Sheila felt that Eric wouldn´t finalize his divorce from Brooke if the child Brooke was carrying turned out to be his. So Sheila wanted desperately that Ridge would be the father. After the baby was born, a paternity test of the baby was scheduled. Eric introduced Sheila to his friend, Dr. Tracy Peters. The doctor who was doing the paternity test on the newborn girl. Sheila decided to volunteer at the hospital, so she could change the test results… Sheila tricked security guard Mike Gutherie to give her access to the test lab.
Sheila also knew of the affair between Lauren and Brad Carlton (Y&R) and got hold of a photo of them making love. She had the photo made into a puzzle and sent Lauren piece by piece, knowing Lauren would lose custody of her son Scotty to Scott if the truth came out.
Sheila was more convinced that Eric was the father of Brooke´s baby when she overheard Brooke saying she had slept with Eric 9 months before she gave birth. So Sheila went to the lab and removed the labels with Eric and Ridge´s names on from the blood vials. Mike entered and put the carousel which held the vials on spin. Sheila couldn´t tell which was which so she, furious with Mike, took a guess and put on the labels. Mike realized she wanted Eric and that´s why she was doing this. Sheila threatened Mike with a pair of sharp scissors to keep quiet.
Dr. Peters gathered the family and revealed that Ridge was the father. Brooke gave her daughter the name Bridget. Eric and Brooke divorced and Eric proposed to Sheila. She gladly accepted.