Steffy puts her dad on the spot by asking him to drop the Hope for the Future campaign. She needs that from him and it's all the better if he says it in front of Brooke and Hope. After listening to both sides, Ridge says he knows what he has to do. He states that he loves Steffy, never question that. He will give Steffy more time here at the company, but he will not drive Hope away. Jackie tells Nick that he does not need a drink. He knows that; he needs his wife. And wherever she is, he hopes she is not alone. Hardly . she is in Owen's arms and they take it to the couch and make love. Both are disgusted and remorseful afterwards. Owen offers that they just got caught up in it all. It will never happen again and she should not tell Nick. They will both lose their marriages. Bridget returns Nick's phone call and explains that she just needed some time alone, but she will be home shortly. Steffy explains to Ridge that when he left Taylor, he left the entire family. Something was missing and maybe that is why she felt some connection with Bill and his history of abandonment. Ridge promises her they will have their private time here at the office, but he will not disappoint an impressionable teen-ager by kicking her out of the company. Steffy cries on his shoulder and says she feels that love. Owen returns home and Jackie tells him that Bridget lost the child and she can't believe something so terrible happened. Bridget also returns home and Nick says he is so sorry that she lost something so precious tonight. She tells him that she went to the beach and there is something he should know. He says okay, but he has something to tell her too and asks if he can go first. He wants to be truthful to her as he knows how important that is to her. He pours out his love and how sorry he is that he wasn't more forthcoming about Aggie. He invited her there to their house and ultimately she fell and lost the baby. He vows never to put Bridget in that position again. He will never disappoint her like that again. She hugs him and accepts this, but then says she has something to tell him where she was tonight and it's going to be the hardest thing she has ever had to do.
Steffy: Dad, will you do this for me? Will you please tell them we're dropping Hope for the Future campaign? Brooke: Steffy, you're putting your father on the spot, and it isn't fair. Taylor: If Ridge feels like he's on the spot, he'll speak for himself. Steffy: Forrester Creations is owned by Forrester. I did this for us so we could share something. Dad, I need this from you. Please tell them we're dropping Hope for the Future. [SCENE_BREAK] Jackie: You don't need that. Nick: What I need is my wife. Jackie: (Sighs) Have you called Brooke? Nick: (Sighs) She's not picking up her cell either. Jackie: (Sighs) Nick: Well, wherever Bridget is, I-I hope she's not alone. [SCENE_BREAK] Bridget: (Breathing heavily) (hinges creak) (gasps) What was that? What was it? Owen: Look, it was probably just the wind. Bridget: Mm. Owen: Mm. [SCENE_BREAK] Steffy: Dad, it's time to return to our roots-- the classic Forrester image, not the Logan image. It's time to shine again. Brooke: That isn't what this is all about-- the company's image. Steffy: Then what is it about? Brooke: You're crying out for your father's attention. And this really isn't the way to get it. Steffy: You know what, Dad? How about you tell Hope to go home and be a student again? Hope for the Future is not the next collection. You know that. Taylor: Steffy, let's give him a little time to think. Steffy: (Sighs) Taylor: I think he might want to think about it, so we'll allow him a little time. Ridge: It's all right, Taylor. I know exactly what needs to be done now. [SCENE_BREAK] Jackie: That's a beautiful photograph. Nick: It's funny how every second of that day is just so clear in my mind right now-- what I told Bridget, how I would never fail her again and always be there for her. And... and now this. Jackie: Oh, you have a solid marriage, Nicky. I mean, yes, you have both suffered a-a tragedy, but--but the foundation, the core of your commitment to each other-- that hasn't waivered, and it won't. Nick: She's lost another child. She's lost an unborn baby. And she's choosing to suffer through this by herself. [SCENE_BREAK] Owen: Bridget. Bridget: Owen. Owen: Oh, God, Bridget. Bridget: Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What have we done? What was I thinking? Owen: You weren't thinking. I don't think either of us were thinking. I--we got carried away with something that never should have happened. Bridget: I can't believe this. I'm--you're married, Owen. I'm married. We're-- we're married for God sakes. Owen: Bridget, I-- I feel just as guilty about this as you do. Bridget: (Sighs) Owen: All right? But we got carried away, and you just-- you just lost your baby, and I know what it feels like to want a child so badly. Bridget: I know you do. I know you've wanted one, too. Owen: (Sighs) This was a big mistake. Bridget: Nick. Oh, Nick. Where's my-- Nick. I'm sure he's been calling me a thousand times. What-- oh, my God. Look at all these calls I've missed. Owen: So call--call him. I'm--I'm sure that he's worried. Bridget: Well, I will, but what do you think I'm gonna tell--what do I tell him? Owen: Listen, well, don't-- do not freak out, okay? Just don't. Think about everything that you went through today, and this is just-- you got caught up in this, and it's never gonna happen again. Bridget: I know it's never gonna happen again, but the fact that it's happened at all is bad enough. Wha-- Owen: Bridget, you went through something today that nobody should ever have to go through. Bridget: And I've just got to accept it. I've lost a child. Owen: Look, and you will accept it, all right, and you will get past this. And you and Nick are gonna work through this. (Sighs) Bridget: I've got to shower and get home. Oh, Owen, I am so sorry about this. It should have never happened. I shouldn't have never let this happen. Owen: (Sighs) [SCENE_BREAK] Ridge: Steffy, I can see that I have let you down, and for that I am sorry. I haven't been there for you, sweetheart, as much as I should have been. I regret that. Steffy: (Sighs) Ridge: I hope that you realize that my lack of attention does not translate into a lack of love. Steffy: It--I know you love me. That's not the issue, Dad. Ridge: Good. Because the last thing I want in this world is for you to question that. You are my daughter, and I would give up my life for you. Steffy: I know that. Ridge: And if the solution to this problem is asking Hope to leave Forrester for now to focus on school, I will do that. Steffy: Thank you. Ridge: But I don't think that's the solution. Steffy: You don't? Ridge: No, Steffy, I don't. Steffy: Dad, but if you just-- (scoffs) are you-- Ridge: Look, please. Look, l-listen to me. The strength of our family, of any family, is-- is unity, and if we lose that, we're just a bunch of individuals. Steffy: (Sighs) Ridge: It's true. You need more of my presence in your life. And you will have that here, right here at Forrester. I'll make sure of it, but I'm not gonna drive Hope out of this company. When Forrester Creations was in its prime, it was because we were all working together. That has always been our strength, the key to our success. It's time for all of us to come together here, to get past all these differences and move forward. That is what we're gonna do. Everybody, may I please have a few moments alone with my daughter here, please? Brooke: Of course. [SCENE_BREAK] Bridget: (Sighs) (touch tones beeping) (cell phone rings) Nick: Bridget, thank God. Bridget: Hey, uh, where are you? Nick: I'm at home. My mother's here. We're worried sick. Bridget: I'm sorry. I just needed some time. Nick: Well, can I-- can I come and get you? Come and pick you up? Bridget: No, I'm--I'm--I'm-- I'm on my way home. I'm so sorry, Nick. Jackie: Where is she? Nick: I don't know. Jackie: But--but she-- she's all right. Nick: I'm not really sure. She's on her way. Jackie: Well, good. Um, that's good. Do--do--do you want me to stay? I-- Nick: No, no. Jackie: No? Okay. Nick: No, no. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Jackie: Well, you--you--you call me. I--and just call me, okay? [SCENE_BREAK] Bridget: I'm gonna tell him. Owen: Look, Bridget, that is not a good idea. Bridget: I have to do it, Owen. Owen: Think about your marriage. Come on. Think about my marriage. They will never forgive us for that. Bridget: What am I supposed to do, just lie to my husband? That's exactly why I'm so angry with Nick. Honesty is the most important thing to me. I'm not gonna just be a hypocrite. Owen: Bridget, you and Nick have got something amazing. Bridget: I know. Owen: Jackie and I have something amazing. I want my marriage. Do you want yours? Bridget: Yes, of course I do, Owen. Owen: Then you cannot tell him. You will lose Nick, and I'm gonna lose Jackie. Look, I know you think that this is gonna help things, but all it's gonna do is make things much worse. Bridget: (Sighs) Owen: We've got to keep this a secret, our secret. Bridget: I got to go home. Owen: Let me give you a ride. Let me-- Bridget: No, no, thanks. I'm just--want to take a cab. Owen: What are you gonna do? Bridget: I don't know. (Door closes) Owen: (Sighs) [SCENE_BREAK] Steffy: I didn't think I was asking much. Ridge: You wanted me to turn my back on Hope. Steffy: So instead, you turn your back on me? Ridge: Sweetheart, you know that isn't the case. And you're far too intelligent... Steffy: (Sighs) Ridge: To even think that. Steffy: It's not about intelligence or common sense. It's the way I feel. And maybe I shouldn't feel this way. But there's, like, this-- there's, like, this emptiness inside of me like I missed out. Something deep down is just gone. When you left mom, you left our family, too. And, I don't know, maybe Thomas and Phoebe, they could deal with it. Yeah, I thought I could, too. But obviously, I'm different. I felt the way Bill Spencer felt. His dad abandoned him. And maybe that's why I connected with him. Ridge: Steffy, I have not, nor will I ever, abandon you. I love you. I feel your pain, and everything inside me wants so badly to take that away. But I won't do that by disappointing a teenage girl who's at a very impressionable age who thinks of me as her father just like you do. (Sighs) You and I will have private time here, okay? I promise you. I will make sure of that. You are older than Hope. You are a lot more experienced. Steffy: (Sighs) Ridge: Maybe I did fail you growing up. Maybe--I don't know. Maybe I wasn't there enough for you. My heart breaks just having you say that. I will be there for you here, but not by kicking Hope out of Forrester, but by being available for you when you need me. Steffy: You don't have to do that, seriously. Ridge: Look, sweetie, nothing is more precious to a father than a daughter. Steffy: Stop. Ridge: You are my heart. Steffy: (Sobs) Ridge: I cherish you like nothing else in my life. Tell me that you know that. Tell me that you feel that. Steffy: Dad, I feel that. God, I love you so much. Ridge: And I love you. Steffy: (Sniffles) Ridge: I love you more than you will ever know. Steffy: I love you. (Sighs) (sighs) [SCENE_BREAK] Owen: Jackie? Jackie: How could something so terrible have happened? Aggie fell. She lost the baby. (Voice breaking) Nick and Bridget have lost their child. Oh, honey, I'm so glad you're here. (Sobs) Owen: (Sighs) So am I. [SCENE_BREAK] Nick: I'm so sorry. Bridget: I'm the one that's sorry, honey. Nick: You lost something awful precious tonight. Bridget: Yeah. We lost our little baby. (Sighs) But we lost even more than that, Nick. Nick: Are you talking about me and how I disappointed you? Bridget: No. No. I-I don't want to talk about that. Nick: Where did you go? Bridget: To the beach. And-- (Sighs) listen. (Sighs) There's--there's something that--that I've got to tell you. And-- Nick: Yeah, Bridget, please-- 'cause there's something I'd like to say-- would you mind if I went first? Nick: You know, um... you know, when we got married again... I made a promise to you to... (sighs) to be totally honest and never betray you and to... basically be truthful about everything, because I know how important it was to you, because that's what I love about you so much is your honesty and your integrity, because you've never kept a secret from me in your life. And so what do I go and do? You know, I, uh, I don't tell you what Aggie had told me. I do exactly what I promised you I wouldn't do. I kept a secret from you. And in order to make up for that, I invited her over here. I wanted her to come to dinner and patch things up, and, you know, that's when she fell. And that's when the accident happened, and I-I just want you to know that I take complete and total responsibility for what happened. But... (sighs) I love you. I--you know, I love you so much. You're the most important thing in my life, and--and I'm so sorry that I kept that from you. And I'm sorry that you felt betrayed. And I promise you I will never, ever keep anything from you or do anything in any sort of way to betray you again. I will never disappoint you, because I love you more than anything in the world. Bridget: Oh, honey. Nick: (Sighs) Bridget: Nick, um... (sniffles) I love you, too, so much. And there's just something I've got to tell you. I have to tell you about tonight...(Sighs) Wha --what happened to me tonight. And this is gonna be the hardest thing that I've--I've ever had to tell you.