In Eric's office, Hope met with Carter and Ridge and was surprised they hadn't cut her budget after Thomas had gone. Carter said the topic had come up. Ridge replied that the line was in transition, and Hope had surrounded herself with a good team.

Steffy rushed in as if she was a disorganized mess. Ridge asked what was going on with her. Huffing, she complained about Deacon and said the nightmare had to end. Hope apologized for her father's behavior and decided to leave to speak to Deacon right away. Steffy told Hope to advise Deacon to stay away from Finn.

After Hope left, Carter said he was sorry Steffy and Finn were still going through it. Ridge was sure Finn and Steffy would make it. Steffy was concerned about Deacon, but Carter figured that Hope could get through to her father. Steffy checked her phone again and grunted. Ridge told her not to read anything into it, but she said she felt a bad vibe.

Charlie entered without knocking. Ridge sent Charlie out and instructed him to try it again. Charlie exited and knocked. Ridge permitted Charlie to enter, and Charlie told Ridge about a parking showdown between the head of sales and the head of accounting. Irritated that Charlie was telling him, Ridge ordered Charlie to handle it. Charlie, however, murmured that Ms. Lucas scared him. Ridge sent Carter to handle it, and Charlie and Carter exited.

Ridge assured Steffy that Finn and she would be okay. Ridge said Hope would talk to Deacon, and Steffy would never hear about Sheila again. Steffy was tired of fighting. Ridge assured his daughter that she wasn't alone, and she had him, Brooke, and Hope. "Oh, Dad, come on!" Steffy replied, noting that Hope had a soft spot for her father. Ridge hoped Hope could convince Deacon that his vision hadn't been real. Steffy said Deacon could count toes all he wanted, but Hope needed to convince him to stay away from Finn.

Ridge wished it could fix it for Steffy, but she said she could take care of herself. He was just frustrated that he couldn't help. Steffy stated that she'd taken a life, even if it hadn't been a life worth living. Ridge remarked that the only good thing Sheila had ever done had been to give birth to Finn. Steffy couldn't believe that monster was Finn's mother.

Ridge said Finn had Li and wasn't buying what Deacon was saying. Steffy reasoned that Finn did have a weird connection to Sheila. Ridge didn't get it and stated that Kelly and Hayes could have been there that night. Steffy didn't even want to think about it. She uttered that Sheila was gone for good.

At Deacon's place, Finn still marveled about Sheila being alive. Sheila said she never wanted to part from him or Deacon. Finn and Deacon assured her that they were stuck with her. Finn had always believed that if they'd just had the time, and if Sheila put in the work, they could one day have a relationship. "And when I thought you'd died...I just don't want to be apart from you, either," he concluded.

Sheila was still amazed that Deacon hadn't given up on her. He said it had never made sense that she'd go after Steffy, and then he'd seen the ten toes. Sheila replied that he'd seen them because he had wanted to stay with her until the very end. Deacon added that just the possibility of Sheila being alive had been enough for Finn to help find her.

Sheila called Deacon her hero, and Finn said she was also a hero for trying to protect his family. Sheila replied that it was her family, too. Deacon stated that Finn had to believe in the power of redemption; it wasn't enough just to believe Sheila. "You have to believe in her," Deacon asserted, and Finn affirmed that he did believe.

Finn was still in disbelief about Sheila's presence and their second chance. He stated that Sheila had offered her life to try to save his family. Sheila figured it had been devastating for them to think Steffy had killed his mother, and it had to have caused tension. Finn replied that Sheila had been dead, and it had seemed as if Steffy had been slipping away. Finn was happy that Sheila was alive and that Steffy hadn't killed her. Deacon imagined it would shock everyone that Sheila's nine toes were still tapping.

Outside the door, Hope called to Deacon. Deacon told Sheila that he wouldn't pretend she wasn't there. He kissed her hand and opened the front door. Immediately, Hope began to tell him that he couldn't keep talking about Sheila. Hope abruptly stopped speaking when she saw Sheila standing nearby. Hope froze and fainted.

Later, Deacon and Finn took Hope to the sofa and got her to wake up. Hope was disconcerted and stammering that Sheila was dead. Finn exclaimed that Deacon had been right all along, and Sheila was alive. Sheila told Hope that it was good to see her. In Hope's silence, Sheila said she wasn't a ghost, and she wasn't dead.

Deacon told Hope that his eyes hadn't been playing tricks on him when he'd seen ten toes. Hope glared at Sheila incredulously as Deacon told her what he'd learned from the text messages and from Lauren about Sugar. Finn said Sugar and Sheila had been identical except for the toes. Sheila added that, wanting revenge, Sugar had chained Sheila up in a warehouse.

Finn explained that Sugar had planned to harm Steffy and the kids but have Sheila take the fall. Hope concluded that Steffy hadn't killed Sheila. Deacon said it was all about the toes. Sheila showed her foot to Hope, and Hope saw that a middle toe was missing.

Sheila stated that she wasn't proud of what she'd done to Sugar or the mistakes Sheila had made. Sheila stated that she was a better person, and she'd changed. She'd never go after Steffy and wasn't that person anymore.

Hope still didn't seem to grasp what was going on. Finn stated that he hadn't believed it, either, until he'd seen it with his own eyes. He couldn't explain it, but he was glad they'd found Sheila. Putting his arm around Sheila, he stated that she was his birth mother, and she was alive. "My birth mother's alive," he said, and Hope stared at them incredulously.

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