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♪♪♪ >> Hope: [ sobbing ]

Oh, my God.

But how...How? You're...

You're alive.

I can't believe it. It's you.

It's you--I thought-- I thought you were dead.

I thought... [ crying ] >> Thomas: Okay, okay.

It's okay, Hope. I'm here.

I'm all right.

>> Hope: Oh, my God. Oh, my God!

Thomas. [ sobbing ] Oh, my gosh.

[ gasps ] ♪♪♪

[ touchpad keys clicking ] [ cellphone bloops "sent" tone ]

♪♪♪ [ cellphone buzzes ]

[ door latch clacks ] >> Shauna: Hey.

[ door closes ] Oh. Oh, this is

nice mood lighting.

Are you expecting someone?

Maybe for a séance or something?

>> Ridge: Oh, no, the séance is the third Saturday

of every month.

If you really wanna talk to someone, gotta put your name

in early. They fill up.

>> Shauna: Ah.

Well, good to know. Thank you.

>> Ridge: I haven't seen Quinn.

>> Shauna: Oh, uh, no, no, no.

Quinn and Eric are still working, I think.

I just wanted to get out of the guest house for a minute.

You know, gets a little quiet in there--sometimes too quiet.

Not that I'm complaining, 'cause it's amazing over there.

Or I could, uh, you know, make something up like I ran out

of milk or I needed to borrow a screwdriver.

But I actually came in here hoping to see you.

♪♪♪

If you wanna be alone, I can go--

>> Ridge: No, no, no.

I think, um, I think you should stay.

>> Shauna: I was hoping you'd say that.

Besides, I was just over there reading this book.

It's not the best.

It's about this nurse in World War I, and you know,

I just keep reading the same page over

and over again, and I can tell by me just talking about it

to you is boring you.

>> Ridge: What do you mean, This? No, this is

my intrigued face.

>> Shauna: Ha. Well, you might wanna work on that. [ chuckles ]

>> Ridge: Well, maybe it's my "I have a lot of things

on my mind" face.

>> Shauna: Anything you wanna talk about?

>> Ridge: I don't know. It's...

It's my family, my kids.

You know, I try to keep everyone together, but I think

maybe we, uh, we pushed it too far.

I may have lost my son.

>> Thomas: Hey, I'm right here, Hope. I didn't die, okay?

I'm alive.

>> Hope: [ stammers] Did anyone else see you?

Does my mom know that you're here?

>> Thomas: Your mom was putting Douglas to bed when I came in,

but I promise I am standing right here.

You're not seeing things.

>> Hope: How?

I don't understand.

The night we were arguing on the catwalk and...

I pushed you.

And I heard a splash.

And I didn't think that...

Then I came back, and you-- You weren't anywhere,

and I couldn't find any trace of you and... [ sobbing ]

I thought that...

>> Thomas: Hey, hey, but I'm here now.

>> Hope: [ sobbing ] I'm so relieved that you are.

I'm so grateful.

I'm so grateful that you're alive. [ exhales deeply ]

>> Thomas: Do you really mean that?

>> Hope: Yes, of course I do, Thomas.

♪♪♪ ♪♪♪

>> Ridge: So here's a weird one.

Hope told me that Thomas was dead.

>> Shauna: Dead?

Like...dead to her?

>> Ridge: I...I don't know.

I guess so, but that's a-- that's an odd thing to say

to somebody, right?

>> Shauna: She has moved on with Liam.

Maybe that's what she meant.

>> Ridge: Well, you know what person she hasn't moved on from?

Douglas, and Brooke is right there leading the charge

like she's--she's moving chess pieces around.

>> Shauna: Well, that must be really hard for you.

>> Ridge: Yeah, that's why I'm not living there right now.

And Brooke and I-- we're trying to figure it out,

but it just...

seems you can't find a compromise, you know?

>> Shauna: I understand.

It does take two to compromise.

>> Ridge: I-I know how many people it takes,

but I'm already there.

I'm standing in the middle, waiting for her,

but she won't give Thomas another chance.

>> Shauna: From Brooke's point of view, Thomas has done

his fair share of not telling the truth.

>> Ridge: I think Thomas was also trying to protect

his sister.

He was trying to protect Steffy's happiness.

>> Shauna: I understand.

>> Ridge: And I'm not-- I'm not making excuses for him.

It was awful, but he is trying to get better.

He's spending time with his son.

He wants to be a better father.

And whatever he does, it's never gonna be good enough

for Brooke and Hope.

They're not gonna stop until they take that little boy away

from him.

♪♪♪ >> Hope: The vat that Thomas

fell into--it wasn't water.

It was hydrofluoric acid.

>> Brooke: What?

>> Hope: I killed him.

I killed--I killed Thomas.

♪♪♪ >> Brooke: [ exhales deeply ]

>> Hope: Nobody even knows yet.

Nobody has any idea-- I mean, Ridge, Steffy, Douglas.

I have to tell the truth, and I should've from the start.

♪♪♪ >> Brooke: I have to tell you

the truth, Ridge.

>> Hope: I can't believe it's really you.

>> Thomas: I thought you would have been surprised to see me.

>> Hope: But how?

You fell into the vat of acid, not--not that I knew that

that's what it was.

I-I just...I didn't know.

I had no idea until after I found Douglas,

and I ran into Charlie, and then he told me

about the hazardous materials, and then... [ gasps ]

and that's when I panicked, and I...I realized

what could have happened to you, and I ran to the storage room,

and I got a flashlight, and I was looking all over,

and that's when I saw the signs on the wall,

warning about the acid, and I looked everywhere.

I looked in the vat, and I... [ sobbing ] I thought

that I had...

>> Thomas: You thought that I was dead.

>> Hope: [ crying ] Yes.

My worst fear is that I had-- that I had killed you and...

I would have never been able to forgive myself.

I'm just glad that you're all right.

I just don't understand, though.

How are you standing in front of me right now?

I don't--It doesn't make sense.

>> Thomas: I'm sorry.

I never should have put you in that position.

We shouldn't have been arguing.

And I shouldn't have chased after you and look, I know you

were just trying to defend Douglas, and I was just too...

caught up in--in trying to make you see, you know,

what I wanted, but-- but that was wrong,

and--and I should-- I should have--

>> Hope: I just--I don't understand how you survived.

>> Thomas: Okay.

After I fell, um..

I don't remember everything.

But I remember...

I remember being alone in the vat.

>> Hope: In the acid?

>> Thomas: You thought it was acid.

>> Hope: I saw all the signs.

After what Charlie told me and--and the hazmat guy...

>> Man: You shouldn't be in here! We just shut off

the ventilation system!

>> Hope: How is it possible that you're here right now?

>> Thomas: It wasn't acid.

>> Hope: What?

>> Thomas: The hydrofluoric acid had already been removed,

and they had replaced it with a cleaning solution by then.

>> Hope: Cleaning solution?

>> Thomas: Yeah, I heard some of the crew guys talking

about it.

I mean, it's still powerful stuff. I mean, I'm still...

kind of raw all over and-- and...I cleaned my eyes out

so much. I just...

it's making sure, you know?

If it had been acid, I wouldn't be here right now.

And I wouldn't be looking at the most beautiful woman

I've ever seen in my entire life.

♪♪♪ ♪♪♪

>> Shauna: Sounds like Hope's determined to get

a Mother's Day card from your grandson.

>> Ridge: Yep, I think that's what that dinner was about

the other night at the office.

>> Shauna: And you knew it.

>> Ridge: And I was right.

>> Shauna: What?

>> Ridge: Thomas signed the paper.

>> Shauna: He gave up his rights?

>> Ridge: I don't know what he gave up,

but now they share custody.

>> Shauna: But they're not together.

>> Ridge: That's California law for you. You don't have to be

together, I guess.

>> Shauna: So legally, they're both his parents?

>> Ridge: It seems that way.

>> Shauna: Wow.

>> Ridge: Yep.

"Wow" is right.

Now Hope is in charge of everything about this boy,

whether it's decisions on religion or education

or what's gonna happen at his birthday party

or what they're doing during the holidays.

>> Shauna: How does Liam feel about all this?

>> Ridge: Not thrilled about it.

>> Shauna: And what about Thomas?

>> Ridge: I haven't heard from Thomas.

The only information I have comes from Brooke and Hope,

and it's not good.

Something about Thomas-- He just--Whenever he gives

something, he wants something in return.

>> Shauna: So what do you think he wants in return?

>> Ridge: He wants another shot at being with Hope.

>> Shauna: Well, he must really be in love with her.

>> Ridge: Maybe, but we all know how she feels about him.

It's very clear.

>> Shauna: But he still signed the papers?

>> Ridge: Yep. Haven't seen him or heard from him since.

>> Shauna: Seriously?

>> Ridge: Mm-hmm.

Doesn't return my calls, Steffy's calls.

>> Shauna: I understand why you're upset.

I'm just so sorry that you're going through all of this.

[ cellphone rings ] [ ring ]

[ beep ] >> Ridge: Hey.

>> Brooke: Hi.

Did you get my text?

>> Ridge: Yeah, I just now saw it. I'm...

I'm so worried about Thomas.

>> Brooke: That's why I'm calling.

I need to talk to you about your son.

>> Ridge: What is it?

>> Brooke: I think it's best to do this face to face.

Are you at Eric's?

>> Ridge: Yeah.

>> Brooke: All right.

I'll be over soon.

[ cellphone beeps ] >> Hope: So it wasn't acid?

But...Charlie said, there were signs posted.

>> Thomas: I know, but thankfully, the--the crew

had switched it out with a cleaning solution

by then.

>> Hope: No, but when I went back to get you,

I couldn't find you anywhere, and I looked all over that room.

I called out your name.

I mean, you had to have known that I was looking for you--

You made me believe that you were dead.

>> Thomas: I'm sorry.

>> Hope: Do you have any idea how horrified I was?

I came back here last night with Douglas, thinking that I

had killed his father.

>> Thomas: But you didn't.

You didn't kill his father, okay? I'm here. I'm alive.

>> Hope: Thomas, you know how sick to my stomach

I have been, trying to wrap my mind, trying to figure out

how I was gonna explain that to Douglas?

I mean, he's already lost one mother, but to lose

his father, too?

>> Thomas: I know.

I feel terrible, and that's why I-I came here.

>> Hope: I have been a wreck.

I've only been able to talk to my mother about everything.

>> Thomas: Wait. You...

You told Brooke?

>> Hope: Yes, I told her.

I told her the whole story.

She--She thought you were dead, too.

But I...I just...

I couldn't...I haven't told anyone else.

I...I wanted to...

but I couldn't, because I was in shock, and I didn't know

what to do and I just...

I wish I had never pushed you.

You were trying to kiss me and...I didn't want that.

And...I reacted.

But I just--I only was thinking about Douglas.

>> Thomas: I know.

>> Hope: I never meant to hurt you.

But you let me believe that you had died.

How could you be so cruel?

>> Thomas: I didn't mean to punish you.

And, Hope, I didn't wanna scare you.

I hate that I put you through that,

to make you think that you had ended my life,

but I had to make a point.

Even good people keep secrets. ♪♪♪

>> Shauna: Brooke wants

to come talk to you?

>> Ridge: Yeah, she's on her way now.

>> Shauna: Well, I don't think she's gonna be happy

to see me here, so maybe I should head back.

>> Ridge: Oh, don't worry about that. It's gonna take her

a while to get here.

>> Shauna: And she knows something about Thomas?

>> Ridge: And I don't know.

I hope so.

>> Shauna: I'm sure he's fine.

A lot's happened, and maybe he just needed some space.

>> Ridge: Space is good.

But I know my son, you know?

Sometimes he likes to leave town and he makes a boneheaded move.

>> Shauna: You think he regrets it?

>> Ridge: I don't know.

maybe not yet, but he will.

Hope is in the middle of this now, and whatever

he does, he has to do with her, and this is not all she wants.

She wants full custody.

That's what she wants.

I'm not gonna let it happen.

>> Shauna: You're cute when you get worked up.

>> Ridge: I've been called a lot of things.

"Cute" is not one of them.

>> Shauna: All right, fine.

You're gorgeous, sexy, handsome.

>> Ridge: See? That's...

Now you're making sense.

I'm not cute.

>> Shauna: And I can only imagine how handsome

you're gonna look in a tank top and hiking boots.

>> Ridge: [ laughs ] Yeah.

No one needs to see that.

I'm not going hiking with you.

>> Shauna: Okay, then, you need to go to the pool here

and do some laps.

I keep going out there, hoping I'm gonna see you

because I can only imagine how cute you are

in your swim trunks.

>> Ridge: [ sighs ] >> Hope: You wanted me to think

you were dead?

>> Thomas: It was a spur of the moment thing.

I wanted you to see that anybody can feel the need to keep

a secret, and I wanted you to try and understand what

I went through when I kept the secret about Beth.

Okay, maybe you could see me in a new light.

But I realize how-- how traumatized you are.

>> Hope: You have no idea.

>> Thomas: Hope, I didn't mean to put you through hell.

Okay, but when--when I pulled myself out of that vat,

and I saw that it could have been hydrofluoric acid,

I realized something-- that both of us, we've been

given an opportunity.

>> Hope: Opportunity?

>> Thomas: I put you in an impossible situation.

I know the kind of compassionate, loving,

caring person you are.

You would never hurt anyone, let alone kill them.

>> Hope: Of course I wouldn't, Thomas.

>> Thomas: But I'm not naive.

And I am so sorry for what I put you through, okay?

I never should have put you in that position.

I got way too carried away with--with sharing custody

of Douglas, but that--that-- that's so important to me.

Giving my son a mother that he loves and showing you

how much I love you.

Because I do, Hope.

Everything that I have done comes from my feelings for you.

>> Hope: Thomas-- >> Thomas: Look, and I know that

it sounds crazy, and sometimes I don't do things right.

My methods are wrong, okay?

But I hope it shows how much you mean to me.

And I really hope that I mean something to you, too.

Hope, you've been a mother to Douglas from the beginning.

And he's your son.

He's yours, and he's mine.

We're his parents now, okay?

And we'll never forget Caroline.

We'll always remember her, but you're actually his mother.

I gave you and Douglas the-- the gift that you wanted

from the beginning.

It's the greatest gift that I could ever give.

That should tell you everything.

There's no more doubt.

Now you know who I really am.

♪♪♪

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