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Bianca continued to hide the truth from her mother until the tense
relationship with Erica reached a boiling point. Continually insisting on
Bianca's need for a male suitor, Bianca emotionally confessed to her
mother that she was gay. Erica went through a range of emotions from
denial to anger. Meanwhile, with her blackmail information nullified,
Greenlee reported Bianca's homosexuality to the tabloids, and sleazy
reporter Donald Steele outed Bianca at the Crystal Ball.
Bianca and Erica began their bumpy road to reconciliation. Erica blamed
herself, then Travis, then everyone else who had ever entered Bianca's
life - never believing that Bianca could possibly be a lesbian. Erica had
always wanted Bianca's life to be idyllic but her daughter's homosexuality
threatened her vision of Bianca's future, and posed more difficulties that
Bianca might face in life. Eventually, with the help of those who cared
about her, Erica began to move on and realized she wanted what's best for
her daughter, even if that meant her being happy with another woman.
Bianca began developing a crush on her friend, Laura English. Laura was
straight, but Bianca was able to put her feelings aside.
Later that year, Bianca began getting involved with con artist Frankie
Stone. Bianca and Frankie developed a very close relationship. Erica,
believing Frankie a crook, did not like this and tried several times to
drive Frankie out of town. Bianca and Frankie had just about reached a
point in their relationship where Frankie admitted her feelings towards
Bianca, but an emotionally confused Frankie hooked up with JR-and Bianca
witnessed it! Although Bianca was heartbroken, she was even more disturbed
to find out that on that same night, Frankie was murdered. Erica confessed
(believing that a jealous Bianca was responsible) that she killed Frankie,
but in the end it was revealed that Frankie's aunt murdered her. Soon
after the charges were pressed against Erica, Maggie Stone (Frankie's
identical twin sister) came to town. Bianca and Maggie became extremely
close as they bonded over the loss and life of Frankie.
Despite Bianca developing feelings for Maggie, Maggie made it clear she
was straight. Regardless, the two quickly became best friends. Bianca and
Maggie's friendship is one of the cornerstone's of Bianca's life. They
understand each other and are completely honest and open with one another.
Bianca began working for her mother at Enchantment and met the beautiful
European bombshell, Lena Kundera. Lena was secretly working (and sleeping)
with Michael Cambias to take over Enchantment, but genuinely fell for
Bianca. Once Bianca found out that Lena had been lying to her and used her
position as Erica's daughter to break into Erica's safe, Bianca broke up
with Lena. She plotted along with Erica and Kendall to take down
Michael-and by default-Lena. However, Bianca realized that she did truly
care for Lena, and with the help of her friends, decided to give their
relationship another chance (Lena had been cleared of charges in exchange
for turning evidence against Michael). Just as Bianca began letting her
guard down, Michael set Lena up, making it look like Lena was once again
using sex with men to get herself ahead in the world. Bianca broke up with
Lena and vowed to never wear her heart on her sleeve and be hurt again.
When it was discovered that Lena was telling the truth, the two
reconciled.
Unfortunately Michael Cambias, having unsuccessfully tried to assault
Kendall and Erica, raped Bianca in a cruel attack against her mother and
sister. During a storm, Bianca burned her clothes and shut down as a
result of the rape. She immediately closed Lena out of her life. Erica,
who was immersed in planning her wedding to Jackson and keeping Greenlee's
mother, Mary Smythe at bay, believed Bianca when she said that she was
just upset because she and Lena had broken up. David noticed that Bianca
was troubled and even found her near the edge of the clinic rooftop. While
drunk, Bianca let it slip to Maggie that she was raped.
Bianca pressed charges against Michael, but after a pre-trial hearing, he
was freed due to lack of physical evidence. Bianca learned that she was
pregnant and struggled with whether she should terminate the pregnancy.
After keeping it secret from Erica for fear of her reaction (Erica had
gotten pregnant as a result of rape), she told her mother the truth. Erica
urged Bianca to terminate her pregnancy and Bianca seemingly agreed.
However, after a last minute conversation in which her sister Kendall (a
child of rape) urged her to "do whatever she needed to," Bianca decided to
keep her child. Bianca kept this secret from Erica, for fear of the
psychological effects this will have on her mother.
Despite Kendall's claim that
she had married Michael shortly after Bianca's pre-trial hearing, the two
sisters grew closer. Michael's dead body surfaced, and Bianca stood by her
sister, who was under suspicion from the police. Kendall learned of
Bianca's pregnancy and vowed to keep her secret. When Ryan Lavery almost
discovered the truth about Bianca's pregnancy via a sonogram of her unborn
child (and in doing so, would reveal the truth of Bianca's baby as the
true Cambias heir), Kendall covered and claimed that the sonogram belonged
to her. In an effort to protect her sister and unborn child, Kendall went
public with the claim that she was carrying Michael's child. With the help
of David Hayward, Bianca donated her blood in order for Kendall to prove
that she was pregnant.
Bianca relied on Maggie's strength during her pregnancy. Bianca also
confided in Lena about her pregnancy, and the two grew closer, although
Lena respected Bianca's need for space after recent traumatic events.
Unbeknownst to Bianca, Maggie began to develop deeper feelings for her
friend, prodded by jealousy at seeing Lena and Bianca's closeness. Maggie
even kissed Bianca, but managed to convince Bianca it was just friendly.
When Kendall's fake pregnancy was revealed thanks to Greenlee, Bianca came
forward to Erica and admitted that she was still pregnant. Erica, shocked
and feeling betrayed, shut down. Bianca began having flashes of the night
that Michael was killed and started to believe that she witnessed her
mother kill Michael. However, just as it looked as if Erica would confess
to the murder to protect an increasingly guilty Kendall, Bianca realized
that SHE had killed Michael and had blocked the memory out. Bianca
confessed her crime and no charges were brought against her (she shot
Michael in self-defense).
Erica remained emotionally shut down after learning of Bianca's pregnancy,
but after being accosted by a reporter, told Bianca that to bring a child
of rape into the world would only result in pain for mother and daughter.
Hurt off Erica's words, Bianca and her friend Babe Chandler went for a
drive, only to be stranded in a secluded cabin following a flash flood.
Bianca went into labor and Babe helped deliver a baby girl, who Bianca
named Miranda. Soon after, Bianca passed out due to post-labor
complications. Babe, who had begun labor herself, managed to get a hold of
her ex-lover Paul Cramer, and he delivered Babe's child, a boy. Bianca
remained unconscious through it all.
Paul, in a scheme to get his sister Kelly Buchanan (of One Life To Live) a
baby, drugged Babe and gave her boy to Kelly. He then faked a helicopter
crash, prepared to tell the world that Babe's child was killed. However,
Babe's husband, JR, and father-in-law Adam came upon the staged crash and
threatened Paul if he didn't produce Babe's child. Panicked, Paul told
them that Miranda was the child Babe had given birth to. Babe, who had a
fuzzy memory of the event thanks to a drugging by Paul and a post-labor
infection, believed Paul's version of events as a truth. JR named his
newfound daughter Bess.
Bianca regained consciousness and learned that Miranda had died.
Devastated, Bianca verbally attacked Erica, claiming that Erica got her
wish-Miranda, the child of rape, was gone. Despite Erica's attempts to
console Bianca, Bianca told her mother she never wanted to see her again.
Whether Bianca will realize that Bess Chandler is really her own Miranda
remains to be seen. |
