LOS ANGELES – The Bold and the Beautiful is no stranger to seismic shifts in power, but Monday, May 26, 2025,

promises an earthquake of epic proportions as long-buried secrets explode into the spotlight.

What begins as a crisis of health quickly transforms into a legacy-defining battle for identity, inheritance, and the soul of Forrester Creations.

As Eric Forrester’s health deteriorates, so too does the fragile unity of the Forrester family. In a move both desperate and deliberate, Eric, patriarch and visionary of the Forrester fashion empire, summons his trusted confidants—Carter Walton and his son Ridge Forrester—for a deeply private meeting. What he presents is more than a mere legal update: it’s a black box of truths. Inside are his final design sketch, a meticulously crafted will, and a sealed envelope labeled: To be opened only in the event of my death or incapacitation.

Entrusted to the household staff under strict instructions, the contents of that envelope were never meant to see the light—at least not yet. But in the Forrester mansion, secrets have a short shelf life. And when Brooke Logan is involved, they barely have one at all.

While searching for a misplaced bracelet in Eric’s study, Brooke stumbles across the envelope. One glance. One decision. The seal is broken. And so is the foundation of the Forrester family. What she finds inside changes everything: the revelation that Eric fathered a daughter during a secret affair in Europe, long before Stephanie ever entered the picture. The child, now an adult named Daphne, has lived her life in obscurity—financially supported by Eric through intermediaries but never acknowledged, never embraced, and never told the truth of who she is.

Brooke, ever the strategist, keeps this bombshell to herself. Her instincts are sharper than ever. If Daphne were to come forward, she could challenge Ridge’s authority, upend Thomas’s already fragile leadership, and plunge Steffy into an internal power struggle. For Brooke, this isn’t a threat. It’s an opportunity.

She whispers only to Hope, planting seeds of speculation—What if there was another heir? What if she could tip the balance of power? Hope, cautious but intrigued, urges restraint. Brooke has no such plans. She’s ready to remake Forrester Creations in her image. And she’s willing to dismantle the family to do it.

Then, the unthinkable happens: Daphne arrives in Los Angeles.

She doesn’t come seeking reconciliation. She doesn’t knock. She storms through the front doors of Forrester Creations like a reckoning. Her presence is commanding—fashion-forward, composed, but with a simmering fury that speaks of a life spent in the shadows.

Eric is too ill to respond, too surrounded by machines and murmured fears to defend himself. Ridge is the first to confront her. Defensive. Cold. Skeptical. Thomas dismisses her outright. Steffy threatens security. But Daphne is unshaken. She brings proof—birth certificates, bank transfers, signed letters. Every corner of Eric’s hidden past laid bare. Every detail inescapably accurate. The room, once filled with denial, falls silent beneath the weight of undeniable truth.

Ridge explodes. How could his father hide this? How could he allow a daughter to live as a stranger while Stephanie fought to keep their family intact? The betrayal, now posthumous in its cruelty, reverberates through the halls of Forrester like an aftershock.

Steffy, fiercely protective of the company and suspicious of timing, suspects manipulation. And all fingers point to Brooke. Again. The eternal catalyst. The architect of chaos. Steffy confronts her, demanding answers. Brooke offers none. Only strategy.

“Blood doesn’t make a leader,” Brooke says. “Vision does.”

And Daphne, as it turns out, has plenty of it.

Though initially assumed to be a disruptor, Daphne is revealed as something far more formidable. She’s a designer—a brilliant one. With a successful avant-garde label in Milan, her talent is undeniable. When her sketches are laid beside Eric’s final design—hidden in that black box—the resemblance is haunting. Not an imitation, but an evolution. A new voice echoing the legacy of a giant.

The implications are staggering.

Carter urges Ridge to negotiate. Donna pleads for compromise. But Ridge, wounded by pride and haunted by the specter of his father’s decisions, digs in. He attempts to invalidate Eric’s will, citing mental decline. He freezes Daphne’s potential shares. He makes her an enemy. And it backfires spectacularly.

The media catches wind of the story. First anonymous tips, then full-blown interviews. Daphne doesn’t exploit the Forrester name—at first. But when the tabloids run with it, the headline is unignorable:
“SECRET HEIR TO FORRESTER EMPIRE SPEAKS OUT: Betrayal, Abandonment, and the Lies of a Legend.”

Investors panic. Stocks tremble. The board demands answers. And the public—oh, the public—sides with the daughter left behind.

Suddenly, Ridge and Thomas are not protectors of legacy. They’re gatekeepers of a lie. Their every maneuver to silence Daphne only makes her stronger in the court of public opinion. And the final blow?

Daphne doesn’t want to take Forrester Creations.

She wants to dismantle it.

Not out of greed, but revenge. A reckoning for a lifetime of erasure. Her plan is methodical. Strategic. Emotional. And utterly unstoppable.

As Monday’s episode closes, one thing becomes heartbreakingly clear: this isn’t just about bloodlines. It’s about power. Identity. Legacy. And the lengths people will go to protect it—or burn it all to the ground.

One envelope opened a Pandora’s box.

And now, nothing will ever be the same.

Tune in to The Bold and the Beautiful on Monday, May 26, for a showdown decades in the making—and a future that no one, not even Brooke Logan, could predict.