Stephanie encouraged Taylor to "take a stand" and go for it with Ridge. Taylor refused to pursue a man who was spoken for. The sanctity of marriage was important to her and it was wrong to her to throw herself at a married man "even if it is Ridge." Stephanie kept at her, even warning her to keep an eye on Rick and Steffy lest a redux happen. Later, alone, Taylor flashed back on all her good times with Ridge. Weddings, births, vacations, etc. She wanted Ridge back baaaad, so much that she fantasized about him hitting the sheets with her and swearing he wasn't going back to Brooke.

At Brooke's, Ridge insisted of his sleepover, "Steffy and Thomas needed me." Brooke thought him constantly running to Taylor's was "inappropriate," and noted both Taylor and his mother would be happy to see their marriage fail. They then moved on to Rick and the recording. Brooke thought it was tragic, saying Ridge got "pleasure" out of it. What happened to Phoebe was a tragedy, corrected Ridge, wanting her to ship Rick to Paris. "He's my son, he's not some kind of monster!" Brooke huffed as they continued to go around and around. Ridge pointed out that Bridget had grown up in the same broken home as Rick and turned out fine. Brooke refused to abandon her son. Ridge gently urged her to cut the apron strings as Rick was a grown man. They sighed, wishing they could just go back to their wedding day in Malibu. Brooke promised Ridge that she was no longer a Rick/Steffy cheerleader and that Rick would never touch Steffy again. They kissed and hugged, at peace for the moment.

At Forrester, Pam flipped out over an error that would surely upset Ridge. She pulled Stephanie aside to confess her stupidity and swear her to secrecy. What had she done? She'd put in the wrong social security numbers and dates on Brooke and Ridge's marriage license! She explained she hadn't filled out the license paperwork properly after Ridge and Brooke's city hall wedding. Their marriage was invalid! Pam ranted and raved, but Stephanie cracked up. "Pam, you're a miracle worker!" she cackled.