The moment Brooke Logan stepped into Katie’s office, she expected confrontation.

What she found instead was devastation.

The air felt wrong—too still, too quiet, as if the world itself had paused. The soft glow from the blinds cut across the polished floor, and the hum of the building outside sounded distant, unreal. Brooke called Eric’s name once. Then again.

There was no answer.

Her eyes drifted toward the desk—and then she saw him.

Eric Forrester, the man who built a dynasty, the visionary behind Forrester Creations, lay motionless near the desk. A heavy decorative object sat close to his hand, its harmless purpose transformed into something ominous. Brooke dropped to her knees, reaching for him, already knowing what she would find.

He was gone.

In that instant, anger vanished, replaced by paralyzing grief. The questions that brought her there dissolved into a single, unbearable truth: Eric Forrester was dead—and she was the one who found him.

A Secret That Sparked a Tragedy

In the days that followed, investigators uncovered the truth that had ignited the storm.

Eric had been secretly advising the Logan fashion line—quietly strengthening a rival brand, subtly shaping its success behind closed doors. It wasn’t just business. It was betrayal. Eric’s legacy had defined Forrester Creations for decades, and his decision felt like a knife in the heart of the empire he built.

For Brooke, the revelation cut deeper than she wanted to admit. Eric was not just a colleague—he was family. Learning he had been working against her shattered something she believed was unbreakable.

And she wasn’t the only one.

As police examined the scene, the room resisted innocence. There were no signs of forced entry. No clear struggle. Yet the heavy object’s placement suggested conflict—an argument that may have gone too far.

Brooke’s name surfaced first.

She had confronted Eric recently. She had motive. And she was the one who found him. The narrative was dangerously easy to construct, and Brooke felt it tightening around her like a noose.

Then came Ridge Forrester.

His clashes with Eric over the company’s future had grown increasingly bitter. To Ridge, Eric’s alliance with Katie wasn’t creative—it was treason. It threatened Forrester’s balance of power and Ridge’s role as its leader.

The timing of Eric’s death—so soon after these explosive arguments—turned family discord into a potential criminal storyline.

Katie Logan soon found herself trapped in the fallout. Her professional partnership with Eric, once a symbol of ambition, now looked like a motive under the microscope. She questioned whether her dream had placed Eric in danger.

Every name added to the list shattered another piece of the family.

Brooke Under Interrogation

Brooke believed the truth would set her free.

She was wrong.

Under harsh fluorescent lights, investigators dissected her grief. They listened as she described finding Eric, her voice shaking, her heart breaking. But sorrow, they reminded her, was not proof of innocence.

When pressed, Brooke admitted the truth she had tried to bury: the anger. The betrayal. The feeling that Eric had chosen Katie over her—over everything they built together.

The police seized on it.

They suggested she arrived ready to confront him, that words escalated, that one moment of uncontrolled emotion changed everything.

Brooke recoiled in horror.

She would never hurt Eric.

But doubt crept in, not because she believed she was guilty—but because memory fractures under trauma. And fear whispers lies in the dark.

Ridge’s Dangerous Secret

Publicly, Ridge defended Brooke without hesitation. He swore she was innocent, that her anger was human, not criminal.

But privately, his own position began to crumble.

Investigators discovered he had been at the Forrester building the night Eric died—a detail he hadn’t mentioned. The revelation sent shockwaves through the case.

Why was he there?

What hadn’t he said?

Ridge’s motives were layered and troubling. Eric’s actions threatened his authority, destabilized the company, and challenged his right to lead. But there were deeper questions too.

Had Ridge gone to confront Eric himself?
Had he been trying to protect Brooke—or hide something from her?

Each possibility widened the fracture in a family already splintering under grief.

A Legacy on the Brink

As the investigation continued, Forrester Creations began to unravel.

Meetings were canceled, investors hesitated, and whispers echoed through the halls. The loss of Eric left a vacuum no one could fill.

Trust eroded. Alliances wavered.

The office where Eric was found became more than a crime scene—it became a symbol of how thin the line between passion and destruction truly is.

What Comes Next?

Eric Forrester’s death is no longer just a tragedy.

It is a reckoning.

As the list of suspects grows and secrets surface, the truth threatens to destroy everything he built. And when the final revelation comes, it will change the Forrester family forever.

Because on The Bold and the Beautiful, legacy is never safe—and betrayal always leaves a trail.