1987 (#5) - The crisis of Eric and Stephanie, the flirt with Margot, the meet up with Beth

The upcoming wedding between Ridge and Caroline is also an opportunity, after a long time, to reunite the Forrester family. Eric, in particular, is overjoyed to be able to re-embrace his daughter Kristen, who has returned from college especially for the unmissable and happy event. The situation that Kristen finds upon her return, however, is quite different from what she would have expected, since in recent times her parents, Eric and Stephanie, are going through a very difficult period in their marriage. After twenty-five years of indissoluble union, in fact, some misunderstandings begin to surface between the couple; misunderstandings born in particular with the hiring of the beautiful and charming Margot Linley as Eric's personal secretary. After a brief flirtation with Ridge, considered too immature and immature by the woman, Margot's attentions have now shifted for some time towards Eric, which has caused numerous tensions with Stephanie, to the point of making her take the difficult decision not to be present at the first fashion show of the season in which there would have been moreover the debut of Ridge; decision, this, very suffered by the woman but also well thought out and a symptom of a great fracture marriage in progress. And Eric's attitude, which has always minimized the problem despite Margot doing nothing to hide her attraction to the man, has only made the situation worse. When Margot finally decides to come out of the closet and profess her feelings, she is very disappointed by Eric's reluctance to indulge her fantasies; nevertheless, Eric himself refuses to comply with Stephanie's continuous requests to fire the woman, recognizing her professional value and her undoubted work skills. But it is certainly not Margot who represents the main threat to Eric and Stephanie's marriage, but Eric's old youthful love, Beth Henderson. To reawaken these dormant feelings, destiny takes care of it: at the party organized by Eric himself to celebrate Kristen's decision to stay in town, the trusted Ruth Wilson didn't show up, but instead, the catering agency sent Beth Logan to serve her. And one look at Beth and Eric is enough to go back a lifetime.