tries to swim to shore, but almost drowns. Billie rescues him and helps him back to the cabin. Bo is in a hypothermic state, so to help him get warm, Billie strips all their clothing and snuggles close to Bo. Hope, looking for Bo, arrives in time to witness the close encounter and jumps to the wrong conclusion. Upset, she calls off the wedding, much to Bo's despair, and he vows to get Hope back. Billie soon discovers that Bo is working undercover in an effort to expose and bring down drug lord J.L. King in February 1997. Billie gets in over her head with J.L. King and is forced to play along as Bo's girlfriend or risk Bo getting killed. They are also forced to keep up their ruse in front of Hope; otherwise their cover would be blown. Bo reminds Billie that he only sees her as a friend and Hope is the only woman he loves. Bo and Billie are forced to travel to Rome with King, where he has arranged a wedding for them to test them. Coincidentally, Hope and Franco are also in Rome during that time and King invites them to the ceremony. To prove loyalty to J.L., Bo agrees. The wedding goes off without a hitch, to Billie's delight and Hope's devastation (June 1997). King is arrested in Rome soon afterwards. One of his goons, Max, kidnaps Billie and ties her to a bed where he injects her with drugs. While under the influence, she sees visions of her dead father, Curtis, who tormented her. Bo finds Billie and saves her from becoming hooked on drugs again. Bo, believing Hope has moved on and no longer loves him, makes love to Billie. As a result of their lovemaking, Billie discovers she is pregnant (January 1998). Despite Billie's pregnancy and his commitment to be there for the baby, he still longs for Hope. Billie taunts Hope about her and Bo being lovers in Rome, even though she knows Bo really only loves Hope. Hope begins looking for her missing years as Gina and Bo helps her. Bo and Hope begin to reconcile. Around five months into her pregnancy, she follows Bo and Hope to New Orleans and is accosted by two men. As a result, Billie goes into premature labor and gave birth to a stillborn daughter, whom she names Georgia. She buries her