Rick told his mother he had fallen in love again. "I couldn't be happier," he said sheepishly. "I'm so happy for you honey," Brooke replied as she hugged her son. She was stunned, however, to learn the woman's name was Stephanie Forrester. "Ridge's daughter," she said, horrified.

"Are you trying to break up Ridge and me?" Brooke asked her son. Rick then admitted to his mother that he had stolen the family's designs for a future with Steffy. "I don't know what to think, except that you are completely out of your mind," Brooke said. "I won't allow it.” Rick explained that Stephanie and Taylor were aware of the romance, but Eric didn't know yet. Brooke grew more and more hysterical. "I do not understand this. You were in love with Phoebe, Taylor and now Steffy. Don't you see how this is wrong?" she asked. Brooke refused to support her son in this relationship. "I fricking forbid you from seeing Steffy Forrester," she yelled.

Steffy told Taylor she loves Rick and doesn't want to give him up. Taylor tried to convince her daughter that Rick was just using her. Enter Dr. James Warwick. "Somebody has to make you see reason," Taylor said. Taylor asked for James' help in getting Steffy to see the light. A defensive Steffy called James' presence an intervention. James tried to get her to look at all the women Rick had been involved with. "Rick is using you in the most insidious way," James stated emphatically. Steffy jumped to Rick's defense. Stephanie tried to explain that Rick was using Steffy to get back at Ridge. "Can you choose to love a man that your father possibly will hate forever?" James asked. James thought that Steffy would eventually resent Rick and that she was going to hurt her father. Steffy sobbed in her mother's arms and claimed that she would never hurt Ridge on purpose.

Nick saw through Madame X immediately. "Bridget is going to be our salvation," Jackie told her son. Bridget explained to her ex that she has design talent in her blood. She took a leave of absence from the hospital and wanted to pursue her dream. She added that she didn't want to use her name — that would be Forrester — to get into the fashion business. Bridget made it clear that she wanted to stay as far away from Nick as possible. Nick told her that they would be in the same building. Bridget wondered if perhaps she'd made a mistake in accepting Jackie's job offer. Nick hoped she wouldn't walk away from her dream "because of me" but he added that he had to be hands on with the company. Bridget didn't think it was smart that she work there. Jackie wouldn't hear of it. "Both of you are going to make it work," Jackie insisted.

Clarke stormed in and wanted to get the dish on Madame X. He was stunned to learn that Bridget Forrester was the secret designer. Jackie tried to listen in on what Nick and Bridget were talking about and hinted that she wasn't keen on the Nick/Katie relationship.