Lisa Durant

Lisa Durant is the central character. She's most famously known for giving birth to over 15 children during her time on the show.

## Lisa Durant

### Previous legal name(s)

Lisa Goth
 Lisa LeChien
 Lisa Benali
 Lisa Baxter
 Lisa Vitali
 Lisa Cortez

### Occupation

Author of Woman UnravelledEx Acting CEO at PanelTechCEO of Durant Publishing

## Relationships

### Parents

Misty Durant (deceased)
Amari Durant (deceased)
Raymond Vega (biological)

### Siblings

Dani Durant (half)
Jeremy Durant (half)
Virginia Baxter (also Durant) (half)
 Blanca Vitali (clone)

### Spouses

Bella Goth (1)
Joaquin LeChien (2)
Salim Benali (3,4)
Jeremiah Baxter (5,6)
Billy Bjergsen (also Durant) (7,8)
Mario Vitali (9)
 Marcel Nadeau (10)
Marco Cortez (11)
Melissa Burke-Castillo (12)

### Children

Cory Durant (with Unknown)
Sienna Durant (with Billy)
Mason Durant (with Billy)
Everest Durant (with Billy)
Maya Benali-Durant (with Salim)
Griffin Feng (with Victor)
Salim Benali-Durant (with Salim)
Tajj Steele (with Salim)
Tehzib Benali-Durant (with Salim)
Madison Durant (with Billy)
Aron Durant (with Salim)
Jorge Durant (with Salim)
Beckham DuMont (with Blythe)
Jade Durant (with Blythe)
Lani Durant (with Jeremiah) (legally her granddaughter)
Franklin Durant (with Marco)

### Grandchildren

Kelly Vitali
Oliver Vitali
Demario Durant
Lois Durant
Ruby Armstrong
Dorinda Burke-Castillo
Erica Burke-Castillo
Tomas Burke-Castillo

### Nieces and Nephews

King Baxter

Since moving to Evergreen Harbor (and later Windenburg) with her son Cory, she's featured in a multitude of storylines including alcohol addiction, abortion, divorce, STD scares, and kidnapping.

### Background

Lisa was 18 years old when she and her twin sister, Virginia, went to a party in their hometown of Brooklyn, New York. Lisa, the more adventurous twin, convinced Virginia to try a pill she bought from her friend so they could enjoy their party even more. Virginia took one, and the girls ended up by the Gowanus Canal. Virginia slipped and her head on a rock, sending her into a coma.

Lisa's parents, Misty and Amari flipped, as Virginia was preparing to go to college on a full academic scholarship to become a doctor, and kicked Lisa out of the house, telling her to never return.

Lisa took it hard, and ended up bouncing from apartment to apartment, taking pills and drinking. It was then in her drug haze, she met her first real love, Salim Benali, and the two fell for each other hard. One day, Lisa impulsively booked a plane to Milan and left Salim, who was planning to propose. Salim was devastated.

Lisa arrived in Milan, and to this day doesn't remember the specifics of her time in Milan and doesn't recall exactly who she slept with, but she knows it was a lot. At some point, she slept with Cory Durant's father (later believed to be Mario Vitali but since proven false) and fell pregnant. Knowing she'd have to start shaping up to be a better mother, she moved to the quaint Italian town named Matera, and gave birth to Cory there. A few years later, she decided to leave as she couldn't escape the town's gossip when she slept with the mayor, and landed in Evergreen Harbor.

## Storylines

Shortly after moving in to her apartment, she meets Knox Greenburg, a neighbourhood activist who convinces her to help make Evergreen Harbor a cleaner place. While shopping, she meets Marcus Flex and is accepted into Partihaus - a club all about partying. She leaves Cory with the babysitter and has fun where she flirts with Bella Goth, buys MDMA from Candy Bherg and spends the night with Joaquin LeChien in a dumpster.

Lisa gets ahead of herself and tries to take over Partihaus, since she and the leader of the group, Jade, don't get along. When her coup fails, she resorts to blackmail and says she can tell Jade's pregnant, and to resign as club leader or she’ll run to the papers who would love to report on a socialite pregnancy out of wedlock. Jade faints and is taken to hospital by Marcus. Also, at the party, Lisa gets closer to Knox and they bond over their complicated family history. The next day, Lisa gets a call from Jade saying she lost the baby and thanks Lisa for taking her to the hospital. Knowing she has her information wrong; Lisa says she’s welcome and the two form a truce.

Candy tells Lisa that she makes a lot of money selling drugs and Lisa enquires about selling a little bit of weed to tide over until her wages come in. Lisa sells weed to Jade who is recovering from her miscarriage.

On Love Day, Lisa invites Bella over and the two have sex. Bella tells Lisa she’s married and, in a huff, Lisa storms out and bumps into Joaquin who asks her out on a date - they have a great time.

Jade was caught smoking weed on camera and wants to present a cleaner image as club leader so as to not bring shame on her family’s name. Lisa wants Partihaus to be seen as a party club so convinces her successfully to step down. Now Lisa has full control over the club.

While out in Lower Windenburg, she meets wealthy businessman Victor Feng and they sleep together. When she discovers that she is pregnant, Lisa is lost for words as she’s unsure if she wants to keep the baby or not and realises she’s strapped for cash so raising a second baby will be hard. Lisa and Victor come to the agreement that Lisa will give the baby to Victor and his wife, Lily, in exchange for help towards a payment on a house for her and Cory. Victor accepts.

Victor attempts to continue their relationship, but Lisa puts the kibosh on it and asks if they can remain professional.

Lisa has the baby, a boy named Griffin Feng. The Fengs take the baby and leave to San Myshuno. Lisa returns to normal life - minus selling drugs because she has enough money to live comfortably. Victor lets Lisa know the suburban house is in the name of a subsidiary that can be traced back to a man in Fiji and ready to live in and move in whenever. Lisa confides in Victor that she would love to see the baby again one last time, but Victor declines. Lisa threatens to go to a lawyer and ascertain her rights, and Victor tells her that she can meet the baby at the new house on Friday. Lisa gets excited to see her baby again, for the final time.

Sofia Bjergsen, a customer of Lisa’s calls her in tears asking for a place to stay as she’s argued with her mother and that her mother has kicked her out. Lisa doesn’t have any space in the house but offers the suburban house for a few nights as she remembers the pain she felt when her own mother kicked her out years ago.

Lisa gets a call and hears from Clara Bjergsen that her daughter Sofia has died. Lisa is devastated. After doing some more digging, she realises the house had a gas leak which blew up the house. Lisa is distraught to think that could have been her and is convinced Victor had something to do with it but can’t find a way to connect to him or Lily as their numbers have been disconnected.

Devastated she won’t see her child again, Lisa puts her all into partying and bumps into Joaquin in the bar. He’s been away in France DJ’ing for months and doesn’t know about her pregnancy.

Bella comes over to beg for Lisa’s forgiveness for not telling her she was married. Lisa accepts and Bella suggests they go steady. Lisa is unsure but is convinced when Bella tells her she’s trying to gather her things before going ahead with the divorce. Lisa moves into the apartment next door and convinces Bella to leave her husband.

When Candy is savagely beaten after a fight with a customer, she asks for a place to stay until things calm down. Lisa agrees if she doesn’t bring drugs into the house. Candy and Bella instantly clash, and fight and Bella tells Lisa she’s wary of her, but Lisa shuts her down. At a keg party, Lisa proposes, and Bella accepts! Bella suggests a destination wedding and Lisa agrees.

the week of the wedding arrives, and everyone prepares for a Granite Falls wedding. Candy’s obsession with Bella is getting weird now and she slaps Bella in an argument. Lisa tells Candy to make up or go home. Candy makes up with Bella and hounds her about her job.

Candy overhears Bella on the phone and thinks she’s having an affair. They fight and Candy stabs Bella.

Months later, Lisa is on tenterhooks waiting for news on Bella - is she alive? The police explain they’ve found blood in a cabin miles from their wedding venue and Bella’s leg. They tell Lisa it seems unlikely that she is still alive and declare her ‘missing, presumed dead’ Lisa copes with the news and begins to party. Lisa is still drinking and taking drugs and having unprotected sex. Clara Bjergsen (who has become really close to Lisa and Cory over the past 8 months) sees Cory smelling and upset in the street and takes him home with her. Lisa slaps Clara. Clara takes Cory to live with her over the holidays and after the holidays she will be calling the CPS.

Lisa spirals and gets a letter telling her a distant cousin has died and left the closest relative money but only if Lisa gets married will she accept. Still in her drugged-up phase she proposes to her fling Joaquin and he accepts. She phones a 24-hour minister, and they marry in her apartment. Joaquin has a commitment in France over Christmas that he cannot get out of, but promises his now wife he’ll be back by mid-January and leaves hesitantly.

Cara brings Cory over on Christmas day so that Lisa isn’t lonely, but Lisa is passed out. She has an hour hazily with Cory before Cara calls an end to the meeting, causing Lisa to lash out and smack her. Lisa passes out after Cara and Cory leave, and Cara decides to put Lisa into rehab. Lisa arrives at the rehab and is violent with the nurse and is locked into a room for a day to start her cold turkey. Another resident Jerrod Baxter comes to talk to Lisa and tells her things will be ok. There’s an instant connection and the two share a kiss. Lisa stops the kiss as she was told that it would be best not to have a relationship while in recovery. Lisa and Jerrod go to work out in the fitness room and sneak off to kiss even though it’s against the rules of recovery. Clara comes over for conflict resolution – a process where addicts speak to their loved ones. Lisa is hesitant at first, but when Clara shows photos of Cory, the mood changes. It quickly turns sour when Clara asks Lisa to recognise how her actions have affected her son and friends. Lisa explains she was feeling too much.

She was still on the emotional high from the wedding and she was happy she had found happiness. Then Bella died and she didn’t know how to cope with sorting a memorial, dealing with Bella’s ex-husband and kids, Mortimer hiring a solicitor, and Cory grieving too, she wanted to switch off and feel nothing. So, she started taking the odd pill to help her float through the day. Then after mixing them with alcohol accidentally, she found another type of happiness. She insists she isn’t an alcoholic though but can admit her pill addiction is indeed an addiction. Lisa asks if she can see her son as she hasn’t seen him in a few months, but Clara says that won’t be possible because he is at a winter camp. Lisa thanks Clara for looking after him, and they hug. She tells her she looks forward to having Cory back with her. Clara leaves, Lisa feels a lot lighter after this and tells Jerrod. They celebrate with an impromptu kiss.

She pushes him away again, and Jerrod is angry now that she’s pushed him back several times. Lisa says she’s conflicted, because she’s married to Joaquin, she feels obliged to give him a chance but that her feelings for him are real. They have sex but shortly after, Lisa tells him it was a mistake. Jerrod feels hurt and speaks to a nurse about his troubles. He says this rejection was enough to make him spiral but is fighting the urge. The nurse makes a move on him and they have sex. They have sex again and she finds out that she is pregnant but is unsure if Jerrod is the father or her husband. Nurse Kali discovers that Tina, a new resident of the facility, left her child in the house for two days while on a bender, and murders her in rage. Tina’s death is ruled a suicide and nurse Katarina grieves for her.

The next day, Lisa apologises to Jerrod and tells him that she really likes him; she isn’t sure if it’s love, but she knows she likes him a lot and they kiss. Jerrod tells Lisa he slept with Kali, and she forgives him but develops a hatred towards Kali.

A few months have passed, and Kali is ready to pop but still working at the facility. It’s Halloween, and the residents are shocked when the lights all go out. Kali goes into labour in the dark, and Lisa finds a ring belonging to Tina in her room along with a journal detailing the murder and heads to confront her. She sees Kali in labour and does the decent thing and helps her and takes her kids away from her. Kali is weak on the floor, begging for help, but Lisa walks away, and Kali passes out on the floor. The ambulance takes Kali’s body away, and Lisa has an interview with the police where she tells them what Kali did. They thank her for her cooperation and Lisa watches the news as they announce Kali’s arrest. The triplets are taken into care. Jerrod and Lisa reunite that night and have sex. The electricity comes back on, and whilst checking her phone, Lisa sees pictures on Jerrod on social media at the rehab facility from a tabloid with the title ‘Millionaire CEO Jeremiah Baxter in rehab!’ she’s furious at Jerrod/Jeremiah for lying to her and wonders what else he’s been lying about. He assures her he only changed his name for privacy purposes, but she can’t see past him not being honest with her when she told him everything about her. She angrily says she feels nothing for him anymore and calls their relationship quits.

### Return To Normality and Custody Battle

When she completes her programme, Clara picks Lisa up and brings her to Windenburg. Lisa wonders where Cory is but Clara says he’s at a boarding school in France. Lisa is furious that her son isn’t in the country but is assured he’s safe.

Clara and Bjorn’s daredevil son, Billy, instantly makes a move on Lisa. Lisa knows she shouldn’t as she’s still recovering and is wary after Jeremiah but sleeps with him anyway. Later, while Clara is at work, her husband Bjorn comes onto Lisa and kisses her. Clara returns with Cory who has just come back from France and Lisa has a tearful reunion with her son. Clara delivers the bad news to Lisa that her apartment has thousands in arrears and unless she can get the money, she’s being kicked out. Lisa is waiting to hear from Bella’s solicitor so that her inheritance can come through. Clara hits Lisa with more bad news when she says that she’s going to apply for custody of Cory. Lisa is furious at this and confides in Billy, who tells her he hates his mother and that he will help her ruin her chances at getting custody of Cory. Lisa needs to leave the house, and Billy tells her he has a small house in Windenburg they can live in temporarily. He also offers to pay for her arrears until she can pay him back, and she agrees. Billy tells his parents he’s going to Tokyo to find work but moves into downtown Windenburg with Lisa.

Lisa tells Billy that his father came onto her and he suggests that she use that and pretend to fall in love with him and tell Clara months down the line. He suggests that although it will take a while for him to fall in love with her, his parents’ broken marriage, plus a false testimony from him in court will ensure she gets her son back. Lisa asks if she’s doing this because he hates his parents or that he likes her. He says both, and the two plan their revenge.

Now settling into their house, Joaquin comes over to check his new neighbours out. He is greeted by Billy who tells him he’s moved in with his girlfriend. Joaquin asks to meet her, but Billy says she’s busy, another time. Billy tells Lisa of their new neighbour, and she begins to panic. She recognises that something has happened between them, but her mind is foggy.

Months have passed, and Lisa is continuing her fake affair with Bjorn and the court case is looming. Lisa heads over to the Bjergsen household to try and sleep with him, and they sleep together, and Bjorn asks her to run away with him... Lisa asks for more time and she realises that she might be in love with Bjorn.

Lisa discovers she’s pregnant and rushes to tell Billy the good news! They then realise Bjorn could be the father...

Billy understands how they got into that situation and he promises that everything will be ok. Billy suggests getting eloped so that the court can see they’re a healthy family, but Lisa confesses that she’s already married to Joaquin, Billy recognises the name and realises it’s their neighbour. Coincidentally, later that night, Joaquin is locked out his house and calls for help when Lisa answers the door...

Lisa tells her estranged husband why she needs an annulment and her history in rehab. Joaquin says he won’t give her an annulment and says that he wants them to start again now he’s back for a while. She compromises, saying she will try again with him, if he stands up for her in the custody case on Monday. He agrees and kisses her goodnight

Lisa realises she’s in several situations - she’s pregnant and doesn’t know if her boyfriend or his dad is the father, her pretend feelings for her boyfriend’s father might be real now he’s asked her to run away with him, she’s battling for her kid in court, her husband is using her child to re-establish their relationship, and she must have a fake relationship with her husband behind her boyfriend’s back

Lisa has an at home scan and the nurse tells Billy and Lisa they’re expecting 3 babies - 2 girls and a boy. Their jaws drop but they celebrate.

Lisa gives birth to Sienna, Everest and Mason and breaks up with Bjorn shortly after. She tells him if he wants to see his grandchildren then he must convince Clara to let Cory come home. He agrees. Cory comes home. Lisa breaks up with Joaquin. Cory has a birthday party. Cory sleeps with Shayla Bjergensen at the party. Clara kidnaps sienna after triggering a blackout. Lisa contacts the police when she notices sienna missing. Lisa and Billy learn that Clara was on a flight to London and that she, Shayla, sienna and 200 other passengers all perished on the flight. Lisa plunges into a depression.

### Months Later and Devastation

Lisa is in the middle of practicing writing as she wants to write a book on her experiences. Billy has now got a job in politics, and Cory is coping well since Shayla’s death. While writing Lisa gets a terrible migraine and reaches for a painkiller and stops herself.

Cory’s friend Griffin comes over like he has been for the last few weeks. Lisa is shocked to see her sons kissing and screams and tells them they are brothers. Cory is disgusted at this and all eyes are on him when Griffin is beaten that night and comes back to the house bloodied and electrocuted

Lisa is furious with Cory and the two have a screaming match while Griffin showers. Cory, Griffin and Lisa eventually make peace, and have a Halloween party which Victor comes to. Billy got the family matching cybermaid outfits so that they would look great for family pictures. A cybermaid sees Victor and follow him outside. They pull out their gun and try to shoot at Victor, but he dodges it. Victor fights with the cybermaid and picks up the gun and shoots them several times in defence. The paper bag of the cybermaid costume files off and it’s revealed that Griffin was shot by his own father... Victor wails over his son’s dead body and runs away before Lisa discovers Griffin’s body.

Months later, Lisa is feeling a little more stable. Billy is gambling with stocks as he moves up the ranks in his current company. Lisa’s book is nominated for an award which she wins. At the award ceremony, she finds out that she's pregnant. A doctor's examination shows that she is pregnant with twins, but after the appointment, she loses one of the babies. After going public with her pregnancy, a studio that was going to collaborate with her cancel leaving her devastated, as it was a multi-million dollar deal. She drinks vodka, hoping something would happen to the baby. She's correct, and she wakes up on the bathroom floor covered in blood. She falls pregnant again but aborts the baby, as she has a big role in a TV Show.

Lisa keeps getting calls from someone but ignores them. When Lisa is out walking at night, she is attacked by a mysterious figure. She fights back but is kicked and knocked out with a bottle. She wakes up hours later and limps to the hospital before passing out.

A few days later, Lisa is at the hospital and remembers nothing about her accident, but her personality has changed. She’s changed her style, and she doesn’t want to have sex with Billy and decides to call off the wedding. She disappears in the middle of the night and runs off and ends up back in her old apartment in Brooklyn.

### Old Habits Die Hard

Lisa sees an old fling, Salim for the first time in a while who doesn’t seem to remember her, so she uses her advantage to rebuild her relationship with him as ‘Leanne’.

‘Leanne’ and Salim have been together for a while now when she decides to be honest with him and tell him they know each other. Salim is angry she didn’t tell him who she was but accepts that she was scared. When Lisa lived in Brooklyn, she used to take pills with him, and they would have sex until one day he disappeared, and she assumed he was dead. They tell each other that they are off drugs completely, and Lisa is sick all over the floor. She takes a test, which tells her she’s pregnant. Lisa doesn’t want to terminate and is determined to stay in Brooklyn and asks Salim if he wants to raise a baby with her. Salim breaks down in tears and tells her that he had a girlfriend, Megan, who was pregnant with their child and died during childbirth after being involved in a car accident and says he’s scared but he will be involved 100%.

Billy bumps into a heavily pregnant Lisa and they talk. Billy is angry at her for ditching him and storms off telling her he hates her and to not contact him or the kids again.

A wedding dress arrives at Lisa’s apartment and it fits. She tries it on out of curiosity and Salim walks in on her trying it on. She tries to tell him she didn’t buy it and he proposes in the heat of the moment. She accepts! They elope and on Christmas Day and Lisa gives birth to their daughter. The new parents decide to name her after something winter related. After a lot of back and forth with name suggestions like Seren, Carol, Guinevere and Aspen, Lisa suggests Maya after Maya Rudolph her favourite actress and notes it’s kind of Christmassy. They agree!

Lisa sees Victor Feng in town and fixates herself on him by sending him text messages and letters calling him a bastard. Salim tells her she needs to back off and live her life, but she refuses to back down. She texts him an address and waits for him to show up at the apartment. They fight as Lisa tries to stab him but eventually manages to stab him with a pen in the neck. She successfully hides his body in the tunnel by the apartments and pays a homeless man $2000 to say nothing. She leaves his body in a disused skip. Police launch a probe into Victor’s disappearance and question Lisa as Victor was pictured going into her apartment. The police find Victor’s blood in the hallway and arrest Lisa for Victor’s murder. She’s released pending investigation and Salim asks her if she had anything to do with Victor’s death. She tells him what Victor did to her son Griffin and he tells her he needs time to process this. Salim still hasn’t come home a day later when Lisa gets a phone call from the prison. Salim has confessed to killing Victor but refuses to tell police where his body is. Salim pleads guilty and has a sentencing date set. Lisa tries to visit Salim but is told she isn’t permitted to.

The triplets and Maya are now teenagers and Salim and Maya have moved into another apartment in the city due to space and Tajj and Tehzib live with Lisa but it’s clear that they need more space ASAP. Salim sends a letter and tells Lisa he’s sending a chunk of his money to her for her and the kids and asks for a divorce, since he’s been sentenced for 20 years and doesn’t want to tie her down. Lisa finds out her home with Billy is vacant since they moved a few months prior and moves her children in and starts redecorating.

### Back To Windenburg

Lisa plans an impromptu house party/birthday party and Billy hijacks the party as a bartender. Mason, Cody, and Everest turn up and confront their mother. They eventually forgive her when she describes her inner turmoil after her attack. The kids agree to build their relationship again with Lisa.

Lisa and Jeremiah (aka Jerrod from rehab) have sex when he shows up unannounced.

Lisa and Jeremiah get married but Tehzib exposes her ‘affair’ with him. She immediately regrets it since they haven’t had sex and admits her lies. Lisa exiles her from the family, and Tehzib realises she’s pregnant.

### Imposter

Whilst Lisa is cleaning the house, someone enters and kidnaps her. The next day someone who looks like Lisa is in the house. Jeremiah returns from visiting his mother to a phone call saying that his and Lisa’s wedding certificate was burnt in a fire and thus declares that their marriage is null and void. ‘Lisa’ takes advantage of this and asks him for a big wedding for them. Jeremiah says there’s no rush but then comes around and proposes again. Jeremiah asks for a long engagement and ‘Lisa’ agrees.

A month later, ‘Lisa’ finds out she’s pregnant and asks Jeremiah to rush the wedding which he agrees.

‘Lisa’ goes into labour at the wedding and manages to sign the new marriage papers before collapsing in pain. Jeremiah wonders how he can have more kids and while at the hospital, the doctor explains to him that the healthy lifestyle he’s been keeping since leaving rehab has allowed his sperm to produce again, albeit in small samples, and calls ‘Lisa’s pregnancy a miracle

Jeremiah and ‘Lisa’s child is named King Baxter, but the real Lisa comes back to the house and exposes the fraud as her sister, Virginia Durant. Jeremiah is devastated. Lisa explains that she was kidnapped and tied up to a radiator for over a year and she was furious that Jeremiah served her divorce papers, but he claims he never sent them. Virginia owns up to her plan, and says it started 3 years ago after she woke up from a come and she watched Lisa’s every move. Virginia tells Jeremiah that her twin Lisa bought them pills on their 20th birthday, and Virginia fell into a lake and hit her head. She was pronounced brain dead, but her parents always hoped Virginia would come back to life one day and kept her breathing on a ventilator. Lisa was told her sister had died and was exiled from her family from that day which led to her leaving Brooklyn.

16 years later, Virginia woke up after a doctor trialled a damage reversing treatment that took 2 years to wake her up, remembering everything and intent on revenge. From then she studied her sister’s family and plotted her revenge by taking her sister’s life. Virginia admits that she was going to kill Lisa but thought that was a little too far even for her. Lisa beats up her sister, and Jeremiah is conflicted as he fell in love with Virginia. Tajj is also hurt by this as he bonded with his aunt as she posed as his mother and wants to be in her life.

Lisa tells Jeremiah she thinks their marriage certificate burning was for the best since he clearly doesn’t know who she is. He tells her he truly doesn’t. Lisa tells Jeremiah to leave the house and warns her sister away from her.

Lisa tells Virginia legally King is her son and says he will be staying with her. Virginia tries to fight this but is told she will be jailed for kidnapping if she tries anything. Jeremiah gets involved and tells Lisa he is biologically his father, and that he’ll do whatever he can to keep his son with him, whether that means putting Virginia in jail or not. Lisa backs down and hands king over to Jeremiah. Jeremiah tells Virginia he is disgusted with her.

Lisa’s mother, Misty is about to knock on the door but decides against it. Lisa follows her and the two have a heartfelt reunion after 19 years. Misty admits Lisa’s dad Amari is finding it hard to understand why Virginia did what she did and why she’s disappeared without a trace. Lisa asks if her dad would meet with her, but misty isn’t sure.

Lisa gets home from meeting her mother to see Billy waiting for her in the living room and the two share a kiss. Billy says Tajj told him everything and he shares his upset at not being there for her. Billy and Lisa elope.

### Montford Square Opening and Relapse

The Durants and friends celebrate the opening of the brand new Montford Town Square! Tajj and Brody share a kiss and Brody runs home. Dani and Lisa get to know each other. Cory asks where Brody was the night of the party and Brody lies that he was sick. Cory tells him he has a business meeting in Hawaii and offers a seat for him, but Brody declines. After Brody admits his affair with Tajj, Cory announces he’s leaving town and won’t be coming back. Lisa is devastated.

Lisa gets a phone call saying police have found Cory’s car at the bottom of the lake.  Lisa is devastated and the party is called off. Lisa assembles a search party and throws herself into this. 5 months go by and Lisa has given up on the search and finds a dealer. She keeps her pain pills in her purse and heads to the cliff house. She takes a Xanax and starts to feel good. Over time, she begins to take more and more pills and relapses. Tajj finds Lisa passed out and she says it’s the stress of losing Cory and he suggests she plan a memorial for him. Lisa gets stressed and takes an overdose accidentally. The family gather at the hospital and wait for Lisa to wake up. Tajj talks to Lisa when she wakes up and tells her she needs to go back into rehab. Lisa talks to Billy and says she understands if he wants to divorce her and he tells her he’ll never do that and promises that when she gets out of her programme he’ll be by her side, that all the family will be.

Lisa comes back from rehab and heads to the cliff house where Tajj tells her that Cory isn’t dead, and that Brody is back with him. Lisa feels sad for her son. Lisa feels like she was a burden on Billy by leaving him to look after the kids whilst she relapsed, and tells him she wants to set him free. Billy is adamant that she is the one he wants, and he'd wait forever and a day if it meant he'd get her back. Lisa tells him that she can't expect him to do that, and divorces him a few weeks later. Billy leaves town for a while, but then returns, but has zero contact with Lisa

### Salim's Return and Death

Salim Benali came out of prison and Lisa immediately gave him a place to stay. They talked about their pasts, and decided to give each other another chance. They eventually got married and Lisa fell pregnant with twins Aron and Jorge. Salim sadly died after the wedding and Lisa was devastated.

### Everest's Murder @ Pier 42 and Misty's Abuse

Lisa is devastated when on Halloween, Everest is murdered and her body is found in the water at Pier 42. Lisa walks in on Amari and misty arguing and wonders if everything is ok. Misty says everything is fine and not to worry. Misty is slapped again by Amari. Jeremy catches a physical fight and calls a family meeting. Dani suggests going to the police, but Lisa says she’s more concerned getting their mom out of the situation. That night, a masked figure breaks into the house and kills Amari leaving misty relieved her ordeal is over, but it’s only just begun when she’s arrested for his murder. Lisa was shocked at her father's death and grieved for a long time.

### The WHA, Blythe DuMont and the twins

Lisa gets a phone call from an employee of the WHA (Windenburg Housing Association) who tells her that as a co-owner of the cliff house, she is responsible for the fact that the cliff house was built on Dumont land due to a clerical error. Lisa tries to contest this as the amount of land is minimal but is told the owner of the land will have final choice on selling his land to her, or bulldozing the entire cliff. Blythe turns up ready to claim the house as his own, but Lisa shows him Colby’s ashes and the photo of Tajj and Colby and he decides claiming the house would be cruel – a complete change from the ruthless Blythe the DuMonts are used to. Blythe asks if he could stay at the cliff house as he’s been released on bail on embezzlement charges and needs to stay somewhere, he owns - Lisa agrees since Tajj is away with his kids but says he must pay rent (10,000 a month) and Blythe agrees.

Blythe and Lisa’s rivalry quickly turns into passion and the two sleep together... Lisa becomes pregnant (again) and tells Blythe she plans to abort but is convinced by him to go through with the pregnancy. Lisa gives birth to twins Beckham Dumont and Jade Durant, and the kids are sent away to boarding school. Blythe and Lisa argue and Lisa dumps Blythe. Blythe leaves the cliff house and has his embezzlement trial and is found not guilty and heads to his real home.

Lisa invites the twins and Billy over for lunch for a catch up and things become awkward when Jade recognises Billy... Billy tells Jade his history with her mother and she feels sick but the two decide to not tell Lisa about their dalliance. Lisa asks Billy if he’s willing to give their relationship another go as they’re too grown to be messing around. he agrees to get back together and she instantly proposes. Billy accepts but asks her to wait until he’s settled in the house again to announce to the kids.

Jade pulls him aside and nearly tells him that she’s pregnant but decides not to. Lisa tells her daughter that she’s proposed to Billy and Jade decides to go for an abortion but after a consult from the nurse, she decides to keep the baby.

Jade tells Lisa she’s pregnant after a one-night stand with a guy she met on vacation and Lisa tells her she’ll obviously support her during the pregnancy. Billy asks if he’s the father, but Jade reassures him she never would have his baby and not to love himself so much.

When Angelica Tuscon (Maria Vitali) nearly dies in Pink Flamingo, Billy sells the club to her at a record price. Lisa is upset Billy is selling what used to be her bar, but eventually gets over it and accepts that the square is changing. Lisa notices that the bakery is also under new ownership and is slightly nostalgic because she owns most of the businesses in the square, so to see the bakery have new owners is upsetting to her. Billy and Lisa marry again in a beautiful ceremony in the middle of the Square

### Misty's Death, Paternity in Question and Billy's health spiral

Misty gathers her children and tells them that she’s had enough of life and is going to end it. The family say goodbye and misty dies. At the funeral, a grief-stricken Lisa is approached by a man named Raymond Vega who says he is Lisa’s biological dad. At first, Lisa doesn’t believe him, but realises this must be true when he notes particular events and sayings that only the family know about. When Billy's behaviour becomes cause for concern (due to Jade spiking him with LSD tabs, triggering a psychotic episode) she steps in as acting CEO for PanelTech while Billy gets better. Jade manages to convince Lisa to sell the buildings in the square to her, as maintenance will demand her time that she can't give due to caring for Billy, and sells each building for $100 each, knowing she'll get the buildings back when Billy is better.

Lisa is drugged by Jade so that Jade can assume her identity and visit Billy. Lisa and Jade visit Billy and Billy tells Lisa he doesn’t love her and asks for a divorce which upsets her. Lisa runs out and Jade tells Billy that she’s pregnant with his child (she really is). Jade tells Lisa she can’t get a divorce until Billy has been released from the facility which calms Lisa, but she’s devastated that her marriage might be ending.

Months later, Billy is due out of hospital and in the interim Lisa and Billy agreed to just be friends, no matter how much that hurts her. Lisa plans a small gathering in the Square for his return and invites the family around. Lisa is thinking about asking Jade if she could buy back the buildings in the Square but decides it can wait for another day.

### The Square Stolen

Lisa asks Jade when they can draw up papers signing the Square back to her. Jade surprises Lisa and announces publicly that she won’t be doing it - she’s now the new owner of the square. Lisa is baffled and asks why she’s doing this. Jade explains her reasons - Lisa has never really been in her life, not like she was with her other kids. She goes on to reveal she’d been working on it for months and wasn’t getting anywhere, until she got the bright idea to switch a stamp with an LSD tab and send Billy spiralling. Lisa slaps her daughter for what she’s done, and they fight. Jade gloats that she now owns the Square and is closing all the businesses. The party ends and Lisa is devastated that the Square she’s put so much effort into is gone.

### Fake Love and Jade's Sick Plan

Lisa and Billy are scheduled to appear as a couple at the San Myshuno Love Festival and she asks the Love Guru for advice about her relationship, and she tells her ‘Some will say love tears us apart. You must decide for yourself what you believe’. Lisa decides to divorce Billy (even after he accepted her past). Billy questions the paternity test and Jade is furious with him even though she knows he isn’t the father of her baby. Jade hears that Lisa is divorcing Billy and decides if she can convince him the baby is his long enough for the two of them to have signed divorce papers, she’ll be fine. Lisa unexpectedly reveals she’s pregnant too, leaving Billy in a dilemma. Lisa plans a gathering so she can tell the family her big news but excludes Jade. Jade puts drugs in a plate of Mac ‘n’ Cheese at the gathering and leaves, Lisa eats it and feels weird, but nothing happens to the pregnancy.

When Billy discovers that Jade lied about him being the father to her baby, he accepts her faux apology and rushes home to tell Lisa the good news, hoping that will prevent a divorce and finds her in the Square with cramps. They rush to the hospital only to find out that Lisa has had a miscarriage. Lisa is now more adamant than ever to go through with the divorce. Lisa and Billy sign the papers, just as Jade comes home with Ruby Durant, her daughter. Lisa notices Ruby’s skin and Jade lies that the clinic got it wrong. Lisa tells Jade that although she’ll go to the ends of the earth for Ruby - they are done unless she sells the Square back to her. Jade accuses Lisa of being selfish and bans Lisa from seeing Ruby.

Lisa reverts back to her party days and takes cocaine at the club where she flirts with ex Jeremiah, and sleeps with ex mob associate, Paulie Tonica, then carrying his baby. Jade and Paulie meet and sleep together, later he bumps into Beck and they get along. Billy is devastated that Lisa is pregnant with another man’s child and that she plans to keep it. Months later, Lisa gives birth to a baby girl called Lani. Lisa is furious when she discovers Paulie’s note explaining that he's upping and leaving and cheque and has serious doubts about her ability to raise Lani alone leading to an emotional conversation with Maria where she notes the faults in her parenting techniques and her children’s flaws due to her. Maria and Beck formally adopt Lani, making her now Lisa's granddaughter, and Maria and Beck plan on leaving to Chicago with their baby girl.

Lisa is still partying and heads to a VIP party in Lava Falls and comes back having popped a few Xanax. She knows she shouldn’t, but she can’t help herself.

### Murderess and the Square blowing up

Maria tells Lisa about her relationship with Beck and his kidnapping, and that she thinks her dangerous father Mario Vitali is behind it. Maria explains his villainous history, and Lisa becomes scared for her son’s life and assures Maria she sees her like a daughter no matter who she’s sleeping with. A text is sent with a time and a place to Maria. Maria and Lisa head to the beach to confront Mario but he’s holding Beck hostage. Maria asks what Mario wants - he wants his daughter back. He wants to build a relationship with her and his grandson. Maria promises he can, but he needs to let Beck go. Mario throws Beck to the side and Lisa pulls out a shotgun and shoots Mario into the water. His body drifts away as Maria weeps - she did love her father after all. To smooth things over with Maria, Lisa gives her the beach house to call her own, and Beck finally comes out of hospital.

Jade demolishes the Square, which sends Lisa into a further spiral and she beats her daughter up. jade packs he rbag, glad she's devastated her mother.

### Mario Vitali's Sick Plan

Lisa is stalked for weeks. She tells her best friend, Drucilla Nadeau, she thinks someone is trying to kill her, and one night Mario Vitali steps out from the shadows. Lisa faints and when she awakes, he’s still here. He tells her he was found by a fisherman and nursed back to health. Lisa tells him he’s disgusting for what he did to Beck and that she had to protect her family. Mario pins Lisa to a wall and holds a knife to her neck. They then kiss and sleep together. Lisa wakes up full of regret (who sleeps with the man they’ve killed before?) and Mario tells her that he has proof that she shot him and that he has to marry her otherwise he’ll report it to the police. Lisa says it doesn’t matter as the police would probably give her another bullet to try again. Mario shows Lisa a photo of a red-haired woman tied up and she thinks it’s Jade. Terrified for her daughter’s safety (even though they’re not speaking right now) she agrees to marry him... then she passes out and discovers that she is pregnant with Mario’s baby. Mario finds the pregnancy test and demands they marry immediately. Lisa agrees, knowing her daughter is at stake and signs marriage papers. Lisa hires a PI to find Jade and is contacted by him a few weeks later with photos of Jade shopping in Dubai... Lisa confronts Mario, and he tells her he was taken aback by her when they met in Milan... Lisa suddenly has a flashback to Milan... Twenty years ago... They met at a club and slept together... Lisa tells Mario much of her time in Milan was a blur until the day she found out she was pregnant with Cory... Lisa is in shock at the realisation that Mario could indeed be the father of Cory and arranges for a DNA test.

There’s an anxious time as the test results are pending, but Lisa quickly bonds with Mario over their possible child together. Mario opens up and said he was in Milan looking for his son and that he regrets sleeping with another woman whilst married to his wife. Lisa asks where his son is now and he confesses he doesn’t know. After they slept together, he came back to Windenburg because he had his wife and daughter (Maria) back home.

Lisa decides it’s time the family knew Mario is alive and calls Beck to announce she’s pregnant - Beck tells Lisa he wants nothing to do with her and neither does Maria. Mario understands why Beck and his daughter don’t want anything to do with him, and he makes a commitment to Lisa that he’s going to focus on being a good father to their child.

The paternity test comes in and reveals Cory is Mario’s child... Lisa is shocked that she’s found his father after all this time and professes her love to Mario. Mario and Cory meet the next day, but Cory doesn’t take this news well, especially after Beck was traumatised by him. Drucilla (also an ex of Mario’s) is suspicious of the test and brings up her fears to Lisa. Lisa flips out and tells Dru to stay away from her, and calls her “a jealous, washed-up tart” and Lisa storms out.

Dru ignores her outburst, and steals a toothbrush of Cory’s, and a rum glass of Mario’s and waits for the results.

The results arrive on the day of Dru’s charity ball, and she invites Lisa over to patch things up before they see each other at the ball. Dru shows Lisa the results of her paternity test. Lisa looks reluctantly and realises that Mario lied about the paternity test and that there’s only a 18.6% chance that he’s related to him. Lisa is in shock and deduces that he must be related to Cory’s father in some way... Lisa is furious that Mario lied to her just to get closer to her and realises he won’t ever change his ways. Lisa asks Dru to arrange for a couple to adopt this baby - she wants their child to have a normal start away from her crazy family.

### Lisa's Crazy Plan

The next day, Lisa arrives back at the house where Mario has been sick with worry and she tells him she lost their baby. Mario is devastated and asks if he can visit their child, and she lies and says she had their daughter cremated. Mario is in tears when Lisa laughs...

Mario asks what’s funny, and she tells him it was good seeing him cry over a lie, just like he watched her cry over his lies. She presents him with the real paternity test and slaps him. Mario asks where their daughter is, and Lisa says she left her in the woods by the water. She thought their daughter would be better off dead. A fight ensues, and Lisa throws Mario off of her, and he smashes his skull on the glass table and bleeds out. Lisa calls Dru and begs her to come over and runs out to get Dru’s help, but when they walk back in, Mario’s body is gone - again. Lisa has less sympathy for ending Mario’s life this time as it was genuine self-defence, and the fact he got up and left means he’s fine, but she’s slightly anxious that he could come back at any time.

Lisa tells Cory that Mario lied about his paternity and Cory rolls his eyes - he knew deep down Mario wasn’t his father, but he’d hoped he was wrong - mostly because his brothers and sisters grew up with their father for most of their lives except him. Lisa apologises to him, but he accepts that maybe it wasn’t what the universe wanted, and they hug.

### Sleeping With Drucilla's Son

Lisa rebounds with a handsome man at a club and he later meets up with Dru... it’s her son, Marcel who has come to town to manage the family media company Emblem Group. Dru invites Lisa over for lunch and Marcel arrives. Marcel later compliments Lisa to Dru, and Dru tells him not to think about it.

Marcel sleeps with Lisa again, but the next morning Lisa admits that they shouldn’t sleep together again. Marcel complicates things when he buys the publishing company hoping to buy Lisa’s autobiography and buys the rights to the book, wanting to make it into a TV series instead. Lisa objects and Marcel tells Lisa that if she goes on a date with him, he might scrap the TV series idea. Lisa begrudgingly accepts, and the two have an awkward date in the CEOs office before she kisses him goodnight - their casual fling carries on for months and Lisa has a mini relapse.

### Desperation With Marcel

Lisa is becoming dependent on Xanax and Marcel is clearly close to leaving her. She tries to trap him by stopping taking her birth control. When she gets pregnant and tells Marcel, his reaction makes her want to abort but she decides to tell him she’s been unfaithful but later stops herself, as she fears he’ll leave completely.

Marcel gets used to being a father before telling Dru. Dru sees Lisa at a scan and questions her and has a double whopper - she’s pregnant and Marcel is the father. Dru slaps Lisa when she finds out that Lisa is carrying her grandchild and pushes her, causing her to fall onto a table triggering her labour.

Luckily, there are no complications, and Marcel Durant is born, but Marcel Snr bans Dru from seeing him. Lisa is struggling being a new mother and is taking Xanax to cope. Lisa passes out in the lobby of Emblem Group, and Drucilla nurses her back to normality. Lisa assures she’s fine and is helped by Dru to bed, but she springs into action when she hears Marcel say if she has an addiction, he’s taking Marcel and leaving town after hearing about her stint in rehab years ago. Lisa throws all the drugs into the trash and makes a plan. On a date with Marcel, Lisa faints and her doctor comes over and immediately takes her to the hospital for tests. Lisa comes back to the cliff house (where the Nadeau family are staying temporarily) and breaks down in Marcel’s arms, and says that she has cancer, right in front of the photo of Tajj and Brody. Marcel promises to stick by Lisa and says he loves her. Lisa thanks her doctor for lying and arranges a bank transfer and heads to bed. Dru and Marco (Dru's fiance who has a terminal illness) elope alongside Lisa and Marcel and Marco collapses. At the hospital, a doctor informs Dru Marco has died, and Lisa feels incredibly guilty about her own lies.

### The Truth Is Out And ANOTHER Pregnancy

Months go by, and Dru holds a memory service for Marco. Lisa comes clean re: lying about her condition. Marcel flips out, slaps Lisa and files for divorce.

While drowning her sorrows in a bar far from town, Marco walks in. Marco explains that he had to go on a special assignment for a month, which is why Dru needed to believe he was dead. Turns out, she didn’t take the news well, and as the state made her a widow (which will turn into a divorce due to the GSIB (Global Security and Intelligence Bureau) getting rid of his death certificate) there’s no need for an official divorce. Lisa and Marco get drunk and sleep together. It shocks absolutely no one when fertility queen Lisa ends up pregnant. Lisa discusses her condition with Marco, and Marco begs her not to as he never got the chance to be a father because of his job. Lisa agrees reluctantly. Lisa asks why he never settled down and he tells her about the mission for a rogue associate (aka not an official GSIB order) he had to gun a man down on Aviva Island, but he got the wrong man and shot him in front of his wife and kids and it scarred him... This story sounds too familiar to Lisa and she asks for the intended target’s name: Jeremiah Baxter. Lisa goes cold and realises this is the man that shot Tehzib’s husband and Jeremiah’s brother Sean. Lisa tells Marco he caused so much pain for Tehzib and the family and he tells her how sorry he is and that he regrets ever taking an order from Mario Vitali. Mario Vitali? It turns out that Jeremiah was in debt to Mario, and he wanted him dead, but when the job went south, Mario watched Jeremiah grieve at the funeral and decided that was punishment enough. Lisa is in pieces - how does she carry this man’s child? Lisa takes a few days to think and ultimately decides she wants the baby. She gives birth to Franklin. Franklin is SORASed to a Young Adult and Lisa and Marco marry. Dru attends begrudgingly, wanting to save face for the cameras waiting outside the church. Dru forgives Lisa and makes a move on Marco in the bathroom. Marco kisses her back but pulls out and says their marriage is over.
After the wedding while Marco is moving his stuff into the mansion, Lisa comes across a box filled with information about Sean (Tehzib’s husband) and the bullet that shot him. She confronts him and he says he never got around to disposing of that and hands it to her as a wedding present - if he ever breaks her trust, he wants her to use what’s in the box to punish him. Lisa is appreciative but tells him to take the box outside to burn. (In reality, he places the box into a box labelled ‘Books To Donate At Some Point’ and hides them with paper before shoving it up in the attic).

### Marco's Exit

Lisa discovers that Marco and Dru had a kiss at a party she hosted at The Coco Shack and is furious. When Lisa heads up to the attic, she's shocked that all the papers are all over the place. She checks the CCTV but it has never been installed. Breaking news interrupts Lisa’s suspicion - the police know for certain that Marco Cortez, husband of Lisa Durant, shot Sean Roosevelt, paternal grandson of inventor Britt Roosevelt after an anonymous package was dropped off at the WCPD. Lisa tried to call Marco but the phone goes silent. At Dru’s penthouse, Marco comes over to say goodbye and the pair exchange a tearful goodbye. Lisa realises where Marco might be and rushes to the penthouse and catches him. She realises that their love was fleeting, and Marco hands Lisa divorce papers, drafted up months ago in case Marco had to go on the run ergo sparing Lisa from a lengthy divorce. He apologises to Lisa and convinces Lisa and Dru to make up for good which they agree to.

Marco is hit by a car on his way out of the country, and his body lies at the bottom of the river unbeknownst to anyone back in Windenburg. The police question Dru and Lisa, but they don’t know where Marco could be and the investigation into his whereabouts concludes that he disappeared on a cargo boat heading to Madagascar. The Durants and Nadeaus toast to Marco getting away. Lisa is tearful when Franklin reveals he's going to Mount Komorebi to live his dream.

### Bonding with Melissa and discovering new grandchildren!

Lisa and Melissa Burke-Castillo start to bond and become friendly. Obviously, there’s passion between them and they pursue a relationship. Lisa feels extremely comfortable with Melissa, and there’s and ease to their relationship. Lisa notices that one of the triplets (Erica) looks exactly like Cory did as a baby and investigates further. Lisa steals a strand of Erica’s hair and plans to conduct a DNA test to see if the baby could be related to her, but that plan fails when Melissa finds out, and ends their relationship over lack of trust. They eventually reconcile, and Melissa agrees to test the strand of hair when suddenly, Erica slips in the driveway and hits her head on a rock. Cory finds her and brings her into the house to wait for the ambulance, and they all head to the hospital. Melissa and Lisa explain the situation to Cory, and he reluctantly agrees to a blood test, which is rushed.

A simple blood test reveals Cory is the father of Melissa’s triplets! Cory feels weird that he now has three children he never knew existed but is excited at being a father.

### Marrying Melissa, Ruby's Abduction and Cloning

Lisa and Melissa marry and Kay wonders where Ruby is - Lisa has no clue and Melissa overhears Kay confess to killing Claire (Melissa’s late wife).

Lisa helps her granddaughter, Ruby, recover after she was kidnapped for months and made pregnant in a laboratory. Ruby tells Lisa that she never wanted a child, and she doesn’t know whose sperm was provided. Dr Nicholas Wright, the doctor who performed the procedure, comes back to town, and lures Lisa to his hotel room where she immediately passes out. She wakes up hours later, back at the beach house and is convinced she dreamed meeting Nicholas after talking to Ruby about the situation so often.

(That night, Nicholas officiates a wedding between Blanca Durant and Mario Vitali... Blanca is Lisa’s clone! The two head off on their honeymoon to Madagascar)