Hope kisses Liam and thanks him for giving her this time. He thanks her for just coming back to him. He even thinks the bloodied face was worth it. Hope says there will not be a Round Two, should not have been a Round One even. She can not believe that once again she was taken in by Quinn. She and Liam would be married right now if it weren't for her. He says that's just it, past tense. She is sorry for all the things she has put Liam through these past few months. He says he would have gone through a lot worse and it would have been worth it. She says she is so grateful that he hung in there. Liam says there is not another Hope Logan out there so it makes it sort of easy. Quinn tells Wyatt to go ahead and blame her when he says she practically handed Liam the winning ticket to Hope. She says everybody else is blaming her, but she is tired of everyone pointing fingers because she sent Ridge a photo and he flew off to Abu Dhabi and fell out of a helicopter. Wyatt says fine, whatever, but he is not going to lose Hope over this. She says if it is her fault then let her help him fix it. He says she has done enough. Ridge is probably floating face down in the water and Hope is pissed at him for decking Liam. Hope warned them no more dirty tricks. She was ready to make her decision. Quinn says never mind, she will not choose Liam. Wyatt is over re-acting and Hope loves him and will never be satisfied with Liam and that is a fact. She has a plan. Rick calls the group together and explains Ridge's accident. He had gone there to try and stop the wedding. Maya tells Aly that he is missing; they have not found him yet. Pam and Charlie agree that there are lots of boats in that area so perhaps someone picked him up. Rick says no one is giving up. Eric and Katie are already there and Thorne is on his way. Quinn sneaks into Pam's desk and lifts some keys. She takes them back to Wyatt, keys to Big Bear Cabin. He's not happy with her for lifting them. She explains that Hope is with Liam. He's getting one on one time with Hope and Wyatt isn't. So if he wants that same time, then take her to Big Bear where it all began ..the mountains, the woods and do it now. Call her before something happens with Liam that they will all regret. Wyatt takes the keys. Liam asks Hope if she is ready to get on with their lives. She says yes but she needs to talk to Wyatt first. She hopes Liam understands. He does but he says the more time anyone spends with them, the more danger they are in and she is no exception. She says she feels sorry for Wyatt with a mother like that. Liam says he does too, but Wyatt's a grown man and needs to cut his ties with her. And he thinks Hope needs to cut ties with both of them. Hope gets Wyatt's phone call while she is in her car planning on going to the office to talk to him. He says he has a request for her to meet him at Big Bear. She doesn't think that is a good idea. He says he is already there and this is better than a sterile office. So she agrees to go. Quinn shows up at Liam's. He taunts her that Hope is not there but will be back. They are back together this time for good. Hope steels herself before she goes into the cabin, fireplace and candles all aglow. She guesses that Quinn got the keys. He says every now and then Quinn has a good idea. He only condones about 2% of what she does. But she is his mother and he could not let Liam trash her that way. She says she hurt someone she loves. Wyatt understands but says that was her, not him. They are two completely different people and he hopes she will not forget who they are. He says he has already taken a walk, a few more clothes on this time. He almost felt overdressed. But he wanted to show her where it all began. He was this footloose guy who enjoyed his freedom until he met someone that meant even more. ..there was the first kiss .and nothing has changed. Yes his mother did something utterly stupid but it was his mother, not him. He knows she is upset and he is too, but he can't let her hold that against him. He will not lose the only woman he has ever loved over something that he had nothing to do with. It can't end like this and he knows she does not want it to either.
Hope: Thank you so much for waiting. For giving me this time. Liam: Thank you for coming back to me. [Chuckles] Hope: Oh! Oh, I'm sorry. Liam: It's okay. Hope: It still hurts? Liam: It's okay. At least I'll be ready for round two. [Chuckles] Hope: There should never have been a round one. Liam: I know. Well, hey, look where it got us. If you ask me, it was well worth it. Quinn: Where's hope? Wyatt: It's just like you thought. She left with Liam. Quinn: [Sighs] He's really cashing in on this. Wyatt: And why shouldn't he? U basically handed him the winning ticket. Quinn: Oh, go ahead. Blame me. Everybody else is. Wyatt: Maybe because it is your fault! Quinn: You know what? I am done defending myself. It's tragic, but by no measure of logic am I responsible for Ridge flying off to Abu Dhabi and falling out of a helicopter! Wyatt: Okay, whatever! Whatever! I'm not gonna lose hope over this. Quinn: Fine. Then what are we gonna do about it? Wyatt: I'm sorry, "we"? Quinn: You say it's my fault. So I'm gonna help you fix it. Aly: Uncle Ridge went all the way to Abu Dhabi to stop the wedding? Pam: Why? Rick: Something happened... when he was over there. Carter: Aly... your uncle's been in an accident. Pam: What kind of accident? Rick: He and my mother were in a helicopter, and -- and Ridge fell out. Oliver: He fell out of a helicopter? Rick: In the Persian gulf. Pam: Oh, dear God. Rick: He went there to break up the wedding, and he took off with my mom. Caroline: And uncle Bill chased after them. Rick: Ridge had arranged for a helicopter. Got my mom in there, he got in, they took off over the gulf. I don't know something must have happened or it unexpectedly banked. And he fell out. Aly: What -- what happened to him? Maya: He's missing, Aly. They haven't found him. Wyatt: You have already done enough, mom. Ridge is in the water, probably floating face down. We're bound to lose our jobs. Hope is pissed at me for knocking Liam out. Quinn: Yes, but that felt good, didn't it? All those horrible things he was saying about me. Wyatt: Yes, but the point is, okay, she promised to make a decision, and now this happened. Quinn: She's not going to choose Liam. Wyatt: Mom, she warned us. No more dirty tricks. And then you sent that picture to Ridge of you and dad. You and your manipulations, me with the diamond heist and belting Liam. I can only imagine what hope is thinking of us. Quinn: Oh, honey! You're overreacting. Wyatt: You think I can overreact to this? I could jump out the window and that would be an under-reaction. Quinn: She loves you, Wyatt. She's never going to be satisfied with Liam, and that is a fact. I have a plan. Wyatt: Oh, no. [Cell phone beeps] Liam: Your mom? Hope: They haven't found Ridge yet. Liam: [Sighs] Listen, I know that -- I said some really pessimistic things about Ridge earlier, and you should ignore that. I was being stupid. Don't -- don't stop believing. Hope: Maybe we're just fooling ourselves. Liam: Fooling yourself -- that's not the same as believing. Hope: [Sighs] He's been gone a long time. Liam: But even if he were gone for a month, I mean, they haven't found a body. He only fell, like, what a mile off the coast? And who knows? The helicopter might not have been flying that high. Hope: Thank you for being so positive. Liam: I am about some things. You and me being one example. Never stopped believing in that. Rick: From what I understand, they're searching this area here. They got boats, they got planes. Carter: The government's been extremely cooperative. Aly: You said he was not far offshore when he fell. Rick: Right. Pam: Maybe Ridge swam it. Rick: Anything's possible. Maya: And aren't there a lot of boats in that area, as well? Aly: Right, there are pleasure boats and sailboats. Oliver: There must be hundreds of them there. Rick: Yeah, there are. Pam: Well, then, maybe someone picked him up. Rick: Well, why haven't they alerted the authorities? Look, all I can tell you is that nobody's giving up. My dad and Katie are already there. Thorne's on his way. They're not gonna leave until they find him. [Elevator bell dings] Liam: Let's, uh, save the champagne for when Ridge is safely on a plane back to L.A. Hope: Thanks. Liam: What are you thinking? Hope: [Sighs] I feel like an idiot. Liam: Why? Hope: How many times did you warn me about Quinn? Liam: Yeah, but, hope, that's behind us now. Hope: Do you realize that we'd be married right now if it weren't for her? Liam: She brought Steffy to L.A. On our wedding day. On our wedding day, Liam! I fell right into the trap. She knew that I'd overreact, and I did. Liam: Yeah, but, at the time, Steffy was a huge issue for us. Hope: Yeah, but to get taken in by Quinn over and over again, it's like she had me dangled like a puppet. Liam: Had -- had you dangled. Past tense. Hope: Yeah. You're right. When I think about everything that I put you through these past few months... Liam: I would have gone through a lot worse and it would have been worth it. Hope: I am so grateful you hung in there. Liam: It really wasn't that hard. Hope: [Chuckles] Liam: There isn't another hope Logan out there anywhere. Kind of makes it easy. Wyatt: Just give it to me straight. What are you up to? What's that? Quinn: The keys to the big bear cabin. Wyatt: Where'd you get them? Quinn: Pam's desk. Wyatt: Mom! Quinn: Let me explain something to you. Liam is with hope in Malibu. Wyatt: [Sighs] He needs one-on-one time with her, and so do you. Wyatt: Mm-hmm. Quinn: He's getting it. And you're not. Do you want alone time with hope? Do you? Wyatt: Yes. Quinn: Then this is the ticket. The place where it all began. The mountains, Wyatt, the woods. Your favorite haunt. What better place to take her? Call her. Now -- before she does something with Liam that you're both gonna regret. Liam: So... shall we move on with it? Hope: What? Liam: [Chuckling] Our life, for starters. Hope: We have waited a long time, huh? Liam: Yeah, I think we've earned it. I think we've earned every incredible moment waiting for us. Hope: [Chuckles] There's something I have to do first. Liam: Yeah. You have to talk with Wyatt. Hope: [Sighs] You understand. Liam: Of course I understand. He means a lot to you. Hope: I really -- I felt something very honest with him. But after everything that he and his mom have done -- I mean, the stolen diamond and all the tricks that Quinn has played on us... I think that I was just choosing to ignore all that when Wyatt and I were together, but... once Quinn sent that photo to Ridge... that was it. I'm not gonna put up with it any longer. Liam: The problem with Quinn is that [Sighs] She has no sense of right or wrong. And my biggest fear has been that that's gonna spill over onto you. Hope: Well, it has, several times. Liam: I'm talking about something more than like a prank, you know? I mean, this thing with Ridge... it could result in his death, you know? I hope to God it doesn't, but I keep thinking that could have been you. You know? I don't mean to sound melodramatic, but the more time somebody spends around those people, the more their life is in danger, and you're no exception. [Sighs] Hope: I feel bad for Wyatt. To have a mother like that. Liam: Yeah, I do, too, but he's a grown man. I mean, he's got to cut ties with her. Frankly, I think you got to cut ties with both of them. Hope: I'm gonna go see him. Liam: I'll be waiting for you. Hope: Okay. [Sighs] Pam: [Scoffs] We've got questions. Aly: Uncle Ridge -- why did he go over there again? Rick: I told you. To stop the wedding. Charlie: But isn't he engaged to Katie? Caroline: Yes, Charlie. He's marrying Brooke's sister. Oliver: Ridge and Brooke will always be close. Pam: Are you saying that Katie's okay with this? Rick: Katie definitely has her own issues with Brooke marrying Bill. Pam: Yeah, well, she ought to! The guy's a first-class jerk. Caroline: Hey! Pam: Oh, sorry, Caroline. He's your uncle. I shouldn't have said that. Aly: I'm sorry, I still don't get it. Was uncle Ridge planning on doing this? Rick: No. Aly: So he suddenly just flies halfway across the world? Rick: That's about it, yeah. Pam: [Sighs] Rick. There must be something else. Something sent him over there. What? What was it? Rick: Quinn. She e-mailed Ridge a picture that she took, one of those selfies. Aly: A picture of herself? Pam: [Sighs] Rick: No. Of her and Bill Spencer. [Cell phone rings] Hope: Hi. Wyatt: Hey. Where are you? Hope: Uh, I'm on my way to the office. Wyatt: Look, we need to talk, hope. Hope: I know. That's why I'm heading over. Wyatt: I'm not at Forrester. Hope: Okay, where are you? Wyatt: I have a request. Meet me up at the cabin in big bear. Hope: What? Wyatt, no. Wyatt: I'm already here. Hope: I don't think that that's a good idea. Wyatt: Do you really want to have this conversation in a sterile office? Hope: No. Wyatt: Okay, so... big bear, then? Hope: Okay. Yeah. Yeah, I'm on my way. Wyatt: Okay. [Cell phone beeps] Liam: Ugh. Quinn: You're alone. Liam: So no one will find the body? Quinn: [Scoffs] You're sick. Liam: What do you want, Quinn? Quinn: Where's hope? Liam: She'll be back. Quinn: [Chuckles] I wouldn't count on that. Liam: Oh, I would. We're together now. This time for good. Pam: So, the hyena is involved in this? Liam: Quinn's a part of the equation. Caroline: To say the least. Aly: Okay, so, she sent a picture to uncle Ridge. A selfie of her and Bill Spencer. Well, what were they doing? No, they -- they weren't. Caroline: Yeah, Aly, they were. Charlie: Well, wait a minute. You mean, they were, uh -- Rick: Charlie, I don't think there's a need to paint a picture. Pam: Well, it was enough to send Ridge all the way to the middle east to show Brooke exactly what she was getting into. Aly: But why would Quinn do that? Pam: For the same reason she does everything, Aly! To get what she wants. In this case, Bill Spencer. Liam: That's certainly a theory. Pam: No, it's more than a theory, Rick! It's a fact. She knew how Ridge felt about Bill and the marriage, and she knew that by sending that photograph exactly how he'd react. That woman is the devil! Quinn: You took advantage of a family tragedy and you call me evil? Liam: [Laughs] Spare me the warped logic, okay? Bottom line -- this time you lose, I win. Quinn: Really? And hope is going to take it out on Wyatt by breaking up with him. Is that what you think? Because they're together right now. Liam: I know, Quinn. She's at the office breaking up with him. I encouraged it. Quinn: Oh. Is that so? Liam: You know, actually, I thought you would be there cheerleading him. Quinn: Oh, no, I think my son has things well in hand. Over at the office. Liam: Okay, you know what goes around comes around, right? Quinn: Yeah, she's upset with me. For no good reason, but that's beside the point. She's not going to break up with Wyatt. Liam: Okay, you keep telling yourself that. Quinn: Oh, I don't have to. I know what's going down. So you should prepare yourself for disappointment, because there will be a broken heart tonight, but it won't be my son's. Wyatt: Might be over the top with the audio/visuals. [Both chuckle] Hope: Yeah, a bit. Wyatt: I figured I could use all the help I could scrounge up. Hope: Um... how did you even get in here? Wyatt: The -- the key. Hope: Your mother? Wyatt: Dear old mom. Once in awhile she has a good idea. Hope: And most of the time, she doesn't. Wyatt: Hey. We're not here to talk about my mom. Hope: You sure? You sure she's not in the other room? Wyatt: I don't condone -- okay, I condone maybe 2% of what she does. But she's my mother. I couldn't let Liam trash talk her like that. Hope: She crossed a line, Wyatt, and she really hurt someone that I love. Wyatt: Well, let's hope that that's not the case. Regardless, that was her, not me. We are two completely different people, hope. Tell me you haven't forgotten who we are. You know... I, uh, I went for a walk earlier. Before you got here. Just wanted to check it out. Hope: What? Wyatt: Where it all started. You and me. Hope: [Chuckles] I take it you were fully dressed this time. Wyatt: Yes. And I felt way overdressed. [Chuckles] But I brought you here to remember... what happened that day. And every day after that. A footloose guy who enjoyed his freedom... until something came along that he loved even more. Our first kiss. Right out there. Do you remember? Hope: It's a little fuzzy. Wyatt: Nothing's changed. My mom -- my mom did something incredibly stupid. My mother, hope. Not me. I know you're upset, and, trust me, I am, too. But I can't let you hold that against me. I will not lose the only woman that I have ever loved because of something that I had nothing to do with. It can't end like this, hope. And you don't want it to, either.