A harrowing day of danger, betrayal, and heartbreak unfolds across Los Angeles as two shocking stories collide—one drenched in blood, the other in tears.

💣 POPPY’S DEADLY DILEMMA

Poppy Finnegan’s night begins with a chilling phone call that threatens to unravel her entire world. Sheila Carter’s voice hisses through the phone with a venomous ultimatum: spy on Finn’s family, or Hayes pays the price. The threat is razor-sharp, and the stakes couldn’t be higher—Hayes, the child Poppy loves as her own, is now a pawn in Sheila’s deadly game.

Haunted by the threat and pushed to the brink, Poppy makes the bold choice to act. With trembling hands and a heart full of dread, she slips into the Finnegan home under the guise of a friendly visit. Finn’s warmth is a cruel contrast to the storm of fear raging inside her. As he casually chats about surgeries and Hayes’s crawling progress, Poppy is silently memorizing everything—knowing she must decide if she’ll betray them or fight back.

Her answer? A desperate, whispered phone call to Detective Baker. She tells him everything—Sheila’s blackmail, Luna’s threat, Hayes’s peril. The detective assures her they’ll act fast, urging her to stay hidden and keep Hayes safe at all costs. With that, the countdown begins.

Later that night, Poppy watches from the shadows as law enforcement prepares to raid Luna’s warehouse hideout. Inside, Luna—spiraling and dangerous—clutches a baby monitor, listening to Hayes’s every sound. Her paranoia grows as she senses betrayal. When the task force moves in, chaos explodes.

Gunshots ring out. Luna fires wildly. One bullet, not aimed at Poppy, finds her anyway.

Blood pours from Poppy’s side as she collapses. Detective Baker rushes to her, radioing for medics, while Finn and Steffy arrive just in time to see her broken body. Hayes, rescued and crying, is safe—but the woman who saved him lies on the edge of death.

💔 HOPE’S WEDDING SHATTERS

Meanwhile, at the Forrester estate, a different storm brews. Hope Logan’s wedding day is poised to be a fairytale—elegant, glamorous, perfect. The world watches as she prepares to marry Carter Walton, a man who has loved her gently and fully. The aisle is dressed in flowers, the air thick with romance.

But just before she walks down that aisle, a ghost from her past arrives.

Liam Spencer stands on her doorstep—disheveled, pale, and holding a letter. The contents of the envelope change everything. Liam is dying. A brain tumor is stealing his time. He hadn’t told her sooner, not wanting to ruin her happiness. But now? She needs to know.

Hope’s heart splits open. The vows she prepared for Carter suddenly feel empty. The love she buried for Liam bubbles to the surface, raw and unbearable. Can she truly marry one man when another, still etched into her soul, is fading away?

As the ceremony begins, Carter awaits her at the altar, blissfully unaware of the tragedy unfolding behind closed doors.

When Hope finally appears, her gown is not radiant—it’s mournful. Her face is stained with sorrow. In a whispered voice, she confesses the truth: she can’t go through with it. Liam is dying, and her heart has never fully let him go.

Carter is shattered. The dream he built, the life he envisioned, crumbles. But in an act of ultimate grace, he lets her go.

“You must follow your heart,” he tells her, his voice full of pain. “I cannot ask you to stay when your love belongs to him.”

Hope flees down the aisle, tears streaming, her train trailing like a ribbon of regret. Carter remains behind, alone, heartbroken, a groom without a bride.

🌅 THE AFTERMATH

As sunrise paints the Malibu sky, the Finnegan family huddles in the hospital, praying for Poppy’s survival. Surgeons fight to save her life while Hayes sleeps peacefully in Steffy’s arms. Though the bullet missed her vital organs, the trauma is immense. Poppy clings to life, her body broken but her spirit still burning.

Back at the chapel, Carter stands like a statue amid the floral ruins of a wedding that never was. Guests murmur, stunned. The air is heavy with loss.

Luna is taken into custody, unstable and unrepentant. Sheila, the puppeteer of this chaos, remains at large, her shadow lingering over everyone. But from this tragedy rises a flicker of hope.

Finn vows to care for Poppy with the same devotion he shows his patients. Steffy turns her focus to Hayes, fiercely protective. Baker, guilt-ridden over Poppy’s injury, pours everything into hunting Sheila down.

And Poppy—wounded but not broken—awakens one evening to the quiet rhythm of family around her. Finn by her side, Steffy brushing her hair, and Hayes babbling nearby. Despite the pain, she sees that love has not abandoned her.

🔥 COMING UP NEXT

• Will Poppy recover enough to help take Sheila down once and for all?

• Can Hope face the consequences of abandoning her wedding for a dying man?

• And what final card does Sheila still have up her sleeve?

One thing is certain—on The Bold and the Beautiful, love may be powerful, but secrets are deadly.