Brooke reeled from Ridge's revelation. "Your son tried to kill my son?" she gasped. Ridge explained that Thomas didn't mean any harm and wasn't trying to kill Rick. Brooke had a hard time swallowing that and it didn't get any easier when Ridge shared that he won't let Thomas confess. Brooke feared that he would act out against Rick but Ridge promised that wouldn't happen. Ridge begged Brooke to keep this secret and she finally gave in. "Rick won't find out from me," she sighed.

A job-seeking Owen barged into Jackie's office and was surprised to find Bridget designing. He guessed that she was Madam X and she tried to cover that she was simply meeting Jackie for lunch. Owen didn't believe her. He teased that he now had leverage on Bridget and wanted her to help him get a job at Jackie M. Bridget pointed out that he would need to talk to Jackie about that and Owen kissed her. Jackie entered and wasn't happy that Owen now knew Madam X's identity. He assured her that he just wanted a job and wasn't going to blab. Bridget left and Jackie interviewed Owen, then promised to keep him in mind. After Owen departed, Jackie looked over his portfolio and was impressed by his swimsuit shots.

While Thomas was alone, Rick showed up and wanted to know why Tom had a problem with him. "You and I used to be friends, Thomas," Rick pointed out and asked why Thomas slugged him. Thomas then raged how Rick took advantage of Phoebe, Taylor and Steffy. Thomas got so overly worked up that Rick figured out that Thomas was his assailant. Rick pointed out that both Phoebe and Taylor dumped him so that doesn't make him the bad guy. Thomas said that Rick only pursued them because he wanted to get back at Ridge for an unhappy childhood. Rick threatened to call the police and Thomas attacked him. When Rick started to fight back, Ridge intervened by grabbing Rick's arm. "Don't you ever lay a hand on my son," Ridge growled.