When she was caught
having an affair, Kelly was dismissed from
private school
and sent to live with her Aunt Dorian in Llanview,
PA. Free of the
structure and repressed school life that had so
stifled her in
Europe, Kelly now had the chance to act out the
fantastical life
she only imagined living before. Kelly hated high
school -- until
she met her tutor, Joey Buchanan, the son of
Dorian's arch-rival
Viki. Joey, though only in his early twenties,
had already had
a sizzling affair with Dorian herself! Soon, Kelly
found herself
with an undeniable crush on Dorian's young
husband, bad
boy David Vickers. David was a man on a mission
-- he was out
to seduce Kelly as revenge against the wife he
despised.
It appeared that
Kelly's obsession with David was over when she
found herself
falling deeper in love with Joey. She confessed to
him that she
was still a virgin, and pleaded with him to make love
-- but when Joey
refused, (he was not about to be used!) Kelly
was convinced
that he still loved Dorian. When Kelly caught
Joey and Dorian
having sex, she fell back into David's trap again.
Using David to
make Joey jealous, Kelly went with him to a
tacky motel,
hoping Joey would show up and 'save" her. When
David tried to
seduce her, Kelly hit him over the head with a lamp
and killed him
-- or so she thought! David returned from the dead,
kidnapped Kelly
and held her for ransom aboard a yacht. When
a fire broke
out, Joey raced aboard the yacht and saved the day!
With love overflowing,
Joey took Kelly for a romantic trip to Paris,
where they shared
a night of passion for the first time. Upon their
return home,
they moved in together. However, their relationship
nearly disintegrated
when Kelly caught Joey kissing Olivia, an
enchanting nymph
he encountered in the woods. After weeks of
tears and separation,
Joey managed to woo Kelly back.
In 1997, Kelly
and Joey decided to move to
Paris. When Dorian
found out, she took
secret steps
to insure that her niece would
never leave Llanview.
When Joey left, Kelly
was supposed
to follow. However, Drew
Buchanan (who
was scheming with Dorian
to keep Kelly
from Joey) comforted a
devastated Kelly
- and conveniently hid
Joey's letters
from her. Months later, Kelly
was devastated
when Joey informed her that he wanted to break
up with her!
Kelly was so devastated that she went for a ride in
her car on a
rainy night. Wiping away her tears, Kelly swerved
her car -- running
another car, carrying Patrick Thornhart and her
pregnant cousin
Blair, off the road. Blair was terribly injured, and
her unborn baby
died in the crash. Kelly, horrified by what she
had done, hid
her painful secret. Before long, the question
became: how long
could a guilt-ridden Kelly live with this horrible
lie?