Steffy challenged Rick to end his vendetta against her dad, which she knew he couldn't do. "You're being unreasonable!" Rick yelled, which brought Ridge and Taylor downstairs. "It's over, Rick!" Steffy insisted but he sneered at Ridge for getting his daughter back under his thumb. Steffy screamed for her dad to get Rick out of the house but he finally walked out on his own volition. After he left, Steffy hugged her dad then asked her parents, "How could I be so wrong?" She worried that Rick will try to break up Ridge and Brooke but he insisted, "I'll be fine." Steffy beat herself up for causing her mom and dad so much trouble and apologized profusely. "I'm just glad to have you back," Ridge smiled.

Brooke assured Katie that her marriage is fine despite Taylor's interference. Rick showed up and Brooke reminded that they have much to plan for his upcoming nups. "The wedding is off," he fumed. Katie quickly excused herself and left. Brooke asked what happened and Rick explained how Ridge resorted to "lame" and "pathetic" methods to break up his relationship with Steffy. Rick claimed that Ridge provoked him into saying some not-so-nice things. Mom was shocked to hear that Ridge deliberately recorded Rick then used it against him with Steffy. Rick then blabbed how Taylor has been working with Ridge to bring Rick down, which peeved Brooke. "I allowed myself to fall right into Ridge and Taylor's trap," Rick seethed but Brooke didn't think it was over. She told her son to stay put and that she'd be right back.

After Steffy went upstairs with Taylor, Brooke barged in and confronted Ridge with what he did to Rick. Ridge freely confessed to what he did but made no apologies about it. Taylor returned downstairs and referred to Rick as "sick" and "spiteful." Brooke blasted Taylor for her actions but Taylor berated Brooke for continuing to defend her emotionally-unbalanced son. Taylor then asked Ridge how he could be with a woman who is the mother of the person responsible for their daughter's death. "She's more loyal to her grown son than she is to you," Taylor pointed out. "It's only going to get worse." Taylor advised Ridge that she belonged with her.