What happened to Zende being lead designer? (General)

I looked it up and the year of the Mannequin SL, Thomas rejoined the HFTF team. Hope told Zende it wasn't a problem and he'd still be lead designer.

When did that change?

Poor guy can’t get a break…he designed and he actually worked …he’s a walk in character he could be a lot more if only he could get a storyline minus flakey Paris thou…jmo…he’s handsome ..I don’t see why Tom never git his own line he designed most of the hit designs …he don’t need to work for Hope any more …he should be on his own line

I looked it up and the year of the Mannequin SL, Thomas rejoined the HFTF team. Hope told Zende it wasn't a problem and he'd still be lead designer.

When did that change?

I'm pretty sure when evil Thomas is busted for his CPS fake call crime, Zende will magically be right back to being a lead designer again while Thomas gets kicked out again for his latest scheme.

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Shown on screen, Steffy blackmailed Bill. Yet, she told Ivy (and Liam too) that “blackmail is a crime”. Per Steffy’s own words, she IS a criminal cuz she has blackmailed.

I was disappointed Zende wasn’t at the recent HFTF showing.