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Samantha can't get over having recently seen Hector after all these years, and Priscilla tries to convince her daughter that Hector was just a bad seed who used her and then threw her away once he got what he wanted from her.
Brooke admits to Rick that she can't help but think that this baby belongs to Ridge, but once alone, she begins to fantasize about what a life with Nick and the baby would be like if she chooses to marry him.
Hector tells Priscilla that despite her threats to have him arrested for statuatory rape, he loved Samantha, and planned to make a life with her and their daughter Caitlin. Priscilla tells him that Samantha wanted nothing to do with either, as a shocked Amber overhears everything.
Brooke worries that she will lose her connection to all of the Forresters if she marries Nick, but Stephanie assures her that they will never turn their backs on her. Brooke is shocked when Stephanie tells her that she loves her.
Thorne is nervous about telling his parents he would like to be president of Forrester Creations, but Darla tries to cheer him up, telling her how important he is to her and their daughter Alexandria.
After Brooke has a panic attack, Nick is furious to learn from Jackie that she and Massimo planned a party in his and Brooke's honor without even talking to him about it.
After locking himself and Brooke in the office, Ridge tries to convince her again that she should be with him and they'll raise the baby, but Brooke is adamant about staying with Nick and wants Ridge to let her go.
Although Clarke is skeptical, he and the other employees at Logan Designs listen to what she has to say when Sally tells them about her plans to get her company back.
After hearing Eric and Stephanie talk about how Eric is convinced that Stephanie has only been pretending to care about Brooke to get her out of Ridge's life, Ridge wonders if his mother has been betraying him to get rid of Brooke all along.
With everyone, including James, pressuring her to accept Nick's marriage proposal, Brooke starts to feel like the walls are closing in on her. An oblivious Nick waits for her at the party.
Ridge arrives at the party shortly after Nick, Brooke, and Hope leave for a vacation together, and Stephanie tells her son that Brooke has moved on and that he has to let her go.
After Ridge learns that Brooke and Nick are engaged, nothing Massimo, Stephanie, or Jackie say can calm him down, and he takes off his Marone ring, telling his father he wants nothing to do with him.
When Brooke wonders if she is doing the right thing, Nick assures her how much he loves her, but not wanting to pressure her, reminds her that only she can make this decision.
Jackie shares the good news about Nick and Brooke's engagement with Deacon, who worries about what this means about his future role in his daughter Hope's life.
After Stephanie and Eric decide to go with Thorne's proposal that he be made president of Forrester Creations, Darla is overjoyed for her fiancé.
With prompting from Samantha, Caitlin tells her father about her new internship, but doesn't mention who it's with. Later, Hector worries when Caitlin wakes from a recurring nightmare about her mother.
Ridge finally has to accept that Brooke is gone for real when she phones him for advice about how to handle Nick, and Ridge picks up the sketch pad that Eric left for him, unable to get his mind off Brooke.
After her talk on the phone with Ridge, Brooke decides that she is finally ready to put him in her past and move on with Nick as she prepares to seduce her fiancé.
Samantha and Caitlin both find themselves at the coffee house trying to forget their individual pain, and the two bond over what they've lost, as Hector finally realises that Samantha really does believe their daughter is dead.
Nick comforts Brooke when she pulls away from him after their lovemaking, admitting that she is still reeling over ending her long-standing relationship with Ridge.
Hector tells a disbelieving Samantha that their daughter is still alive, trying desperately to get her to understand that while they lost a lot of years, they have not lost everything.
Ridge refuses to listen to Stephanie when she tells him that, like Brooke, he should try to move on with his life, and he lashes out at his mother for not wanting him and Brooke together.
Stephanie tells Brooke that she is thrilled that Brooke is finally out of her family's life after all these years, and Brooke taunts Stephanie that she will always be part of Ridge's life.
Deacon has a suggestion to make to Jackie -- if she doesn't want to ruin Nick's chances with Brooke by telling them the truth, they should find another way to run a brand new paternity test.
Priscilla tries to talk to Samantha, but she is furious with her mother for telling her that her daughter was dead all those years ago, and informs her mother that she is dead to her.
While visiting with her son, Jackie pretends to see a gray hair in Nick's head. She plucks it out for him, then secretly holds onto it so she can use it in the second paternity test.
At the press conference to announce Thorne's ascension to the presidency of Forrester creations, it suddenly becomes all about Ridge when reporters notice that he has returned to the family fold, leaving Darla to comfort Thorne, who has suddenly become unimportant.
Hector and Samantha explain to Caitlin that the reason she was told her mother was dead and that Samantha has never been in her life was because Priscilla had lied to both Sam and Hector.
As Jackie continues to get more and more drunk while awaiting the test results, Deacon takes her to bed, and it isn't long before Deacon and a drunk Jackie are making love.
Jackie is shocked to wake up in Deacon's bed, knowing that she never would have slept with him if she had been sober. She rushes home to Massimo, where she tells him that she was with Lauren Fenmore.
Samantha is ecstatic to share the news of finding her daughter with Ridge, but feels awful to be so happy when Ridge is going through such a hard time with Brooke.
Ridge tries desperately to convince Brooke that whether or not Nick is the father of her child, they can still be together, and raise that child just as if he (R) is the father.
Massimo confronts Jackie with the fact that she lied about being with Lauren Fenmore and accuses her of having an affair, but she swears that she wasn't having an affair, merely an alcoholic blackout.
Stephanie is delighted to inform Sally that not only is Brooke marrying Nick, but Nick is also changing his name to Marone and is planning to adopt Hope as his own daughter.
Ridge sets a trap for Maya at the Shady Marlin, and instructs her that she WILL come to Brooke and Nick's wedding with him, and she WILL make sure that it does not happen.
While Nick and Brooke prepare to walk down the aisle and Ridge chases Maya, Stephanie meets with Kristen at the house, and the two catch up on everything that has been going on lately.
Nick and Brooke have exchanged their vows and the marriage is just about to become official as Ridge bursts in with Maya and tries to stop the wedding.
Ridge takes Brooke from the wedding while the FBI escort Nick and Massimo out, leaving Stephanie fuming while Eric tries to defend Ridge.
Nick and Mass are held by the FBI and questioned while their lawyer, Harvey, reminds them not to say anything. This doesn't appease the FBI, who wants answers to their questions.
Stephanie can't believe that Ridge will be bringing Brooke to the wedding, considering that Brooke has been married to Ridge, Thorne, AND Eric!
Jackie tells Nick about the mistakes with the paternity test, admitting that Dr. Paxson had tried to tell Brooke about the error, and that she had run a second test and who the father really is.
Nick arrives shortly after Ridge successfully delivers Brooke's son, and tells Ridge and Brooke that the paternity tests were wrong -- the baby actually belongs to Ridge.
Stephanie is shocked to learn that the baby really belongs to Ridge, and initially refuses to believe it because she can't stand that now Brooke and Ridge will always have a living bond.
A devastated Nick leaves Brooke, Ridge and their child and returns home, where he rails at Jackie for all that she has cost him, and tells her she is dead to him after her lies.
As much as she loves her new grandson, Stephanie cannot accept that they will never be free of Brooke, but Eric tells her that if she wants Ridge and that baby in her life, she has to learn to accept her.
Caitlin takes her designs to Forrester to show Ridge, but he's in the process of introducing his new son to his children with Taylor, so Rick checks out the designs ... and Caitlin.
Rather than choose between his sons, Eric tells them that he plans to retire and leave the company in their hands, but that answer isn't what Thorne and Ridge need, and they demand he choose.
Nick questions Felicia about the pills in her purse, and when she leaves the room, he quickly pulls the pills out of her purse to call a doctor friend to ask him to look into what kind of pills they are.
After a furious Thorne walks out on his parents after they try to make him see that it's not too bad that he's being demoted and returned to the basement, and Darla lets Eric and Stephanie have it with both barrels.
Sally is shocked when Thorne shows up at home wanting to make her a proposition. She is horrified to hear what happened with Stephanie and Eric, but thrilled when Thorne suggests they work together.
While playing a game of charades with Jimmy and Caitlin, Hector begins acting out the situation to Samantha, who finally clues in that Hector is asking her to marry him, and says yes.
Hector makes no secret of what happened at the house when he talks to the authorities, who sing his praises to the Forresters and credit him with saving Rick's life.
Deacon tells Jackie that the only way she will ever be free is to sign the divorce papers, and the two celebrate her upcoming divorce by making love.
After learning Thorne has gotten a job working for Spectra, Eric is more determined than ever to make him see that his demotion doesn't mean he was unloved, but Thorne is firm on not returning.
Caitlin is furious that Hector was the one who hit Rick and also withheld oxygen from him, and Hector is equally furious that Rick still hasn't told the under-aged Caitlin to stay away.
Jackie is surprised when Massimo calls her and asks her to come to the house. When she gets there, Massimo shocks her by telling her that he's changed her mind, and he wants her back!
