Chapter 25:
It's been a few months since Taylor, Jackson, and Lia have been born. Everyone was born healthy and happy with no drama. Hope gave birth to her baby girl, also healthy but not drama free. She tried to have Bill bared from putting his name on her birth certificate, but Bill was too powerful and had too many connections. They went back and forth with the names, they settled on Willa Faith. It was a play on both of their names.
Hope and Bill fought constantly about Willa's custody. Hope finally agreed to a 50/50 custody agreement after Brooke implied that Bill was powerful enough to take full custody from her.
Things at Forrester have gotten even more tense since Felicia found out about Eric Sharpe being the one who hacked S.T. Marone. She had Dominick strategically record a confession out of him. He managed to avoid jail time but got probation and a restraining order against him. Because of his involvement Felicia had grounds to fire Hope since she was the reason he did it. He claimed it was to help his sister out. Hope was angry with Eric at the time, but eventually forgave him, since he was trying to help her.
Dominick has been so good at finding out about Eric Sharpe that he opened up his own IT consulting company and works closely with Forrester and S.T. Marone.
Eric Sharpe has started working as a bartender at his father's restaurant. Hollis got fired after he started to make Brooke and Hope uncomfortable. He started to become obsessed with both of them
Liam and Sebastian's surgery went very successfully. Liam and Ivy grew closer as he recovered at her house. They decided to give being a family a shot and he moved in permanently. They also discussed the possibility of starting their own company. Ivy has shown a lot of promise as a designer. They considered opening their own fashion house with Ivy as the lead designer and Liam working the business side.
Brooke and Ridge have been having a lot of problems. Ridge has been getting increasingly agitated at the amount of time Brooke has been spending so much time with not only Deacon but Bill as well and he does not trust that she can control herself around either one of them. They had such a heated argument that he walked out. Brooke trying to find him went to Eric's place, she bursts through the door as Eric sits drinking a martini at the piano, "Brooke, what a pleasant surprise." Eric says standing up and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Do you know where Ridge is?"
"No, he hasn't been here." Eric says taking a sip of his martini, "Did you two get into a fight?"
"Yes, he keeps getting on my case about spending time with Deacon and Bill. But what am I supposed to do Deacon is the father of my daughter and Bill is the father of my granddaughter."
"Don't worry, he'll come around. You two are destiny."
Brooke smiles, "Thank you Eric, you always know what to say to make me feel better."
They stare into each other's eyes for a long time, before either of them could say anything they lean into a passionate kiss. They pull away and stare again then go right back to kissing, they end up on the couch and begin to make passionate love.
Meanwhile, Donna is pulling into their driveway. She gets out of the car with all of her shopping bags. When she turns around she sees Ridge pulling in right behind her. "Hey Ridge." Donna greets him as he gets out of his car.
"Hey Donna," Ridge says sounding exasperated, "I hate to do this to you and Dad but I think I need to stay here a night or two."
"Uh oh, did you and my sister have another fight?"
"Yeah, do you mind? I just need to clear my head."
"No I don't mind at all. I'm sure your father won't mind either. Come on, lets go in and get a drink, you look like you could use one."
Donna and Ridge turn to go in, once they open the door they are greeted with a disturbing scene. They walk in to see Brooke and Eric having sex on the couch. Brooke and Eric hear them come in and stop in horror as they realize they've been caught.
