Soon after, Jack Abbott divorced Patty, and he fought with his sister, Ashley, for control of Jabot. Jack's personal life was also in shambles. His lover, Diane Jenkins, accepted a marriage proposal from Andy Richards. Jack's turned to his young step-mom, Jill Foster Abbott, for sexual comfort. Jill, however, was so jealous of Jack's lingering feelings for Diane that she constantly fought with him. Anxious to patch things up with Jill, Jack followed her to a remote cabin. During a heavy snowstorm, they were temporarily stranded. Their lovemaking at the cabin was captured on film by Lindsay Wells, a former lover of Jack's. Lindsay blackmailed Jill and Jack. And Jill discovered that she was pregnant, but she miscarried. John Abbott was so irate by his wife's behavior that he resumed seeing his first wife, Dina.

In order to obtain the incriminating photos that Lindsay took, Jack arranged to marry her in a fake ceremony. But Lindsay discovered Jack's scheme and sold the photos to Katherine Chancellor. Jill was so worried that Katherine would share the photos with her husband, John, that she vowed to finally destroy her longtime nemesis.

Ashley stopped seeing Eric Garrison and fell for Marc Mergeron, who turned out to be her mother's stepson. But Ashley eventually broke it off with Marc because he was too dominating. Marc became briefly involved with Jill. And Victor decided to take advantage of the tension between the Abbotts.

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