1983 (#28) - The engagement of Andy and Diane and the passion between Jack and Jill

Single after his divorce from Patty, Jack has meanwhile had to face numerous challenges, such as rehabilitating his legs following Patty's injury, the heart attack he suffered from his father John, and most recently the discovery of the identity of his mother Dina, the mother he never met, behind the powerful Mergeron Corporation insignia during the company's sales negotiation. These were situations that severely affected the spirit and energy of the boy, who began to feel the need to have someone at his side. And when Jack once again turns his attentions to Diane, telling her he loves her and proposing a trip to Greece, which however rejects all his attempts at approach, Jack's self-esteem seems to collapse. Diane declares herself sick of Jack's little games and his broken promises, informing him that she is engaged to a real man who really cares about her like Andy. In the same situation seems to be Jill, who in the same way has had to face the same hardships in the role of John's wife, opposed by the heavy presence of Mamie, who would do anything to kick her out of the Abbott house. Jack and Jill, who since the episode of John's heart attack have promised to lay down their arms to each other, already having enough enemies to face, thus find themselves in the company of each other to gain courage. Feeling threatened by Dina, who in the meantime makes it increasingly clear that she is willing to win back John's heart, Jill tells the woman that she is pregnant with John in order to block any attempt to get close to her ex-husband. But it was a lie Jill didn't think he could turn against her. And so, when Dina asks about John's pregnancy, Jill panicked, feeling the man's astonishment at Dina's words, ran away, frightened by the repercussions of her own words. Blocked by a blizzard, Jill asks Jack for help and once he arrives, he takes refuge with the woman in a bungalow where, destined to spend the night together in the cold, they hold each other in each other's arms and end up being overcome by passion. What Jack and Jill cannot imagine is that at the window there is a stranger named Lindsey Wells taking pictures of their night of love.