Monday, June 26, 2006, Episode #4837

Brooke offers some advice.

Brooke stops by the beach house to talk about Bridget's feelings for Dante. Bridget assures her mom that she loves Dante and hopes this isn't some interrogation. Brooke reminds Bridget that Dante and Felicia share a child and asks if Bridget is ready to take Dante away from his son. Bridget promises that Dante will still be part of his son's life. She knows Felicia will be devastated, and she just hopes that she and Felicia will someday be close again after this. Brooke comments that Bridget deserves to be happy; Bridget says that she wasn't happy when she was in love with a man who loved someone else, and she thinks the same would be true for Felicia. Besides, if she is with Dante, then Dino will have two families, one with his mother, and one with his father and step-mother. "You want to marry Dante?" Brooke asks. Bridget says that she does; she knows she turned Dante down when he proposed, but she guesses it's the story of her life to do things backwards, like saying yes to the wrong things and the wrong men, or saying no to something that will make her happy. Now that she has a chance with Dante, she intends to take it. If that's what she wants, Brooke says, then she shouldn't let anyone stop her. Bridget is grateful for the support since the rest of the family, and especially Stephanie, might not be as understanding. She's just hopes they'll see, as she did, that there's no joy marrying a man who loves someone else. Brooke asks about Bridget's feelings for Nick. Bridget admits she'll always care for Nick, but she sees now they had no future. She tried to deny her feelings for Dante for Felicia's sake, like Brooke did with Nick for her, so she's glad she woke up and saw that Dante is the man for her. Mother and daughter share a hug.

Dante tells Felicia to slow things down.

At the Forrester estate, Eric and Stephanie wonder how Felicia is doing this morning. Meanwhile, Dante stops by the guest house to try to apologize to Felicia for what happened yesterday. Felicia says that's not important now; what she wants to focus on is moving on, and she thinks the best way to do that is to get married. She's spoken to her travel agent, and they can go to Italy to see his family, or they can even go to Vegas or a Justice of the Peace. Where they're married doesn't really matter, she says, as long as Bridget isn't there. Dante wonders if they're going too fast here, but before they can discuss it, Dino starts crying. Felicia goes to get the baby and comes back telling Dino how much his daddy loves him. She admits Dino is too young to understand what happened, but the good news is that Dino's parents will be married soon. Dante wants to talk about these plans she's making, since he wonders if this is the right time. Felicia asks why they should wait, so he reminds her how their first wedding turned out after they rushed. Felicia reminds him that she said she didn't care where they got married, but Dante says he cares, because he cares about her and Dino. She tells him how she was still so angry at Bridget when she got home, but then she remembered his vows and knew that Bridget had to be wrong about his feelings. She guesses that Bridget grasped at one last chance to have him, but she knows Bridget can't take him from her and their son - not that he would let Bridget do that, of course. Before Dante can say anything, he hears Stephanie calling and tells Felicia that he'll be right back.

Eric voices his concerns to Dante.

When Dante gets to the main house, Stephanie asks him to join her and Eric. They remind Dante how what happened yesterday was painful to Felicia, who isn't very good at hiding her feelings. Eric says he can sympathize with Dante, because both of his daughter's are incredible women, and he knows Dante doesn't want to hurt them. He also understands that Dante first came to L.A. all the way from Italy just to be with Bridget. At the same time, Eric points out that Dante made a commitment to Felicia and their son, a commitment he hopes Dante will respect. Eric then leaves for work, but which gives Stephanie a chance to say her piece. If she wants him to choose Felicia, Dante says, he'll make that decision himself. Stephanie says that she just wants him to make the right choice, and she doesn't think that Bridget can make him happy. What Bridget feels for him won't last, Stephanie fears, since Bridget is just like her mother; she thinks that emotional stability is a result of the way Brooke raised Bridget, so it's not Bridget's fault, but it's still quite tragic. Dante tells her not to badmouth Bridget. She says that she knows Bridget is the ideal he followed all the way around the world, but Felicia also has a lot to offer, especially since she thinks Bridget still has feelings for Nick - feelings that will come out once Brooke reunites with Ridge and Nick is free again. Dante disagrees, but Stephanie says that she knows her son's history with Brooke, just as she knows Nick is still first in Bridget's heart. Dante says that was in the past, but Stephanie warns that history repeats itself, especially when it comes to Brooke and Bridget. Like Felicia said yesterday, she recalls, this isn't a game and there are no do-overs. So if he hurts Felicia by choosing Bridget, she warns, he won't get a second chance at the best thing that ever happened to him.

Felicia and Stephanie tell Brooke that Bridget is only fooling herself.

Stephanie then stops by the guest house and finds Felicia making travel plans for another wedding to Dante, this one without Bridget anywhere nearby. Stephanie is about to question her daughter about how Dante feels about this when Brooke stops by to talk to Felicia. Brooke's glad that Stephanie is there, since she actually wanted to talk to both of them about the conversation she just had with Bridget. Stephanie hopes that means that Bridget is ready to back off; actually, Brooke replies, she doesn't think it's right for Bridget to deny her feelings for the man she loves. What feelings? Felicia asks, pointing out that Bridget turned Dante down. Brooke doesn't want to debate this with them; she just wants them to know that Bridget is committed to making a life with Dante. Stephanie retorts that Bridget is being selfish; she isn't surprised that Brooke, who taught Bridget to act this way, supports her. Brooke says that unlike Stephanie, she doesn't make decisions for her children. Someone has to make a decision, Stephanie rants, sarcastically going on about how this waffling is the kind of behavior she always expects to see from Brooke. Felicia says that it doesn't matter, since Dante doesn't want Bridget; she adds that she and Dante are making wedding plans that don't include Brooke's crazy daughter stealing the groom. She thinks Bridget is delusional if she thinks she can have Dante, and she thinks Brooke is equally delusional if she thinks Bridget will steal Dante away from Felicia and Dino.