It had been a year since John Black and Marlena Evans had finally become united in holy matrimony in an event that shrouded all other weddings in a veil of embarrassment and disappointment. For years they had yearned to be together and when they were finally free to love and worship each other forever they sealed it with a dream of a wedding. Things couldn't have been better. Marriage had brought on the kind of boring existence that they had always dreamed of� doing nothing but raising their children, working, and loving each other. Their lives had been plagued by far too many adventures and mishaps, so it was a nice break just to be normal every day John and Marlena Black. But everyone knows, John and Marlena Black are far from normal every day� and fate was about to deal them yet another sinister hand.