best to take Kathy to bed with him. Still, the teenage Kathy wisely continues to feel that might not be for the best. But Kathy's defenses are weak where Bob is concerned. Then Kathy suffers an illness for a few days and is taken to Cedars Hospital, where she meets the eligible bachelor and first cousin to Peggy Ashley Regan, Dr. Richard "Dick" Grant, Jr. (Peggy was the niece of Dick's mother, Laura Ashley Grant, who was married to Dick's father, Richard Grant, Sr.) Dick is everything Kathy dreams about when it comes to a man, but although Meta and Joe approve, the rich and snobby Laura does not. Dick even proposes marriage to Kathy, but seeing how Laura disapproves turns him down. Meta and Joe are still not forthcoming about their wedding until Kathy overhears them talking one day and finds out about the whole marriage. Kathy is livid that her father lied to her and Joey and betrayed their feelings regarding Peggy. She moves out of Joe's house and gets an apartment with a model that works for Bill's advertising agency, Alice Graham. Kathy then decides to accept Bob Lang's marriage proposal, only telling Alice and Dick that she is marrying the man. Dick is not thrilled about this union, and when Kathy ends up getting pregnant with Bob's child, neither is she. In marriage, Bob becomes abusive, and Kathy is his primary target. In the spring of 1952, having grown tired of his abuse, Kathy moves out of the house she shared with Bob. She moves back in with Alice, who isn't too thrilled to have a mother-to-be as her roommate. Dick tries to get Kathy to divorce Bob, but she refuses. Unknown to Kathy, Joe finds out about his daughter being pregnant and then has her and Bob's marriage annulled. By the summer of 1952, Bob is angry and tries to force Kathy back into their abusive marriage, but Kathy refuses. So Bob tries to woo her by becoming as romantic as possible, but Kathy still won't budge. However, she agrees to see Bob, even while she resumes dating Dick. Caught in the middle of all of this is both Alice Graham and Meta. Alice, because she is the only one who knows that the pregnant Kathy is seeing both Bob and Dick; and Meta, because she could wisely see that Kathy's actions directly resulted from