gn ant ▁with ▁Victor ' s ▁child , ▁Nik ki ▁is ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁cancer , ▁causing ▁Victor ▁to ▁leave ▁Ash ley , ▁who ▁secret ly ▁has ▁an ▁abort ion . ▁Ash ley ▁suff ers ▁a ▁mental ▁break down , ▁before ▁marry ing ▁her ▁psych iat rist ▁Steven ▁L ass iter ▁( R od ▁Arr ants ). ▁Steven ' s ▁former ▁patient ▁Le anna ▁Rand olph ▁( Bar bara ▁C ram pton ) ▁stal ks ▁the ▁couple ▁and ▁attempts ▁to ▁destroy ▁Ash ley . ▁She ▁writes ▁a ▁bi ography ▁about ▁Victor ▁that ▁ex poses ▁information ▁about ▁his ▁d ys function al ▁relationship ▁with ▁Ash ley . ▁Steven ▁is ▁later ▁shot ▁and ▁killed ▁by ▁an ▁un stable ▁patient . ▁ ▁Following ▁a ▁short ▁affair ▁with ▁Brad ▁Carl ton ▁( Don ▁Diam ont ), ▁Ash ley ▁mar ries ▁Victor . ▁The ▁marriage ▁suff ers ▁because ▁of ▁ ▁Nik ki ' s ▁on going ▁problems ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Victor ' s ▁daughter ▁Victoria ▁New man ' s ▁( He ather ▁Tom ) ▁constant ▁schemes ▁to ▁break ▁them ▁up . ▁After ▁her ▁divor ce ▁from ▁Victor , ▁Ash ley ▁falls ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁J ab ot ' s ▁myster ious ▁photograph er ▁Bla de ▁Bl ades on ▁( Michael ▁Ty lo ), ▁and ▁they ▁get ▁married . ▁Bla de ' s ▁ven ge ful ▁tw in ▁brother ▁Rick ▁Bl ades on ▁arriv es ▁in ▁town , ▁holds ▁Bla de ▁host age ▁and ▁imp erson ates ▁him . ▁Event ually , ▁Ash ley ▁and ▁Bla de ' s