Monday, August 21, 2006, Episode #4877

Dante advises Felicia not to interfere.

At Dante's house, Felicia recalls her recent conversation with Bridget, where Bridget admitted she was still in love with Nick. She comes back to reality when Dante comes in with Dino and tells her that he unpacked Dino's things. Felicia admits she feels a little guilty happily living here with him and Dino when Bridget is still carrying a torch for Nick. Dante asks what she means, so she tells him that Bridget admitted that she let Nick go to Brooke, hoping he would come back to her once he tasted the "forbidden fruit" of her mother. But instead, Nick married Brooke. She thinks it's all messed up; Brooke married man who will never make her as happy as Ridge, while Bridget is in love with her mother's husband, and Ridge is being stalked by Brooke's sister. Dante reminds her that Ridge and Donna work together, but Felicia is sure Donna wants Ridge - and she'll probably have him just ten minutes before Brooke realizes that Ridge is the man for her. She wants to see Bridget and Ridge both find their happy ending, like she and Dante did, but unless someone speaks up... Dante tells her not to get involved. Felicia suddenly realizes she has some papers that have to get to Brooke tonight, so she tells Dante to shower, open some wine and wait for her return. Dante senses what she's up to: she assures him she's just doing some reconnaissance.

Bridget tells Dante that she hopes Felicia won't interfere.

Soon after Felicia leaves, Bridget brings by a plant, as a housewarming gift now that Dante and Felicia are living together. Dante tells her that Felicia just went over to her mom's house to drop off some papers. Bridget is sorry to hear that and wonders if she can catch Felicia. He senses she's worried that Felicia is going to spill the beans about their recent conversation to Brooke and Nick and tells her not to fret. Realizing that Felicia told him, Bridget IS worried. Dante assures her that Felicia is just concerned. Bridget understands why Felicia would tell Dante, since they're nearly married, but she worries that Felicia will tell someone else. Dante assures her that Felicia wants to help and explains Felicia's theory that everyone will be happier if Brooke gets back together with Ridge. Bridget frets that she told Felicia time and again that it's not going to happen. Dante says that no one tells Felicia anything, and Bridget should know that. Bridget agrees and now regrets saying anything to Felicia. She knows Felicia means well and thinks she's helping her siblings, but she also knows that she's the one who sent Nick to stop Brooke's wedding to Ridge. They probably would all be better off had she not done that, but she did, and now her mom and Nick are married. She won't do anything to interfere with that.

Brooke thinks she should stay put at Forrester.

At Brooke's house, Brooke tells Nick how good it is to have some time to themselves. Nick reminds her of his invitation to join the Marone board. While Brooke agrees that it would be fun to work together, she thinks she's too busy with her existing business to jump into another, so she thinks it's best that she step back from Marone. Nick admits she had a bumpy start, but she also had some good ideas. Ideas that he and Massimo brought up in the past, she points out, so he doesn't need her. But Forrester Creations needs her? he asks. She thinks she needs Forrester, because she's always wanted to run that company. She's already given up modeling and her office at Forrester, and she's also cut her personal ties with Ridge, so she hopes Nick won't make her give up anything else. She admits that his offer was a great opportunity, but she's already stretched too thin. She thinks she should get back to work so she can send Ridge some notes on changes to make in the morning. Nick doesn't like that, but Brooke promises that it won't be a problem for them.

Felicia gives Nick something to think about.

While Nick goes down to the kitchen, the doorbell rings; he opens it to find Felicia there with some papers for Brooke. Nick tells her that his wife is upstairs working. Better here than at Forrester, Felicia says. Nick wishes Brooke would give up Forrester altogether, but he knows running the company is her dream. One he made come true, Felicia points out. Nick tells her not to remind him. If he loves Brooke, Felicia warns, he won't make her deny that dream. Nick says he and Brooke love each other. Felicia bets they had a hot time on their honeymoon, but there's more to a happy marriage than just sex and love. Nick gets a cold look on his face; Felicia sees that and bets that it comes from being in Ridge's shadow. Nick says that's not true, but Felicia bets it frustrates him that Brooke still has feelings for Ridge, and that Brooke is jealous of her sister. She knows all about it, since she's working at Forrester now, and she thinks it will only get worse. Nick has a skeptical look on his face, so Felicia tells him to face facts. She knows he's fuming at the fact that Brooke is still working at Forrester with Ridge while Ridge makes Donna into his "new Logan." Meanwhile, it's obvious that Bridget still loves him, and that's why things didn't work out for Bridget and Dante. Nick asks where this is coming from. Felicia says she doesn't want to hurt him. It's just that eventually, he'll see that Brooke can't make him happy, and she wants him to remember how Bridget feels about him when that happens.

Thorne opens up to Phoebe.

Phoebe drops by Thorne's house with some new markers for Alexandria. She gives the markers to her young cousin, who starts to use them right away. Thorne then tells Phoebe that he was just with her mother, and he couldn't help but wonder if Taylor was being honest with him. He doesn't want to question Taylor's integrity, but he wants both her and Phoebe to know that, after all they've done for him, they can open up to him. He just hopes he's not taking advantage of them, since he felt like a burden when he vented to Taylor earlier. Phoebe assures him that she and her mom just want to help. Thorne is glad to hear that; he wants to get through this on his own, but it's so hard. At the same time, he doesn't know if he can be the father Alexandria needs until he gets rid of his rage. He suggests that he won't be able to move on until he looks Darla's killer in the eye and tells him what he took away from him and Alexandria.

Lt. Baker keeps trying to get Taylor to tell him about the night of the accident.

At the Bel Air mansion, Lt. Baker asks Taylor if she thought he wouldn't figure it out, since the truth has a way of coming out. He sensed she was hiding something the night of the accident, and now that he knows about her DUI conviction, as well as the fact that she was drinking that night, he thinks he knows what her secret is. Taylor doesn't want to talk about it, but Baker shares his theory that she rushed out that night because she was scared for her daughter, even though she shouldn't have been driving. And it was dark and foggy, so she wasn't able to hit the brakes in time when she turned a corner and hit her own sister in law. And then her daughter is the only witness, while her friend Hector is the first responder on the scene. He bets she wanted to confess, but she'd been drinking, and because of her previous DUI charge, she kept quiet. Taylor says that's quite a theory. Baker admits he has a few others, too, about other leads, but he's not optimistic. And even if his theory about her is right, he can't act on it without evidence, and there is none to link her to the crime. But he doesn't think he'll need evidence to close the case. Why is that? Taylor asks. Because he knows she's a good person, he says, so she recognizes what this tragedy has done to Thorne and Alexandria. They need closure, he says, and if she can give it to them, she will. He offers to be there if she needs someone to talk to and sees himself out.