As the wedding ceremony begins at the Forrester Mansion, Nick spends time with Katie at the hospital.
At the Forrester mansion, Brooke tells Stephanie the wedding is set to proceed, saying, "In a few moments Donna and Eric will be husband and wife!" Stephanie replies, "Not if he's the man I think he is!" Inside, Felicia tells her father if he wants to back out, they could send the Minister home and have a family reunion! He just gives her a look. Nearby, Pam tries to engage Stephanie in a plot to make sure the wedding is a bust, but Stephanie says she's not going to pull anything. "And neither are you!" In an outer doorway, Taylor stands with Rick worrying about 'giving people something to talk about' by showing up together. Rick points out that his father and Donna are getting married in Stephanie's house - they already have plenty to talk about! Out on the terrace, Ridge presents Brooke with flowers. As Brooke speculates on the fate of Storm and Katie being in the hospital, Ashley comes out and offers a kind word about Storm. Meanwhile, in the hospital, Katie re-reads the portion of Storm's letter that asks her not to be too angry, for too long. "Our sisters will need us!." Nick comes in just then, and quips, "I see you've chosen a little light reading!" Katie shares her point of view with him, on what Storm did. "It's sick!" Back at the wedding, Donna laments to her father that it just doesn't feel right with Katie not there. He tries to lighten her mood by joking that she's about to be given the keys to Stephanie Forrester's house! It's another miracle! Donna smiles. "Oh, dad." Meanwhile, Brooke corners Eric and tries to extract a promise from him that he isn't going to back out and break Donna's heart!
At the hospital, Nick concedes that having her dead brother's heart in her is a little creepy, but she can choose to be creeped-out or make the best of it! Katie wonders why the Logan family was so convinced that Storm needed to be kept free, out of prison. "Maybe we were being selfish! Maybe he should have been locked up!" Nick says she'll have to live with that, and if she can't rally for her own sake, she should do it for her family's sake - they prayed for a miracle, and they got one! Back at the wedding, Donna asks the chuckling Minister to skip the part where he asks if there are any objections! Nearby, Ridge asks Rick what the hell he is doing bringing Taylor there! Rick tells him it's none of his business! Across the room, Stephen introduces himself to Pam who says, "Oh, you're the father of the home-wrecker!" He laughs, "And you must be Stephanie's charming sister!" Out on the terrace, Taylor defends her relationship with Rick to Brooke once again. Inside, Eric is now speaking with Stephanie who reminds him that vows are for a lifetime! Suddenly, the wedding march begins! Pam sits in her seat glaring and imagines herself spraying the bride down with a big hose! Back in reality, Stephen walks his daughter down the aisle and hands her off to a smiling Eric. Stephanie watches, taking deep breaths.
In Katie's room, she tells Nick that Storm didn't have to die! Nick replies that that is true, but if he hadn't, she would've! He explains
to her how everything happened that day, and suggests she might want to be grateful to Storm. Back at the wedding, Brooke finishes a reading and wishes Donna
and Eric safe harbor from 'tempests' that may surround them. Donna and Eric exchange heartfelt vows next. In Donna's vows she says today is about
uniting families. She claims she has been thinking a lot that day about her family, and the members that can't be here, and how his family is here. He
interrupts and says he has been thinking about these same things, and about other weddings that have taken place in the house. He then tells her that she can
trust him - he is going to love her everyday of his life from now on! Stephanie hears his words and a slightly surprised look crosses her face. Back at the
hospital, Katie tells Nick she realizes she is lucky to be alive, but she is having trouble grasping that Storm had to die. "How do I move on, when every
breath is a reminder. I lay here and listen to my brother's heart in my chest and I feel lost. Like I'm not me anymore!" Nick says his guess is
that she is still her! He notes that he was only getting to know her when this happened, but if she gives him a chance he might be able to help her come to
terms with all this. Back at the wedding as the Minister continues with the ceremony, Stephanie remembers back to Eric promising to love her many years ago. As
the Minister asks Eric if he will take Donna to be his wife, there is a pause. Stephanie leans forward in her seat...
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