and she makes her brother, Austin, keep quiet. Billie thinks that if Bo learns the truth, he won't love her. Nevertheless, Bo falls in love with Billie during the trial and is determined to prove that she is innocent. Billie and Austin are both shocked when they learn Kate was married to Curtis Reed. Eventually Billie admits that Curtis is her father. Stefano DiMera had killed Curtis in self-defense and framed Billie. Billie is let go and Bo tells her that he loves her no matter what. Billie and Austin are also reunited with Kate, the mother whom they thought had abandoned them. Kate tells them that Curtis had taken them from her and she believed they had all been killed in a car crash. Curtis actually faked their deaths and changed their names, after abandoning Kate at the side of the road, pregnant with their half-brother, Lucas Roberts. In May 1994, Bo and Billie discover a woman named Gina who looks just like Bo's first wife, Hope. She has no memories of her past and Bo is convinced there is no way Hope could have survived the explosion all those years ago. Bo and Billie become engaged in December 1994 Bo and Billie try to marry in January 1995, but the "Desecrator" strikes and a falling chandelier almost kills them. They try again, but learn that they cannot marry if there is any chance that Gina could be Hope. To help them, Gina signs a paper declaring that Hope is dead and Bo and Billie are finally married in February 1995. Gina opens a puzzle box and is proven to be Hope Brady. Bo and Hope get a divorce so Billie and Bo can marry legally. But soon after the divorce papers are signed, Billie realizes that Bo is still in love with Hope, so she leaves Salem in September 1995 to let them be together as a family with their son. Billie returns a year later in September 1996 and moves into the Kiriakis Mansion. She begins to date Franco Kelly, which upsets Bo, who is now getting ready to remarry Hope. Bo insists that Franco is dangerous, but Hope accuses him of being jealous. The night before Bo and Hope's wedding, Bo gets caught in the middle of a massive storm and ends stranded on an island with Billie. Desperate to make it to his wedding, Bo