00:00you've been coming to the office quite a bit lately i like it good i do too i'm all over the
00:18place though donna and i are staying in one of the guest houses we're having all this work done
00:23up at the main house that's right yeah there's nobody in the house i mean everybody had to move
00:29out and fortunately there's plenty of room on the on the property for everyone wow let's be
00:35uprooted like that must feel really disorienting it is a little but it's okay it's only temporary
00:41i am um i'm mostly concerned about you after everything that happened in italy the connection
00:50that you and rich must have made you know him almost losing you i'm surprised you're not reunited
00:58already oh it has been difficult i've been urging him to put an end to the engagement with taylor
01:06but i'm sure that she has every intention of getting him to the altar
01:11he didn't give you a heads up no you no i had no idea that thomas was going to be here
01:21what a welcome surprise i'm happy to have him home good to see your boy yeah i mean even if it's a short
01:28visit i'll take it i've missed him so much i can't um can that be a little concerned why
01:39look he didn't want to tell you didn't want to upset you right away but
01:42his engagement to paris that's no longer no oh my god really yeah apparently
01:51oh i can't believe you didn't say anything you didn't know
01:56oh i feel terrible does he seem okay to you what do you mean of course he does he was going on and on
02:07about how happy he is for us and our engagement i mean it makes so much sense now given what he's
02:14been coping with i imagine our wedding is even more important to thomas it's probably what he needs
02:21right now
02:40you can't break mom's heart this whole family is counting on you my mom's counting on you
02:48i am counting on you i need this more than you know
03:01you won't let us down dad i know you won't
03:18you won't let me go
03:35you
03:40you
03:41Ridge's heart belongs to you.
03:54It always has, it always will, and that's why I'm so convinced that his marrying Taylor would be a big mistake.
04:03For all three of us.
04:06They've yet to set a date.
04:08I certainly hope they don't.
04:12Ah, I mean, yes, you're talking about Ridge and Taylor.
04:16Yes, I was just telling your sister here that I'm off to convince Ridge that he's making a big mistake to get through to him before it's too late.
04:27Bye.
04:34I'll keep an eye on Thomas.
04:37I just want to be sure you can handle this because he's struggling.
04:42Breakups are tough.
04:44Being home with family is exactly what he needs right now.
04:48You know what I mean?
04:50A night alone with you.
04:52Really?
04:52Yes.
04:53I have a very special evening planned for us.
04:58It's time Ridge.
04:59We've got to pick a date.
05:01Having Thomas home while we're planning our wedding is kind of amazing.
05:06Knowing that our family is being reunited.
05:09It's time.
05:24Ridge, we've waited so long.
05:26This is our moment.
05:28We're about to start our future together.
05:30Rebuild our beautiful family.
05:32I wonder who's more excited.
05:34Some or a daughter.
05:35Both.
05:36Equally.
05:37But not as excited as I am.
05:40We're wearing this ring.
05:42Becoming your wife again.
05:43Feels like forever this time.
05:47We'd better be, right?
05:48We owe it to ourselves.
05:49We owe it to our love for each other.
05:52Let's just do it.
05:53Let's just be spontaneous.
05:55We'll give Thomas a reason to smile after his split with Paris.
05:59Yeah, you know what?
06:00I think that's sitting him harder than he's letting on.
06:02All of our reason for us to get together and dance and celebrate.
06:06He needs this.
06:08He needs our family.
06:12Oh, hi.
06:14I'm sorry.
06:16Didn't want to interrupt.
06:17No, no worries.
06:18I'm glad you're here.
06:19We were just talking about our wedding when that will be.
06:23Have you made a decision?
06:25Still working on it?
06:27Yeah, but we're setting a date tonight.
06:28Tonight, and it's going to be soon.
06:31I hope you will be supportive.
06:34And, uh, happy for us.
06:39Okay.
06:40On that note, um,
06:42maybe you have some work to do, so I'll let you get to it.
06:45I'll see you at home.
06:55Ridge, uh, do you know what?
06:56Don't say it.
06:59You have to do something.
07:05It's nice to have Eric in your corner, huh?
07:07I mean, he's looking out for your and for Ridge's best interests.
07:12Eric feels strongly that Ridge and I are meant to be.
07:15He's right.
07:16I mean, I see it.
07:18Donna sees it.
07:19The whole world sees it.
07:20The only person who doesn't see it is Taylor.
07:23Yeah.
07:24I'm sure she's gunning to make this wedding happen.
07:28Oh.
07:29Yeah, I'm sure.
07:30I'm sure she's just pouring out the calendar and making Ridge sit down and lock in a date with her.
07:35And now that Thomas is back home, Rich is going to feel even more pressure to keep the family together.
07:41Yeah, but that's no reason to get married.
07:45I mean, I'm not saying that Ridge doesn't care for Taylor.
07:51But he shouldn't deny himself true love and happiness.
07:55Right.
07:56He should follow his heart.
07:58He should.
07:59And his heart has always led him right to you.
08:11Oh, I can't believe it.
08:13Oh, having you home is such a gift.
08:16I missed you too, Mom.
08:19Nothing's been the same without you, Thomas.
08:22Yeah, I'm a stephy out of town.
08:24It's been a little lonely without my kids.
08:28Lonely?
08:28Come on, you have Dad, right?
08:32Yes, I have your father and he has me.
08:35We'll have each other forever and ever.
08:37Forever and ever.
08:38That's right.
08:39And you got the ring.
08:40Now you just gotta, you know, go ahead and get married and stuff.
08:45That's funny you should mention that.
08:46You and Dad and I are going to set a date when he gets home.
08:49Today?
08:50Yeah.
08:51That's incredible.
08:53You have no idea how happy that makes me.
08:55Rich Taylor is not the woman you want.
09:04And the sooner you admit that to yourself and to her, the sooner everyone can get on with
09:10their lives.
09:11Now come on.
09:13End this thing tonight.
09:14Thomas just needs to back off.
09:30I mean, it would be one thing if he and Steffi were kids.
09:33They're not.
09:34He just needs to accept that his parents are not meant to be together.
09:40And once he does that, I'm sure he'll be fine.
09:41You know how Thomas can be.
09:45All too well.
09:47There are many qualities that I would hope to never see again.
09:50Well, I was pretty frightening for a while there.
09:53But I think he's changed since then.
09:55Really?
09:56You think so?
09:58Listen, I hope you're right.
10:00I hope he's benefiting from all that therapy and from leaving town.
10:05But I don't think we should forget what he did to Hope.
10:08And I'm not just talking about when he was obsessed with her.
10:11I'm talking about before that.
10:14Baby Beth.
10:15Yeah.
10:16How he made Hope think that her precious baby was dead.
10:21Disgusting.
10:23And what he did to Douglas, manipulating him, threatening him.
10:26I mean, when I think about that, I can't believe it.
10:30That is hard to forget.
10:31I mean, even though he is Rich's son, he's never really accepted me in Rich's life.
10:38Wow.
10:38Because he blames you.
10:40And unfairly, I might add, for everything that's gone wrong with Taylor.
10:45And now that his parents are under the same roof, imagine how upset he'll be when Rich calls off the engagement.
10:53You think he could snap?
10:57I don't know what to expect from Thomas.
10:59Well, I'm not surprised Dad told you.
11:03So it's true.
11:05You and Paris ended your engagement.
11:08Yep.
11:10Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.
11:14Yeah, it's probably for the best.
11:16It's gotta hurt, though.
11:18I mean, Paris was your fiancé.
11:20You really cared about her.
11:22Yeah.
11:23I did.
11:23But, obviously, she didn't care about me as much as she should have.
11:29I don't know.
11:29Look, it is what it is.
11:32Why didn't you say anything to me?
11:34I don't know.
11:36Like, you have so much going on.
11:39And everything's wonderful for you.
11:41I don't want to knock it down a peg, right?
11:43I don't want to knock you off track.
11:45Thomas, no matter what I have going on in my life, I always want you to come to me.
11:50You and Steffi take precedence over everything and everyone else.
11:54And that's very kind of it.
11:55The thing is, you've been there for me so much in the past through everything that I've been through.
12:02And right now, I want to be there for you.
12:05I want to make sure that your dreams come true.
12:07My dreams are coming true.
12:09Nice.
12:10They are.
12:10And even with Brooke somehow still in the picture, things are going really well.
12:20You're going to get married to dad, right?
12:22And I had a conversation with him to make sure that he better do the right thing, step up, be a man.
12:28He will.
12:28He loves you so much.
12:29It's just, you know, I want to make sure that this happens.
12:33And it's going to.
12:34It's the most incredible time.
12:37And I can't wait to be there for your wedding day.
12:39Oh, you missed your grandson.
12:50Which one?
12:52My eldest.
12:53What, Thomas?
12:55Thomas is here.
12:56In the flesh.
12:57That's wonderful.
12:59I had no idea.
13:00We didn't know either.
13:00He just showed up with him all along he's staying.
13:03Good.
13:03I'll look forward to seeing him.
13:05How's he doing?
13:07I don't know.
13:07I've seen him better.
13:10I've seen him worse.
13:12What does that mean?
13:15It means he's just, he's intense and he's emotional.
13:18Emotional?
13:19About what?
13:20You know about what?
13:22About me marrying his mother.
13:24Oh, for God's sake.
13:27He's a grown man.
13:28He has a son of his own.
13:30He can't be pressuring you into marrying his mother.
13:32That's exactly what you're doing.
13:33Look, I'm worried about you, Rich.
13:36I'm worried about you.
13:39I want you to make a commitment to the one woman you love.
13:43And we both know that's Brooke.
13:57You're a good person, Rich.
13:58You're a good man.
14:01You want to do right by your son and by his mother.
14:04I know you do that.
14:05You have a family with Dama.
14:06But you have a family with Brooke, too.
14:09And beyond that, she's the love of your life.
14:13She's the woman you're destined to be with until your dying day.
14:17So no matter what I do, I'm going to hurt the people I care about, the people I love, right?
14:24There's no way around that.
14:28You can't have them both, son.
14:29You can't.
14:31But you're always going to have both families.
14:33You are.
14:35You'll always have them.
14:37No matter who you end up marrying or not.
14:41I don't want to do this anymore.
14:44I'm tired.
14:44But then you have to make a decision.
14:48You have to make the right choice.
14:51You don't want to lose, Brooke.
14:54You almost lost her in Italy.
14:57You don't want to lose her.
15:12Yeah, she's okay.
15:13I'm here.
15:16You're okay.
15:19Everything's fine.
15:20You're okay.
15:26Look, admit it.
15:29Brooke's the one you love.
15:32I'm sorry, but I'm...
15:35I'm worried about you.
15:37I don't want this to be hard on you when you make your own decision.
15:41I'm afraid of what it's going to do to you if you choose wrong here.
15:51You need to choose Brooke.
15:53I mean it.
15:56Come here.
15:57I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this to be hard on you, but I don't want this
16:57I am not going to focus on Thomas.
17:07Do it.
17:08Don't let him bring you down.
17:09Get into your head.
17:10I mean, he's been home, what, all of five minutes and he's already making problems for you?
17:15Thomas is Rich's son.
17:17I would like to have a good relationship with him.
17:20As long as he's not dictating Rich's life and shaming him into marrying Taylor.
17:27Yeah.
17:28He can lay on the guilt all he wants.
17:32The love of Rich's life is useless.
17:34I'm sorry, I don't, I don't know what you're saying.
17:58Same.
18:00Rich Forrester.
18:02Maybe I need you.
18:12Beautiful as always.
18:13Hi.
18:16Wasn't expecting you so soon.
18:20Hang on.
18:23Oh?
18:23Mm-hmm.
18:24Cheers.
18:26Cheers.
18:26I know.
18:28I think it's so silly, but I'm excited to pick a date for our wedding.
18:34But I want it to be soon so we can move forward with our life.
18:38You know, it's what we both want.
18:43It's what we both need.
18:45The renewal of our family, you, me, and the kids.
18:48Our adorable grandchildren, stronger and closer than ever.
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