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| Cheating is Fun, but the Fights and Make Ups were Better! |
In late 1985, Monica has an affair with Jimmy Lee's business partner, Sean Donely (John Reilly) . When the deal goes bad, Sean bankrupts the Quartermaines and Alan blames Jimmy Lee while Monica forces them out of the mansion. In a scheme to get the family fortune back, Alan fakes his death, frames Sean for his murder and disappears to Pautuck, New York where he lives under the alias Simon; he has a brief fling with country girl Charity Gatlin. After a bump on the head leads to Alan believing he really is Simon, Monica realizes how much she loves him and they reunite. In 1988, Monica beats out Alan for the chief of staff position at GH; however the job proves to be too much and Monica quits, briefly leaving town to stay at a spa, she met and hooked up with the super young Tennis Pro, Ward. (Kurt McKinney) Meanwhile, Alan tracks down Tracy's son Ned Ashton, and Monica is shocked when it turns out to be her Lover, Ward! In the spring of 1989, Alan clashes with Ned after Edward (David Lewis) is presumed dead and leaves his entire fortune to Ned. In October 1989, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) seduces Alan into a Blackmail affair.
In the spring of 1990, Monica divorces Alan after finding him in bed with Lucy. Lucy later claims she is pregnant and Alan marries her. However, Alan learns that Scott Baldwin was actually the child's father and divorces her. He and Monica reconcile and remarry on August 16, 1991. Meanwhile, Alan and Monica welcomed their sons, A.J. (Gerald Hopkins) and Jason (Steve Burton) back to the mansion. A.J. falls for Nikki Langton who is going after the Quartermaine fortune to get revenge on Monica for her father, David's death. She manipulates A.J. into a marriage proposal and in November 1992, Alan pays Nikki to leave town leaving his son devastated. Alan soon develops an infatuation with the mother of his son Jason's girlfriend, Rhonda Wexler (Denise Furley). Though they never consummate the relationship, Alan becomes very protective of her and in 1993, accidentally kills her abusive ex-boyfriend Ray Conway when he finds him abusing her and Karen (Cari Shayne). Monica is later diagnosed with breast cancer and must have a mastectomy; though Alan is supportive, Monica feels unloved and goes to Arizona for treatment. Monica returns and they decide to adopt in Emily Bowen (Amber Tamblyn), the daughter of another cancer patient and Monica's friend, Paige who had recently lost her battle with the disease. Monica's self-esteem diminished while she struggled with the disease and she succumbed to the advances of her colleague, Dr. Pierce Dorman (Tuc Watkins). Despite the affair, Alan continues supporting his wife even after Dorman sues Monica for sexual harassment. In late 1995, a drunken A.J. (Sean Kanan) gets into a car accident which leaves Jason with permanent brain damage and no recollection of his life.
Due to an old hand injury, Alan has to get an operation so he can continue working as surgeon. Alan later becomes addicted to pain killers. The rest of the family is also in crisis as Monica deals with the sexual harassment suit, a teenage Emily has also become a drug addict, while A.J.'s is fighting Jason and his estranged wife Carly for his son, Michael. Alan becomes so dependent on his drugs that he loses his job at General Hospital and is banished from the family. Alan forces himself into rehab, and soon reunites with his family clean and sober; he also successfully started work at GH again.
When Monica a pregnancy scare proves to be menopause, Alan becomes fixated on the idea of having another child, until Emily is kidnapped and A.J. (Billy Warlock) nearly dies from alcohol poisoning and they force him into rehab. After another cancer scare in early 2001, Monica and Alan decide to renew their wedding vows; on the day of the ceremony, Skye Chandler (Robin Christopher) arrives and reveals that she is Alan and Rae's long lost daughter. Skye moves into the mansion and causes quite a bit of trouble amongst the family and even comes between Alan and Monica. Alan is able to forgive Skye when he witnesses her remorse at an AA meeting, however, this causes tension between him and Monica. In 2003, Tracy makes a shocking return and reveals that Skye isn't Alan's daughter after all. Despite the revelation, Alan legally adopts Skye as his daughter. In 2005, a sympathetic Alan helps A.J. with his plans to get Michael back away from his adoptive father, mob boss, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Berard); however, Alan turns him in upon realizing the lengths A.J. was willing to go to get his own way. In February 2007, Alan and several others are taken hostage at the Metro Court hotel by Jerry Jacks (Sebastian Roche). When Alan suffers a heart attack, he is forced to suffer through the pain. On February 26, Alan 'dies' from heart failure at General Hospital.
Monica once again became a key player in the reconstruction efforts for General Hospital, which re-opened on April 23, 2009. In December 2009, she stepped down from her role as Chief of Staff, contacting former physician Dr. Steven lLars Webber (Scott Reeves), illegitimate son of her first husband Jeff Webber, to take over for her so that she could re-focus on her specialty of cardiology.
After a 5 month absence from the show, Monica returned on July 13 to find Tracy going through Michael's office at ELQ. The two traded insults, and Tracy accidentally let it slip that Jake was Jason's son. Monica leaves the office in tears but not before telling Tracy about the last time she saw Jake and ignored him. She later confronted both Jason and Elizabeth separately for keeping Jake's true paternity a secret from her.
In May 2012, Monica finds out that Sam's baby is the son of Franco (James Franco), a crazed artist who was obsessed with Jason, as the result of rape. Jason also tells her that Franco was his fraternal twin, but was sold at birth, and his mother, Susan, never knew about him. Monica tries to convince Jason that he will learn to love the baby the same way she grew to love him. Jason, though, isn't sure he will be able to do the same. It is later discovered that Heather Webber tampered with Sam's paternity test, and Jason is the biological father of Sam's baby.
Jason is presumed dead when he disappears in a shootout. Monica is devastated when she hears about this. Afterwards, her supposedly dead son A.J. (Sean Kanan) returns to comfort Monica after Jason's death. It is revealed that Monica, with help from Dr. Steve Webber, faked A.J.'s death and sent him overseas. Monica tries to convince A.J. to leave, but after seeing Michael, A.J. refuses, saying he wants a relationship with his son. Meanwhile, Edward (John Ingle) is ailing, and Monica takes care of him in his bed. On November 20, Michael, Sam, and Danny come over to say goodbye to Edward. Monica comes in just as Sam tells Edward that Jason is Danny's biological father, and Monica is overjoyed when she hears this. Soon after, Edward passes away, and Monica says his last word was "Lila." In his will, Edward left 5% of his ELQ shares to Monica! After 30 years, what is next for Monica? Will the spirit of Rick or Alan Rock her world? also Monica hasn't had a Lover in over a decade! STAY TUNED!
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