1984 (#19) - The painful goodbye to Stuart, Lorie and Lance's wedding, Sally's divorce

Victor and Nikki's wedding is also the occasion for many protagonists who had left Genoa City to return to the city. The first to return to the United States are Liz, Chris and Snapper, accompanied by Greg, who return from London. Unfortunately, with them does not arrive good news, since Liz informs everyone that Stuart had passed away only a few weeks earlier due to Addison's illness. A grieving Liz, then, is consoled by Katherine and Victor, who express their approval for the decision to bury his ashes in the city. Present at the touching farewell ceremony for Stuart are the other daughters Leslie, Peggy and of course Lorie, accompanied by Lance. Victor was delighted to meet Lorie again, who thanked him for agreeing to invite Lance as well. Lorie and Lance, after all, have just remarried and took the opportunity to return to Genoa City for a few days before leaving for their honeymoon, so it's clear that Lorie's plan to take Prentiss Industries back from Victor to convince Lance to come back with her in the end really worked. Before leaving for London, finally, Snapper decides to visit Sally and her son Chuckie, who he finds very grown up. Chris and Snapper are very surprised to learn that Sally has just divorced Stan, and both hope that she will soon find a man to raise Chuckie with a father. After this short time in the city, everyone eventually leaves Genoa City again, and many of them will never come back.

1982 (#26) - Victor's engagement to Victor, the gift of quotas and Lorie's escape

Without Nikki's distractions and attempts of seduction, driven away by her marriage to Kevin, Victor can finally focus on his relationship with Lorie, with whom he is slowly falling in love. The woman, after all, seems to be increasingly attracted to Victor and his life, to the point that in a short time her biography is completed. Victor is enthusiastic about Lorie's beautiful words about him, words that she has evidently used to attract the man to her in order to achieve her plan. And Victor, now in love, thus falls into the trap of the woman. When Victor gives a very precious ring professing his proposal of marriage, the woman accepts on the condition that the gift should be Prentiss Industries' shares. The man, convinced that the woman only wants proof of his sincerity and love, accepts and grants him a promise to sell her his entire controlling stake in the company. A very happy Lorie, thus, accepts Victor's proposal, making him not at all suspicious of her real intentions. And Victor proves he suspects absolutely nothing even when Lorie asks him to sign the agreement before the wedding so that he can prove to his future wife that she can trust him completely. Unaware that Lorie has already made a copy of the deed, Victor is then happily surprised to see Lorie burn the deal, which removes any doubt in Victor's mind about the woman's feelings. Lorie, in fact, for the first time ever shows repentance for her plan, having begun to know and truly love Victor; however, feelings for Lance are still strong and lasting and she is convinced that she will go through with her plan; a plan that culminates as planned on the fateful wedding day. Lorie's revenge on an unsuspecting Victor, who suspects absolutely nothing, surprises the man completely. While Victor waits impatiently at the altar for the woman's arrival, a letter arrives in which Lorie explains that she is sorry but cannot forget her past, which means too much to her, and therefore cannot marry Victor. Victor's surprise then turns to bewilderment and anger when he discovers that Lorie has stolen Prentiss from him having saved a copy of their contract. Showing the contract signed by Victor, Lorie meets Lucas to inform him that he has got Prentiss Industries back and wants to go looking for Lance to return with him, who is her one true love. Lucas is delighted with the news and wishes Lorie, about to leave for Paris, good luck. After that, Lorie takes off for her flight to Europe, full of hopes for a possible future with Lance.

1982 (#23) - Nikki's pregnancy and marriage to Kevin

Nikki's difficult attempt to put Victor's unrequited love behind her is shattered when Nikki discovers she is pregnant. Having been conceived before Kevin's knowledge, the woman doesn't take long to realize that the baby's father is Victor. Despite this, knowing that the man has no interest in children and that the last thing he would want is to become a father, Nikki, in order not to upset Victor and also collapse his last chance to have a future with him, admits that the baby's father is Kevin, thus voluntarily lying to the man about the months of the baby he is carrying. Kevin, upon hearing that he got Nikki pregnant, is completely shocked and doesn't know how to react. Victor, then, does not fail to take the opportunity to get rid of Nikki and thus incites Kevin to take responsibility and do the right thing for the unborn child, which is to propose to Nikki to get married. Kevin, who has already admitted to Nikki that he doesn't love her and that he is convinced that she is not the right woman for him, finds himself in front of the same woman saying that he can't leave her to be a mother alone, knowing that that is his baby. Nikki, forced to lie about the paternity of the child, at this point finds herself reluctantly accepting Kevin's proposal, so that Victor does not suspect that the child is actually his. On the other hand, not seeing a chance in the future between her and Victor, she resigns herself to a marriage with a kind and helpful man like Kevin. But if marriage, although apparently necessary, is not a prospect that excites the two future spouses, it is even a totally unacceptable solution for Allison Bancroft, Kevin's mother, who from the first meeting with Nikki refuses to accept her as his son's future bride, considering her a woman who promises nothing good and who is inadequate for his son. Allison, therefore, firmly opposes the wedding, despite Kevin trying to explain to her that Nikki is just an unlucky girl who has always met the wrong people. Nikki suffers a lot from the situation, but in the end she resigns herself to accept this too, in order to give a father to the unborn child. When the wedding, on which Victor happily gives his blessing, seems close and Nikki refuses Allison's attempt to bribe her with a large sum of money to renounce the wedding, Kevin's mother tries an extreme attempt to stop the wedding by calling Carolyn Conwell, Kevin's ex-girlfriend and still in love with him, who tries in every way to convince Kevin to give up. He explains to her that he can't back out and that he is ready to take responsibility as a father, a response that is quite striking for Carolyn, whose noble gesture makes him understand how he is a sweet boy and how Nikki has turned out to be a schemer. Neither Allison nor Carolyn suspect that marriage is not an alternative that even Nikki, secretly in love with Victor, is enthusiastic about, but it seems to Nikki the only viable solution. In any case, in the end, the fatidic wedding day between Nikki and Kevin arrives and the two of them exchange their wedding vows, hoping that from this marriage, which starts with so much good will but without true love, a long union and a real family can be born; a prospect that Allison cannot believe. And neither can Carolyn, who promises herself to win Kevin back.

1982 (#19) - The passion with Victor, Nikki's frustration and the bond with Kevin

The rapprochement between Lorie and Victor does not make Nikki happy, who soon finds herself in love with the man. From the moment Victor showed up at The Bayou to get to know Nikki began to dream of a life with him. This expectations were reinforced by the secrets and the passionate encounters with the man in his luxurious ranch and the many frequent gifts that the man buys her. However, since Victor started dating Lorie, the space that Victor dedicates to Nikki is always less and less. Frustrated by the situation, Nikki asks Victor about their relationship and is very disappointed when the man makes it clear that there can never be any ties or feelings between them. Although she feels inadequate compared to a much more intellectual and clever woman like Lorie, Nikki does not give up and intends to use every weapon at her disposal to win Victor's love. And to do so, she decides to play her battle on physicality and attraction, not missing an opportunity to provoke the charming man of her dreams, who however rejects all her advances. After many failed attempts, in the end Nikki manages to get the man, with whom she spends an incredible night of passion. Destroyed by Jerry's death, in fact, it is Victor who consoles the woman, who confesses to the man that she is madly in love with him; Nikki's happiness, however, disappears when the next day Victor makes it clear that there will be no more meetings between them, insisting that they will never see each other again and that nothing will happen between them, since he has decided to break off all contact with her because he wants to devote himself completely to Lorie. Nikki's heart is further broken when it is Victor himself who, in order to drive Nikki away, decides to introduce the beautiful young architect Kevin Bancroft, who is working for Victor on the project for the construction of Newman Towers. Seeing Victor determined to forget about Nikki, the woman eventually decides to accept Victor's advice to date a boy her age and therefore younger than him. Nikki finally decides to go out with Kevin, who immediately shows an interest in the woman's company and is fascinated by her irresistible beauty. Nikki's thoughts, however, are all turned to Victor, who she hopes to make jealous by going out with Kevin himself. But that's not how it goes at all, as Kevin, having discovered that Nikki makes a living as an exotic dancer, explains to the woman that it would never work out between them. Nikki finds herself so completely alone and heartbroken by a Victor who, meanwhile, is getting closer and closer to Lorie.

1982 (#17) - Lorie's promise and Victor's biography

After losing Lance's esteem, Lorie, despite putting the nightmare of the charges for Vanessa's murder behind her, enters a moment of depression. Her heart still beats for Lance and she feels guilty for selling her share to Victor. Regretting this choice, she promises she will do anything to regain control of Prentiss Industries so she can make it up to Lance. In a confrontation with Victor, meanwhile, he explains to Lorie that he wanted to take control of the company for the sake of the woman and to teach Lance a lesson, guilty of distrusting Lorie herself and doubting her innocence. Just to make her understand how much Victor cares about her and Prentiss, the man offers her a job that could improve both her image and that of the company. Knowing Lorie's talent as a writer, he proposed that she write a biography. The woman accepts, happy to be able to fit into the man's life. Lorie's plans are clear: to get into Victor's heart to get Prentiss Industries back. Thus, during Lorie's work, they get very close and Victor shows an immediate interest in Lorie's company, and increasingly organizes romantic appointments in which the woman gets to know the man better. In fact, Lorie begins to understand how Victor is not only what he apparently shows on the outside, a ruthless, cold, calculating man; he has a gentle, sweet and romantic soul inside him. Soon, therefore, the professional relationship between Lorie and Victor begins to have a sentimental involvement. Victor is happy with how things are shaping up between the two, ignoring the fact that Lorie intends to use her position to gain access to confidential information and files in order to get the company back.

1982 (#12) - Brooks' custody assignment to Lucas and Lance's departure

After a few days away from Genoa City, where he had the opportunity to reflect and recharge his batteries, a motivated and willing Lance returns, unaware that Victor is the new president of Prentiss. In fact, Lance intends to concentrate everything on his work at Prentiss and to undermine Victor in order to become its new president. He then intends to claim rights on little Brooks and raise him, perhaps together with his birth mother Leslie, since he no longer wants to deal with Lorie. However, his disappointment with the woman turns into anger and dizziness when a distraught Lorie confesses to him that she has been tricked and ruthlessly cheated by that double-crosser who is Victor and that she has given him her share. Lance is furious one more time against the woman, now accused of having taken away his company. Lance seeks so much comfort in Leslie that, while feeling guilty towards Lorie, he decides that the time has come for her to finally live her life with her son and the father of her child. The family reunion, however, as has happened many times in the past, is once again hindered, this time by Lucas. Lucas, in fact, thanks to little Brooks has regained the joy of living and does not intend to give up on him, wanting to make an official request for the custody of the child, with or without Leslie. Lance, who currently holds joint custody with Lorie, thus intends to fight his brother for sole custody, since he is convinced of the inadequacy of Lorie to act as a mother to a child that is not hers. In the end, the judge, decisively evaluating Brooks' will, now a child and grown enough to be able to express himself clearly, grants Brooks' custody to Lucas, who is very happy that their relationship has become special for Brooks too. Sorry for the fact that Brooks considers as his only real father not him, but his brother Lucas, a demotivated Lance, without love, without his son or his company, decides to leave Genoa City forever to go to Paris. Before leaving, Lance swears to Victor that Prentiss Industries would one day return to him. Lucas, meanwhile, decides to devote himself to raising little Brooks, continuing to run Jona's.

1982 (#10) - Snapper's scholarship and the departure with Chris and Jennifer

After Sally and Chuckie's departure, things between Chris and Snapper are back to normal; their marriage has also overcome this obstacle. Snapper apologizes to Chris for being insensitive to her and for neglecting her, ensuring that nothing means more to him than she and Jennifer. However, the obstacles never seem to end for the couple. Not even a month after saying goodbye to Chuckie, Snapper receives a letter from London, informing him that he has won a scholarship to study in London. Overjoyed, he informs his wife of the wonderful news and begins to fantasize about how fantastic Britain is, but he does not deal with Chris' opposition. Chris, feeling once again left behind, asks Snapper to give up as a token of his love, in spite of this he encourages her to move to England to have a unique experience. Then Snapper gets angry when Chris admits she doesn't want to give up her modeling career at Jabot Cosmetics, wanting to give her career a chance too; the woman doesn't find it right that always and only Snapper's working career should be favoured, to the disadvantage of her own. The situation seems to get worse and worse as time goes by and Snapper's departure date approaches. The pride of both of them does not allow second thoughts and the result is that Snapper leaves without Chris following him. However, it is not long before Chris realizes that she is unable to live without the man she loves. Realizing that her place and that of her daughter is with Snapper, she decides to join him in London, news that makes Snapper very happy. So it's goodbye time again, this time in the Foster and Brooks family. Snapper, back to take his wife and their daughter with him, says goodbye to his mother Jill and Greg, to whom he assigns the task of looking after their family. On the other hand, Jack wishes Chris good luck after the contract is sadly cancelled, and she says goodbye to his father and sisters before boarding the plane that represents the beginning of a new life.

1982 (#9) - Lance's anger and Victor's ascent to Prentiss majority

Released from prison, Lorie hopes to finally clear the situation with Lance and pick up where they left off, which leads Robert to understand how his flirt with Lorie would not continue. But Lorie's fantasies about her possible marriage to Lance, encouraged by the fact that it was Lance himself who found the proof queen to prove her innocence, are soon denied. Although Lance has reconsidered Lorie's guilt, in fact, the man shows that he is still completely furious with the woman for the lie kept hidden for years. Even after processing the news, Lance is still unable to forgive the woman and understand her excuses and justifications, which leaves Lorie heartbroken. An angry Lance then confronts Leslie, who admits that she knew everything from the beginning and that she kept the truth hidden, not wanting to interfere with Lance's happiness and his marriage to Lorie. These motivations were not accepted by Lance, despite Leslie makes it clear that this was a real sacrifice since she gave up, and still does, to the man she loves. Lance, not moved by Leslie's confession of love, decides to take some time to think about what to do and to start all over again. Meanwhile, the fate of Prentiss Industries is at the center of discussions. Victor, who already owns half of the company's shares after purchasing half of the entire shareholding from Leslie, is looking for the majority of the shares to acquire the entire company and control over it. As Lucas and Leslie renounced their shares, the remaining shares of Vanessa are inherited by Lance and Lorie, who are entitled as they had worked there while married. Both have thus received 25% of the shares. In this situation, it is easy for Victor to get close to Lorie and, taking advantage of their friendship and of a proxy for ordinary administration already obtained during the trial, to buy her shares. In fact, Lorie lets herself be fooled by Victor, who makes her believe that Lance is back with Leslie and promises to go back into the deal if Lorie wanted to.

1982 (#5) - Robert's defence, Leslie's testimony and Lorie's release

After the revelation of the letter revealing the truth about Brooks' paternity, Lorie's position in the process becomes much more critical. Lorie, at the suggestion of Stuart, decides to hire a new lawyer. Robert Laurence, Stuart's friend and acquaintance, is a young but successful lawyer who gladly accepts the difficult case of Vanessa Prentiss' death. Robert asks Leslie's cooperation to testify in Lorie's defense, but it doesn't help because they lack proofs. As promised, Leslie testifies in favour of her sister, telling everything about their difficult and often critical relationship; despite this, Leslie knows Lorie and is convinced that she is totally innocent, as she had to deal with a manipulator like Vanessa. The great work of Robert and the defense are reopening the trial. But Lorie's happiness is now compromised by the fact that Lance hasn't visited her since the day the truth about Brooks came out. However, Lorie's desperation is alleviated by Robert's behaviour, both during the trial sessions, with always very convincing arguments, and in private with the woman, where he assures her that he would not defend her if he did not believe her and did not trust her 100%. Robert's assurance triggers the passion between the two of them, who kiss furtively in prison without anyone seeing them. Lorie, meanwhile, begs Leslie to take little Brooks away from the trial and the woman reassures her sister that they are going to Switzerland for a short time. Before leaving, Lorie thanks her sister again, as she asks Lucas to look after Jona's, which was left empty after the boy told the woman he wanted to leave the city; giving Lucas a purpose, Leslie hopes the man can overcome his difficult time of depression after his mother's death. The trial, meanwhile, continues relentlessly and sees Lorie's position worsen when she finds herself forced to explain the money she received from Vanessa herself. At this point Lorie, also accused of threats and blackmail against the woman, seems to have no hope of being absolved. But as often happens, fate turns everything upside down in a short time. And, paradoxically, it is the man who is most disappointed by Lorie who exonerates her. The long-awaited and fateful evidence able to prove the defense's thesis, in fact, materializes thanks to Lance, who in fact finds in his mother's house some painkillers that specifically suggest that Vanessa had been affected by the disease and that she was now in a terminal phase, something confirmed by her doctor during a sworn testimony. Returning immediately from Switzerland for the verdict, Leslie goes to trial for a final hearing shortly before the judge withdraws for trial. It's little Brooks, in fact, Robert's last desperate card to play; after the agreement of the court to question the child, he reveals that he saw Lorie's typewriter used with Vanessa's gloves. It was at this point clear that Vanessa had planned the whole thing and to the great joy of Leslie, Lucas, Robert, Stuart and Lorie herself, the woman is declared innocent and released from prison.

1982 (#1) - Lorie's trial, Lance's proposal and the letter revealing the true paternity

Since the opening of the investigation, police suspicions for Vanessa's death have been directed towards Lorie, who is formally charged of killing her. The woman tries to declares herself innocent in vain, but is immediately taken to prison pending trial. A distraught Lance can't believe that Lorie would actually kill Vanessa. And when Lorie explains to Lance all the details of that great plan Vanessa conspired to keep them apart, Lance shows trusts her and reconfirms his confidence in the woman. And to prove it, he surprisingly shows her the ring he plans to give her once this whole thing is over, since he wants to marry her again and go back together to be husband and wife for the rest of their lives. Despite the hopes of the two lovers and their faith in the victory of justice, things seem to be going very differently, as the investigation seems to be going somewhere else and heading towards the murder charge against Lorie. As the trial begins, the prosecution does not believe a single word of Lorie and the jury itself seems perplexed by the woman's senseless story. Things for Lorie, then, get as she has ever thought when the prosecutor surprisingly pulls out Vanessa's diary, where there is a letter in which the whole truth about the paternity of little Brooks is told. Lucas and Leslie are shocked to learn that the prosecution is in possession of the document and Lorie, desperate, is forced to admit under oath that the letter tells the truth: Lance is Brooks' father. At the words, the man can't believe what Lorie has just confessed. The courtroom suddenly explodes into commotion, and suddenly all of Lance's beliefs collapse. Completely in shock, once he realises that Brooks is his son, Lance feels like a fool not to have understood it before. Lance also begins to doubt Lorie's innocence, in fact he suspect a motive for the murder, assuming that Lorie may have committed the crime fearing that Vanessa would reveal the truth.

1981 (#28) - Vanessa's suicide and Lorie's indictmen

Determined to achieve her goal of getting Leslie and Lance back together, Vanessa realizes she doesn't have much time before the disease takes over. Vanessa thus suggests Leslie to tell Lance the truth about the fatherhood, so she has a better chance of getting custody of Brooks and, above all, of living together with Lance, as she should. The woman, however, seems doubtful mainly because Lance, remembering his brother's words before leaving, seems to have convinced himself of Lucas' advice and that is giving Lorie a second chance. Vanessa, at this point, urges an undecided Lorie to tell Lance everything, who has every right to know that Brooks is his son. Lorie, for the first time, appears tempted to follow Vanessa's encouragement, since she would like to start a new relationship with Lance based solely on sincerity and that, if she knew it later, he would never be able to trust her again; however, the fear of losing Lance definitely is too big. Vanessa at this point, not being able to allow Lorie to make a decision about what to do, and feeling even closer to death, decides to take action and make sure that Lance knows the truth. No one, however, could have imagined the tragic and diabolical plan that the woman intends to execute. Vanessa, in fact, writes a letter with Lorie's typewriter addressed to herself, so as to make people believe that the author of the letter is Lorie herself. In the letter, Vanessa reveals the whole truth about little Brooks and makes sure that Lance reads it. Afterwards, she calls Lorie to her terrace, staging a violent argument, shouting, in order to make Lance feel everything, Vanessa tells to an astonished Lorie that the man has the right to know the truth and that he cannot go on living a lie. That being said, Vanessa decides to tragically end her life by throwing herself off the balcony under Lorie's shocked eyes, doing everything to make her believe that it was the same woman who killed her. When the police arrive, in fact, Lorie is accused of murder and taken to prison under the petrified eyes of Lance. A desperate Lorie tries in vain to explain the facts, but is further accused of extortion when the police find out about the financing Vanessa has made on Lorie's account, money that in the letter Lance's late mother describes as money requested to spend time with little Brooks.

1981 (#23) - Vanessa's illness and manipulations with Lance and Lorie

Once the marriage with Leslie was over, Lucas decided to get closer to Lorie, the only woman he has ever loved. It is Vanessa in particular who pushes Lucas into Lorie's arms, so as to avoid a reunion between her and Lance; Lucas declares his love to Lorie and, surprisingly proposes her to become his wife. Lorie, who has meanwhile engaged in an affair with Jean-Paul Vauban, asks the man for time to put his life back in order and reflect on her future. Lorie, in fact, still loves Lance and tries in every way to get in touch with him. When Lance informs her of his return to Paris, therefore, Lorie is over the moon, even though she has no idea that the man will return with his new girlfriend, Simone. The shocking thing is that Simone is Jean-Paul's sister, happy that his sister has also arrived in Genoa City. A sad Lorie, so is compelled for a short time to go out with Jean-Paul and his beloved Lance, in the company of Simone. It is clear, however, that even Lance still has feelings for Lorie, who soon decided to end her relationship with Jean-Paul, also giving up the film in her book. Meanwhile, Vanessa discovers that she is seriously ill. The doctors unfortunately tell her that she is in a terminal phase, with only approximately two months left to live. The woman, however, does not lose heart and decides not to reveal her state of health to anyone by burning her medical records; she then decides to concentrate, in the little time she has left, on achieving her only goal in life, which is to get Lorie away from Lance and, at the same time, to join him and Leslie.First of all, then, Vanessa sets herself the goal of driving Simone away from Lance; she achieves this goal by being friends with Simone and encouraging her to do the only thing that Lance could never have accepted, which is a marriage proposal. In fact, Lance, who has just recently, and painfully, end the marriage with Lorie, the last thing he wants is to commit again to a woman. And so, when Simone talks about a marriage proposal, Lance immediately appears doubtful; this is enough to convince Simone to return to Paris with his brother, who is also disappointed by the break-up with Lorie. Vanessa, at this point, focuses on her second objective, which is to get Lance into Leslie's arms; to do this Vanessa decides that she absolutely must make sure that Lance discovers that he is Brooks' father. Complicating Vanessa's plans, however, is indirectly Lorie. This one, after ending the story with Jean-Paul, understands she doesn't want anymore to lie to herself and decides to be honest with Lucas, telling him she doesn't love him and therefore can't accept his proposal. A heartbroken Lucas reluctantly accepts Lorie's rejection; however, though still caring for the woman's sake, he urges Lance to give his ex-wife a new chance, since it is clear that the two love each other. After that, Lucas decides to leave Genoa City forever to start a new life.

1981 (#19) - Lorie's flirt with Jean-Paul and the divorce between Lucas and Leslie

Arrived in the French capital, Leslie amazes everyone with her performance, and is a great success. However, all the attention is focused on Lorie, who shows her incredible beauty to the evening by capturing the attention of the director Jean-Paul Vauban, who convinces himself that he wants to pursue his project for a film on the book of the "In the shadow of my sister". Jean-Paul and Lorie flirt and live a romantic holiday in the Parisian city; Lorie's intention to make Lance jealous, therefore, succeeds perfectly, since the man decides not to return to Genoa City, willing to forget all his bitterness. Moreover, Lance's decision also depends on the discovery of Leslie's role in the sale of Lucas' shares to Victor; disappointed by the woman, throughout her stay in Paris Lance behaved coldly with her, communicating his decision not to return to the United States at the end of the trip. The decision disappoints Leslie, who feels guilty for not having sold him the Prentiss shares; while not insisting that Lance return with her, she understands that she has feelings for the man and therefore cannot continue her marriage with Lucas, which proved once again to be a farce: back in Genoa City, then, Lucas and Leslie decide to divorce by mutual agreement.

1981 (#14) - Stuart's heart problems and Leslie's tour in Paris

After the divorce with Lorie and the failure to acquire shares in his family business, Lance is going through one of the darkest periods of his life. Leslie, feeling little bit guilty for having favoured the sale of Lucas' shares to Victor, gets very close to Lance, something that both Lucas, married to Leslie, and Lorie, still in love with Lance, are jealous of. Lucas, however, appreciates the ever-growing closeness of Lorie, with whom he is secretly in love, the girl is interested in him because she is determined to break off his marriage with Leslie, always trying to prevent the custody of Brooks assigned to Leslie, which his sister would strongly like to avoid. Leslie, meanwhile, is practicing more and more on the piano, and Master Fautsch is happy to see that Leslie seems to have regained her lost talent, so he decides to offer her a tour in Paris, which Leslie enthusiastically accepts. Lance, happy for the woman, agrees to accompany her in the scheduled concerts, since Lucas cannot be absent from Genoa City; this naturally makes Lorie jealous, who decides to come to Paris too in order to check on bot of them them and to meet a famous director interested in making a film based on her book. Before leaving, it occurs an event that upsets the Brooks family so muchrisks blowing up the trip: Stuart, in fact, discovers he has heart problems following a heart attack. Leslie doesn't want to leave, but her father encourages her to pursue her lifelong passion and decides with Liz to follow her to Paris to attend her performance. Katherine also decides to participate in the trip, interested in meeting some famous plastic surgeons.

1981 (#11) - The sale of shares, the pact with Vanessa and Lance and Lorie's divorce

The end of the separation between Lucas and Leslie, and thus the official renewal of their marriage, soon proved to be more problematic than expected. Leslie is almost exclusively interested in getting a pass for Brooks' custody, while Lucas doesn't hide the fact that he still has feelings for the only woman he's ever loved, Lorie. This one, meanwhile, is very concerned about the revival of the marriage between Leslie and Lucas, convinced that this is an important point in Leslie's favour for the custody of Brooks. In the meantime, it's the turbulent corporate affairs of Prentiss Industries that are complicating matters. Lucas, now more and more convinced of her inadequacy to run the family business, is convinced by Leslie to sell her shares, thus effectively leaving the company. On this point, however, Vanessa vetoes, determined not to let Lance back in as long as he remains married to Lorie. Lance's failure to acquire Lucas' shares would disappoint the man very much; Lorie knows this well, forced to suffer the ever-increasing tensions caused by Lance's nervousness, who senses Vanessa's willingness not to give them to him. In the end, Lorie, ready to do anything to make her husband happy, decides to make a drastic decision by asking Vanessa to allow Lance's return to society. The woman is inflexible, however, and the only condition is that she and Lance divorce. Lorie, tired of seeing Lance so suffering, finally accepts, asking a surprised Lance for a divorce without stating the reasons. Lance tries to oppose, but it's all in vain, since Lorie does everything she can to make her ex-husband hate her, even seducing his brother Lucas, in an attempt to end Leslie's marriage, so that the Leslie would be in trouble claiming for Brook's custody. But it is precisely this gesture that triggers Leslie's wrath, which once again changes the cards on the table: determined not to give Lance her husband Lucas' shares, so as to indirectly hit her sister Lorie, Leslie contacts Victor, who shows great interest in getting the share of Prentiss Industries. Lorie repeatedly begs her sister not to sell her shares to Victor and not to unfairly hurt Lance, also assuring her to give up her claims on Brooks in exchange for selling Lucas' shares to Lance. But it is all in vain; and so, surprising both Vanessa and Lance, it is Victor who takes over the company, provoking the rage of Lorie, who finds herself having put aside her own marriage for nothing: a sacrifice as painful as it is useless. Lance, completely dazed by the loss of everything he had, that is, his marriage to Lorie and his company, gets deeply depressed and seems to have no way out and lets himself go to alcohol and gambling, and starts accumulating a lot of debts.

1981 (#7) - The burglary at Lorie's house and the congeniality with Victor

Although Brock and Julia have stopped seeing each other, Victor remains convinced of the woman's infidelity and does not trust his wife's apparent dedication to him. Convinced of this, Victor doesn't worry too much about changing his lifestyle, which he does, especially at work, with constant flirtation and affairs. Among the many women that Victor dates with more or less commitment, there is also a Lorie whose marriage to Lance, as mentioned, is experiencing some difficulties. The two get to know each other when Lorie asks Victor to finance the project of a friend of her, Michael Scott, who plans to open a photographic studio. Michael, who was the publicist for the woman's book, has in fact decided to give up his job to devote full time to his passion. Impressed by the woman's charm, Victor accepts Lorie's request in exchange for a romantic candlelight dinner. It is clear that there is a feeling between the two, and the man decides to take care of the woman when her house is burgled. It is Brock who discovers the relationship between the two, managing to capture with his camera some shots in which the two exchange passionate kisses. Brock, with evidence of Victor's betrayal, does not hesitate to show it to a desperate Julia in an attempt to continue their love affair. The situation between Victor and Julia, therefore, precipitates again, bringing Julia back into a situation of depression and frustration which, however, never turns into a firm decision to put an end to the marriage. Disappointed by the fact that Julia is unable to break away from her husband even in front of the evidence of the flirt between Lorie and Victor, Brock decides to break off all relations with the woman definitively, and decides to leave Genoa City looking for a new start and not create further problems in the friendship between Katherine and Victor. Victor's relationship with Lorie, meanwhile, soon turns into a friendship as Lorie is still in love with Lance and is determined to continue her marriage.

1981 (#6) - The breakup of Casey and Lucas, bond with Leslie and rivalry with Jonas

With the possibility given by the judge to spend time with Brooks, Leslie tries to reestablish a relationship with the child without much success, since he does not seem to recognize her. But when Leslie plays a lullaby on the piano that she used to play for Brooks, it is clear that there is a very strong bond between them. Lance meanwhile reveals in a very delicate way to an astonished Leslie the reason why she had decided to leave the city before her memory loss: she had feelings for him. Feeling remorse and a sense of humiliation and shame, Leslie apologizes to Lorie for trying to meddle in her marriage, admitting that she cannot remember whether or not she had a clandestine relationship with the man. Lorie reassures her and reveals that she has never done anything she should regret: she then admits that things between her and Lance are not as good as they used to be and that this whole situation is creating stress and tension between the two of them. Leslie regrets it, but warns Lorie that she doesn't want to give up on Brooks. Meanwhile, one night, while she was sleeping with Brooks, Leslie falls down banging her head from on the bedside table; the trauma brings back memories of the night of passion with Lance when she conceived Brooks, and it is Master Fautsch who reveals that Lance is the real father of Brooks, fact that Lance ignores. Leslie, completely distraught from an emotional point of view, is informed that she is still formally married to Lucas and decides to make a very important decision for her, that is to give her marriage a new chance. Leslie thus informs Jonas that she wants to try to give her marriage to Lucas a new chance. Lucas has meanwhile ended her relationship with Casey.Lucas is happy with Leslie's decision not to end their relationship definitively, since she intends to honor her promise to God to the end; however, she soon finds herself in competition with Jonas, who has no intention of giving up his engagement to Leslie. Vanessa encourages Jonas not to give up and to fight for Leslie, rejecting the idea of a reconciliation between her and Lucas, since Leslie, in her thoughts, is destined to return with Lance, the couple she would have loved to see together. The rivalry between Jonas and Lucas for Leslie's love intensifies more and more, but in the end it is Leslie who interrupts the discussions by choosing to confirm her marriage to Lucas, since only by showing herself a caring wife could convince the court to give her the custody of Brooks.

1981 (#3) - Leslie's memory and the request with Jonas for the custody of Brooks

Determined to put her previous life in Genoa City behind her, including her career as a musician, Leslie, or rather Priscilla, convinces Jonas to close Jona's and leave the city. Soon, however, her mother's instincts are back in tune. In fact, when Brooks, during an argument between Lorie and Vanessa, falls down and is hospitalized, Leslie, miles away, wakes up from a nightmare, feeling inside herself that something has happened to her child. Leslie's fears materialise when she returns to Genoa City and finds Brooks in hospital. Luckily the baby recovers quickly, but it is clear that this was enough to trigger something in Leslie. In any case, before leaving Genoa City again, Leslie accidentally meets Maestro Fautsch at Vanessa's house, who convinces her to play the piano with him. Suddenly, her mind was persuaded and her fingers flew over the keyboard, as if she had never forgotten her career. This event led Leslie to wonder if one day she could bring out all her memories of her previous life, as these were evidently not erased but simply hidden deep in her mind. Leslie thus feels that her place is only Genoa City and she convinces herself to stay in the city, reopening Jona's immediately. As time goes by, the details of her previous life slowly begin to return to Leslie's mind, which is assured by Jonas that the man would help her claim her rights as the mother of little Brooks. Meanwhile, Lance and Lorie are quickly adapting to their parental role and are living really happy moments together; both of them are starting to consider Brooks as their son and they don't want to give him up. Precisely for this reason, the slow but progressive recovery of Leslie's memory worries Lorie, who is soon surprised by a request for custody of little Brooks by Leslie. Brought to court by her sister, Lorie, however, manages to obtain full custody of the child together with Lance, managing to convince the judge that she is the only mother Brooks has ever known. Leslie's disappointment, however, is mitigated by the fact that the court establishes, after Brook's psychiatric consultation that over time, the child would be able to handle the news that Leslie is his birth mother, thus allowing her to spend time with him.

1980 (#30) - Lance and Lorie gets the custody of Brooks

Some time after the shocking reunion between Lance and Priscilla, Jonas decides to get in touch with Lucas and arrange a meeting with Priscilla, or Leslie depending on what she wants to be called. Lucas thus has time and way to explain to Jonas and Priscilla all the events of their marriage and the birth of their son Brooks; Lucas carefully avoids telling Leslie about Brooks's fatherhood and is disappointed anyway when Leslie remembers nothing of the past. In a subsequent meeting with Lorie and Brooks, Leslie sadly admits that she has lost her memory. Upon learning the situation that Lucas is currently involved with Casey and that Lorie and Lance have welcomed the child into their marriage, Priscilla realizes that everyone has moved on with their lives anyway and that perhaps it is best for everyone that things continue as they are now. So Lorie and Lance manage to get full custody of Brooks from Leslie, since Leslie, or Priscilla, realizes that she cannot be a mother to a child she can't even remember giving birth. Jonas and Priscilla thus strengthen their union, just as Lance and Lorie formalize their family by legally welcoming little Brooks into the house; they all accept the events that fate has reserved for them.

1980 (#25) - Jonas' help in digging into Priscilla's past and the meeting with Lance

Returning from Santo Domingo, a radiant Lucas informs Stuart, Lorie and Lance that he has recognized a girl named Priscilla as their Leslie; he then says he is sure of the woman's identity, but she doesn't remember anything, or pretends to. Lucas and Lorie try to get in touch with the woman, and Lucas remembers Jonas's name, realizing that he is the owner of the club of the same name. Meanwhile, Priscilla intends to put the meeting with the mysterious man on the jet, who is in fact Lucas, behind her. The episode has however puzzled Jonas, who understands that the girl is hiding something. In the end, Priscilla admits she doesn't remember anything from her previous life and says she doesn't want to think about the past, but only about her present with Jonas, with whom she is increasingly in love. In fact, Piscilla has found joy and happiness in running Jona's with the man and has found great satisfaction in singing there in front of him; through music and the relationship with him, Priscilla has learned not to take life too seriously and therefore decides not to have any interest in knowing her past. However, when Priscilla's doctor informs her at a visit that it is clear that she recently had a baby, the woman changes her perspective from her past, and Jonas promises to help her in every way to remember her previous life, although this could potentially threaten their union and could mean losing her. Meanwhile, Lance goes to Jonas and is shocked to find the woman. Lance is carefully careful not to confess his identity, and when Priscilla shows that she neither recognizes nor remembers who he is, the man leaves convinced that their lives are now meant to be divided.