~Chapter Seven~

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LAX Airport

"I am not going to let her have him, he is mine." the young blonde says to herself as she looks at the departure screen. " On top of this nightmare, I can't even take the jet since it is in Paris." Hope says as she heads to her gate.

Forrester Creations

Ally is walking down the hall looking for Rick as Quinn had asked her to deliver some sketches they had worked on together for Hope's line. She was so excited to be working for a jewelry company instead of her grandfather's fashion house, but it was nice that she would still be working with her family. She was looking at some sketches when she bumped into someone, dropping the papers in her hands.

"I am so sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." she heard as she bent down to pick up the papers. She looked up to see a pair of amazing blue eyes looking down at her.

"I wasn't looking either. I'm Oliver." he said, with a smile.

"Hi, I'm Ally, Thorne's daughter." she said as she held out her hand. When he took her hand in his, she felt an awareness she had never experienced before, and looking in his eyes, she could see he had felt something too.

Paris

"I think it is time to head back home. Thomas has said that he would like to meet with us about an idea for a new line." Eric says as he looks at his wife.

"Hey dad," Ridge cuts in, "Do you think that Taylor and I can catch a ride home with you?"

"Are you sure you want to come back to Los Angels son? You have been gone a while and some things have changed." Stephanie asks with concern.

"It doesn't matter what has changed mom, I am happy with Taylor and nothing is going to change that." Ridge says, sure of himself.

"If you are sure than we would love to have you back at Forrester." Eric replies with a smile. "I will call the pilot to let him know that we will be heading back we'll say in three hours?"

"Sounds like a plan, though we should let Steffy know that we are going back." Taylor says as she places a hand on Ridges' arm.

"I think she might be busy with a visitor." Stephanie reminds Taylor with a smile.

Quinn Artisan Jewelers

Quinn is sitting at her desk as she looks at the sketches that she and Ally had been working on earlier that day when she hears her cell phone ringing. She looks down and sees that it is Thorne calling.

"Hi Thorne, how are things over at Forrester?" she asks with a smile.

"Hi Quinn, things are doing good over here. How is Ally doing?"

"She is great, she definitely has a talent and knows what she likes. I really think she can far Thorne."

"That is great, though I have to admit that I wasn't calling about Ally. I was wondering if you might be interested in going out to dinner with me, maybe tonight?" he asks, a little nervous.

"That would be great. Do you have a place you want to go?" she asks with excitement.

"I was thinking we could go over to the Artisan Bakery Emporium, nothing too fancy." Thorne said, feeling slightly foolish.

"That will be perfect. I hate those black-tie only kind of places, they make me a little uncomfortable to be honest with you." Quinn says, hearing the uncertainty in his voice. Hearing the sigh of relief from the other end of the call, she new she had made the right choice in what she had said.

"Shall we say 7 o'clock then? I don't want to keep you out too late."

"I will see you then." she tells him before hanging up with a smile, thinking of the date she has that night with Thorne Forrester.

Hospital Room

"Katie, how are you feeling? I see here that you passed out, let me assure though that it wasn't a heart attack. Looking at your test results, it looks like it was just from stress." Dr. Meade asks with a smile.

"Yeah, your sister sleeping with your husband and then taking over his company can be stressful to say the least." Katie says with a sarcastic tone to her voice.

"Wait, Bill is sleeping with Donna? He always has seemed so loyal to you." he asks in shock.

"Actually, it is Brooke. That is why I was at her house."

"Well both Bill and Brooke are outside in the hall. They seem pretty worried about you."

"I am sure it is just guilt Dr. Meade." Katie says to him.

"Call me Jon, Katie. I think it might be genuine, though. I was told that Bill is the one that called 911 when he saw you passed out."

Forrester Creations

Rick is in his office, going over some numbers in hope that he can find a way to get Thomas out of the company when he hears the door slowly open,. He looks up to see Caroline standing there.

"What can I do for you Miss. Spencer?" he asks his ex-girlfriend coldly.

"I... I wanted to talk to you Rick." the blonde stammers out.

"As you can see, I am a little busy here. Why don't you go visit with Thomas or something." he tells her, not able to keep the venom out of his voice at Thomas's name.

"I.. I just wanted to tell you that I think I made a mistake when I ended things with you. I mean, when I got home last night I realized what I was giving up. You have always had so much faith in me and I was going to just throw it all away." she says, a tear sliding down her cheek.

"I think Caroline, that it is more likely that for some reason Thomas shot down your advances on him. You see, I saw you trying to get him back." he tells her.

"I might have gone to go see Thomas, but I do care for you Rick. Please, I don't want to lose you." Caroline implores to the man standing in front of her.

Airplane

"This is just so wrong. Liam and I should be married, that baby that bitch lost should have been mine." Hope says to herself. "But I will have that life, I will not let her win."

Forrester Creations

Thomas is in his office looking at some more of his sketches, trying to figure out which ones he really wants to show his grandfather when his office phone rings.

"Forrester Creations, Thomas Forrester speaking." he says, as he answers the phone. We see a smile begin to build as he listens to the other party on the line. "That would be great Maya, we actually need you to come in for your measurements so we can make a couple of these dresses for you to show to my grandfather. So I will see you in say, about an hour?" he asks. After a moment, he places the phone back on the cradle and smile to himself.

"I really like what I have seen of Maya so far." he says to himself.

Outside Katie's Hospital Room

"Justin, I need you to do me a favor. I heard an interesting phone call a moment ago. I need you to look into it. It was on Brooke Logan's cell phone. I want to find out who she was talking to." Bill says into his phone before hanging up.

Paris

Steffy is sitting on her couch, watching the video Liam had made her again. "I wonder if I should have gone home with everyone else. But then again, nobody asked me either. Maybe it is best that I stay here, at least until Hope and Liam are married." she says to herself. She wipes a tear from her cheek as there is knocking at her door. She gets up and open only to come face to face with man that she was just watching on the video, "Liam..."

"Steffy, I am so sorry, I made a mistake. I..." he trails off, running a hand through his hair.

"Liam, what are you doing here? What are you talking about, a mistake?" Steffy asks, slightly confused.

"I don't want to be with Hope, she isn't the woman I thought she was. She doesn't make me feel like you do."

"But Liam, she can give you the life you deserve, I can't. I selfishly took that away."

"Steffy, my love, did you mean to get hit by that car?" Liam asks, already knowing the answer.

"No, Of course not, but you had told me not to get on my bike until after I had our baby." she says, starting to cry.

"It was an accident Steffy, you were trying to get home to me." Liam says, feeling the truth in the statement.

"I was also just trying to get away from Hope. She was at Tom's... And she was crying and saying that you only married me because of the baby and that I was living her life." Steffy says, breaking down.

" I never knew that..." he says in shock.

"It wasn't important Liam, all that mattered was that I did the one thing you told me not to and lost our baby because of it."

"None of this matters love, what matters is that you are the one I want and I am here to take you home..." Liam says as he puts his arms around his wife.