Taylor (Rebecca Budig) is once again on the losing end of the stick, or is she? On Monday’s September 8 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) calls off his engagement to her (she had proposed to him). Clearly, he is intent on going back to Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) for the umpteenth time.

At the same time, Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) is once again unrelenting in telling Brooke (while at Forrester Creations), that she needs to accept that his mother and father are getting married and to stay out of it. She tries to tell him about the importance of the kiss they shared in Italy when Ridge saved her from drowning and what it meant for them. Thomas doesn’t care and continues to sternly tell her to get out of his parents’ way once and for all.

Meanwhile, Taylor is completely heartbroken and in tears as Ridge breaks things off with her. However, starting to lose her composure, she becomes frantic, and upset and is trying to convince Ridge to rethink things.

The professional therapist through her tears says, “Brooke will do the same things she always does. She will betray you, she will hurt you, she will disappoint you. She won’t mean to, of course. that’s what she will say to you and to herself. It’s how you feel about her that scares me. You can’t see how toxic she is.”

Taylor continues, “I’m not going to stand here and watch her ruin your life again. I’m not just some life raft from your shipwrecks with Brooke. You accepted my proposal for a reason, because we are parents. We’re friends, we’re lovers. You are an extraordinary man, Ridge. But you have let Brooke lead you astray too many times, and not anymore. This is our time, this is yours and mine time, and Thomas ad Steffy. I’m not going to let you leave us again. Not for Brooke!”

Ridge just looks at her with a tear or two on his face, as she stands her ground, not accepting his decision, and we fade to black.

So, what do you think will happen here? Will Taylor’s speech convince Ridge to stay? Will he walk away from her and head back to Brooke, and will Taylor and Thomas team up both filled with revenge and angst on their mine to keep Ridge and Brooke apart? Share your theories via the comment section below.