Sweet
and friendly, Heather
Donnelly appears as the woman of every situations during her first
appearances, in 1988. She is first called by the police to hypnotize Dr.
Scott Clark, witness of the murder of his uncle Hal at the age of five. Heather makes him relive the scene and allows him to
reveal the identity of the killer who turns to be Pamela Conrad.
To thank
her, Scott invites her to the drive-in where they hear on the radio a
hostage taking at the Capwell mansion. It is in fact Scott's father,
Ben, who retains Sophia and C.C. Capwell to avenge his brother's death. Heather
and Scott arrive quickly on the spot and Heather plays of her
greater diplomacy to make him release the hostages.
The
affair makes getting closer the new couple which fall very quickly in love. And nothing seem
to be able to separate Heather from
Scott, that is the arrival in town of Dr. Zack Kelton,
her former boyfriend, that the recriminations of her father, Dr. Arthur
Donnelly, about her couple. Heather finds also her brother, Michael,
whom she did not see since he had became a priest. He becomes her
confidant, and she supports him when, later, he is unjustly accused of
murder.
Heather
and Scott thereafter move in together and plan to get married when, one day reappears in their
life
Celeste DiNapoli, Scott's youthful love. Becoming
a secretary at the Alvarado clinic where they both work, Celeste seems
to be everywhere where Scott is, which makes Heather jealous very
quickly. Her
lack of self-confidence then came to light, and the fights with Scott
become more and more frequent. She
finally decides to break up, convinced that Scott has more of his place
with Celeste than with her. She finds comfort one night with Jed, a
carpenter.
But
that is when Heather discovers that she is pregnant with Scott.
This
latter then hires Julia Wainwright as a lawyer to obtain joint custody
of the unborn child. The
couple tear themselves apart for weeks of procedure. But
when Scott learns that Celeste was once a prostitute, he reverses his
decision. He
cancels the custody request and wants to resume living together with
Heather.
Becoming
the mother of a little Michael, Heather
agrees to resume the dialogue with Scott. She
goes to Chicago to apply for a job, and Scott follows her. But
Heather is not ready to forgive his
betrayal and remains alone with little Michael, leaving the door closed
to a possible reconciliation with Scott...
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