"My son hates me," Donna bemoaned to Katie, talking about Marcus' anger at her abandoning him. "You gave him a family," Katie reasoned, urging Donna to tell Eric the truth. Speaking of Eric, Ridge came into the office to go another round or two over Donna being a "liability" to Forrester. Eric warned Ridge he was jeopardizing their relationship, claiming he trusted Donna. Back at Chez Forrester, Donna beat herself up for her lies. She didn't want Eric's family to turn on him for this. "Secrets are toxic," warned Katie. Fresh off that warning, Donna visited Eric. Of course, Ridge was still there, all rude and eye-rolling. Donna asked them not to argue about her. Alone, Eric allayed her fears. Donna tried to work up the nerve to tell him about Marcus.

At Forrester, a tearful Phoebe flashed back on walking in on Taylor and Rick and encountered Brooke. Feebs wasn't in the mood to share, but Brooke guessed she knew about Rick and her mom. At Taylor's, Rick tried to get through to her but she reiterated that they're finito. Phoebe admitted she felt like an idiot and, oddly enough, Brooke was being sympathetic and not all, "Ha-ha, your mom is an evil tramp." She was glad to hear that Taylor had dumped her son. But hold that thought, Brooke, because Rick was still trying to win Taylor over. "No parent wants to betray their child," sighed Brooke to Phoebe (a subject she knows very well), before Ridge arrived and hugged his daughter. Feebs talked about the totally scarring revelation and Ridge, too, was very sympathetic and not so much with the gloating and judgment. Rick urged Taylor to tell Phoebe how she feels but she didn't want to explain to Phoebe how weak she'd been during her crisis. "This is how people react to unconventional relationships," insisted Rick, citing his dad and Donna. He refused to give up and put his ring back on her finger. She took it off, thanking him for being a "miraculous gift" and making her feel like a queen (unlike Nick and Ridge, who loved Brooke more). But she couldn't lose Phoebe. She begged him to leave.