I initially came to Salem in 1993 as a social worker. Soon after arriving in Salem, I met John Black. John couldn't understand why I wanted nothing to do with him until I revealed the shocking truth -- I had been raised by Stefano DiMera after the death of my parents when I was a child. John and I were eventually able to overcome the fact that I was Stefano's ward, but not that I was engaged to marry Stefano's son, Tony.
After numerous manipulations, I wound up marrying Tony, but it wasn't long before John and I became lovers again, which was only helped by Tony having gone temporarily blind. I eventually left Tony and prepared to have a future with John when we learned he was a Catholic priest. I could not come between John and his vows and returned to Tony, but when John was released from his vows, I decided to petition the Church for an annulment so that my marriage to John would be recognised by the Church.
John and I were preparing for our future together when we, and many other Salemites, traveled to Aremid. Tony staged his own death, framing John in the process. John was sentenced to death, with me believing he did it. When John was exonerated, I was relieved, even though I hadn't trusted him.
Shortly after John was exonerated, I discovered a letter he wrote vowing his love to Marlena, and also discovered that the mysterious Woman in White was actually Rachel Blake, the mother I believed had died years earlier. I also learned that I was pregnant. Marlena agreed to stay away from John because my pregnancy was very delicate, and I began to get desperate to keep John and Marlena apart, even joining forces with Stefano in the hopes that he could get Marlena out of the picture permanently.
Stefano held Marlena captive, and after John helped in her rescue, I lost my baby, but convinced the doctor to keep quiet. Stefano, to help me, found Susan Banks, a pregnant woman who resembled me, and arranged for me to adopt her unborn child when it was born. The baby, named John Black Jr., was born and handed over to John and me. Once Marlena realised the truth about Susan, who I had to claim was a nanny to cover up when John caught us together, I arranged to have Marlena held hostage in a secret room.
I wound up in the secret room with Marlena after Susan turned the tables on me, but luckily we were rescued after Laura Horton forced Susan, who was about to marry John, to admit everything. Susan got her son back, and I was arrested, but soon released on bail. John and Marlena began moving on with their lives together, so in a last ditch effort to keep them apart, I located Marlena's ex-husband Roman who was dying.
Because Roman could not handle any stress, John had to pretend to be married to me while Marlena pretended that Roman was the man she wanted. I attempted to get close to the baby, whom Susan had rechristened Elvis, but my plans failed, and Stefano turned his back on me.
John and Marlena later got Susan and her son out of the country. I then kidnapped Susan's sister, Sister Mary Moira, and used that to bring Susan to town. When Susan didn't bring the baby, I sold her to an island harem. I had to pretend to be Susan when her boyfriend, Edmund, and his mother showed up in Salem, and I even married him (pretending to be Susan) during my pretending. I had no choice by then, as Salem assumed that I had died -- a body that looked a lot like mine was found in a swimming pool!
Susan and Edmund were able to meet up again, and Susan confessed that the body, whom Edmund had accidentally killed, believing she was Kristen, was also her sister -- Penelope Kent. She was dying, so Edmund couldn't be held at fault. Susan arranged to switch places with me, leaving me in the island harem. But I will soon escape and will return to Salem!
My contact information:
430 Lakeview Dr.
Salem, USA 06649
