Carl became unglued at possibly telling Bridget that the information he had given her was false, and that it had not been proven that all was safe in regards to whom the baby's mother of Nick's child might be. Brooke asked Nick to tear up her new contract so that she could return to Ridge and the Forrester Original company. Constantine told Ridge that he believed Rick was not being faithful to Phoebe, although Ridge had given his okay for Rick and Phoebe to see each other without interfering with their relationship. Stephanie was irate at Ridge's invitation to Brooke to rejoin the company, while Eric and Thorne were okay with it. After getting Ridge and Ashley to agree to have dinner together, Ashley was told that Ridge headed over to Brooke's house after their date. Brooke tried to entice Ridge into staying the night with the "family" and start over by taking the first step.