon
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seem a little weird to you?
>> Ridge: Did Deacon seem weird?
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He always seems weird to me.
What do you mean?
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But he took off pretty quick
after you guys hung up,
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probably to go back
to his apartment and clean up
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beer bottles and whatever else
is on his floor.
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>> Brooke: Ridge, come on.
>> Ridge: I'm sorry.
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I shouldn't do that.
I shouldn't think the worst
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of the worst person
I've ever met.
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What do you want to say?
He lets people down.
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>> Brooke: Why did you go
to see him?
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>> Ridge: The picture that Hope
posted. The three of you guys
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in my office?
I'm not okay with it.
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And I'm not saying it was you,
it had nothing to do with you.
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It was all him.
But he has to know
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that I can't tolerate
this kind of stuff, right?
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>> Brooke: Did it get physical?
>> Ridge: No, it didn't get
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physical. What am I, 12?
No, it was fine.
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He has hurt you so badly,
he's hurt Hope.
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And I just don't
want that to happen again.
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Is that okay?
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>> Hope: Dad, I had no idea
that you were seeing someone.
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Why didn't you tell me?
Deacon: Why-- why didn't I?
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Why didn't I tell you?
>> Hope: Why did you hide it?
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Did you think
I wouldn't approve?
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>> Deacon: No, I-- You know,
I just-- Okay, listen.
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Let me put it this way.
>> Hope: Well, I mean, maybe
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you could start
with an introduction.
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>> Deacon: Okay, uh...
Just before I do that, though,
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I just want you to know this
isn't what you think it is.
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[ Hope laughing ]
>> Hope: Dad,
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you're a grown man.
And I want you to be happy.
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And I-- I know how you feel
about Mom, but she has Ridge.
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And if you have moved on, then--
>> Deacon: I haven't decided
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anything yet. This was a...
totally rando thing. I mean,
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completely unexpected.
>> Hope: Okay, well, sometimes
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the best things in life
just happen that way.
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Meanwhile, I feel
like we are being rude.
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I'm so sorry. We're-- we're--
we're yammering on and on,
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and I don't even know
your name. I'm-- I'm Hope.
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>> Sheila: [Southern accent] Um,
Nicholina. Li-- Lina for short.
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[ laughter ]
>> Hope: Oh, that's
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a lovely name. Isn--
Isn't that Italian?
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>> Sheila: Uh, means
I always win.
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>> Deacon: Uh, Lina
is an old friend of mine.
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We go way back.
Um, she just showed up
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unexpectedly.
>> Sheila: Pleasure.
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>> Hope: Yeah, same to you.
>> Deacon: Is everything okay?
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>> Hope: Uh yeah, it's just, um.
Sorry. The more I look at you,
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I-- I feel like maybe
we've met somewhere before.
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Do I...
Do I know you?
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