Meanwhile Cooper falls in love with Tess, to whom he promises even the moon during a bath in a lake, but just backing home Cooper loses himself into the wonderful glance of Steffy, who has been living in Alden House since he has become Clay's girlfriend, though the wide difference of age. Steffy is opposed by a materialist and possessive mother, Deborah, who finds the way to blackmail Clay, having found out a code name, "Cradle", very dangerous for Clay position. In this way she separates Clay from Steffy, and feigns a marriage with the same Clay. Clay hates Deborah, and searches for a way to revenge on her. And then he gets vexed at the fact that Cooper starts courting Steffy. Backing to Angie, Charles succeeds to free her. during the prison days Angie has become fond of Jenny, who decides, secretly, to go to Corinth, and she hides herself in Casey's house. But the surprises are an habit. The great return foreseen by Harry is Cabot Alden, who thinks to be Buddy and to live in 30s, and starts even working in a fast food cooking hamburgers. In this fast food he is recognized by a shocked Cooper. Cooper and Steffy decide to help him, and meanwhile they fall in love. Then Cabot comes back home, after being escaped not only from death, but also fron the clinic where Isabelle and Clay had shuted him in, under the code name of "Fondation Cradle". Cabot decides to send away from Alden Firm Clay, giving to him and to Deborah the fast food, and decides even to promote Cooper as his right hand. Cooper is now together with Steffy, a very happy couple. Meanwhile Ally marries Casey, and these are wonderful days for them. Backing to Cooper, he is trapped by Clay, who succeeds to describe both Cooper and Deborah in a bad light. Deborah, in revenge, runs Clay over, and Clay is stricken with paralysis, and the fault falls on Cooper, who is saved from the possibility to go jail thank to Clay, who now can blackmail the same Cooper. Cooper must desert Steffy, Cabot and Isabelle without explainations, and even more he must behave like a pervert. Shana and Leo decide to go living in Rome, and there a new plot about Trisha starts. And it's Curtis, incautiously, to re-evoke the ghost of Trisha, in order to divide Trucker and Dynah Lee, but, though all these attempts, finally they decide to stay together forever.
