Taylor told Nick after arriving at his place, that saying goodbye to him was the hardest thing for her, because he was the love of her life. She told him also that it was the right thing for her to do in order to have a happy life of her own. He insisted that he still loved her, but Taylor told him that she was selfish enough to know that as long as he still cared about another woman, it wouldn't work for the two of them. He tried to tell her that it was her choice to leave, but she said that remaining would have been worse. She had finally realized that the bond between him and Brooke had never been broken and probably never would be.
When Eric had the chance to talk with Ridge, he asked for his help because of the situation that had come up, but Ridge was still so angry at learning that it was Storm who shot Stephanie, While his sisters began to come to the realization that their brother was about to be shipped off to jail, Storm came in and realized what had happened. Donna was blaming herself for not being able to keep up her end of the deal with Stephanie.
