▁it ▁soon ▁became ▁even ▁more ▁rock y ▁when ▁Barbara ▁grew ▁more ▁dis en ch anted ▁with ▁James . ▁ ▁Barbara ▁had ▁an ▁inf atu ation ▁with ▁new com er ▁G unn ar ▁St . ▁Cla ir , ▁a ▁St en beck ▁cousin ▁she ▁had ▁met ▁at ▁a ▁family ▁event . ▁Event ually ▁she ▁told ▁James ▁she ▁was ▁leaving ▁him ▁for ▁G unn ar , ▁and ▁James , ▁des perate ▁to ▁maintain ▁his ▁hold ▁on ▁the ▁St en beck ▁inheritance ▁through ▁Paul , ▁told ▁her ▁she ' d ▁never ▁get ▁cust ody ▁of ▁their ▁son . ▁James ▁had ▁a ▁further ▁set back ▁when ▁he ▁discovered ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁not , ▁in ▁fact , ▁the ▁true ▁St en beck ▁he ir ▁when ▁Gre ta ▁Ald rin ▁revealed ▁she ' d ▁switched ▁him ▁at ▁birth ▁with ▁the ▁true ▁St en beck ▁he ir , ▁giving ▁the ▁St en beck ▁he ir ▁to ▁an ▁or phan age . ▁In ▁fact , ▁his ▁rival ▁G unn ar ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁true ▁he ir ▁to ▁the ▁family ▁fortune . ▁Though ▁James ▁sought ▁to ▁conce al ▁the ▁truth , ▁his ▁nem esis ▁John ▁D ixon ▁had ▁also ▁discovered ▁the ▁secret ▁t ape ▁in ▁which ▁James ▁admitted ▁to ▁his ▁sister ▁A riel ▁Ald rin ▁he ▁wasn ' t ▁a ▁St en beck . ▁ ▁James ▁launched ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁p lo ys ▁to ▁keep ▁Barbara ▁and ▁G unn ar ▁( to ▁whom ▁she ▁was ▁now ▁engaged ▁due ▁to ▁her ▁and ▁James ▁under going ▁a ▁divor ce ) ▁from ▁gain