One night, Eric wondered about where Stephanie was going two days a week. Eric hired a PI to find out. He found out Stephanie was meeting with a Dr Todd Powell in a house she owned in her maiden name Douglas. He followed her to the Santa Monica house and found them. Stephanie tried to convince Eric she was having an affair with Todd. But as Eric started searching the house, he found a fragile, bedridden young woman and Stephanie confessed it was Angela, their daughter who she had told Eric had died at birth. The truth was that Angela was suffering micro cephalic and Stephanie had lied to spare Eric pain. He was very upset with Stephanie for hiding the truth from him, that he had a daughter without knowing it. He told their other children about Angela and moved out of the mansion. Beth told Eric that Stephanie’s actions had actually been selfless and he calmed down and apologized to Stephanie. Beth started feeling that Eric was again slipping away from her as he and Stephanie started bonding over Angela. Not long after that, Eric informed Beth that he was going to stay with Stephanie. Brooke was furious with Stephanie for causing her mother hurt and swore she was going to get back at Stephanie. Beth decided to move to Paris with Stephen, which separated the Logan family. But the victory was bittersweet for Stephanie as Eric told her he was going to stay with her, but he wasn’t to renew the sexual intimacy of their marriage.