 When Taylor dumped him because of her unresolved feelings for Ridge, he started a fight and fell off a building and faked being paralyzed to gain sympathy and have his mother kick Ridge out of the house.In December 2008, Rick and Phoebe are in a car accident on the way to Ridge and Brooke's rehearsal dinner, and Phoebe dies.After Phoebe's death, Rick began seeing her sister Steffy Forrester at the same time he was being stalked by her brother Thomas Forrester.