▁relationship ▁and ▁became ▁engaged . ▁Before ▁they ▁could ▁rem ar ry ▁Bob ▁died ▁of ▁a ▁heart ▁attack . ▁In ▁his ▁will , ▁he ▁left ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁estate ▁to ▁Mel issa ▁Anderson , ▁L inda ' s ▁daughter ▁by ▁Jim ▁Phill ips , ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁adopted . ▁ ▁Paul ▁Grant ▁▁ ▁Paul ▁Grant , ▁port rayed ▁by ▁Lawrence ▁Cook ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁as ▁the ▁patri arch ▁of ▁the ▁Grant ▁family . ▁Paul ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Helen ▁( K et ty ▁L ester ) ▁take ▁in ▁the ▁injured ▁stranger ▁David ▁Smith ▁( Rich ard ▁Gut hr ie ) ▁when ▁their ▁children ▁Val erie ▁( T ina ▁Andrew s ) ▁and ▁D anny ▁( Michael ▁D w ight ▁Smith ) ▁inv ite ▁him ▁into ▁their ▁home . ▁When ▁David ▁starts ▁drink ing ▁heavily , ▁Paul ▁inform s ▁him ▁that ▁he ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁dr unk ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁only ▁makes ▁things ▁worse . ▁F ear ing ▁the ▁trouble ▁he ▁will ▁cause , ▁Helen ▁wants ▁David ▁gone ▁but ▁Paul ▁ref uses ▁to ▁put ▁David ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁street . ▁They ▁are ▁shock ed ▁to ▁discover ▁David ' s ▁ob itu ary ▁in ▁the ▁newspaper . ▁Con front ed ▁by ▁the ▁Gr ants , ▁David ▁conf esses ▁he ▁is ▁hiding ▁from ▁his ▁family ▁fed ▁up ▁with ▁his ▁mother ▁Jul ie ▁Anderson ' s ▁( S us an ▁Sea for th ▁Hay es ) ▁cha otic ▁love ▁life . ▁Though ▁he ▁is ▁hes it ant , ▁Paul ▁feels ▁oblig ated