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.

1983 (#7) - Frank's injury, Stuart's article and Cindy's proposal

The emergence of an evident and growing mafia control in the city is brought to light by the bloody episode of Frank's shooting. During a robbery ordered by Pete, in fact, police chief Frank Lewis is wounded by a bullet wound near his heart. The news puts the whole city in shock and blows up a real media case. Stuart himself, returning from London for a brief visit to Genoa City, decides to return to write an editorial on the Genoa City Chronicle to highlight the dangerous and bloody escalation. The investigation that follows the media case brings to light, in a short time, numerous episodes now linked to drug trafficking and the prostitution ring carried out by the criminal gangs of the city. Pete, who is furious with the perpetrators of the robbery for Frank's wounding, certainly does not like to have the spotlight turned against him; and the situation also makes Paul more and more stressed and anxious. Paul, though briefly, visits Frank secretly in the hospital, where he cries desperately. Frank, followed by Dr. David Edgeworth and in a coma for several days now, struggles tenaciously and continuously between life and death until he wakes up. A very happy Paul is thus able to visit a convalescent Frank, who is encouraging him not to give up. The situation seems to slowly improve, but soon a heart attack due to the worsening of the man makes him fall back into a coma. Paul is desperate, realizing that he is increasingly alone in his struggle. A new editorial by Stuart, which highlights Paul's connections with the underworld, makes the man furious, aware that he can certainly not respond to the accusations. Paul is afraid of dying or being left without witnesses who can one day make his family understand that he is on the side of justice; Cindy understands that Paul, without his family next door, is increasingly lonely and proposes to confess everything, even though he firmly refuses, as this could jeopardize his entire investigation.

1982 (#32) - Sally's wedding and Greg, Liz and Stuart's transfer to London

Far from the turbulent problems of Genoa City, meanwhile, Chris and Snapper live happily in London. Both have in fact immediately adapted to their new life in Europe, although Chris misses his father Stuart very much. Snapper himself is worried about his mother Liz, aware that she is always worried about Jill's turbulent life. Chris and Snapper decide to return to the city as soon as their schedule allows. Here, they immediately regain the love of their parents, increasingly struggling with the aches and pains of advancing age. Liz, meanwhile, is annoyed by Stuart's words, who asks Chris not to go back to London with Snapper, but when Snapper kindly refuses the offer, it is Chris who offers Stuart a surprise to come to London with Liz. Seeing that each of their children are now taking different paths and that they don't have much time to spend with them, both Stuart and Liz think seriously about Chris and Snapper's offer to move with them to Europe. Moreover, Stuart is attracted to the teaching opportunities that Chris is looking forward to, as there is a strong demand for journalism professors in London. Liz, worried about her husband's increasing health instability, is also convinced that moving to London is the best choice, reassured by Snapper about the quality of the hospitals in the British capital. A few days after Chris and Snapper's arrival in Genoa City, therefore, Liz, Stuart and Greg are ready to pack up and go to England, too, happy to move to Britain and start a new life there. Greg, after all, needs to forget April and England is a great opportunity for his lawyer job. Before leaving, surprisingly Sally arrives at the airport, who informs everyone that she has recently married Stan, with whom she lives in Michigan. It's a chance for Snapper, this one, to hug little Chuckie one last time.

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 (#6) - The transplant surgery and Snapper's farewell to Chuckie and Sally

Chuckie's condition, meanwhile, is becoming increasingly critical and the child needs a kidney transplant as soon as possible. At the same time, Snapper, increasingly nervous and worried, returns home to Chris less and less after work, preferring to stay at the hospital next to Sally and little Chuckie. This time Chris is much more sympathetic than in the past, having actually realized the gravity of the situation personally; however, she is determined to somehow put a stop to Sally's attempt to win over Snapper. Knowing that Sally is currently engaged to the brother of Cinthia Harris, Stan Harris, with whom she lives in Michigan, Chris plans to contact and convince him to come to Genoa City to be with his woman and Chuckie. In fact, the man had already packed and about to leave to reunite with his woman, and Chris appears satisfied that his Snapper no longer runs the risk of being involved in a possible relationship with Sally. She, meanwhile, in despair of losing her son, tries to persuade Snapper to reveal his paternity to Chuckie; Snapper, however, despite the fact that he has now built a good relationship with the child, prefers to wait, despite the fact that he is aware that there could be no more time if the operation goes wrong. In Snapper's decision to wait to reveal the truth, Greg's advice was decisive, knowing that such a decision would destroy Chris and further fuel his fears of a reunion between Sally and Snapper. In fact, Greg advised his brother not to lose sight of his priority: Chris and Jennifer, because they are special people that no one would let slip away, not hiding an interest in Chris herself. This allusion annoys Snapper, forced to collect the countless hit by Stuart who admits that he would have preferred Chris to marry Greg. When the situation for Chuckie becomes critical, Snapper decides to donate one of his kidneys to his son, a gesture that receives the admiration of all. To everyone's great joy, fortunately, the transplant goes well and Chuckie recovers. Snapper convinces Sally that it is better not to tell Chuckie the truth about who is his real father and to continue to let him believe that it's Stan, who is happy to be able to raise Chuckie to whom he is now very close. Sally and Stan make the decision to leave Genoa City and return to Michigan to continue their lives. The time comes for a moving farewell between a grieving Snapper, aware that he will never see his son Chuckie again.

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.

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 (#9) - Steven's proposal, Peggy's indecision and the interruption of the wedding

Steven, meanwhile, wanting to put aside his misunderstandings with Peggy about the job offer he received, decides to formalize his relationship with Peggy by asking for her hand, unaware, of course, that the woman had slept with Jack. Peggy, also pushed by Stuart and Steve's parents who approve the report, accepts the proposal, although she feels afraid for a step she is not yet ready for. As time goes by, moreover, the approaching marriage inexorably causes more and more doubts in the girl's soul, who unconsciously begins to feel more and more feelings for Jack. Throughout the wedding preparations, in fact, an unconscious Jack, convinced that the night spent with Peggy doesn't mean anything to the girl and that he considers it a simple escapade as he does, undermines Peggy's commitment to Steven, filling her with doubts big enough to make her wonder if she's doing the right thing. Steve himself, perceiving some distance from the girl, has tried to reassure Peggy that their love is strong enough to overcome her doubts. Peggy, however, with the inexorable approach of the wedding, can't help thinking about what she feels for Jack and, secretly, starts hoping to make him jealous, although the boy doesn't seem to notice it. When the big day finally arrives, Peggy, feeling captive and oppressed in a marriage that she doesn't really want, makes the difficult decision to renounce her own wedding right at the altar, surprisingly cancelling the wedding saying she's not ready for such a big step. Steven, completely shocked and stunned by Peggy, reluctantly accepts the girl's decision; and with a broken heart, the man decides to leave Genoa City for Washington, where Steven's second thoughts about the job offer are immediately accepted. A broken Peggy, aware that she has broken the heart of the only man who has ever loved her, is consoled by Stuart, who reassures her that she has made the right decision if that is what she feels. Peggy, finally, decides not to reveal to anyone the reasons why she decided to break off the wedding, and therefore her secret love for Jack, deciding to commit to forget the man, knowing that there can be no future between them.

1981 (#4) - Steve's relocation to Washington and the night between Peggy and Jack

As we know from their work at the Genoa Chronicle, the relationship between Steven and Peggy, meanwhile, seems to be going smoothly. Driven by Peggy's idealistic but decisive and determined character, apparently tough and rebellious, Steven soon falls in love with the girl, recognizing in her soul the innocence and sweetness he had never found in any girl before. Peggy also feels strongly attracted by the maturity and kindness of the man, with whom she shares a sense of justice and truth. But when Steven receives an excellent job offer in Washington, which he is tempted to accept, Peggy's doubts soon become evident, and she immediately sinks into the belief that the man does not love her. Convinced, then, that Steve no longer intends to continue his relationship with her, Peggy finds herself meeting Jack, with whom she lets off all her insecurities and spends a night of passion. Only the next day Steve reports to the girl that he has rejected the proposal of Washington to be close to her, but the news, however, only increases the sense of inadequacy of the girl, who on the one hand is happy with Steven confirming his love for her, the other suffers terribly from the guilt due to the night with Jack.

1980 (#27) - Jill's work at Jabot Cosmetics and the closeness with Jack

After ending the short relationship with Steven, too detail-oriented and too busy working in the editorial office to be able to keep up with a demanding woman like Jill, she decides to put aside for a while the search for a man to focus on a job. Having left Derek's beauty salon some time ago, Jill needs to earn some money to live independently and raise little Phillip, unwilling to accept help from either Liz or Stuart. So Jill decides to try a job interview at Jabot Cosmetics, whose owner, John Abbott, immediately recognizes her talent in business and hires her in the marketing division. Jill is excited about her new job and finally finds herself financially satisfied. After all, John is also very fond of the girl because he hopes that she can finally get his son Jack interested in the job.

1980 (#20) - Peggy's investigation, infiltration into the sect, engagement with Steven

Peggy is excited about her work at the Genoa Chronicle and immediately sets to work with her teammate Steven. Peggy, having recently heard a growing alarmism about the spread of satanic cults and sects in the city, decides to make an inquiry into this obscure phenomenon. Steven agrees to address the issue and, despite a worried Stuart strongly advises her not to go into this matter and offers her to deal with lighter and less delicate issues, Peggy's great determination, combined with her thirst for truth typical of the best journalist, make her immediately throw herself body and soul into this investigation. Peggy starts collecting material by wandering around the city, doing interviews and asking for information in the slums of the city. Soon, she learns of the existence of a dangerous sect called Communion of the New World which, with the intention and promise to make its adherents discover the truth and prepare them for their destiny, turns out to be an association that literally leaves its adherents broke, causing not only serious psychological problems, but also financial ones. In the meantime, Greg notices with more and more concern the behavior of his wife, by now a stranger in the house, who goes out regularly every night without saying anything about what she does; so soon Greg is convinced that Nikki has a lover and asks Casey for information, but she is also surprised by it. Meanwhile, Steven and Peggy are satisfied with their investigation, having collected a lot of material; Peggy, however, wants to go further and go inside the sect. So she decides to infiltrate, pretending to be an aspiring adherent. Through an informant, so, Peggy pretends to be interested in participating in the sect and is brought to one of their meetings. All the participants wear a black hooded dress, so Peggy can't see anyone's face. Determined to break up the gang, Peggy contacts the police and so, in a subsequent meeting, tries in every way possible to expose the leaders of the sect, Rebecca Andrews and Sumiko Funai. Rebecca, realizing that Peggy is a spy, warns Sumiko who tries to kill her, but in the end the police intervention ends the fight, thus making numerous arrests. Peggy is overjoyed, having managed to take down an entire gang of criminals and Stuart, despite the big scare, is proud of his daughter as well as Steven himself, who gets carried away by the emotion and kisses Peggy. The two of them, amazed and embarrassed, eventually let themselves go to passion and find themselves attracted more than ever. It doesn't take long before Steven breaks off his relationship with Jill to embark on a new adventure with Peggy.

1980 (#19) - Leslie's amnesia, Priscilla's new identity and her love story with Jonas

A confused and troubled Leslie finds herself, after her new mental breakdown, wandering around the city aimlessly. The collapse suffered after Lorie's revelation has in fact caused Leslie a new loss of memory, which does not allow her to find her way around the city or to remember anything about her life. Lorie, unaware of what happened to her sister after the escape, tries to contact her again in vain and is surprised that she left Brooks with her; only after a few hours she realizes that something might have happened to her and warns Lance, without informing him of the details of the discussion she had with her sister. Lance and Lorie soon warn everyone about Leslie's disappearance and desperately start looking for her with Stuart's help, but without getting any results. Meanwhile, a shocked and frightened Leslie finds herself in a place familiar to her: Jona's bar, once her The Allegro. With a sign and completely renovated, Leslie is unable to associate the place with her bar and finds herself completely lost. She is noticed by Jonas himself, unaware that she is the former owner of the bar, because he has never seen her having closed the deal with Brock. Jonas's is immediately struck by the beauty of the girl, asks her name but Leslie not remembering her identity, says her name is Priscilla Clark. An immediate bond is formed between the two and the man shows himself capable of instilling in Leslie that confidence and trust that she cannot find on her own. Convinced that the woman doesn't want to talk about her past and wants to go on with her life, Jonas doesn't ask Leslie any questions and decides to host her at his place, soon starting an affair with her. As the days go by, Leslie dyes her hair becoming blonde, which complicates Stuart's and his family's search. Meanwhile, the new Priscilla becomes the club's leading singer and increasingly strengthens her union with Jonas, with whom she soon falls in love.

1980 (#18) - The rapprochement of Nikki to Paul and the New World Communion

In the meantime, the consequences of recent events falls on Greg and Nikki's marriage. The man, remembering the warnings given to Nikki about her job and the dangerousness of that environment, is unable to forgive his wife for what happened to Liz, who is slowly recovering after the operation on her femur. Snapper, more than Stuart, is furious about what Nikki did and he's also angry at Greg for being able to marry someone as bad as her. Greg tries to defend his wife by playing on her immaturity, but in the end he realizes that he is not currently in a position to take her defense, being angry with her himself. It's natural, therefore, that the couple is going through a bad moment in their relationship, with Nikki recovered from the accident but feeling guilty for the attack and also disappointed by Greg's attitude of not taking a stand in her defense, now that everyone in the family sees her as the only real problem. It's in this mood that Nikki casually meets up with Paul. The two of them remember the old days and talk openly about the latest developments in their lives. Nikki tells about the mess she got into with the story of her job at the fashion agency, and Paul tells her about, although vaguely, the end of the love-story with April and the venereal disease. Paul also admits to Nikki, that he also felt the same way she feels, that it's without a goal or purpose in life, but that he has now been able to open his eyes and find fulfilment. He then confesses to Nikki that he has entered the New World Communion, an association whose purpose is to open ourselves up to the truth and to prepare us for life's only true purpose, which is to return to the stars. Nikki is completely skeptical of Paul's words, but in the end the girl's naivety, in addition to Paul's oratory qualities and the influence that Paul has over her as her first love, convince her to try to go to one of their sessions. Soon Nikki becomes a regular follower of the New World Communion, which turns out to be nothing more than a sect.

1980 (#11) - Peggy's work as journalist and the flirt between Jill and Steven

Leaving behind the attempted and failed wedding with Derek and then the last hopes of getting Stuart back, who just got married to her mother Liz, it's time for Jill to start a new life. And this time, without tricks, secrets, or plots. At Stuart's wedding Jill meets Steven Williams, a journalist from the Genoa Chronicle of which Stuart is ,as we know, the publisher. Steven is Paul's older brother, but compared to him, he's a completely different person. He shares Paul's straightforwardness, determination and tough character; but unlike Paul, Steven is driven by an honest, kind and loyal soul. It doesn't take Jill long before she starts to get curious about the man and want to keep seeing him; and Steven is also pleasantly impressed by the girl, who is extremely beautiful, sweet and gentle. So the two of them start dating for a while. Meanwhile, Stuart tries to convince Peggy to keep the promise he made to Liz before their wedding, to stay in town. Peggy reminds her father that in San Francisco, where she recently finished college, she now has a life of friends and many people who love her, but Stuart insists that here in Genoa City there is her family and, if she wants, her job. Stuart proposes to the aspiring journalist Peggy to join the editorial staff of the Genoa Chronicle and Peggy, enthusiastic embraces her father and anxiously accepts the offer. Already on her first day of work, therefore, Peggy meets Steven himself, with whom she will work together, and she is literally overwhelmed. The situation does not please Jill, who is quite jealous but at the same time not at all worried about young Peggy's competition.

1980 (#9) - The return of Peggy, the birth of Jennifer and the joy of Chris and Snapper

On the occasion of Liz and Stuart's wedding, Peggy also returns from San Francisco. The younger of Stuart's daughters does not hide her doubts about her father's decision to marry again, and fears that Liz, like her daughter Jill, is only interested in her father's money. Liz, understanding Peggy's anger towards her, reassures the girl that she is neither interested in her father's assets nor disrespecting their family. Liz doesn't want to replace Jennifer, dead Peggy's mother that she misses a lot by the way, Liz just wants to make her father happy, who like Peggy and like everyone else has suffered for Jennifer's death. Eventually, Peggy and Liz hug each other and the girl agrees to attend the woman's wedding to her father; moreover, Liz begs Peggy to stay in Genoa City and the girl agrees to return to live in their house with her and Stuart. The happiness of this special day is also doubled when at the end of the ceremony Chris feels her waters breaking and so she has to give birth to her daughter. Thus was born Jennifer Elizabeth Foster, daughter of radiant parents Chris and Snapper who decided to name their daughter as their respective mothers, Liz and the deceased Jennifer who no one has forgotten to this day. The newlyweds Liz and Stuart, therefore, discover with pleasure that they became grandparents on the same day of their wedding. It really is a special day in Genoa City!

1980 (#8) - Jill's intrusions, Liz's forgiveness and marriage to Stuart

After the divorce from Jill, without having to give up his property, Stuart is finally free to get back with Liz. Jill's mother, however, seems ready, under pressure from Greg and Chris, to forgive the man and reconcile with him. The love between the two, so soon wins over everything and the two decide to start from where they left off before Stuart's affairs, that is the preparation of their marriage that could finally reunite the two families. Everything seems going smoothly, except that, once again, Jill seems to want to insinuate herself into the relationship between her mother and Stuart. In fact, after the attempted marriage with Derek, Jill tries once again to get love and especially Stuart's money, although this time the man doesn't seem interested at all. Jill, however, still has a weapon by her side, which is the fact that she and Stuart had sex before their marriage, a fact of which Liz is unaware. When Liz interrupts a heated argument between Stuart and her daughter, in a fit of rage, Jill screams that Stuart married her because he thought she was pregnant. Stuart explains the whole situation to Liz, and is forced to admit, along with Jill's lies, that he had sex with her before their marriage. Liz, once again, runs away in tears, and it's only Lorie's intervention that makes the woman rethink her decision. Eventually Liz and Stuart decide to put the whole thing behind them and finally get married. Decisive was also the umpteenth clarification between Jill and Liz, in which the daughter admits to having deceived Stuart and asks Liz for forgiveness for all the pain she caused her; she then asks her to accept the proposal of an extraordinary man like Stuart, since her dream is exclusively to see her mother and Stuart happy. On their wedding day, everyone was overjoyed to see Liz and Stuart's dreams come true. The two come from two very different worlds; Stuart's success as publisher of the Genoa Chronicle is in stark contrast to the difficult life Liz has faced to provide her children with a peaceful future. But Liz and Stuart share a unique bond based on mutual respect, commitment to family, trust and mature love. And it was the strength of that love that allowed them to put Stuart's relationship with Jill behind them and look to the future. Even though Liz still had doubts that she would fit into a comfortable life with Stuart, surrounded by her rich friends and co-workers, that she eventually accepted

1979 (#21) - Jill's waiver and Katherine's interruption of her marriage to Derek

An angry Katherine, meanwhile, lives in the shadows, waiting for the right time to turn up. Believed and officially declared dead at the fire at the psychiatric institution, Katherine attends her funeral curiously, and of course disguised. Determined to take revenge on Suzanne, who was almost killing her, Katherine thus begins to appear before the woman, who thinks she is hallucinating or, even worse, she thinks she's in front of the Katherine's ghost. Katherine's repeated threats soon bring Suzanne to the brink of a nervous breakdown until a worried Derek decides to have her examined by a specialist, who advises him to hospitalize her in a psychiatric center. Meanwhile, while Jill is busy in court getting her share from the divorce from Stuart, the woman gets a lot of psychological support from Derek, with whom she soon reconnects. The man, who is ready to declare Katherine dead and inherit her fortune, has his heart divided between Jill and Suzanne. Undecided who is the right woman for him, he soon realizes that what he really wants is not to get back with his ex-wife, who seems to have completely lost her mind, but to be together with Jill to finally defeat the Destiny that since always seems to turn against them. Derek's choice naturally makes Jill happy, but it fills Katherine's eyes with hate, who can't believe how Jill can once again set her eyes on her man. The rapid evolution of the love story between Derek and Jill leads her to want to end her marriage to Stuart as soon as possible, even at the cost of losing a lot of money: after all, she is tired of waiting and Derek, having inherited Katherine's fortune, certainly has no financial problems. Surprisingly, then, Jill announces in front of an astonished Stuart that she wants to give up any claim, in order to get a divorce immediately. A happy Stuart naturally accepts Jill's request, free at last to cultivate her dream of love. So the long-awaited wedding day arrives between an excited Derek and a very happy Jill, but it is precisely on this occasion that Katherine decides to show up again and reappear in front of her acquaintances; the woman thus stops the wedding right at the culmination, claiming her property and, above all, her husband. Everyone is shocked to recognize Katherine and to find her alive again; but joy naturally leads to amazement, first of all Derek's, and disbelief mixed with Jill's disappointment. Jill, who had given up a probable good exit from her marriage to Stuart to be with Derek, is thus forced to remain, once again, empty-handed.

1979 (#17) - Stuart's tracheotomy and the judicial struggle for divorce with Jill

Stuart, regretting his choices over the past year, soon informs Liz that he has realized the mistake he made in marrying Jill and tries to apologize to the woman for making her suffer. And recognizing all his mistakes made insisting in getting married to Jill, he confesses to her that she is the only woman he has really loved since Jennifer's death. Liz, however, is still very cold towards the man; she knew that Stuart would soon return to her, as the marriage with Jill was not a marriage that would last, but she doesn't yet feel ready to start again. Stuart, obviously, willingly accepts Liz's decision to take things slowly, and promises to win her back. In the meantime, Stuart himself is starting to file for divorce. Jill has no intention of coming out of her marriage empty-handed, and knowing Stuart well enough to know that a man of her moral principles would never admit to Liz and her daughters that he slept with Jill before the wedding, she knows she can play her cards right. Counting on the fact that Stuart would have done anything to keep this detail hidden, Jill is well aware that she could blackmail the man or take a large sum of money from him. So when Stuart offers the woman a $25,000 settlement, Jill's lawyer advises her to ask for a lot more. A frustrated Stuart then, tired of having to accept any financial terms to get rid of Jill, decides to get rid of his burden by confessing to his daughter Lorie the real reason for his marriage to Jill. The two begin to make a plan to prove that Jill has in fact tricked Stuart by forcing him into a marriage that he would otherwise never have accepted. Later, while Jill and Stuart are discussing their divorce over lunch, the man begins to suffocate. A completely panicked Jill still manages to contact Snapper, who manages to save the man thanks to a tracheotomy. Alive thanks to Jill, Stuart has a full recovery, but he refuses with difficulty, saying he wants to go ahead with the divorce procedure, when Jill proposes to give their marriage another try. Stuart then makes Jill a second offer of $100,000, but the woman, annoyed, asks for half of Stuart's assets and the mansion. Stuart, shocked by this request, sees himself forced into a long judicial battle, which he would have gladly avoided in order to save his fortune.

1979 (#14) - Suzanne's revenge, Katherine's hospitalization and the fire at the institute

The reconnection between Jill and Derek is certainly not what Suzanne was hoping for. The confession made to Derek, which caused the woman's pact with Katherine to be broken, was of course not only a selfless act of kindness and duty on Suzanne's part, but she was hoping to see a new feeling arise from her relationship with her ex-husband. But Derek, as mentioned, immediately went looking for Jill, even though Suzanne wouldn't give up. Convinced that she was still capable of making Derek fall in love with her, Suzanne began to think about solving the main obstacle to her union with the man, Katherine. While it's true that Derek believes his marriage is over, Suzanne also knows that if Derek asks for a divorce he won't get anything from the woman. Suzanne then convinces herself that the only way to stay with her ex-husband and get great financial benefits is to permanently remove Katherine from their lives. So Suzanne starts drugging Katherine, unaware that it was Suzanne who informed Derek of the truth about her recovery, with candies mixed with very powerful drugs and medicines. Katherine soon begins to behave abnormally and Derek, worried, on Suzanne's own advice, takes the Katherine to a centre for drug addicts. Here the doctors inform Derek that it will probably take years before Katherine can hope to come to her senses; this is also because Suzanne, during her visits, keeps bringing her special candies, which prevent Katherine from getting better. During Katherine's absence, meanwhile, Suzanne begins to successfully seduce Derek, who soon gets carried away by the woman, setting aside his plans to return with Jill. Meanwhile, Katherine begins to reflect on what has happened recently and begins to suspect Suzanne; realizing that the woman was poisoning her, Katherine stops taking the candy, giving it to another patient who shared the room with her, Daniel Branson, for the sole purpose of verifying its effect. Soon Daniel began to experience the same symptoms as the her and went crazy. One night, he lights a fire in the institute, burning himself to death. Katherine, then, realizes that she has a chance to escape and to be considered dead: by putting her wedding ring into the burnt and unrecognizable body of the man, in fact, everyone suspects that she is the victim of the fire.

1979 (#11) - Suzanne's confession to Derek and her rapprochement with Jill

Derek cannot explain Suzanne's bizarre behaviour and her departure without any details; in particular, Derek misses his son, which leads him to constantly look for and call her, asking the reason for his departure and pointing out his need and right, to see his son Jamie. Suzanne, finding herself under increasing pressure by all the man's questions, agrees to return secretly to Genoa City to talk to him in person. At the opposite side of the city from the Chancellor property, Suzanne reveals to Derek about his wife's fraud, telling him that she saw her walking with her very own eyes and that she was paid to go away and keep the secret. The news shocked Derek, who couldn't believe the woman's words, even though he actually managed to confirm it in the following days. An angry Derek then decides to confront Katherine, informing her that he wants to initiate divorce procedures. At the same time, Stuart informs Jill that he is now determined to end their marriage, despite the woman trying in every way she can to convince him to give up the idea. Stuart thus informs his daughters of the decision he has made, which fills them with joy. Now approaching their respective divorces, Jill and Derek find themselves once again in the possibility to start all over and to try once more to give their relationship a chance.