Zende surprises Paris by helping her mother, Grace Buckingham, into Forrester Creations to meet her daughter. Paris is overjoyed to see her mother - and even more so when she says that after resigning from her previous job, she has been offered a position in a nearby hospital. Grace plans to stay in Los Angeles. Brooke denies being with anyone when she began drinking. Sheila murmurs to herself in her hotel room. Hope continues to blame herself for Brooke's relapse, but Liam tries to get her to see that there could have been millions of other reasons why Brooke started drinking. Zende tells Carter about his surprise to Paris. He also tells him about his planned proposal that never happened. Carter admits to knowing about the engagement ring beforehand as Zende wonders if he has competition from someone - is Paris seeing someone else? Ridge brings Brooke home from the AA meeting and empties the bar. He promises to never leave Brooke again.