Deacon and Sheila Make a Gruesome Discovery at Il Giardino

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At Forrester Creations, Hope sits and tries to sketch when Steffy comes in. Steffy says it looks like Hope knows about Paris, Thomas and Douglas leaving for France. Hope says Thomas was here, and she gave him her blessing. Steffy is impressed. Hope says she’s been doing soul searching, and she needs to take a step back to figure out why she wants what she wants.

Steffy tells Hope that she did a good thing. She says she’s proud of her and Thomas, noting they got themselves out of a relationship that wouldn’t have worked. Hope calls that her opinion and the jury is still out on Thomas and Paris. Steffy has faith, and they aren’t rushing into a marriage just yet. Steffy asks what triggered this change in Hope, or was it someone?

Hope says it was just a conversation with her mom, who helped her understand why she feels the way she does. She is moving past it, and Steffy asks what “it” is. Hope tells her it’s nothing that concerns her.

Jack and Li show up at Finn’s office. Li comments it’s like Jack is stalking her. Jack says he’s here to see his son, and Finn asks if they can keep this cordial. Finn wonders what this is about stalking. He asks, have they seen each other lately? They claim they ran into one another at Il Giardino.

Li says she stopped for take-out. Jack explains he was drinking and left as the performer was terrible. Li says after he left, Tom died. Finn is shocked they were both there at the same time, and when Tom died. Jack feels bad he called the guy a terrible singer.

Li excuses herself when she gets a call, and Jack apologizes to Finn for dropping in unannounced. He’s glad Finn is opening up to Poppy and Luna. He calls Poppy a gentle soul, and he’s glad she discovered that Luna is Spencer’s daughter.

Later, Jack is gone, and Li returns. Li doesn’t want to talk about his father. Talk turns to Poppy. Li disapproves of how her sister has lived her life, but she’s incredibly lucky to have been embraced by Bill and get everything she’s wanted.

At Bill’s, he thanks Luna and Li for bringing happiness back into this house. He wants to give Luna his last name and adopt her. He says his name, and everything that goes with it, is her birthright. Poppy notes she has some errands to run, and Bill needs to get to the office to prepare for some new tax codes. They leave Luna home alone.

At Il Giardino, in the storage room, Hollis is puzzled by the letters in Tom’s backpack. Deacon calls out to him for help, so he leaves them.

Hollis checks in with Deacon, and the power begins flickering again. They know the last time this happened, they were without power for hours, so they decided not to take any more customers.

At Deacon’s place, Sheila reads the news about Tom’s death on her tablet. She says, Poor Tom.”

Sheila shows up at Il Giardino and asks Hollis if there is a power problem again. Hollis explains Deacon is looking into it. Sheila can sense he’s troubled, and Hollis tells her that he found something important. She asks what he found out. He says it’s about Tom and how he died. Sheila tells him that he overdosed, but he wants to show her something and walks off.

Suddenly, the lights flicker again. Sheila goes behind the bar and begins cleaning up. The customers have now all left. Hollis returns with Tom’s backpack, and she asks why he has that. He believes he discovered something in it, and Sheila asks if he’s looking for his drug stash. He says he isn’t, and he just wants to show her something. Sheila says it’s wrong to go through his belongings, and that thing is filthy, so throw it in the trash. Sheila orders him to do it. The lights continue to flicker.

Later, Hollis is alone at the bar, continuing to clean. The lights go out fully, so he uses his phone as a flashlight. He hasn’t thrown out Tom’s backpack and goes through it. Someone arrives, and he wonders what they are doing here. He’s glad to see them as he has to talk to someone about this.

It’s a new day. Hope is in the office making coffee. She sees texts from Douglas saying he already misses her. Finn drops in, looking for Steffy. He asks how she’s doing what with Thomas, Paris and Douglas gone. She doesn’t say anything. He thinks it’s for the best, as she’ll find the man she’s meant to be.

At the Cliff House, Steffy is on the phone with Chief Baker. She finds it suspicious that Tom died where Sheila works.

At Deacon’s place, he tells Sheila that the power is set to be restored, and they can open on time. He was in bed when she got back last night and asks why she was so late. She just wanted to make sure everything was well stocked. She offers to go make them some espressos. Deacon asks if everything is okay. She says she just loves him and their life, and she won’t let anyone take that from her.

At Il Giardino, Sheila arrives and notices things are a bit messy. She sees table cloths everwhere  As she picks them up, she lets out a scream. Deacon comes running, and they find Hollis passed out behind the bar. Deacon call 911, and Sheila looks for a pulse and says, “Hollis is dead.”

Next on The Bold and the Beautiful, Hollis died from the same drugs as Tom.