Dear Faithful Readers:  It is with a heavy heart I have decided this will be my last week to write my daily updates for The Bold and the Beautiful.  The past 10 ½ years have been fun but a decade is a long time and things have changed in my life.  Time constraints keep me from being able to devote the time and effort I would like to the task.  I thank each and every one of you for being such great fans and I’m sorry if you feel I’m letting you down.  This decision was not easy to make and has actually been about 2 years in the making.  Thank you for your kind words, devotion, and support through the years.  I will probably miss you more than you’ll miss me.

So anyway…Brooke went to Jackie M Designs and found Whip going looking around Nick’s Office.  Whip said he wasn’t snooping.  He was just looking for something Nick was supposed to have left for him.  Brooke didn’t necessarily believe him but wondered why Whip was so defensive.  She told him she actually wanted to talk to him.  First, she thought he was a decent guy even though their past history was somewhat strange.  But she also thought he had something to do with Sandy/Agnes being Nick and Bridget’s surrogate.  She found it too coincidental that Whip would suddenly reappear in their lives, find a job at Jackie M, and then his cousin was carrying Nick and Bridget’s baby.  Nick was surprised Brooke knew the truth about Sandy’s identity.  But he denied having anything to do with her situation.  He had looked for a job in Los Angeles.  Stephanie had originally hired him so he could seduce Brooke away from Ridge.  (As if that was going to happen.)  But listening to Whip, Brooke realized he knew nothing about Sandy’s problem.

Meanwhile, Bridget invited Stephanie to an odd lunch at Il Geomeotrico.  Bridget told her former step-mother of her difficult relationship with both her and Brooke.  Brooke had betrayed her trust by sleeping with Deacon.  Stephanie had lost her trust by faking a heart attack.  But Bridget was past all that.  She wanted to make sure Stephanie would be a part of her child’s life.  La Forrester was touched.  (And if you’re not going to eat that salad, can I have a bite?)

And over in that basement room of Police Headquarters, Lt. Baker explained the evidence held there was stuff that had never been examined or tested.  You see, murders were a high priority.  Assaults against children and that caused great harm were second.  Rape cases were not so high on the list – especially if the prosecutors didn’t think there would be much evidence or a strong case.  It came down to a matter of money.  There were only so many funds available to them.  They couldn’t spend money on every case that came across their desks.  Although it made sense economically, Nick and Sandy were horrified to learn the cold hard truth.  The statute of limitations was 10 years.  Some of the cases in the room were nearly 8 years old.  Lt. Baker promised to find the evidence in Sandy’s rape case and pursue it immediately.  They looked for Sandy’s rape evidence kit.  It was tough going until Sandy found the bag with the blouse she was wearing that night.

It was emotional for her.  Well of course it was.