CARRIE'S ATTACK AFTERMATH

February 7 - March 4, 1994

Carrie's Attack Aftermath
Belle's Paternity Revealed
Billie's Trial Begins
Kate Revealed As Austin & Billie's Mother

The guy in the ski mask attacked Carrie. She put up a fight and started screaming. When Austin returned from the airport, Carrie told him of the attack. Austin believed Lucas to be the attacker when he saw Lucas with a bloody lip. Austin then hit Lucas. Carrie had a flashback to the attack when Austin tried to comfort her. Stefano tells Peter that he will reveal the truth of Belle's paternity very soon. Sami starts to destroy her diary as it is the only way, she believes, that anyone will find out the truth about Belle. Marlena sees her do this. Later Marlena apologizes to Sami for her affair. Roman gets legal separation papers for he and Marlena. This devastates Marlena. Caroline urges Roman to give his marriage and Marlena another chance. He agrees to do so for the childrens' sake. Caroline later tells Marlena that Roman was on his way to see her and that he was considering reconciliation and Marlena becomes filled with hope. Carrie is still upset over her attack. She tells her doctor that she was not raped but the attacker tried to rape her. She makes Austin promise not to tell anyone else about the attack. Sami finishes destroying her diary. Stefano goes to Roman and tells him that John is Belle's father and shows him a copy of Sami's diary. Roman does not believe Stefano's claim that John is Belle's father. Sami denies that Stefano has a copy of her diary. Stefano insists and Roman is forced to believe him and Sami does a bad job of denying it. When Marlena arrives, Sami yells at Marlena and tells her that she hates Marlena and Belle. Marlena asks what prompted that and Roman tells Marlena that he knows Belle is John's daughter. Marlena denies that John is Belle's father but Sami explains how she changed the blood test results. Roman says he has no reason to try and hold on to the marriage. Marlena suggests she, Roman and John can work something out but Roman wants no part in Belle's life. John goes to get Roman and is met by an upset Marlena. Marlena tells John that he is Belle's father. John is happy and tells Marlena he always felt a bond with her. Roman refuses to help John in gathering evidence against Stefano. Roman announces he will move out but Marlena says she and Belle will leave. Marlena goes to the Horton's where Alice, Mickey and Maggie are celebrating Mickey and Maggie's anniversary. Marlena announces that John is Belle's father and that she has moved out. Alice invites her to stay at the Horton Center and they encourage her not to give up hope. Sami comforts Roman, announcing she will look after him.

Carrie refuses to tell the police about her attack. Austin tells Carrie that he believes Lucas was the attacker. Carrie does not believe this. Later it is revealed that Alan was the attacker. Carrie and Austin return to Salem and overhear Sami telling Caroline about Belle's paternity. Carrie goes to see Marlena and yells at Marlena.

Carrie confides in Sami about the attack. Sami tells Roman and Caroline about Carrie's attack. All the Bradys go to Carrie's apartment to offer support. Caroline invites Marlena but is told to leave by Roman. Marlena and John talk about how they will raise Belle and John sees his daughter for the first time since knowing the truth. Marlena goes to her house to collect Belle's things but does so when Roman is there. Later John tells Marlena he has found her a home to live in. Roman discovers that Marlena forgot Belle's favourite mobile and takes it to her and sees John playing with Belle.

Austin and Carrie have breakfast at the pub where the Brady's are still offering support. Marlena arrives and is again told to leave by Roman. Lucas tells Alan of Carrie's attack. Alan rings Carrie but she does not to see him.

Billie's trial starts and bo tells the judge that he believes Kate Kiriakis is also a suspect. Kate is shocked and Billie confronts Kate asking why she is so scared. The judge decides there is not enough evidence to warrant putting Kate on the stand. Pat Hamilton calls Abe to testify.

Austin tells Bo and Billie about Carrie's attack. Alan visits Carrie to see if she will recognise him as the attacker but she doesn't. At Salem place, Jen sees Austin and Carrie and invites them along with her and Peter. They all go to the Cheatin' Heart - a place Jack never took Jen. Lucas sees Sami at Johnny Angel's and tries to cheer her up. They are joined by Alan who tells Sami she looks like Carrie. Sami is impressed by the attention she is getting from Alan.

Kate's maid buys clothes with Kate's money and goes to the Cheatin' Heart. As she is leaving she is spotted by Billie wearing the seashell shoes. Bo and Billie lose Mary in the fog. They return to the Heart where they recruit Peter and Jennifer to help look for the woman. Billie, Jennifer and Peter all go to a Rave party looking for the woman with the shoes. They do not see her and Peter and Jen leave. Once they are gone, Billie sees Mary and grabs her. Peter and Jen return to Jen's place, where he kisses her once more. Billie calls Bo and he and Abe arrive and take Mary to the police station. Mary calls Victor. Victor and Kate go to the station where Mary tells the police that she bought the shoes from a street vendor. Bo and Billie are both disappointed that the shoe lead did not help.

Pat Hamilton calls Alice to the stand. She makes Alice reveal that the dress scrap belonged to Billie's dress. Bo made Mary confess the truth about the shoes and then convinced the judge to call Kate to the stand. Mickey questioned Kate but she insisted that there was never any connection between her and Curtis. While on the stand, the courtroom door opens and Laura walks in. Laura takes of her glasses and announces that she is Laura Horton. Everyone is shocked. Jen and the Hortons are thrilled that she is alive and no longer catatonic. Kate is devastated. Outside they begin to question her on where she had been and Vivian appears. Laura tells everyone that Viv saved her life and Jen is grateful to Viv. Jen wants to take Laura home but she insists on staying to be with the family. The trial resumes and Mickey again asks kate about her connection to Curtis. Kate denies any connection and Laura stands and announces Kate was Curtis's wife.

At Billie's trial Laura reveals that Kate was once married to Curtis. Kate breaks down and admits that they were married and that she hated him and is glad he's dead. Mickey asks whether she saw Curtis on the night of the murder and Kate says yes, admitting that he was blackmailing her, saying he would tell everyone of her past unless she paid him off. Mickey pressed Kate, feeling that she hadn't told the full story of why she hated him so much. Kate finally said she hated him because he stole her babies from her and she never saw them again. Billie and Austin stare at each other, realising that this means that Kate may be their mother. Curtis stole her babies, not because he loved them but because he knew she loved them.

Billie and Austin can't believe their ears. Neither can Jennifer who is the only other person who knows Curtis was their father. The whole courtroom has heard Kate say she's glad Curtis is dead, so Mickey tries to get Billie off the hook. The judge goes away to think about this and comes back and says he will not dismiss Billie and adjourns the court to the next day to give Pat Hamilton time to prepare for this unexpected turn of events. Billie refuses to believe Kate is their mother, while Bo doesn't understand why Billie isn't more excited by Kate looking so guilty. Roman thinks they need to do more digging into Curtis's past before the court comes back into session. Billie tells Austin she's terrified that it'll come out that Curtis was her father and that he molested her. She's says she'd rather die than have Bo find out. Bo tells Billie he is going to search Curtis's past to discover everything he can about his connection to Kate. Billie worries he will discover everything about her too, because if Bo finds out Curtis molested her, he won't want to be with her anymore. Austin disagrees with her.

Newspaper headlines about Kate come out and Kate worries about the embarrassment she has caused Victor. She offers him out of the marriage but he says no, he'll stand by her. Her lawyer tells her her position could be worse than Billie's. Lucas overhears and yells at him, telling him he'd better get him mum out of this. Kate tells Lucas she's worried she has lost Victor's respect and that he'll regret marrying her. Lucas reminds her Victor knew a lot of the dirt before he married her. She says if she goes to prison for Curtis's murder she'll definitely lose Victor.
Austin wonders if Kate is really their mother. Billie says why should they even care, if she is their mother, she left them with someone who beat up Austin and molested Billie. But Austin believes Curtis could have lied, and Kate could be telling the truth that Curtis made her leave her children. He remembers their mother reading them stories and singing to them. Bo turns up at Titan publishing with a search warrant to search Kate's files. Victor asks Bo not to treat his wife as a common criminal but Bo says he's after the truth. Kate moans that this is all Billie's fault and swears revenge. Austin shows Billie a brooch their mother left behind and she remembers her mother singing to her. At the courthouse Billie sees Kate and tells her she wants to ask her something.

Billie tries to ask Kate about her kids but Kate says Billie's the last person she'd speak to about them. She says Billie knew Curtis, that he was her dealer, and that Kate's humiliation is because of Billie. She calls Billie trash and accuses her of having been Curtis's lover. She tells her it's no wonder her mother left her, that she probably took one look at Billie and knew she'd turn out to be a conniving, drug addicted whore. Billie runs out and tells Austin "That bitch is not our mother".

Jen tells Austin she has been trying to track his mother down for months, and that Peter has files of marriages in Chicago during the time Curtis got married which they're looking through to try to find out whether Kate is really his and Billie's mother. Jen leaves the trial to go to Peter's to look through the files with him. She twists her ankle so obviously he has to carry her up to his room.

Bo gets a phone call with a lead he hopes will give him some information about Curtis and Kate.
Laura asks Alice to point out Kate's son to her, and Alice points Lucas out. Laura stares at him and Alice, seeing her stare, says there's something familiar about him, isn't there? Laura speaks to him and tells him he doesn't look like his mother and he says no, apparently I look like my father.

Carrie overhears Sami telling Jamie about her date with Alan, and how she hopes he'll try to kiss her. Carrie tells Sami Alan is too old for her and she'll get in over her head. Sami tells Carrie she's old enough to do what she wants.

Marlena says she needs to move Belle from Roman's health insurance to hers and that he needs to sign a document renouncing responsibility for Belle. He's sad about how Belle won't even remember him one day but Marlena says he made Belle's first months of life full of love. He remembers special moments with Belle and gets angry, telling Marlena not to come by the pub anymore. Carrie goes to the pub to tell Roman about Sami and Alan but sees his pain and decides not to. Instead she goes to Marlena. Meanwhile Caroline tries to persuade Roman to forgive Marlena. Sami in the meantime is with Alan and as he kisses her on the cheek Marlena arrives to talk to Alan and tells him Sami can't date anyone over 18. Sami says she has no right to tell her anything about what she can and can't do.

Bo arrives at the courthouse and tells Billie he has new information on Kate which should clear Billie. With Kate back on the stand, Mickey reveals that Kate once attacked Curtis with a butcher knife. She says it was only because Curtis had attacked her that night and she only did it to protect her babies. Mickey says that in light of this new evidence he moves that the charges against Billie be dropped and Kate be charged with murder. Lucas stands up and shouts that his mother didn't kill Curtis because he did it, he killed Curtis Brown. Boom boom

JANUARY 3 - FEBRUARY 4, 1994

Winter Fest
Belle's Baptism
Winter Heat
Curtis Brown Murder (Cont.)

Peter read the contents of Sami's file to Stefano. He revealed that Sami was bulimic and that she had not disclosed the cause of the eating disorder to the doctor. Stefano was convinced the cause had something to do with the secret between John and Marlena. He instructed Peter to steal Sami's diary as he believed the answer may be found there.

At the Brady pub, Shawn told Sami that he and the rest of the family still loved her despite her actions. They all wanted to see her get better and would stand behind her. Sami was relieved to hear this.

Marlena told Sami that she had told John about Sami knowing of the affair. Marlena later told John that she was planning on telling Roman. John suggested that it would hurt Roman and destroy their marriage. Marlena told John that she was aware of the dangers but she could not let Sami continue to suffer and that the secrets were destroying Sami.

Roman once again thanked John for returning Isabella to them and thanked John for his friendship and support throughout the year. He told John he was glad to have such a good friend, which made John feel even more guilty about his and Marlena's affair.

Carrie had her first day at work at Titan with Lucas. Lucas invited her to dinner but she declined as she had arranged to meet Austin at the pub. Austin learned that Brandee was in Salem and insisted that she come with him to the Brady Pub to explain things to Carrie. Brandee told Carrie that there had never been anything between her and Austin and that she had made the whole thing up. Carrie asked why she had done this. Lucas was outside and saw Brandee talking to Austin and Carrie.

At the Brady pub, Carrie repeated her question to Brandee, asking why she had lied to her about her involvement with Austin. Outside Lucas rang Brandee and warned her not to say anything. Victor had Maree fire Brandee and when Maree told Brandee at the pub, she was angered and told Carrie and Austin that Lucas had arranged the whole scam. She told them that Lucas had wanted Carrie to think that her and Austin were involved so that he could have Carrie for himself. Austin and Lucas got into a fight and had to be pulled apart. Later, Lucas tried to explain to Carrie, but she slapped him.

Austin asked Carrie out for a lunch date the following day.

Carrie had Austin had lunch but both were clumsy and awkward. Carrie suggested that they go ice-skating. While Carrie was waiting for Austin in the park, Lucas approached Carrie to apologise for his actions. He explained that he knew what he had done was wrong and he was sorry. He wanted Carrie to know that he was going to be a better person. Carrie apologised for slapping him and said she could forgive what he had done but could not forget. This pleased Lucas but angered Austin who had just arrived. Carrie explained by forgiving Lucas, she could put it all behind her and move on with her life.

Marlena told Sami she was going to tell Roman of her affair with John. Sami was insistent that Marlena not do this as it would devastate Roman. Sami suggested that Marlena talk to Dr Dorman first to see what he thought. Marlena told Sami that she had already done this but would talk to him again if it made her feel better. After speaking to Dr Dorman, Marlena was still determined to confess to Roman but Sami warned her not to.

Bo told Billie that he was having DNA tests performed on the skin found under Curtis's fingernails. He was hoping to prove that someone else had struggled with Curtis that night. Abe suggested to Billie that she take the D.A.'s deal. She refused once more. The DNA tests returned showing that the skin sample had the same genetic make-up as Billie suggesting that she was the murderer. Bo re-questioned Wendy about what she had seen or heard the night Curtis was shot. Wendy accidently let it slip that she had heard Curtis and Billie arguing. Bo was angry, but later Wendy remembered that she had heard someone else in the alley with Curtis after Billie had left. She couldn't tell if the voice was male or female but it wasn't Billie. This made Bo hopeful and he announced he would re question all the neighbours to find this other person. Austin once again suggested that Billie tell Bo the truth but Billie was adamant that she didn't want Bo finding out about her past.

Bo suggested to Billie that she try hypnosis to remember what happened the night that Curtis died. Billie refused explaining that she did not want to remember the past as it was too painful. Bo did not push her. Stefano read Sami's diary and discovered that Marlena slept with John, that John is Belle's father and no-one knows the truth of Belle's paternity except for Sami. Peter suggested telling Kristen straight away but Stefano insisted on waiting for the right moment.

After a therapy session, Roman and Sami went ice-skating in the park. While there, Lucas started talking to Sami. He told her that Carrie had forgiven him and he wanted Sami and him to be friends again. Sami suspected that Lucas was up to something but agreed to be friends. Marlena told John that she was telling Roman the truth. He said that he would stand behind her no matter what she did. He then told Marlena that he thought his memory may be returning. Marlena was pleased to hear this. At the park, while waiting for Peter, Jennifer saw Lucas looking at Austin and Carrie skating. Jennifer told Lucas that he should move on with his life and try to forget about Carrie. Lucas asked if she was doing that with Jack. Peter arrived and they had champagne. Peter had to leave but told Jen he would like to get to know her better. As he left, he kissed Jen which bewildered her.

Bo had a policeman run a check on the $100 bill they found on Curtis to see if it was marked in any way or traceable. Bo and Abe took the murder weapon to a pawn shop to see if a mark on the gun was a pawnshop identifying mark. The pawnshop owner recognised the mark but was unable to say who bought the gun as his records had been stolen. At the pawnshop, Abe saw Jonah's medical bag with his initials carved on the front. Abe went to see Jonah to confront him about selling the bag.

Marlena tells Roman about the affair with John. Roman is devastated and tells Marlena he will kill John. It is then revealed that Marlena is dreaming. She worries that her dream will come true and that if Roman were to find out the truth he would never be able to forgive her or John. At the Brady pub, Shawn and Caroline tell Sami that they still love her even though she kidnapped Belle. They tell her that they want to help her overcome her emotional problems.

John walks into the pub while the Bradys are discussing Sami and invite him to join them. Roman suggests a family photo and insists John be in it which upsets Sami. John tells Sami she must make an effort to pretend to like John so Roman does not become suspicious. Sami agrees but is horrified when Roman suggests John hold Isabella in the family photo.

Jennifer and Austin do a show about a woman who wrote an exercise book. She explains that she wrote it after her husband left her. This makes Jen think of Jack and she freezes on air. Austin comes to her rescue. Peter was watching at the studio and asks Jen if she was all right. Jen says she is. Peter asks her out but Jen explains that she is still a married woman and could not think about starting a relationship. After Peter leaves, Jen is served with divorce papers from Jack.

Austin confides in Jen that his relationship with Carrie is not going as he would like. He tells Jen he believed the relationship would pick up from where they left it. Jen tells Austin to take his time and allow he and Carrie to know each other all over again. Carrie relates the same problems to Caroline and Caroline gives Carrie the same advice that Jen gave Austin.

Stefano tells Peter that before he uses the information in Samis diary he must first confirm it validity. He gets Peter to arrange a blood test for Belle. As they are talking in the hospital lounge, Sami walks in. Stefano talks to Sami and tells her that he is psychic and can read palms. Sami doubts this but Stefano asks her if he may read her palm. Sami is reluctant but allows Stefano to do so. He tells her he knows she was in love with a man with the initials A. R. Sami is amazed. He then tells her that he knows she has a secret. Sami denies this and leaves the lounge. John visits Marlena and she tells him of the dream she had earlier. John suggests this could be a sign and that she should not tell Roman. While they are talking Marlena gets a phone call from the hospital reminding her that Belle was scheduled for some blood tests that day. Marlena and John take Belle to the hospital where they see Roman and Sami. Again Sami is panicked by the idea of blood tests.

Bo discovered that Lucas was given a speeding ticket on the night that Curtis was murdered near the scene of the crime and about the time that Curtis was killed. Lucas told Bo he had gone to see Carrie but had changed his mind. Bo suspects that Lucas is hiding something. After Bo leaves, Lucas burns a pair of gloves in the fireplace.

At the Brady pub, Bo tells Billie that he may have a lead which could produce another suspect.

At the hospital Sami tells Jamie about Stefano reading her palm. Jamie is sceptical and warns Sami to stay away from him. Later Sami asks John to convince Marlena not to tell Roman the truth as it would destroy him. John agrees to do this.

Victor questions Lucas as to why Bo had called. Lucas told Vic that Bo had found out about the speeding ticket. Victor asked if there was anything else that could connect Lucas with Curtis. Lucas assured Victor there was nothing. A lawyer, working for Victor to help Vivian, told Vic that Vivian had taken a turn for the worst.

Austin and Carrie had lunch together at the Brady pub and shared a kiss afterward.

ohn offered Marlena the baptism gown that Brady wore for Belle. Marlena accepted the gown. John pleaded with Marlena not to tell Roman the truth about their affair. He suggested that he and Roman needed to work together to beat Stefano and that would not happen if Roman knew the truth. He also told Marlena that Sami had begged him not to let Roman know.

Peter returned to the hospital where he stole the vial of blood containing Belles blood sample.

Roman taped Stefano talking so that Wendy might be able to recognise the voice as the one she heard in the alley. After doing this he went to tell John and was surprised to see Marlena there and questioned her.

Carrie and Austin were babysitting Belle and spoke about the future and the possibility of having children together. Austin was pleasantly surprised to find out that Carrie had thought about it as well.

Jamie confronted Sami asking what she had done with the missing blood sample. Sami denied any knowledge of it and Jamie explained she had thought Sami had stolen it. The girls concluded it must have been a fortunate accident.

John and Marlena told Roman she was there to get the baptism gown from John. Roman accepted this and told John of the tape of Stefanos voice. John had a flashback of a woman calling him Johnny. He confronted Stefano about this asking who the woman was. Stefano told John nothing claiming he did not know of any such woman.

Bo had a policeman bring Billie to the police station. She was worried until Bo explained it was so they could be together since they could not be seen in public.

Roman and Bo had Wendy listen to the tape but she could not identify the voice. She claimed that it may or may not be the voice, she just could not say. Bo was disappointed that Wendy could not say for sure.

Billie asked Marlena about hypnosis and whether it was possible to keep something hidden. She confided in Marlena the truth about her incestuous past but did not let on that her father was Curtis. Billie told Marlena she could not go through the hypnosis in case her past came out and Bo would find out. She explained that she did not want to hurt Bo by revealing that part of her past.

Marlena told John that she was touched by a patient who would risk going to jail to prevent hurting the man she loved. She told him that this had convinced her never to tell Roman the truth.

Peter returned to Salem where Stefano demanded the results of the blood tests. Peter made some phone calls and told Stefano the results would arrive first thing in the morning.

Carrie gave Austin a bow tie as a late Christmas present which he promised to wear to the baptism. Austin tried to convince Billie that she should tell Bo the truth but again she claimed she would never tell. Carrie took Romans suit to the police station so he could get dressed. While there, she saw a photo of Curtis and told Bo that Lucas had shown her a similar photo the night Curtis was killed, saying that Lucas seemed desperate to find Curtis.

Bo confronted Lucas but Lucas denied knowing Curtis, explaining that he had shown Carrie a photo of a teacher from the military academy who was visiting. Lucas told Bo he was not desperate to find this man. Bo was suspicious and noticed the burnt gloves in the fireplace.

John and Marlena told Sami that they had decided never to tell Roman the truth which delighted Sami. Peter and Stefano discovered that John was the father of Belle. At the church, Peter told Marlena that Stefano knew about her affair with John and that he wanted to tell everyone before he died.

Midway through the baptism ceremony, Stefano arrived in the church, seen only by Marlena. She knew that Stefano would tell Roman of the affair so she tried to stop the ceremony so she could tell him, herself before Stefano could. Roman would not wait until after the ceremony so Marlena told him that she had broken their marriage vows by sleeping with another man. Roman was shocked as was the entire congregation.

Kate arrived back in Salem and was surprised to see Bo questioning Lucas about the Curtis Brown murder. Victor tried to assure Bo that Lucas had nothing to do with the murder. Kate asked Lucas why he had gone out that night. She was frightened for Lucas and he wanted to know why Kate seemed scared of what he may have seen. Victor assured Kate that he would not let anyone hurt her or Lucas and he would do all that he could to protect them.

At the church, everyone was shocked when Marlena told Roman that she had had an affair. Roman refused to believe it thinking that Marlena was under a lot of stress. Marlena, crying, told him she was speaking the truth. Sami was especially distraught and told her mother that she should have kept quiet like she had promised to do. Roman realised that keeping the secret had been the cause of Sam's emotional problems and blamed Marlena for letting Sami suffer. At this point John stood up for Marlena. Roman told him to stay out of it but John admitted he was the man Marlena slept with. Roman attacked John but Shawn and Caroline broke up the fight.

Everyone left the church except Roman, Marlena and John. Roman was angry and questioned John and Marlena about the affair. Marlena and John tried to apologise and justify the affair but Roman would not listen. Billie became more determined to keep her secret after seeing the affect it had on Roman. Kristen had trouble accepting that John could betray Roman like that and Carrie was also devastated.

Stefano left the church unseen by anyone and told Peter they would save the news of John being the father of Belle for another time.

After Roman left the church, Marlena told John that Stefano had found out the truth and she felt she had to tell Roman before Stefano did. John went to confront Stefano while Marlena went home.

At the Brady house, Roman smashed some photos of him and Marlena. When Marlena arrived they argued. Again she tried to explain that John and her never resolved their feelings for each other and neither of them had wanted to hurt Roman. She told him that she still loved him and wanted their marriage to work.

Kristen went to the hospital to tell Stefano of the news. He admitted to Kristen that he had gone to the church, not realising the baptism was on, and had overheard Marlena confess. John arrived and blamed the confession on Stefano. Kristen defended her father saying that his sleeping with Marlena was not her fathers fault. Later John assured Kristen that the affair had taken place before he had become involved with her and once he started seeing her, he had been with no other woman. Kristen was unsure of this but once again told John to leave her father alone. Peter told Alice and Jennifer about Marlenas confession. They were both shocked.

John went to the Brady pub and recieved a hostile reaction from Shawn, Caroline, Carrie and Sami. He begged them to try and forgive Marlena even if they could not forgive him. Roman arrived and attacked John. Shawn and Abe broke up the fight and insisted that John leave.

Marlena was consoled by Lexie and then Alice. Marlena told Alice that Peter had warned her that Stefano had known of the affair. Marlena admitted to Alice that she did not know what Peters motives were in telling her that Stefano knew. Marlena went to the pub to get Belle and was met by john outside. He suggested that she not go in as the Bradys were still very angry.

Carrie was quite upset by the news of the affair and told Austin that the news had made her reconsider the meaning of love. She told him she did not believe in love or that their relationship could work and broke up with him.

At the station, Bo tries to figure out where the $100 bill came from and who it belongs to. Roman calls the federal police to see if they can help and they agree to assist. Bo tells Roman about Lucas' gloves that he found in the fireplace.

Bo returned to the Kiriakis mansion to question the servants about Kate, Lucas and Victor's movements on the night of Curtis's murder. The maid, Mary, revealed that Kate had been beaten on that night.

Victor told Lucas that he would protect him but was upset that it was causing a rift between himself and Bo. Victor admitted to Kate and Lucas that he had gone out looking for Curtis that night. Kate admitted to Vic and Lucas that Curtis beat he and that she had tried to pay him off. Bo confronted Kate about the beating.

Kate tried to comfort Marlena after hearring about her confession. Marrlena urged Kate to go to the police about her connection to Curtis but Kate refused.

Caroline told Marlena that Roman had asked that Shawn and her look after Belle. Marlena was upset so Caroline brought Belle to her mother. Marlena and Caroline talked about Caroline's affair.

Carrie confronted Marlena about her betrayal. Carrie says to her that she could never forgive her for hurting her father like that. She told Marlena that she had broken up with Austin because she no longer believed in love. Marlena urged her to give Austin a chance.

Carrie claimed that if a strong marriage like Marlena and Roman's hasn't succeeded, no relationship could ever succeed. Austin tries to convince her not to give up on their relationship, that they have been thrown a lot of things that they have gotten through. He brings her flowers, but Carrie says that she can't handle that pain right now and she asks him to leave.

Shawn and Caroline tried to comfort Roman. Shawn explained how he felt betrayed when he learnt of Caroline's affair and how Bo was not his son. This made Shawn ask Roman if it was possible Belle was not his daughter.

Roman refused to believe that Belle may not be his. He told his parents that there was no chance of this. They told Marlena of their suggetion that belle may be John's. Marlena sought Roman and explained that she had tests run to confirm that Roman was the father. She also told him the details of the affair. Roman ordered Marlena to leave the house and called her a slut.

Kate told Bo she slipped and fell on the ice and was not beaten. Lucas, Kate and Vic assured Bo that they were hiding nothing. Bo did not believe this and told Vic he could never think of him as a father if Vic had lied to him. Vic was quite distressed but relieved that Bo had no way of connecting them to the murder. Bo said to Victor that he had many chances to get close to him but he blew it.

A cop told Bo that the trace on the $100 bill showed it came from a cash payment to Titan.

Roman again ordered Marlena to move out of the house. She refused saying that she was not ready to give up on their marriage. She asked him if he still loved her and he answered: "god help me, I do". Roman returned home and was angry to find Marlena still there. He told her he wanted Sami and Belle to stay with him and for her to leave.

Bo questioned Victor's accountant who confirmed that the 100 note came from a large sum of money requested by Kate and that the money came back one hundred dollars short. Kate said the money was for a business deal and Lucas claimed he stole some money from the safe. Bo was suspicious of their explanations.

At the brady house, John trie to apologise to Roman but Roman attacks John. They are broken up by Sami. John goes to retaurant. Roman tells Sami that he wants custody of her and Belle. Sami is upset by this news.

Alan invited Lucas to go skiiing. Kate encouraged him to go. At Salem Place, Sami told Lucas that Carrie was skiing at greenmount and Lucas convinced Alan to go there. Sami had also told Lucas that Austin and Carrie had broken up.

Kate detroyed all the clothes she was wearing the night of Curtis's murder. She was about to destroy the shoe but believed that no one notices shoes so kept them in the wardrobe. Mary, the maid, was suspicious of Kate's actions.

Bo told Billie that he had tried to get Pat Hamilton to move the trial back but he wouldn't. He invited her to spend the night on the boat. They fell asleep on the deck.

Austin told Carrie that he loved her and convinced her to give their relationship another chance. She agreed and decided to go skiing.

WINTER HEAT

Billie awakens on the beach not realising where she is or how she got there. Bo tells her that uring the night the boat drifted and they were washed up on this island. Bo and Billie spent the day frolicking on the beach and swimming. Bo gave Billie a shell. At the end of the episode, it was revealed that Billie had dreamed the whole thing but she seemed to think the shell had something to do with Curtis' murder.

Carrie and Austin arrived and were surprised to find only one bed in the room. Carrie told Austin it didn't matter and that she wanted to make love with him. Lucas and Alan got into a fight over Carrie.

Jen rang Pinehaven and heard about the fire. Unable to find Peter, she asked Austin to take her to the airport. Leaving Carrie alone, she was visited by an unknown person in a ski mask and he tries to rape her. Her screams scare him away.

December 3, 1993 - January 3, 1994

Belle Is Kidnapped/Curtis Reed Murder Continues

(Not Very Much Carrie And Austin This Time, however,

Much Important Detail)

The person wearing black, who broke into Belle's room, picked up Belle and left out the window. Marlena and Roman returned home to find Sami asleep in the living room. Marlena went to check on Belle and found her gone. While looking for Belle, they saw a ladder outside the window. Roman called the police. John was passing by and saw the activity at the house. He came in to see what was wrong and Marlena told him that Belle had been kidnapped. John instantly thought that Stefano was responsible. He left to confront Stefano, while Roman stayed to comfort Marlena and Sami. Tony and Kristen visited Stefano on the eve of their wedding day to get his blessing. Stefano wished the couple the best and assured Kristen she was doing the right thing by marrying Tony. As they were drinking a toast, they heard John outside the room. Kristen rushed out to see what he wanted. John told Kristen that Belle had been kidnapped. Tony and Kristen were upset by this and asked who would do such a thing. John openly accused Stefano.

Bo told Billie that he wanted to start a relationship with her but they would have to wait until the murder investigation was over. He warned Billie that Pat Hamilton could not find out about their involvement. Bo took Billie to the basement where Curtis hid, hoping that the place would cause her to remember what happened the night Curtis died. Billie had a number of flashbacks, remembering threatening Curtis, Curtis drugging her and seeing Curtis's gun. She told Bo that she remembered Curtis giving her heroin. She ran out of the storage room and saw Curtis standing on the stairs.

The man Billie saw on the stairs ran and was caught by Bo. He claimed to be a new tenant looking for the laundry room. Later he was revealed as a photographer for a tabloid newspaper and he managed to get a photo of Bo holding Billie. Billie tried to get the camera off him but Bo let him go. Upstairs, Billie told Austin and Carrie how she mistook the man for Curtis and told Austin that Curtis was still ruining their lives. Bo asked what Billie meant by this. Austin explained Billie was confused but Bo did not believe him. Bo agreed to drop the point, for the moment, because Billie was upset but wanted to talk to her the next day.

Kristen reused to believe that Stefano could be responsible for Belle's kidnapping. She asked Stefano and Peter who both denied any involvement. Kristen let John into Stefano's room so Stefano could tell John he was innocent. John told Stefano he was offering a one million dollar reward for Belle's return. Stefano agreed to match this reward in hopes that Marlena's baby would be returned safely. Despite Stefano's offer, John did not believe he was innocent.

Roman and Marlena waited anxiously for a phone call from the abductor, while Shawn and Caroline tried to offer their support. Lexie arrived home and Abe told her what had happened. She begged Abe to be allowed to help but he pointed out that she was no longer on the police force and could not help. He would not allow her to go through any old kidnapping cases for clues. Sami continued to blame herself for Belle's kidnapping even though Roman and Marlena don't.

Carrie and Austin talked about their relationship and how it ended. Austin asked Carrie if they could try again after the murder investigation with Billie was over. Carrie did not have a chance to reply as Bo and Billie arrived.

Kristen had a dream about her wedding but as she was about to say her vows a baby started crying. She went to see Marlena to offer any support she could. She told Marlena about her dream of Belle. Marlena was touched but John wanted to know what the baby symbolised. Carrie gave Kristen a blue garter for the wedding and wished Kristen the best.

John told Marlena about Stefano matching his 1 million dollar reward and confided to Marlena that he didn't think that Stefano was responsible for the kidnapping. John arranged to have Belle's photo put on the front page of the Spectator and Sami thought this was a bad idea. Marlena tried to calm Sami down but Sami erupted at John and Marlena and left.

The kidnapper gave Belle a bottle. As they picked up Belle, it was revealed that the kidnapper was Sami.

Kristen arrived at the church and was given a necklace by Stefano that had belonged to his mother. He told her to pass it her daughter on her wedding day. Father Kyle asked Kristen if she was sure she had resolved her feelings towards the other man she loved. Kristen assured him that she had. Later, Karen, Sami's friend, stopped by the church to wish Kristen luck. Karen told Kristen that she had given her baby up for adoption. Kristen asked about this and Karen explained that she had made all the arrangements through a lawyer who approached her at the hospital.

Sami discovered that she had run out of Belle's special formula and returned home to get some. She ran into Karen on the way home and asked Karen not to mention their conversation about the adoption lawyer. Karen agreed not to say anything. John asked Marlena about Sami's attitude and Marlena told him about Sami's bulimia but did not tell him that Sami knew of their affair. John asked Marlena and Roman if he could question Sami about the kidnapping. While questioning her, Sami told John to leave her alone and leave the whole family alone. Later Sami asked Roman if he would love her no matter what she did. Roman assured her that he would. Sami was putting bottles of formula in her backpack when Marlena walked in asking what she was doing.

John was standing outside listening to the sound of wedding bells in the distance. At the church, Stefano began to walk Kristen down the aisle.

Kristen made it down the aisle where Tony was waiting but then decided she could not go through with the wedding and ran out. Stefano started to berate her but Tony asked Stefano and Peter to leave. Kristen assured Tony that she still loved him but she could not marry him yet. She was troubled by Belle's kidnapping and wanted to follow through on a lead given to her by Karen. Tony suggested that she give the police the information but Kristen argued that the people on the streets trusted her but not the police. Tony agreed to postpone the wedding. Stefano berated Tony for allowing him to let Kristen leave but Tony told Stefano he wanted their wedding day to be perfect.

Billie noticed that Bo was looking tired because of all the work he was doing on the Curtis case and with Belle's kidnapping. Billie decided to surprise him by cleaning the boat. Bo arrived and almost hit her with a baseball bat thinking she was an intruder. Billie had a bathtub delivered to the boat and gave Bo a bubble bath. She washed his hair and then his back.

Sami hid the bottle behind her back while Marlena talked to her. The walkie-talkie in Sami's bag must have been turned on because Belle started crying. Sami pretended that she didn't hear anything and convinced Marlena there was a stray cat crying outside. Later Sami took Belle to the adoption lawyer in hopes of giving her to another family.

Wendy told John and Marlena that when she was pregnant there were people who approached her to buy her baby. She suggested that perhaps one of these baby sellers had kidnapped Belle. John went to the pier to see if he could find these people and saw Kristen.

John was surprised to see Kristen on the pier and not on her honeymoon. He then saw that she was not wearing a wedding ring. He immediately assumed that she had cancelled the wedding because of him. Kristen explained that she loved Tony and the only reason she had postponed the wedding was because of Belle. She explained that she thought she could get information from the street people who did not trust strangers or the police. John and Kristen decided to continue their investigations independently and share any results.

Bo, still in the bathtub, pulled Billie, fully clothed, in with him. She got out and wrapped herself in a towel while her dress dried. Bo told her that he wanted to make love to her but knew they should wait until she was cleared of the Curtis Brown murder. They heard a noise on deck and Bo discovered the photographer from the tabloid newspaper going through his garbage. Bo told him to leave but he tried to get Bo to give him information about the murder. Bo again told him to leave. Billie was frightened by all the publicity Bo was receiving from the case.

Sami, calling herself Nancy White, saw the adoption lawyer. He asked her some questions and Sami made up a story about being a single mother. He told her that for the adoption to go through he would need the birth certificate. Sami was upset but was determined to get around this obstacle. She went to the hospital where she struck up a conversation with a doctor who was in charge of births. The doctor explained to Sami how the birth certificate information was entered into the computer and sent to City Hall. The certificate was then sent to the parents. Sami entered false details into the computer and was almost caught by John who was following a lead.

Kate, Victor and Lucas were decorating the Christmas tree when Victor's lawyer rang about Vivian. Kate used the time to talk to Lucas about his love life. She warned him that Brandee seemed an ambitious opportunistic girl who would take advantage of him. Lucas assured Kate that he and Brandee were just friends and the only girl he was interested in was Carrie. Kate was happy because she thought that Carrie was a nice girl. She told Lucas that she would arrange for Lucas to be involved with Countess Willhimena so that he could spend more time with Carrie.

Later Victor gave a toast saying that he was going to have the best Christmas ever because he was spending it with his new family. Kate confided in Victor that she felt bad about taking over Billie's company but wasn't changing her mind. Victor told Kate that for Bo's sake he wished Kate would but was not going to interfere.

Wendy was planning a dinner for her and Jonah at her apartment. She invited Carrie to join them and she reluctantly agreed. Moments later Carrie discovered that Austin had also been invited. After dinner Jonah, feeling bad about being expelled from medical school, left for the Cheating Heart. Wendy followed him. At the Heart, Jonah was about to get into a fight but Wendy called Austin to help. After Austin got rid of the antagonist, Wendy invited everyone back to her apartment but Austin refused, saying that Carrie did not want him there. While the others were gone, Carrie was visited by Lucas who told Carrie of their working together. Carrie was not impressed but Lucas told her that he was working in hopes of trying to get Billie her company back. Later Wendy warned Carrie not to trust Lucas and to try and work things out with Austin. Carrie told Wendy that the time she and Austin were together was magic but that was over now. As she said this Austin and Jonah walked in and heard what Carrie had said.

Marlena and Roman were disappointed to hear that John had no further news about Belle. He told them of his idea of following up on single mothers who had given birth in the last few months. Roman suggested that he check out the local adoption agencies to see if there were any leads there. John told Marlena that Kristen had postponed her wedding because of Belle. She asked John whether he thought that was just an excuse but he wasn't sure. He said he was going to fight for her. Marlena and Roman thanked Kristen for her help and Marlena suggested tracking down Karen through the hospital.

Sami returned to the lawyer and told him there was a delay in obtaining the birth certificate. He was upset but continued to make preliminary arrangements. He introduced Sami to a couple, the Robertsons, who questioned Sami about her motives for giving up her child. The couple got into an argument over the name they would give the baby and Sami angrily told the Robertsons and the lawyer that she was giving her baby to a family that didn't fight. The lawyer tried to calm her down but she insisted on finding a good family for her baby. Later Sami saw John giving Marlena a supportive hug at Salem Place which angered her further.

Pat Hamilton told Roman that she was concerned with Bo's handling of the Curtis Brown case. She told Roman that Bo should be putting pressure on Billie to confess. Pat wanted Billie followed 24 hours a day. After she left, Roman and Bo got into an argument over the case. Later Roman saw a copy of the "Intruder" with an intimate photo of Bo and Billie. This caused another fight between the brothers at the pub.

Billie and Carrie were shopping at Salem Place and Billie was excited about the Countess Willhimena products. Carrie told Austin she did not know how to break the news that Kate had taken over the company. At the pub, Carrie and Austin told Billie and she was devastated. Later Austin told Carrie that he was determined to get Brandee to tell Carrie the truth so that Carrie and he could have another chance.

Father Kyle told Shawn and Caroline that there were so many needy families this Christmas and not enough money to buy presents for all the children. Shawn suggested that he and Caroline throw a Christmas party. Billie apologised to Bo for causing problems between him and Roman. Bo noticed they were being watched by the "Intruder" photographer. He took Billie and led her through a door in Salem Place. After a few moments they discovered they were locked in this dark room and did not know where they were. Bo then heard Billie scream.

Sami collected the birth certificate and then took it to Mr. Miller. Karen told Kristen that the lawyer who arranged her baby's adoption was Mr. Miller but he only spoke to married couples.

Kristen then asked John to pose as her husband as Tony was out of town. John agreed to help Kristen and together they went to see Mr. Miller. While they were talking to him, Sami arrived at the office, with Belle, and was going to go in.

Marlena told Roman that she did not want to celebrate Christmas with Belle gone but Roman told her that they had to. He arranged for Marlena to be the lucky customer who got to turn on the Christmas tree lights at Salem Place.

Billie had backed into a reindeer statue and had thought it was a knife. Bo realised that they were locked in Barron's department store. They could not break out as it would set off an alarm. They decided to have a Christmas celebration. They changed into fancy clothes and danced. Bo found some food and they were about to eat when a guard dog appeared and threatened to attack.

Billie fed the guard dog which made it turn friendly. Bo then found a karaoke machine and decided to sing. They sang "Winter Wonderland" together. They then discovered a Christmas tree and decided to decorate it to really get into the spirit.

At the hospital, Tom and Alice read the Christmas story at the children's party, as Kate, Victor, Roman, Marlena and maggie watched. Mickey came as Santa Claus. Kate told Marlena that she was sorry for what Marlena was going through and told her that she knew what it was like to lose a child.

Sami was told by Mr Miller's secretary that he was busy so Sami left, unseen by John and Kristen. She later returned to his office and was not impressed that Mr Miller had found another couple. She told Miller that she did not want a local couple, but rather a couple from outside of Salem.

John and Kristen told Roman and Marlena that they felt they were close to finding Belle. John explained that he had a feeling that the baby they were talking about at Miller's office was Belle.

Shawn and Caroline were organising the Christmas party at the pub with Father Kyle, Mickey, Maggie, Austin and Carrie. Fr Kyle explained that there were not enough toys for all the children. Mickey rang Mr Barron, who owns Barron's department store, and told everyone that Mr Barron had allowed them to fill two boxes of toys. Shawn, Mickey, Austin and Carrie went over to Barron's and while they were collecting toys, Bo and Billie pretended they had just walked in from the street.

Lucas asked Kate for a donation to the party, so that he could impress Carrie but Kate refused. Victor, however agreed to help. Lucas went to Barron's and announced that they could buy as many toys that were needed. Carrie was not impressed by Lucas' actions.

At the party, Kate and Billie argued over Countess Wilhemina. Kate told Billie that she was a loser just like Curtis. Billie asked how Kate knew about Curtis and Kate tried to cover up by saying that she had read about him in the paper. Billie was not convinced.

John and Kristen rang Miller to try and hurry up the proceedings for the adoption. Miller did not tell John about the mother's request that the couple be non-Salemites. He only explained that there would be a delay in the adoption but John insisted that things be hurried along.

Sami reiterated to Miller her desire that the parents be non-Salemites. He tried to convince her otherwise but Sami would not listen. Later John told Sami that the police were close to catching the kidnapper.

Miller lied to Sami saying that he had found an out of town couple to adopt her baby. Later Sami told Caroline that she would not attend midnight mass with the family because she was spending the night with Jamie who was alone because her parents were out of town.

Miller rang John and told him the mother had agreed to the adoption. Sami overheard Shawn telling Bo that the police were watching the adoption lawyer's office and when the mother showed up she would be caught. Sami panicked and asked Mr Miller to move the meeting place to a restaurant out of town. At the restaurant, Sami was anxiously waiting for Miller to appear when John approached her and asked what she was doing there.

Jen and Austin arrived at Pinehaven to take Laura back to Salem. Vivian overheard two nurses saying Laura's doctor had gone to California. Viv had Ivan steal Laura's authorisation from her file. The nurse told Jen that the doctor had not okayed Laura's leave and that she had to stay. Jennifer was heartbroken but Austin had the doctor fax another letter of authorisation.

Kate thanked Bo for agreeing to visit Victor on Christmas day, telling Bo how much Victor would appreciate it. She told Bo of her and Vic's plan to have a child of their own.

Fr Kyle tried to get Billie to agree to sing at mass. Billie told him that she hadn't been to church in years and that she was not a good person. Fr Kyle told her that it is never too late to return and that God accepted and forgave everyone. Billie agreed to sing and did so at the mass.

Sami told John that she was meeting Jamie and her parents for dinner but she thought she had the wrong restaurant. John then told her that he and Kristen were there to meet a lawyer and a girl who possibly had Belle. Sami panicked and returned to University Hospital to ask Jamie, who was working, if she could borrow her credit cards. Jamie gave them to Sami and all of this was witnessed by Stefano. Sami arrived at the airport, hoping to escape Salem with Belle.

Kristen told Stefano how she was frightened that Sami would blow their cover at the restaurant. Stefano then told Kristen about Sami and her desperate need for money. Kristen figured out that Sami was the mother and with John they raced to the airport.

At the mass Marlena told the congregation she was grateful for their support. As Billie sang, John and Kristen came in with Belle and handed her to Marlena.

Stefano was curious to find out why Sami had kidnapped her own sister and questioned Kristen who could offer no explanation. Stefano offered John one million dollars as reward but John refused to accept. Stefano then asked John if he knew the reason for Sami's behaviour but John told Stefano to leave the Brady's alone.
John caught Sami trying to run away. He told her that he had not told Roman and Marlena because he thought it best that she tell them herself. He warned her not to try to runaway as Abe knew the truth and had some police watching the house to prevent her from leaving. He told her that if she did not tell her parents the truth then he would have to. Sami tried to talk to her parents a number of times but couldn't bring herself to tell them she had been the one responsible for Belle's kidnapping.

Kristen offered to help John tell Roman and Marlena the truth. Together they went to Roman and Marlena's and told them that Samantha was the one who kidnapped Belle.

Victor visited Vivian at Pinehaven. He told her that he and Kate were going to New Year's Eve party to celebrate Tom's recovery. He also told Viv of his and Kate's intention to have a child. Vivian is panicking that Laura will react when she sees Kate.

Roman and Marlena would not believe that Sami had kidnapped Belle. They accused John and Kristen of making it up. As they explained how they had caught Sami on a plane heading for Miami, Shawn, Caroline and Carrie arrived. In front of the whole family, Sami admitted that she had been the kidnapper and ran upstairs. The whole family was in shock. Marlena tried to talk to Sami about her reasons but Sami refused to talk.
Bo and Billie had a Christmas celebration on the roof of her apartment building. Bo gave Billie tickets to a basketball game and she gave him a movie of the month subscription. They danced on the roof and she told Bo how much she enjoyed being with him.

Mickey and Pat Hamilton were waiting for Billie and they saw Bo and Billie together. Pat offered Billie a deal whereby Billie could plead guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. Billie asked Mickey for his advice. He suggested that she consider the offer. Abe warned Bo about spending time with Billie. He then told Bo about the D.A.'s offer. Bo was shocked and was even more shocked when Abe told him that Pat was confident of Billie agreeing to the terms of the agreement. Bo rushed to Billie's apartment to try and stop her.

Roman and Marlena tried to get Sami to explain her reasons for kidnapping Belle. Sami refused to talk. When Roman threatened to read her diary, Sami lied and said that she was jealous of the attention Belle received. She explained that she thought Roman and Marlena loved Belle more. Marlena did not accept this as the full story and suggested there was another reason. Sami denied this but agreed to family counselling sessions.

Sami's therapist, Dr Dorman, tried to get Sami to explain her reasons for kidnapping her sisiter. Sami again gave the jealousy reason. In a group session with Roman and Marlena, Sami apologised to Roman for causing him so much pain. After the session, Marlena told Dr Dorman that she knew of the cause of Sami's bulimia and told him of her affair with John. She told Dorman that she was considering confessing to Roman if it meant helping Sami. Dorman reminded Marlena that this confession would affect John, and she should talk to him first.

Stefano approached Marlena at the hospital and expressed his joy that Belle had been returned safely. He questioned Marlena as to why Sami had done it. Before Marlena could answer, John interrupted and told Stefano to leave her alone. Later as Marlena tried to talk to John, Stefano eavesdropped, becoming more convinced that Marlena had a secret.

John and Kristen were talking at the hospital and were seen by Tony. Tony told Kristen that he realised that John was helping her find Belle but now that she was found, there was no reason to spend so much time with him, especially since he was such a bitter enemy of Stefano's. Later Stefano told Tony that he had heard some rumours about John and Kristen.

Bo and Billie spent New Year's Eve at her apartment. Bo tried to convince her to attend the party at Titan but she would not go. They spent the night dancing and Billie realised how much she enjoyed spending time with Bo. She told him that she had decided not to sign the D.A.'s plea bargain.

Carrie attended the party believing she was meeting Lucas about Countess Willhemina business. She stayed at the party with Lucas much to the annoyance of Austin.

Carrie attended the party believing she was meeting Lucas about Countess Willhemina business. She stayed at the party with Lucas much to the annoyance of Austin.

Stefano explained to Tony that he had heard how enamoured John was with Kristen. He warned Tony to watch John very closely. While Tony collected the car, kristen told Peter and Stefano what a good man John was and that they should leave him alone. After Kristen left, Stefano told Peter that the key to destroying Kristen's image of John may be in Marlena's secret. He told Peter that he had overheard John and Marlena talking. He got Peter to break into Dorman's office to get Sami's file, which Peter did.

At the party, Marlena told John that Sami knew of their affair and that she was considering telling Roman the truth to help Sami. John was devastated and went to the balcony to think. Kristen saw him there and joined him. Kate was shocked to learn that Laura was at the party and when Jennifer introduced them, Laura did not react much to Kate's relief. Vivian, dressed as a man, with a beard and moustache, arrived at the party unrecognised by anyone. She tried to make contact with Laura but was stopped by an amourous female.

Carrie attended the party believing she was meeting Lucas about Countess Willhemina business. She stayed at the party with Lucas much to the annoyance of Austin.

Stefano explained to Tony that he had heard how enamoured John was with Kristen. He warned Tony to watch John very closely. While Tony collected the car, kristen told Peter and Stefano what a good man John was and that they should leave him alone. After Kristen left, Stefano told Peter that the key to destroying Kristen's image of John may be in Marlena's secret. He told Peter that he had overheard John and Marlena talking. He got Peter to break into Dorman's office to get Sami's file, which Peter did.

At the party, Marlena told John that Sami knew of their affair and that she was considering telling Roman the truth to help Sami. John was devastated and went to the balcony to think. Kristen saw him there and joined him. Kate was shocked to learn that Laura was at the party and when Jennifer introduced them, Laura did not react much to Kate's relief. Vivian, dressed as a man, with a beard and moustache, arrived at the party unrecognised by anyone. She tried to make contact with Laura but was stopped by an amourous female.

November 1 - December 3, 1993

The Belle Kidnapping Storyline Begins

Curtis Reed Is Murdered

Bo finally breaks the kiss and Billie tells him the rules say a dollar a kiss. So she owes him nineteen more kisses. Bo says he hates to break the rules and goes in for another. A kid interrupts him and tells him not to hog all the time. Bo goes to talk to Caroline and tell her he's been a selfish jerk. He tells her he took advantage of Billie and he's not ready for love yet. However she talks to him about it and he goes and tried to invite Billie out to dinner. However, he gets interrupted by Mickey and leaves before asking her properly.

Carrie and Austin talk some at the fair....Lucas sulks because Carrie won't talk to him and she spends some time with Alan. Shawn Douglas tells Carrie that Bo is going to make up for not inviting Billie out and she follows him to see Bo give (through Mickey) Billie flowers. Shawn Douglas tells Carrie he has a plan to get them together, but he needs her help.

Kate is at Titan. She gets into the elevator but Curtis puts his hand between the doors and jumps in there with her. He threatens her bodily and threatens to tell Victor the truth about Kate. Kate tells him to stay away from Victor and he says he might go to Lucas too. He tells her that she has to get him the money tonight and that he will find her anywhere, anytime. Kate convinces Victor to take her to the fair. She wants to see Mickey to find out about getting the Countess Wilhemina company. At the fair, she talks to Lucas and tells him to forget everything that she told him about her past. Then she sees Mickey and tells him to serve those papers on Billie tonight. Curtis dodges Peter at the fair and he finds Kate. She doesn't want to talk to him out in the open and takes him off. Austin is walking along with the video camera and sees Curtis's face in the viewfinder for a moment. He is unsettled as he thinks the face is familiar. Curtis threatens to hurt Kate if she doesn't give him the money and Lucas sees him pushing Kate around. Peter comes across Curtis but Abe chases them before he can do anything.

Kate gives Curtis all the money she has on her and tells him that she will call him later. She leaves and Lucas confronts him about what he was talking to Kate about. Curtis doesn't say anything and Lucas goes home and gets an old box of Kate's stuff from the attic. He finds a picture of Kate and Curtis. Kate tells him to destroy the picture and tells him she never wants him to talk about it again. Lucas sees that she's shaking and wants to know if she's seen Curtis lately. She says no. Later she calls Mickey and tells him she's desperate for the money...he has to serve those papers on Billie tonight.

Carrie and Shawn-D decide to throw a party to get Bo and Billie together (it's ostensibly for Bo's birthday). Grandpa Victor is going to spring for it. The theme for the party is romance....and Bo and Billie are to go as Romeo and Juliet. Mickey serves the papers on Billie and tells Billie he saw a stranger outside. She realizes that it was Curtis and goes down to see him. Curtis gives her one of the pieces of Kristen's jewelry to wear to the party but tells her it's not stolen, it's a fake. Billie goes to buy a dress but finds that her Countess Wilhemina checkbook has been frozen so she buys some material and a pattern. Only problem is she can't sew. Roman comes across a picture of Curtis in the Stefano's stuff but doesn't recognize him.

Billie makes a hash of the dress but then Alice turns up. She tells Billie she will help her find something in her wardrobe. Billie comes out looking frumpy and Alice gives her a bag and tells her to try this on. Alice tells Carrie that she went over and borrowed Maggie's machine...as a last resort.

Kate goes to Marlena and tells her that Curtis is back. Marlena asks Kate what she's going to do, this is blackmail. Kate says she is going to pay him off. Marlena tells her that if she does, Curtis will just keep coming back. Kate tells her she knows...that's part of the reasoning she came to see her, she keeps thinking that the only way to get rid of him is to kill him. And that's what she swears she'll do if he threatens her family. Marlena tells her she could never kill anyone. Kate says she hopes to god Marlena is right. Marlena advises her to tell Victor about it all, she might be surprised how understanding he will be. Kate says it's not a matter of that...it's a matter of being able to face him again. She leaves and Marlena tells her to call her any time. Meanwhile, Lucas searches down a stoned Curtis but Curtis runs. Kate arrives at the party, she and Victor are dressed as Bonnie and Clyde. She spots Marlena and Roman, dressed as Cleopatra and Antony. Later, Bo arrives and then Billie as Juliet dressed in a gorgeous costume.

Stefano and Peter arrange to have Curtis found. Stefano says that by tonight he will be out of the picture.

The party continues. Curtis calls Kate and tells her he's on the fourth floor. She goes to meet him and he demands his money. She promises she'll get him the money tonight and she arranges to meet him at the apartment building at midnight. However Lucas follows her and overhears and Victor oversees them on the security monitor. However, later Kate discovers that Billie still has three days to call in the loan so she asks Victor to give her $100,000.

Carrie and Austin talk and Austin thinks Carrie is very cynical about love. She tells him she is just protecting herself, she doesn't want to be his girl among other girls. She asks where Brandee is and he wants to know what she's talking about.

Billie goes out on the balcony and she prays. She knows if she is to have a future with Bo, she has to tell him the truth about Curtis. Bo follows her out to the balcony at the Grill and they kiss. He tells her he's confused and she tells him she isn't, she has feelings for him and she'll wait. He says he can always count on her to be completely honest. She leaves and tells him she'll be back. However Ozzie turns up and tells Bo that they have made a positive id on the gunman and gives him the picture of Curtis. Bo says that they are wrong, Billie couldn't id him. Ozzie tells him the id was definite, Billie must be lying. Billie meanwhile goes to see Curtis and tells him she has to tell Bo the truth. Curtis wants to know about her love for her old man. She tells him she's made a decision about who she loves more, she's sorry. She goes to leave, but Curtis yanks her back and starts yelling at her.

Bo argues with Ozzie for a while, but he wants to talk to Billie. They look for her at Titan, but can't find her. Bo starts to worry and he and Roman leave the party and go looking for her at all her usual hangouts. Meanwhile at the party Austin is getting depressed over Carrie. Jenn turns up and persuades him to leave. The go back to his apartment and watch the video tape from the affair. Austin sees Curtis and decides he must be a double...until he remembers that they never went to a funeral. He tells Jenn that if Curtis were alive he would go to Billie....Downstairs, Curtis tells Billie she fell for all his lies and he was using her. He tries to get her to take a hit but she hears a noise and starts screaming. Curtis silences her, telling her he'll break her neck. Bo and Roman meet up in the basement and Curtis waits till they go. Billie tells him she's glad Bo didn't find her, she'd hate him to find out she's related to scum like him. Curtis tells her Bo only wants her for one thing and tells he she's still a lowlife slut. She has been ever since she was thirteen. And he oughta know, he was her first. He threatens to rape her again but she eventually gets out of there and goes back up to the apartment. She is sitting down with her head in her hands when someone touches her on the shoulder. She jumps, but it's Bo. He, however, wants to know what the hell is going on. Meanwhile, a worried Austin is looking for her and he runs into Wendy. She tells him she's seen Billie going too and from the basement a lot. Austin heads down to the basement and finds Curtis there. He can't believe it and says that Curtis is dead. Curtis tells him his old man is alive and well and living underneath him. Austin tells him that he may be breathing now but once Austin is finished with him he'll wish he was dead.

Sami walks in on Marlena calling the hospital. Belle is jaundiced and needs to have more blood tests. Sami gets a little antsy about the tests and Marlena and Roman want to know why. She says she is just worried about Belle and whether they are safe. Later Marlena and Roman overhear her talking to Jamie saying that no-one can ever find out the truth. She lies and tells them that she was talking to Jamie about the bulimia. They believe her for some unknown reason. Lexie comes by and asks Marlena if she can stay with them and Marlena tells her she can. Later Marlena calls Roman at the station and asks him to come home so she can talk to him. Sami overhears her and comes out after she's on the phone and asks her not to tell Roman about the affair.

Kate gets the money from Victor to take to Curtis. But she discovers that Lucas is not home. Actually, he's at the park and he's just bought a gun.

Austin tells Curtis to stay away from Billie and hits him a couple of times. Upstairs Billie lies to Bo and tells him she's upset over the business. Ozzie turns up and they tell Billie about the positive ID. Billie says she's sorry but she can't ID him and after they leave she goes out for a walk. Austin leaves Curtis and goes upstairs to look for Billie. Carrie tells him she's gone out for a walk. He goes out to look for her but comes back to tell Carrie he can't find her. He goes out again and Carrie grabs her coat and goes out too. Down in the park Billie is walking around. Eventually she comes across Curtis who has just scored. She screams at him that she hated him and he drags her away to the park with his hand over her mouth. In the park he hits her and then injects her with whatever he scored.

Austin goes down to the basement and finds that no-one is there. Carrie comes down and tells him Billie is her friend and she's going to help find her. Curtis does something to Billie and then drags her back to his room. He has another hit but Kate knocks on the door. He covers Billie with a sheet and lets Kate in. Lucas comes a knocking but Curtis threatens to blow him away if Kate makes a noise so he doesn't get any answer and then leaves. Kate tells Curtis to count the money and then says that this nightmare is finally over. Curtis says that it's not over, this is only the first of many payments. Kate tells him the deal is off, he tells her he's going to make her pay and he beats her. She gets home and Victor and Lucas find her all bruised. She tells them she fell down some steps but they don't believe her. They take her up to her room and look after her for a while. Then they both supposedly head for bed and then separately they leave to find Curtis. Kate goes into the bathroom and washes her face before looking at the locket with the pictures of her children. Then she pulls out a gun and checks it. Meanwhile, Billie comes to and collects herself saying Damn you Curtis. Carrie and Austin end up at the pier. Austin sees Curtis and sends Carrie off to the pub. He warns Curtis that if he has touched Billie, he will kill him. Down in the ally, Curtis is about to take a hit of coke when someone raises a gun and shoots him.

Kate gets back and pretends to be asleep when Victor comes in. However, Vic sees the mud on her shoes. Lucas gets home slightly after them and makes out that he's been raiding the refrigerator. Back at the apartment, Austin finds Billie on the floor again.

Billie has a nightmare about killing Curtis on the sofa in the apartment. Austin has been sleeping in the chair and he wakes her up and holds her. He tells her that Curtis will never be able to hurt them again. Carrie comes out and wants to know what happened to Billie. Billie hedges, she can't remember what happened. Later she remembers Curtis injecting her. Austin says that he swore he hadn't touched her. Down in the ally Bo helps Wendy take some boxes down and they find Curtis' body. The police arrive and Carrie comes down. Billie and Austin follow her down and when they eventually turn the body over, Billie faints. Roman sees a footprint in the blood and recognizes It a s a woman's high heel. Austin takes her back upstairs and tells her that all they have to do is forget about Curtis. As long as no-one knows Curtis was their father, they'll be fine. However, Billie thinks she may have been the one to kill Curtis and her missing shoes might be the key. Meanwhile Kate admits to Victor that the dead man was the man that beat her last night and the one that beat her in the past. Victor tells her that no-one else will never know and that this will be their secret. Lucas overhears and says that no-one else will ever know.

Roman, Bo and John learned from Interpol that Curtis used to work for Stefano. They also found Kristen's jewels in the basement of Carrie, Billie and Austin's building. Roman and John concluded that Stefano hired Curtis to shoot John in the parking lot and Curtis betrayed Stefano by abducting him, Kristen payed the ransom with her jewels and Stefano wanted revenge on Curtis and had him killed.

Billie is still convinced that she is responsible for Curtis's murder but Austin keeps insisting that she could not have killed anyone. He further insisted that Billie not tell anyone that they knew Curtis as it could lead to them being suspects. Austin, Billie, Carrie, Alan and Bo were having dinner when Bo got a call from a cop in the alley. Bo ran down to see that the cop had found a piece of blue material which Bo recognized as being from Billie's dress.

Marlena told Sami that she would not tell Roman the truth about her affair with John, after seeing how Abe could not forgive Lexie for betraying him. Sami was relieved but later a friend of hers from the hospital told her there had been a goof-up with Belle's blood tests. Sami questioned this and the guy explained that the tests would indicate that Sami and Belle had different fathers.

Sami's friend from the hematology department was about to check Belle's blood tests but Sami pulled the plug on the computer, losing the data from the tests. He claimed he was too busy to do anything about the tests and finally accepted that there had been a mistake in this run of tests. Sami was relieved but Jamie pointed out that there was always the possibility of more tests being run in the future.

Bo found that the piece of material found in the alley matched exactly a hole in Billie's dress. Bo asked Billie how the tear happened. Billie was about to answer when Austin returned. He told Bo that Billie had tripped and tore her dress when they were returning to the building at 11.00pm. While Austin was saying this, Bo saw the cut on Billie's hand. Austin explained that Billie cut it when she fell. It doesn't look as if Bo believes them.

Austin prepared to throw out all his father possessions so no one would be able to make the connection between Curtis and he and Billie. Jennifer arrived and Austin told her that the murdered man was his father. Jen told Austin that the police were after any information about the murder and tried to get him to go to the police. Austin told Jen that he wouldn't and that he and Billie were better off with no one knowing. Jen then agreed not to say anything to anyone, especially the police. She encouraged Austin to get rid of any ties between him and Curtis.

Jen told Alice that the private detective that Jo had hired to find Jack had found nothing but she was considering hiring him to find Austin's mother. Alice did not think this was a good idea. Jennifer stole Austin's mother wedding ring in hopes that it would be a lead to finding her. Wendy told Austin and Jennifer that Jonah had been arrested for being the Pacifier and the three of them told Jonah they would all do anything to help. Austin suggested that he and Jen do a show on Jonah. Jen loved the idea and Jonah was happy that they were all supporting him.

Abe warned Bo not to let his feelings for Billie interfere with the Curtis investigation. He ordered Bo to collect the Juliet dress so that tests could be run on it. Billie continued to express her doubts over her guilt. She could not remember anything and was afraid she was guilty. Billie threw the dress in the trash where it was picked up by a bag lady.

Wendy accidentally let Carrie know that she had heard Billie arguing with someone in the alley on the night of the murder.

Bo questioned Austin, Billie and Carrie about their actions the night that Curtis was murdered. Austin told Bo that he and Billie had been together all night except for a few minutes when he was with Carrie. Bo asked Carrie whether this was true and she backed up Austin's story even though she knew it was a lie. Bo then asked Billie what she was doing for those moments when she was alone and Billie told him that she could not remember. Bo told Austin and Carrie to leave. Austin did not want to but Billie told him to. Bo told Billie that he cared for her and he was starting to have feelings for her. He, again, asked her what she was doing and she answered she could not remember. Bo asked her if she could not remember because she was drunk. Billie told him that was not it. Billie was rubbing her arm while talking to Bo and he noticed this. He asked her if she was on drugs and she did not answer. He asked again then grabbed her arm and pushed up the sleeve. He saw the needle mark and was appalled.

Bo left Billie's apartment disappointed that she had returned to drugs. Austin arrived and Billie once again told him that she fears she may have killed Curtis. Austin told Billie that she couldn't kill anyone and Billie claimed that she had wished him dead for the things he had done to her. Austin questioned this and Billie told Austin the sad truth that Curtis had raped her repeatedly as a teenager. Austin was horrified and swore to his sister that he would never let anyone hurt her again.

Carrie asked Roman whether there were any leads in the case and he told her there were none. A homeless woman who found Billie's dress in the bin handed it in at the police station. Tests showed that there were fibres from Curtis's clothes all over Billie's dress prompting Bo to go to Billie's apartment with a search warrant and telling Billie she was the prime suspect. On Smith Island, Kristen ran away from the cabin and fell over a cliff. She was hanging on to a branch near the top. John used his shirt as a rope but as she grabbed it, she started to slip and fall.

Jennifer told Alice that she was determined to find Austin's mother. Alice warned her that she should leave the past alone. Jennifer ignored the warning and continued her search for the jewelery store that sold the wedding ring.

Vivian visited Laura again in hopes of getting a response from her. Laura did not speak or move and Vivian left a copy of Bella magazine, opened to a photo of Kate, with Laura. After Viv left, Laura started to screw the photo up. Marlena noticed that Kate had bruising on her face and Kate confided that the man from her past had beaten her once more. Marlena was concerned but Kate told him the man was now dead. Marlena overheard Kate talking to her banker and realised that Kate was going to pay off Curtis but she hadn't. Later at the hospital, Kate saw Jennifer and said something about being sorry that Jennifer had to grow up without her mother. Marlena asked Kate if Laura Horton knew Kate's secret. Kate decided to tell Marlena her secret and Marlena was astonished.

Bo and another cop searched Billie's apartment and found a gun in Billie's drawer. Bo had no choice but to take Billie to the station for questioning. The gun had Billie's prints and no one else's on it. Billie had no memory of ever seeing the gun before and had no idea how it ended up in her drawer. She told Austin of her dream where she shot Curtis but he told her to forget about it.

Carrie ran into Tony for the first time since he arrived back in Salem. He was pleased to see her and amazed at how much she had grown up. He wanted to buy her a coffee but she was on her way to Roman and Marlena's for Thanksgiving dinner and asked him to join her there. At the Brady house, Shawn was in the middle of talking about Stefano and how evil he is when Tony walked in. Marlena managed to convince Tony that their feelings for Stefano were different to their feelings for him and they still wanted to be friends with him. Tony stayed and later Marlena begged Tony to talk to Stefano to ask him to leave her, her family and John alone.

Caroline told everyone that a neighbour, Mrs Potter, had commented on the fact that Brady and Isabella looked like brother and sister. Caroline said that she had told Mrs Potter that they were not related. Sami panicked, knowing that they were related and that if more people saw this resemblance someone may figure out that John was Belle's father.

Austin and Billie hired Mickey as Billie's lawyer. Mickey told them he would need to know everything about the murder. Billie told Mickey that she was on heroin that night and remembered nothing. Austin would not let her tell Mickey that Curtis gave her the heroin or that Curtis was their father. Later Billie realised that Austin did not have an alibi for the time Curtis was killed. She became determined not to say anything, afraid that if the truth came out, Austin would be a suspect.

A drug dealer told Roman and Bo that he sold two lots of drugs to Curtis that night. The first was cocaine ( which was in Curtis's system according to a toxicology report) and the second buy was heroin. Bo remembered the needle marks on Billie's arm. The initial ballistics report was inconclusive and a more accurate result would arrive in a couple of days.

Victor told Kate and Lucas that his sources had told him the police consider Billie to be the prime suspect in the Curtis Brown murder case. Victor told Kate that he wanted to help Billie but Kate was unimpressed.

Lucas remembered that he had shown Carrie a picture of Curtis the night he was murdered and worried that she may make the connection. He went to see her and found that she did not realize the man in the photo was the murdered man.

Carrie told Marlena that she would not come to Thanksgiving dinner as she was having it with Billie and Austin at their apartment. Marlena invited them all over to her house and they all agreed. Billie confided in Marlena that she could not remember anything from that night. Marlena suggested hypnosis but Billie rejected this idea. Bo told Marlena that he believed Billie to be innocent and wanted to prove it. After Thanksgiving dinner, Bo and Billie went outside to talk and make a wish on the wishbone. Inside a policeman arrived with the ballistics report.

John had a dream that Kristen came to him and told him she loved him and not Tony. Later Marlena invited John to join the Brady's at her house. He was to meet Victor and Kate later but agreed to stop by for a little while. His arrival at the house caused aggravation for Sami.

Victor found that Lucas had been issued a speeding ticket the night Curtis was murdered. Victor wanted to know why Lucas had gone out. Lucas admitted that he was out and told Victor when he returned he had noticed that Victor's car was warm, meaning that he had also been out.

The ballistics report arrived at Roman's house at Thanksgiving dinner. Austin asked to be allowed to see it. Outside Bo and Billie talked about rewriting history and what they would do if they had met under different circumstances. Roman interrupted to announce the report had arrived. Bo read it and told Billie that the gun they found in her drawer was the murder weapon. Roman offered to take Bo off the case but Bo asked to be kept on it so he could prove that Billie was innocent. Bo arrested Billie and read her her rights. He didn't want to cuff her but Billie told him she understood he was only doing his job. At the police station she was fingerprinted and photographed.

At the Brady house, Carrie told Austin she was surprised that he did not spend the holiday with Brandee. Austin was confused by this but did not have the opportunity to respond as they were interrupted by Marlena.

Austin realised that he would need to raise money for Billie's bail, even though it had not been set yet. Carrie had the same idea. While talking, the subject of Brandee came up and Carrie told Austin that she knew Brandee was at the cabin with him. Austin told Carrie that he had not invited her and that nothing happened between them. Brandee arrived back from Milan and Austin told her to tell Carrie nothing happened between them. Lucas told Brandee not to say anything to Carrie.

Carrie asked Kate to give Billie back her company, so she could use it to raise money for legal expenses. Kate refused. Lucas managed to talk Kate into allowing Carrie to remain working for Countess Willhemina and carrie was grateful to Lucas for this. Austin asked Kate for a job, playing piano at the penthouse grill, to raise money for Billie. Kate reluctantly agreed but told Austin she was doing it for him and not for Billie. Austin also asked Jennifer for her support in asking the studio bosses for an advance in his salary. Jen readily agreed.

Jennifer tracked down the Mr Patterson who owned the jewellery store in Chicago that sold Austin's mother's wedding ring.

Stefano visited Marlena in her office and through conversation believes she is keeping a secret. Later he asked to speak to Sami and pretended he did not know she was Roman and Marlena's daughter.

Sami panicked when she found out Isabella's blood tests were to be repeated to find the source of error in the original results. Later Jamie told Sami about a friend of theirs from high school who had had a baby and was now arranging a private adoption of the child.

While Roman and John were questioning Stefano and Peter, some papers fell on the floor. A drawing of a woman outside a house caused John to go into a trance. After waking from this, he attacked Stefano threatening to kill him. Peter and Roman broke up the fight. Later John realised that a white stud found at the murder scene was part of a hospital bracelet. He and Roman discovered that Stefano needed a new bracelet the morning after Curtis's murder.

Sami overheard a hospital worker tell Marlena that Belle's blood tests would be repeated the following day. Sami also visited her friend who had just given her baby up for adoption to lend her support.

Billie had the nightmare about shooting Curtis again. Bo saw her and asked what she had been dreaming about but she lied saying she could not remember. Later she told Austin that she intended on pleading guilty at her arraignment that afternoon. Austin couldn't convince her this was a bad idea and told Bo, hoping that he would be able to convince her to change her mind.

Roman and Marlena went out to dinner at the penthouse grill leaving Sami to look after Belle.

Sami was worrying about the blood tests the following day which would show that Roman was not Belle's father. She was worried that this news would destroy her father and she voiced her hatred for Marlena and John and their affair. After Sami put Belle to bed, an unknown person dressed in black broke into the room and went to Belle's crib.

Billie told Bo that she was pleading guilty because she wasn't sure if she did kill Curtis. Bo pleaded with her to enter a plea of not guilty and to give him the chance to prove her innocence. Billie did plea not guilty, much to the relief of Bo, Austin, Carrie, Jonah, Shawn and Caroline. The assistant DA, Pat Hamilton, asked the judge to deny bail. Mickey told the judge that Billie had no history of violent crimes and posed no flight risk. The judge set bail for 1 million dollars. Billie's friends lamented on their inability to raise such an amount while Bo walked off. Later Sean and Caroline told billie that they had paid her bail but Billie could not believe that they had been able to raise the money. Shawn admitted that it was Bo who had paid the bail. Billie went to Bo's boat and worked out that Bo must have mortgaged the boat to raise the money. She asked him why he had done that. He answered that he thought she would know by now and kissed her.