Brooke bluntly tells Grant that she loves Ridge. Grant cannot believe it; he professes his devotion and pulls her into a kiss. An appalled Brooke pushes him away. Grant is crushed. Ridge happily shows Lauren the wedding dress he designed for Brooke. She warns him that his idea of a public proposal to Brooke could backfire on him. Brooke explains to Katie that she made her decision and put an end to her flirtation with Grant. Meanwhile, Grant confides in Lauren that Brooke rejected him. At the Forrester Mansion, Taylor tries to make Jessica come to terms with her rape and shares her own emotional ordeal when someone attacked her last year in the privacy of her own home. This helps Jessica bond with Taylor who encourages her patient to resolve her feelings. Jessica believes that she has to track down her attacker in order to move on with her life.
—Torsten B. Tomaschek