Brooke shares with Katie that she is absolutely certain that Ridge will return from the solitude of the mountains with divorce plans for Taylor and a marriage proposal for herself. Later, Taylor inquires with Brooke about Ridge's whereabouts. Brooke hides from Taylor that Ridge is up in Big Bear and tries to place insecurities in her mind that her marriage will soon be over. At the cabin, Stephanie tries to influence Ridge to choose Taylor. The lengthy stay in prison begins to wear heavily on Thorne. Macy tries to cheer him up with the news that she was able to lure a confession out of Anthony. Unfortunately, Lt. Burke has to break it to them that the tape is unusable. Hence, Macy storms off with the intention to get the much needed evidence against Anthony. What Macy does not know is that Anthony is now fully aware of her real intentions for courting him. He hatches a devious revenge plan.
—Torsten B. Tomaschek