Bill ushers Liam out through a passage straight to his waiting car, he can see his son is shell shocked, and despite wanting to return to Steffy he knows, at this moment, Liam needs him more.

Once they're in the vehicle Bill quickly tells the driver to head straight for his house, then he turns to Liam.

"I'm taking you to my place so you have some time to yourself, and where that braying pack of reporters can't reach you."

Liam turns to his father frowning. "You knew, didn't you? You knew about Finn and Hope! You knew what Steffy was planning and you didn't say a thing to me! You let me and my wife be humiliated in front of the world! How could you? What the hell is wrong with you!" he ends in a scream of rage.

Bill takes a deep breath. "Yes, I knew, and I didn't say a damn thing. Tell me Liam, why would I? After actually seeing what you did to Steffy, then knowing that you went back to her when Beth was missing, with all your promises, all your protestations of love and of you being a family again, to what? To throw her aside once little miss saint Theresa got your daughter back and decided she wanted you back! Well WHOOP DE DO! Tell me Liam, who had Steffi's back when you were treating her like something you'd just scraped off of your boot? Who was there for Steffy through everything you put her and your own daughter through? No-one, she got through it all by herself and continued on. For gods' sake, she even found it with-in herself to forgive the pair of you, despite the pain and humiliation you put her through! Then finally, finally, she finds another man, someone she can give her heart to again, someone she can put her faith in, someone she can trust, despite his parentage! She went through hell yet again because of Sheila Carter, but once again, she put that behind her, because she had her husband, her family, until, ONCE AGAIN", Bill shouts, your wife, your precious, innocent, never does a wrong thing Hope Logan Hope decides that you aren't enough for her thirsty little eyes any more, so she waits until Steffi's new husband is drunk and then sleeps with him! he snarls.

"Well, guess what? That isn't on Steffy! That's all on Hope and Finn, ALL OF IT! He says in disgust.

"But what she did, to tell everyone, to tell the world like that, Dad, that wasn't right, it wasn't fair." Sputters Liam trying to defend himself.

Bill shrugs, "For once in your life try looking at things from Steffi's point of view. Hope comes back from Italy, she promises Steffy to help her with you, to try to heal your marriage." Bill holds up a hand as Liam is about to angrily interrupt.

"I know the part I played in that Liam, you don't have to remind me, but we're talking about you and Hope here. Tell me, did she really try to help? Or was she slowly seducing you? Was she using her time with you to point out all of Steffi's flaws? Did she have the temerity to say she'd never do anything like that? Do you honestly think, given all that happened back then, and Hopes "unplanned" pregnancy, that she hasn't wondered the same things? Don't you think, that given all of this, that having her husband, the man that she loves, inform her that Hope had slept with him, that you weren't enough for her so once again she'd slept with her husband! Especially after she'd actually given you to her, and rebuilt a new life for her and her daughter, do you really think that she shouldn't feel any rage? That she wasn't entitled to want revenge! Grow up! It's not Steffy who has caused any of this Liam, and we both know that that's the truth you're hiding from. You want to be mad at Steffy because that will stop you from facing the real truth. Your wife, the woman you gave up everything for, the woman who swore she loved you, cheated on you with Steffi's husband, just like she cheated with you on Steffi!"

A broken sob escapes Liam, "Why? Why would she do that to me? Why would she do that to our family? It doesn't make sense, I knew she was on edge for a while but I never thought . . . Oh god, what am I going to do?"

Bill frowns as the car pulls into his driveway. "First off you're going to sit down and have a drink with me. I think Wyatts home at the moment."

At Liams look Bill continues. "He finally sold his and Flos place and moved back in with me while he hunts around for something new, I've offered to send him over to our European branch for a while, to help him get over what happened to Flo, he's thinking about it. The offer is also open to you too if you'd like, it might do you both some good to get away for a while, even a couple of months might give you some perspective on things."

Liam looks blankly out the window as they pull up to the house. "It's to early for me to think about that yet, but you're right about one thing. I need a drink.

Bill nods, "That's fine", they both jump out of the car and head inside.

Meanwhile at R.E.B. Designs . . .

Ridges stares at the computer monitor, his mouth open in shock as he watches Hope sprinting from the runway, he turns to Eric, who has joined him to watch the broadcast. I knew, but I never realized . . . all this time I never realized how badly . . . how much they hurt . . . Oh god!" He closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his nose as Steffy continues to talk.

Both Eric and Ridge cease talking as they continue to listen, and then to watch the show. As the firebirds last note ceases Ridge slams down the laptops screen and looks back up at Eric. "I have to go to her, I have to make sure she's alright."

Eric frowns, "Ridge, what about Brooke? What about Hope, they'll need you?"

Brooke runs into the office; she's been down on the cutting room floor watching the show from a computer in the downstairs office as she works. "Oh my god, Ridge!" she cries as she runs to him, teras streaming down her cheeks.

"How could she? That's so vile, so evil, my poor baby, we have to find her, she must be devastated!"

Ridge stares at Brooke in shock "Hope? You're worried about Hope?"

Brooke looks between the two of them as Eric reaches out to place a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Of course I'm worried about Hope, after what Steffy did to her, the cruelty, the viciousness! I knew she could be vindictive, but this is sick! Hope must be devastated!"

Ridge wheels on her, the image of Hope with her legs wrapped Liam as his clearly devastated daughter looks on still fresh in his mind.

"Hope!" he shouts. "And what about Steffy? My daughter, the one whose husband your slut of a daughter slept with AGAIN!" He shouts in rage.

"Ridge, we don't know the whole story, you heard Hope, they were drunk, there were extenuating circumstances," cries Brooke desperately.

"Ridge, Brookes right, perhaps we should wait until we hear what Hope has to say." Says Eric as he moves beside Brooke.

Ridge stares at the two of them for a moment as things slowly come into focus for him. He knows Eric will back Brooke one hundred percent, no matter what. He always has, and he always will, but was he any better? He thinks to himself as he looks at the two of them together.

He grabs his coat and storms out of the room, as he slams the door behind him he can he Brookes desperate cry of "Ridge, please, don't go!" He continues out the door, he needs to see his daughter, not right now, but soon. In the meantime, he needs to think.

Meanwhile over at Deacons, Deacon has installed a large screen and is live streaming the HFTF Fashion show to his packed Restaurant and Bar. . . .

Deacon is sitting with Taylor, both have their mouths slightly ajar as the watch and listen to what's unfolding, at the end of the show his patrons let out a huge roar of approval as they stand and start to clap, Deacon turns to Taylor, still in shock but slowly regaining his senses.

"Did you know?" he asks staring at the woman he's been dating for the last seven weeks, and sleeping with for the last three. For the first time in his life he feels like he's finally got something good, something worthwhile going on, and now this!

Taylor shakes her head as she comes out of her stupor, "You?" she asks watching him closely.

Deacon shakes his head in the negative too, at her suspicious gaze he adds, "I swear Taylor, this is as big a shock to me as it is to you. I still trying to process it all, and despite what she's done, Hopes still my daughter and she must be devastated. I'm truly sorry, but I have to go, I have to find her and see if I can help."

Taylor nods, "You're right, she's still your daughter, despite what she's done, and Steffy is still my daughter, I have to go to her, I have to make sure she's okay. Believe it or not, having to relive what she went through, having to expose all of that humiliation and pain to the public, although it can be very therapeutic, it's also incredibly painful."

She reaches out a hand and covers Deacons. "We'll talk later?"

Deacon nods, "I'll call you."

Taylor gathers her bag and scarf and leaves as Deacon quickly goes to the bar to tell the staff he'll be gone for the rest of the day and that the duty manager will have to lock up, then he to leaves.

Meanwhile over at Finns office . . . .

Finn sits back in his chair as the final cries of the Phoenix echo up from his personal laptop. His fingers steeple over his chest as he relaxes back and smiles. He can hear the wild cackling of his mother as she laughs uproariously at what they've both watched.

She finally quietens down before whispering "You were right to wait," She giggles insanely, "If you would have told Liam about you sleeping with Hope we would have missed all of this! Hope's public humiliation, Brooke Logans comeuppance! And best of all, Liam Spencers pain, did you see it, Finn? Did you see what you did to him? Did you watch his face as he finally realised the truth?"

Finn laughs low in his throat and nods, "I knew Steffy wouldn't let this go, I didn't think it would take this long, and truthfully, I was almost going to go over there and tell Liam a couple of days ago, but this . . . this, is just perfect!"

He starts to laugh uncontrollably, getting louder and louder until finally a nurse pokes her head in.

"Are you okay Dr Finnigan"

Finns' laughter slowly retreats as he wipes his streaming eyes. "Sorry Anne" he says to the wary nurse. "Just some really good news."

The nurse nods and smiles, "It's good to see you happy again Dr," she says with a coy smile and leaves the room.

Finn looks at the computer screen contemplatively, he's brows drawn together as he wonders how things will play out from now on.

He listens to his mother's cackle and smiles, he never thought he'd be happy again, not after what had happened. A slow smile spreads across his face, "Looks like I was wrong." he says feeling more contended than he has in weeks.

Today has been a good day. A very good day!