The day of Bill's funeral, Katie noted how distracted Brooke was — correctly realizing it wasn't Bill's death that had her in that condition. Brooke revealed Ridge had spent the night at Taylor's. At Casa Hayes-Forrester, Thomas noted to his mom that Brooke and Ridge's marriage was in "major trouble." Taylor admitted she wished she'd fought harder for Ridge and Thomas comforted her. Later, Stephanie arrived home and talked to Taylor about Caroline...and Ridge. Thomas weighed in as well, adding that Ridge "belongs here." Stephanie urged Taylor to take back control of her life.

At Forrester, Eric and Ridge discussed Stephanie's new 'tude and Donna arrived. Ridge cracked on Bill and Donna's association during "your modeling days," and Donna revealed she's invited to Bill's will reading. After she left, Ridge played Rick's recording for Eric and asked him to fire Rick. Eric wondered how much trouble all of this was causing with Brooke and told Ridge that he and Rick were just going to have to co-exist. Ridge stormed out, deeming that impossible. He warily came home to Brooke's, where she told him he could relax: Rick was gone. And Rick and Steffy had broken up, "wasn't that enough?" Ridge noted that Rick was out of Steffy's life, but not theirs. Cue one of their standard Rick arguments, with a side of "Taylor wants you back!" Back at Forrester, a frantic Pam tried to track down Ridge to sign some vital papers, with no luck.

At Jackie M, Karen arrived at Steph's office for the will reading. Stephanie caught her up on the latest Forrester/Logan happenings and then Clarke appeared. He was surprised that the turnout for the will reading was so slim, and everyone was surprised to see Donna. Bill's lawyer read a short statement and then handed out "gifts." Donna got a beautiful but empty little jewel box (symbolic much?). Clarke got a chocolate gold medal "as fake as your designs." Karen got 50% of his empire, and so did his son Bill, Jr. Stephanie was sure Karen and her brother would be great at the publishing biz! Donna and Clarke stormed out, huffy. Alone, Karen gave Stephanie a moving letter from Bill. They talked about Caroline, and Karen stepping into Bill's shoes and then said their goodbyes.