Clarissa becomes a student of Coop's. Coop later becomes involved with his ex-lover Lizzy's mother Beth Raines. Prior to her relationship with Coop, Beth gives birth to ex-husband and former father-in-law Alan Spaulding's daughter, Peyton Raines, marries and divorces Rick Bauer, and returns to school to study law. The Lewis family has its share of problems in 2008. Cassie frequently sees visions of and speaks with her late daughter Tammy's ghost; Cassie and Richard's adopted son Will is found to be responsible for the death of his biological father, Prince Alonzo Baptiste, and the near death of his uncle, Edmund Winslow. Edmund lapses into a coma, thanks to Jeffrey O'Neil tampering with his oxygen tube. Will torments Cassie's son, R.J., and is later sent to a reform school after trying to kill both Josh Lewis and his Aunt Reva. San Cristobal does away with the Monarchy once again after Alonzo's death. Alan sells the San Cristobal Spaulding Villa. Meanwhile, Cassie has an affair with Cyrus Foley, resulting in her divorce from Josh Lewis. Cassie then launches a short lived career as a petty thief with Cyrus, before selling her farm house to Natalia and moving to Hawaii with son R.J. to start a new life. Olivia, who sells her house in San Cristobal to a married couple, receives a heart transplant—Gus's heart, following his death in a motorcycle accident. Olivia, who has grown to love Gus, has a pretend wedding with ex-lover Jeffrey O'Neil, father of her daughter, Ava Peralta, to ease her pain. Olivia's new hobby becomes making Gus's widow Natalia's life miserable before the two finally reconcile and Olivia moves into the farm house with Natalia, which Natalia purchases following Cassie's move to Hawaii). A movie made about Reva's life brings her and ex-husband Joshua 'Bud' Lewis closer together. Reva finds out she is, despite her age and medical condition, pregnant. Reva marries Jeffrey O'Neil. Jeffrey's daughter, Ava Peralta, becomes involved with and marries Bill Lewis while she is pregnant with Remy Boudreau's baby, Max, who dies days after birth. Ava leaves for Chicago to stay at a postpartum depression clinic and returns briefly near the end of 2008 in an attempt to salvage her relationship with Remy, who is now married to Christina Moore. Remy's parents, Clayton and Felecia, and sister, Mel, comfort Remy when Max dies and express concern about his extremely sudden marriage to Christina.