Hope was shocked when Steffy saved her fashion line in , but it came with conditions. At the end of the day, is Steffy only looking out for herself (and her marriage) or is she trying to help Hope, too? The fate of Hope for the Future was in Steffy’s (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) hands. Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Vincent) presented the data that said, without question, that Hope’s (Annika Noelle) fashion line was sinking rapidly and ultimately costing Forrester Creations money.
When Steffy proclaimed that Hope for the Future would live on, everyone was shocked. Later, when Steffy met with Hope privately, she revealed that there would be conditions on the decision. Steffy would not allow Hope to become her mother, and she won’t allow Hope to interfere with her marriage.
Cross those lines and Hope for the Future is done. “Do not turn into Brooke Logan,” Steffy told Hope, referring to how Hope’s mother, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), tore the Forrester family apart when she dated (and married) Forrester patriarch Eric (John McCook) and several Forrester men, including Ridge. Of course, when Ridge and Brooke connected, it led to the demise of Ridge’s marriage to Taylor (Rebecca Budig), Steffy’s mother.
What we find interesting about Steffy’s latest ultimatum (given how frequently she issues them...
) is the wording of it. It’s a warning, to be sure, but it’s more than that. If you didn’t know better, there’s almost an imploring quality .