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Brooke
began a relationship with Jack Montgomery, which led her to clash with
longtime rival Erica. Brooke almost lost her unborn child when she and
Jack were hit by drunk driver Arlene Vaughan, but thankfully James "Jamie"
Martin was born. Eventually Jack and Brooke parted ways as friends.
Brooke took up with her fellow TEMPO magazine employee Edmund Grey. The
two began a torrid affair. Unfortunately, Edmund's obsession with
discovering his parentage and birthright strained their relationship.
Brooke, feeling shut out of his life, wanted Edmund to rely on her,
insisting she not just be his "night light, because people don't need them
during the day." Edmund's hot/cold routine, as well as his kidnapping of
Erica Kane to get back at half-brother Dimitri, left Brooke angry. Things
between Brooke and Edmund really ended when Tad returned to town and
learned that he was a dad by Brooke. Desperately wanting to be a good
father, Tad married Brooke.
However, Dixie also began a secret affair with Tad. Tad began lying to
Brooke about his whereabouts, so that he could be with Dixie. Despite
Brooke's marriage to another man, Edmund still declared his love for her.
Edmund told Brooke about Dixie and Tad's affair, but Brooke chose to stay
with Tad. Early in 1994, Brooke became pregnant by Tad. Soon after, Brooke
was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy. Realizing that Tad truly loved
Dixie, Brooke ended their marriage and lost her unborn child.
A homeless teen, Laura Kirk, came into Brooke's life during the annual
Woman of The Year ceremony and publicly charged Brooke with doing nothing
to help the cause of the homeless. Brooke was deeply touched by Laura's
fervor and promised to work harder for the cause while developing a bond
with the teenage girl. Brooke and Adam began seeing each other again, but
Adam's feelings were more intense than hers. After being scarred from
their previous marriage, Brooke was more guarded and knew Adam would
eventually revert back to his old ways. When he and Liza cooked up a
marriage scheme to lure Brooke and Tad back to them, Brooke realized that
she wasn't invested enough in Adam to put up with everything he had to
offer.
Meanwhile, ex-con Janet Green was secretly living at a campsite in the
woods with Laura and handsome Pierce Riley. Janet started to develop
feelings for Pierce, who formed a friendship with Brooke (Phoebe owned the
cabin Pierce lived in). Pierce and Brooke eventually started dating.
Realizing that she had lost Pierce, Janet plotted to steal Brooke's
identity. Janet's scheme never went very far, but Brooke's life was
endangered a few times. Brooke took in Laura and formally adopted her.
This incarnation of her relationship with Pierce was short lived, and he
soon left town.
Pierce later returned to Pine Valley, and resumed his relationship with
Brooke. However, Pierce was troubled by disturbing flashbacks involving
gunshots and a woman from his past. When Pierce painfully told Brooke that
he may have shot Christina, the woman in his flashbacks, she urged him to
get help. She lent her support as he sought treatment. Under hypnosis, he
remembered that he and Christina had a daughter in Central America - and
he feared that he may have killed her too! In a grueling therapy session,
Pierce remembered a soldier forcing him to choose to kill either Christina
or Amelia, their daughter. He recalled the soldier shooting Christina by
pulling the trigger of the gun in Pierce's hand. Pierce broke down in
Brooke's arms and she promised to help him locate his missing daughter.
Then, out of the blue, Christina showed up - alive! Pierce returned with
her to Central America to find their teenage daughter, Amelia.
Returning from a business trip to New York City, Brooke was traveling with
Edmund, Maria and their daughter, Maddie, when the plane crashed. Brooke
desperately tried to save Maria Grey's life, but Maria chose to have
Maddie saved instead. Maria then fell over the cliff, but her body was
never recovered. Brooke and Mateo Santos pressured the NTSB and the
airline for answers about the plane crash and vowed to find out the truth.
Jim Thomasen, another passenger on the plane, helped Brooke through their
ordeal of the plane crash, and the two began seeing each other.
Laura was shocked that her mother was dating Jim. Years earlier, a
desperate Laura had posed for lewd photos and Jim had been the
photographer. Laura told Jim that she only posed for the pictures because
she needed the money for her sick mother. With Jim now in Pine Valley,
Laura soon discovered that her pictures were on the internet. Laura was
soon kidnapped by Ricky, the man she had posed with in the pictures. An
anonymous caller tipped Brooke off and she found Laura's nude internet
pictures. Brooke received a ransom note demanding that the police not be
notified. Brooke decided not to call the police and told Jim that she
would get the money and make the drop herself. Jim saved Brooke from Ricky
and chased after him. Jim played the hero and brought Laura home to
Brooke. Laura told Brooke that she knew Ricky from the photo shoot and why
she posed for the pictures, while keeping the secret that Jim was the
photographer. Alone, Laura and Jim declared a truce as they decided to
keep their secret to themselves.
Adam, who owned the airline of the plane that crashed, learned of an
explosion on Brooke and Edmund's flight and reported this new evidence.
Brooke was able to see the luggage fragment that contained the explosive,
while Jim was anxious that Brooke would realize that the luggage fragment
looked familiar (specifically that it was his). Adam offered Tempo
management to Brooke, who would only accept the offer if she could share
it with Edmund and Jim. Alone, Edmund suggested that Brooke find out more
about Jim before co-owning Tempo with him.
Soon Brooke found evidence linking Jim to the explosion on Flight 149, and
also finally discovered that Jim was the child pornographer responsible
for taking the lewd photos of Laura. Brooke confronted Jim at Stuart's art
gallery and ended up shooting and killing him when he threatened to go
after Jamie.
Faced with a murder trial she might not win, Brooke went on the run with
Jamie, but Tad was able to convince her to return to Pine Valley. Brooke
went on trial for murder and her future looked bleak. With some secret
maneuvering from Tad, however, Brooke's lawyers got Brooke acquitted.
Around this time, Laura left town to study in China. Also throughout the
trial, Dimitri Marick, Edmund's older brother and Erica's two time
ex-husband, became interested in saving Brooke. He developed a genuine
interest in her, but ultimately, Brooke put the brakes on their
relationship before it ever really began.
Brooke became involved at the community center and began a relationship
with Reverend Eliot Freeman. The two shared a genuine love for helping
children and the underprivileged. When Laura returned, Brooke was
ecstatic. She had a wonderful man in her life and her children were home.
Unfortunately, Eliot had a secret that could threaten a future with
Brooke- he was the drunk driver who had killed her other daughter Laura.
The guilt was too much for Eliot to take and he confided in Brooke his
horrible misdeeds. Brooke was never able to bring herself to continue
loving the man who caused the worst pain in her life. When Eliot said
goodbye to Brooke, she told him that she knew he was truly remorseful for
his actions and forgave him to the extent that she could.
Laura fell fatally ill with heart disease. On her believed deathbed,
Laura's friend Leo agreed to marry her. However, at the last minute, Ryan
Lavery donated the heart of his recently deceased wife Gillian to Laura.
Brooke was relieved her daughter's life had been saved. She stood by Laura
in her turbulent marriage to Leo, but when the marriage dissolved Laura
left town.
After some time, Brooke and Edmund rekindled their old flame. These two
best friends and co-workers cautiously fell back in to the relationship
that they never finished years earlier. Brooke was happier than she had
ever been with Edmund. The two were engaged to be married and things
couldn't seem brighter. However, Brooke began to suspect that Maria Santos
Grey, Edmund's presumed dead wife, was actually alive. Tad and Brooke
investigated her suspicions and discovered that a Maureen Gorman in Nevada
was actually Maria. Tad convinced Brooke not to play by the book this time
and just ignore it - be happy with Edmund. Brooke tried, but on the night
of her wedding, she revealed to Edmund that his true love was alive and
well. Edmund was furious that Brooke kept Maria from him. Edmund and
Brooke had their marriage annulled.
Brooke entered into an affair with Adam Chandler yet again, but once Tad
and Jamie found out, she ended it. Brooke found out that Jamie had spent
the night with Babe, JR Chandler's new wife, and worried about the
fallout. When Babe announced she was pregnant, Jamie claimed that the baby
was his! Brooke has tried to remain supportive with her son while
counseling him on the wisest way to handle the Babe situation. |
