The Forrester mansion — once filled with laughter and wedding bells — became a battlefield of betrayal tonight as Ridge Forrester’s long-awaited wedding to Taylor Hayes collapsed in flames. Just moments before the ceremony, Eric Forrester made a revelation that shattered his son’s world and exposed a secret buried deep within the family’s past.
As the rain lashed against the mansion windows, Eric appeared in the grand hall, pale and trembling, clutching a sealed envelope. “You need to see this before you marry her,” he whispered to Ridge, his voice heavy with guilt. Inside the envelope — a photo and a handwritten confession that would detonate the entire ceremony.
The truth? It was Taylor, not Brooke, who made the anonymous call to Child Protective Services that nearly tore Thomas and Douglas apart. And worse — she had done it deliberately, fearing that the truth about Thomas’s mental breakdown would destroy the Forrester name.
Ridge’s breath caught in his throat. The color drained from his face. “You lied to me,” he muttered, his voice breaking as he dropped the photo to the floor — a photo showing Taylor meeting privately with the CPS investigator weeks before the call.
Unbeknownst to them, Taylor had been standing outside the door, bouquet in hand, ready to walk down the aisle. When she heard Eric’s words, her trembling hands released the flowers, petals scattering across the marble floor as she whispered, “No… it can’t be.”
Moments later, Ridge stormed into the foyer, fury in his eyes. “You destroyed us, Taylor!” he shouted. “You made me hate Brooke for something you did!” Taylor fell to her knees, sobbing, begging him to understand. But Ridge, shaking with rage, ripped off his wedding ring and threw it at her feet.
The ceremony ended not with vows — but with screams.
In the aftermath, Ridge drove away into the storm, leaving Taylor collapsed in tears and Eric haunted by his own role in the cover-up. Meanwhile, Brooke Logan received an unexpected visitor at her home — Ridge himself, drenched from the rain, confessing that he never stopped loving her.
But as the two shared a tearful embrace, the camera cut to Taylor, standing in the doorway, watching — her face no longer broken, but burning with vengeance.
⚠️ SPOILER — NEXT EPISODE:
The morning after, the Forrester estate is rocked by another shock — Eric collapses in his study after receiving an anonymous message:
“You weren’t supposed to tell him. Now, you’ll pay the price.”
