Ridge and Brooke spend a romantic evening on Barbados. He reassures his fiancée that everything will get back to normal soon. Despite being seriously alarmed by Stephanie's outburst, Judge Tannenbaum awards Eric permanent custody of Rick and Bridget on grounds of defection of their mother. Eric and Stephanie take the children home to the Forrester Mansion and promise that they will take good care of them. James and Maggie find a saddened Sheila sitting alone in the court room who explains to them that she failed Brooke and that Stephanie managed to take her kids away from her.
—Torsten B. Tomaschek