onn elle y ) ▁ste als ▁Victor ' s ▁s perm ▁from ▁a ▁s perm ▁bank , ▁though ▁Nik ki ▁switch es ▁the ▁sample ▁with ▁Jack ' s ▁s perm . ▁Ash ley ▁then ▁ste als ▁Victor ' s ▁s perm ▁and ▁im pre gn ates ▁herself , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁father ▁is ▁a ▁stranger ; ▁this ▁was ▁to ▁make ▁up ▁for ▁the ▁abort ion ▁she ▁had ▁years ▁prior . ▁She ▁then ▁mar ries ▁Brad ▁Carl ton ▁and ▁gives ▁birth ▁to ▁Abb y ▁Carl ton , ▁who ▁is ▁raised ▁to ▁believe ▁she ▁is ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Brad . ▁Ash ley ▁is ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁breast ▁cancer , ▁and ▁feeling ▁that ▁she ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁time ▁left , ▁she ▁conf esses ▁the ▁truth ▁about ▁Abb y ' s ▁pat ern ity ▁to ▁Victor . ▁Brad ▁and ▁Ash ley ▁split , ▁though ▁are ▁brought ▁together ▁when ▁she ▁becomes ▁pre gn ant ▁with ▁their ▁child . ▁Str ess ▁over ▁the ▁battle ▁between ▁J ab ot ▁and ▁New man ▁Enter pr ises ▁causes ▁her ▁to ▁leave ▁town . ▁While ▁she ▁is ▁driving ▁back , ▁she ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁car ▁accident , ▁killing ▁the ▁un born ▁child . ▁Victor ▁is ▁bl amed ▁for ▁the ▁child ' s ▁death . ▁Brad ▁and ▁Ash ley ' s ▁marriage ▁continues ▁to ▁dimin ish ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁divor ced . ▁Tom ▁Fish er ▁( R os co e ▁Born ), ▁the ▁dangerous ▁ex - hus band ▁of ▁John ' s ▁wife ▁Gl oria ▁Abb ott ▁( J ud ith ▁Chap