Liam is working but keeps having flashbacks of him and Hope kissing. He calls Steffy and asks if she is still at the office. She says she is at the condo. He says he just doesn't want her to think they have to avoid each other. He knows he hurt her by asking her to move out. She replies that he asked for his space so he needs to figure it out .until then goodbye. Hope walks into Mr. President's office and says he owes her big time and she is here to collect. She wants him to apologize to Liam for the lie he told. Rick says he did already and Liam slugged him. She tells him then try again. She wants Liam to know there is no more friction between them. Steffy has always made it so easy for him to pick her and Hope wants him to see their life can be smooth too. Carter confirms the adopted parent's death as well as Maya's baby, so Dayzee calls Maya and says she needs to see her in person. Maya, of course, assumes that Dayzee is going to show her how she can get her baby. Taylor drops in on Steffy who tells her that she better not be there for a pity party. Taylor tells her that she can't drag this out forever; she must tell Liam that she is pregnant. She said she just spoke with Liam and he told her that he loved her, but he did not ask her to move back in. Taylor reminds her that Liam is vulnerable right now and it's a mistake to leave him alone. Brooke will be pushing Hope so that things just won't play out. Hope brings Rick to Liam's office and tells him that her brother has something to say to him. Rick admits to Liam that he lied about him and Steffy making out the night before his wedding to Hope. Liam says he has heard this before. Rick opines that it must not have sunk in as Liam has not asked Hope to move back in with him. He knows the truth now so it's time to do something about it. He goes on that he saw how he struggled to sort things out with Steffy and he saw his sister in pain. He stepped in like any big brother would and tried to fix things. At least that is what he thought he was doing. If Liam wasn't going to make the tough decision; then Rick would. But now he has asked Steffy to move out and seems to want to do the right thing. He underestimated him. He sticks out his hand to shake Liam's and Liam follows suit. Rick says he made Hope question her loyalty to Liam and that was a mistake. Hope should not have to pay the price now and neither should Liam. Steffy tells Taylor that she knows she can not keep this from Liam forever. But he is sorting a lot of things out and this baby shouldn't be one of those things. She says Liam knows what she wants to hear and he knows where to find her. Maya is grief-stricken when Dayzee shows her proof that her baby daughter is dead. Marcus says it wasn't the parent's fault but it wasn't Dayzee's either. They are all so sorry. It was a terrible tragedy but no one is to blame. Hope speaks with Liam alone and says she should go. She knows he wants to do the right thing and so did she. She admits she made things complicated when they didn't have to be. What they feel for each other is simple and fundamental. It's the most primal feeling there is. There is nothing they need to do to make it right, but peel everything else away and get back to what they know. She kisses him. At her condo, Steffy lovingly touches her tummy.
[Cell phone ringing] [Beep] Steffy: Hey. Liam: Hey. Are you still at the office? Steffy: No, I'm at my condo. Are you coming to see me? Liam: No, I'm -- I'm stuck at work. I just called to talk. Bad idea? Steffy: Only one way to find out. Liam: Um... so, Hope came to see me today. Steffy: Yeah. [Sighs] That's a bad idea. Liam: Listen, I -- I don't want you to think that my feelings have changed or that we have to start avoiding each other. I mean, I -- I hurt you and I know that and I hate that. Steffy: Liam, stop. You asked for the space, and I gave it to you. Figure it out. Until then -- Liam: Okay, but Steffy -- Steffy: Goodbye, Liam. [Beep] [SCENE_BREAK] Rick: All right, well, thanks. I think that's everything. Great job on those promos. Nice hook. Malcolm: Thank you, Mr. Forrester, and I wanted to congratulate you on winning the fashion challenge. Rick: Thank you, Malcolm. Malcolm: A few tense moments in there, but you won fair and square and, uh, didn't lose your marbles. Rick: Well, to be honest, I had a lot of help from Hope and my mom. Malcolm: [Chuckles] Well, you know, it just goes to show you having the right alliance can make all the difference. Rick: You're absolutely right. Hope: Hey, Malcolm. Malcolm: Hi. Hope: Mr. Forrester. Rick: That's, uh, President Forrester to you. Hope: Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. President, your day of reckoning has arrived. Rick: Uh-oh. Hope: You owe me, big brother, and I am here to collect. [SCENE_BREAK] Carter: Yes, thank you. I'll call you back if I need more information. Dayzee: So, you're sure they all died. Carter: Yeah. Just spoke to the coroner's office. Dayzee: [Sighs] You know, I told Maya that adoption would ensure a better future for her baby. Now I have to tell her that her daughter is dead. Dayzee: Hi. Maya. Um... what are you doing right now? Maya: Why? Dayzee: I was hoping you could come down to the coffee house. Maya: Is this about my daughter? Dayzee: Yeah, it is. I actually think it would be better if we, um, did this in person. Maya: I'll be right there. [Beep] Dayzee: Um...she's coming. [SCENE_BREAK] Maya: My baby. Finally, I get to see her. [Chuckles] [SCENE_BREAK] Rick: What do you need from me? Hope: Your help with Liam. Rick: Okay. What can I do? Hope: Apologize to him. Rick: Yeah, I tried that. He slugged me. Hope: Try again. He needs to know that things will be different for us, in this family. He needs to know that there will be no more friction. Steffy has always made it so easy for him to choose her, and I want him to know that things will run smooth for us, too. [SCENE_BREAK] [Liam remembering] Steffy: Stop. You asked for the space, and I gave it to you. Liam: I can't keep succumbing to this -- this reflex I have to go back and correct the last mistake. I just need to learn to stop making mistakes. Mistakes with other people's lives and feelings and futures. I got to get back in touch with myself. I got to figure out who I am and what I really want. And I'm not -- I'm not saying this is the end. Steffy: You're just saying it might be. Liam: [Sighs] [SCENE_BREAK] Steffy: If you're looking for the pity party, you're on the wrong floor. Taylor: No, I know exactly where I am. I hope you're hungry. Steffy: Not really. Taylor: So, did you talk to Liam? Steffy: Actually, I just got off the phone with him. Taylor: And? Honey, you can't drag this out. Every day you wait, the closer Hope is getting to him. You've got to tell him that you're pregnant. [SCENE_BREAK] Dayzee: Maya's little girl. Just -- she's gone. I mean... how am I supposed to tell her? What am I supposed to say? Carter: The important thing to remember is that it was an accident. It wasn't the parents' fault, and it wasn't your fault. Marcus: Exactly, Babe. I'm gonna have to agree with Carter. Remember, it's not your fault. Carter: You can be sympathetic, but I wouldn't express any feelings of guilt or responsibility. Marcus: She's not responsible. Carter: That's exactly my point. In an emotionally charged situation, it's not uncommon to get swept up in another person's grief. You'll want to comfort her, make her feel better. Dayzee: Well, that's not gonna be possible. Maya has been dreaming about seeing her baby girl for years. [Knock on door] Marcus: Here we go. Dayzee: Hi. Thanks for coming. Maya: Are you kidding? I couldn't get here fast enough. [SCENE_BREAK] Taylor: Now, that's the look of a woman who sees good things in her future. Steffy: Maybe I'm just full. Taylor: Mm. You said you talked to Liam? Steffy: Yeah. Yeah, he, uh -- he called me. He felt bad about asking me to leave. He said that he -- he wanted me to know that he still loves me. Taylor: That's good. Steffy: He didn't ask me to move back. Taylor: [Sighs] That's bad. So, uh, is it because you didn't get to discuss everything. Steffy: No, I cut him off. It's pointless to discuss anything if he still hasn't made a decision. Taylor: Yes, and it might help him make a decision if you would talk to him. Steffy: Okay, so, if I talk to him, what if he still chooses Hope? Taylor: He probably won't do that if you're honest with him. Steffy: I have been honest. I was honest in Italy, and Liam was. We... we poured our hearts out to each other. He told me how disillusioned he was with Hope and how much he needed me. [Steffy remembering] Liam: It's not over, Steffy. It's just beginning. [Back to present] Steffy: After everything Liam and I spoke about, he still chose Hope. Nothing we said that day changed anything. And that hurts more than saying nothing at all. I won't open up myself like that again, Mom. I can't. Not until I know where this is going. [SCENE_BREAK] [Knock on door] Liam: Come on in. Hope: I knew you'd still be here. Liam: You're back. Hope: Um...are you leaving? Liam: I -- I was, yeah. Hope: Are you in a hurry? Liam: No. Hope: Good. Because my brother has something that he would like to say to you. Liam: Okay. Rick: You understand if I stand back here and say it. Liam: Does that mean I'm not gonna like it? Rick: I'm sorry, Liam. Liam: Uh, you're sorry? Rick: What I did was messed up. Lying to Hope about you, making that story up about you and Steffy making out, I... apologize. Liam: You know, I've heard this before, Rick. Rick: But obviously it hasn't sunk in, because you haven't asked my sister to move back in with you. Hope: Oh, uh, that's not why we're here. Rick: That's not why we're here? Hope: No. Rick: No, really. What gives, Spencer? You know the truth. What are you gonna do about it? Hope: Liam doesn't have to do anything right now. Rick: You asked Steffy to leave. Hope: Because he needs time to think. Rick: That's a wise choice. Liam: You should have quit with "I'm sorry." Rick: Hope deserves more than that from me. So do you. I underestimated you, Liam. Liam: [Sighs] Rick: I saw you struggle and trying to sort things out with Steffy. I saw my sister in pain. I didn't give you enough time to try to work things out on your own. I stepped in like big brothers do. I was trying to fix it. At least that's what I thought I was doing, because if you weren't gonna make the tough call, I was gonna make it for you. Liam: [Sighs] Rick: But then you did. You asked Steffy to leave. I was wrong about you. But the bottom line is you want to make things right... and I do, too. [SCENE_BREAK] Taylor: Liam is vulnerable right now. It's a mistake to leave him alone. Steffy: It's what Liam wants. Taylor: He wants to figure it out. He thinks he wants to be alone to do that, but that isn't going to happen because Brooke is going to make sure that she pushes Hope so that things don't just play out. Steffy: And lucky for me, my mom is different. Taylor: [Sighs] Look, I -- I understand you don't want to be disappointed again, and you feel extra pressure because you're pregnant and there's a lot more at stake. Steffy: Mom, I want to tell him. I do. But I have followed that instinct before. When Liam asked me to run away with him in Italy, I didn't think it was possible, but I said yes. I took the leap. And then I took the fall. Literally. Taylor: It doesn't mean it has to happen again. Steffy: He has these feelings for her. Taylor: His feelings for his child will run even deeper, Honey. There's no connection more significant than the bond between a parent and their child. [SCENE_BREAK] Maya: Where is she? Dayzee: Hey, Maya, why don't you come sit down with me. Maya: I'm fine here. Marcus: Maya, Dayzee has something to tell you. Maya: I asked you on the phone if this was about my daughter. Dayzee: Yeah, it is. Maya: You're gonna help me, right? You didn't just get me down here for nothing again? This isn't some kind of trick? Marcus: No. Maya: But you're not gonna let me see her. Dayzee: No, it's not like that. Maya: Why are you doing this to me?! I know you think she's better off where she is, but I'm her mother. I didn't abandon her. I didn't stop loving her. I was sent to jail for something that someone else did. I couldn't be there for her, but now I can be. Carter: Maya. Dayzee has some information, something you need to know. Maya: What kind of information? Her phone number? Her address? Look, if you guys don't want to be involved with it, that's fine. I can do this myself. Dayzee: No, um... you can't see her. Maya: That's not your decision to make. She is my child. Dayzee: No, I'm saying that it's -- it's not possible. I was right. She -- she was happy. And they were good parents. Maya: [Crying] No! Dayzee: It was, um, an accident on the freeway, and... the whole family. Maya: No. Not my baby. Marcus: We are so sorry. Maya: But you said she was fine. Dayzee: I, um -- [Sniffles] I thought -- I -- I don't know. Maya: But I'm here now. I'm here. Dayzee: I know. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Maya: [Crying] I don't understand. Dayzee: I am -- I'm sorry. I-I -- I called every number that I had. And then I went online and I found that article. Maya: But what am I supposed to do? All this time, all I've wanted was my baby. My poor baby. You gave her to them. Marcus: It wasn't their fault. Dayzee's, either. Carter: I saw the police report. There was nothing anyone could do. Marcus: Look, Maya, we all feel very, very bad about this. It was a horrible tragedy, but there's no one to blame. Maya: [Sighs] [SCENE_BREAK] Liam: So, now you're just -- you're okay with all this? Rick: I want to see my sister happy. Hope: I was never happier than when I was with you. Rick: But I got you off track. I made Hope question your loyalty, and that was a mistake. Hope shouldn't have to pay the price for it, and neither should you. Liam: Thank you. Hope: Hey, Rick, could I have a minute alone with Liam? Rick: Yeah, sure thing. Just for the record, I'm not the only one who has tried to keep you two apart. Liam: [Sighs] Rick: The only difference is I didn't do it to benefit myself. Hope: [Sighs] [SCENE_BREAK] Taylor: Steffy, you can't keep this pregnancy a secret forever. Steffy: I don't intend to. Taylor: So you've got to tell him eventually. So why not do it now? Steffy: Because loam is dealing with enough. I don't just want our baby to be on the list of all the things Liam has to figure out. Taylor: But that doesn't mean you have to just avoid him entirely. Steffy: Liam knows what I want to hear. And if he has to tell me something, he knows where he can find me. Hope: I'm sorry, Liam. I was not trying to make this any harder on you. Liam: I don't want to do that to you, either. Or Steffy. Hope: Did you mean what you said earlier about not having to keep our distance? Liam: [Chuckles] Well, I didn't think I'd be seeing you twice in one day, but... Hope: Too much? Liam: No. Hope: Because I could go. [Sighs] I understand. You want to be good. You want to do all the right things. So did I. But I made things so complicated, and they didn't need to be. Liam, what we feel for each other is simple. It's fundamental. It is the most primal feeling there is. There's nothing that we need to do to make this right. We just need to peel everything else away and get back to what we know.