B&B Spoilers: Brooke locks Taylor in dressing room to stop Ridge’s proposal, Rebecca Budig leaves
Ridge thought he’d buried every lingering feeling for Brooke when he promised Taylor a future.
But when Brooke’s dazzling comeback collection ignites the Forrester showroom, her presence stirs memories he’s tried to forget. Sitting beside Taylor, Ridge feels the pull of the past and whispers that it’s all just showmanship. Taylor, ever perceptive, senses the crack in his conviction.
Though she’s endured decades of heartbreak in this triangle, Taylor feels dread creeping in. Ridge, sensing her fear, doubles down on commitment.
He tells Eric he plans to propose, hoping that a vow will seal their future and silence the past. Eric urges caution—he’s learned the human heart resists ultimatums.
Brooke overhears and panics. Though she congratulates Ridge publicly, inside, she’s unraveling. She remembers his words, that she made his world technicolor.
She can’t lose him. Meanwhile, Taylor designs her own wedding dress, channeling her doubts into silk and sketches.
Ridge arranges a romantic rooftop dinner with lights, champagne, and a custom-made dress symbolizing Taylor’s strength. But Brooke, discovering its location, sneaks into the atelier. Fueled by jealousy, she shreds the dress with sewing scissors.
Unsatisfied, she lures Taylor into a dressing room under false pretenses, locks the door, and flees—intending only to delay, not harm.
As Ridge waits, unease grows. He searches the building and finds Taylor unconscious behind the locked door. The stress, fear, and lack of air trigger a heart attack.
Ridge performs CPR, but it’s too late. Paramedics confirm her death. His scream echoes through Forrester Creations.
Security footage reveals Brooke’s actions. She insists she never meant harm—only to pause the wedding. But intention doesn’t erase the outcome.
The district attorney launches an involuntary manslaughter investigation. Tabloids paint Brooke as a femme fatale. Her supporters fade. Only Nick Marone remains, urging her to testify truthfully and forgive herself.
At Taylor’s funeral, Ridge lays a piece of the ruined dress in the casket. Guilt consumes him. He steps down as co-CEO and starts a fashion line supporting heart disease research.
Brooke disappears from the public eye, moving to New York and writing unsent letters—to Ridge, to Steffy, to Taylor’s ghost. Each one ends: “I wish I could turn scissors into thread.”
Though charges are dropped, Ridge avoids Brooke. She’s shunned at Forrester, her legacy unraveling. In winter, Ridge scatters Taylor’s ashes on a Malibu cliff, vowing to honor her in every dawn. Rumors swirl of his retreat to Amsterdam, but he still visits the rooftop where the proposal was meant to happen.
Los Angeles moves on, chasing reinvention. But for Ridge and Brooke, the love triangle that once dazzled now lies in ruins—its final chapter sewn with loss, guilt, and a tragedy no vow could undo.
