Dorian wanted to replace Viki as �lady of the manor.�

The feud between Victor and Tony grew more heated when Tony planned to build a singles bar down the road that led to Llanfair. Dorian continued to fan the flames and persuaded Victor to change his will, making her the main beneficiary. In time, Dorian�s efforts began to fail. Sensing his own mortality, Victor�s hostility towards Tony began to wane. Despite Dorian�s continued manipulations, father and son tentatively reached out to each other.

Tony began a romance with Cathy Craig, but shared a history with The Banner�s newest editor, Pat Kendall. Years earlier, Pat and Tony had engaged in a sizzling romance in Rio, and Pat was still secretly in love with him. Rather than go to him and confess her feelings, Pat avoided Tony. Meanwhile, Tony could not avoid the fact that Cathy, still emotionally wounded by the death of her baby, began to lose touch with reality! When Cathy learned that Viki was now pregnant, she grew psychotic with rage. Pat settled into life with her young son Brian, while continuing to keep his true paternity a closely guarded secret. Pat did, however, confide the truth to her friend, Viki, who helped her make a major decision. Pat resolved to fight for Tony, but she was too late because Tony and Cathy eloped!

Continuing to fear that Tony could stand in the way of her getting Victor�s pot of gold, Dorian kept up her ploy to poison Victor�s mind against his son. When Tony realized Dorian�s trickery, he promptly alerted his father. When Victor confronted his wife about her lies, Dorian was forced to admit all that she had done. During their explosive confrontation, Victor had a massive heart attack, that left him unable to speak! Determined to keep her husband from recovering, Dorian succeeded in having Victor moved from the hospital back to Llanfair. As his health continued to deteriorate, Victor suffered a stroke that sent him back to the hospital. There, Victor struggled to speak to Viki, but didn�t survive long enough to tell Viki the truth about Dorian. Under very mysterious circumstances, Victor Lord died.