In Los Angeles, a mystery man proposes marriage to Kimberly, who accepts. She returns to Salem to deliver the news in person to both Shane and her family.

When she arrives, though, the only person she can really confide in is Bo, who senses her uncertainty about her future. He convinces his sister to confide in Shane. Heeding Bo's advice, Kimberly sets out on foot to tell Shane the news.

Unbeknownst to her, a drunken Roger Lombard is driving to the liquor store to buy still more booze. Shane, who happens to be in the street, sees the danger Kimberly is in and hurls himself out of his wheelchair (he was paralyzed in a bomb explosion) to save her from Lombard's oncoming car. Unfortunately, he is too late, and Roger runs them both down in what turns out to be a horrible accident. Kimberly is seriously injured, and is rushed to the hospital, where she goes into a coma. Marcus and Tom are baffled by her erratic brain waves.

Bo decides to keep the news of Kim's engagement a secret. Shane refuses to leave Kim's side, although he denies that he has any feelings in his heart for her. Everyone is thrilled when Kim finally regains consciousness, but then she is struck by a violent headache. Later, Shane stands for the first time since he was paralyzed. Roger is arraigned for drunk driving and attempted manslaughter.

Kimberly's headaches intensify, but she insists on keeping her condition a secret from Shane and her family. Nevertheless, Shane realizes something's wrong when she has an attack right in front of him. After mustering the courage to take a few steps on his own, Shane decides that it is time to throw himself full force into the hospital's physical therapy program. Shane is stunned when Philip Collier comes to Salem unexpectedly and introduces himself as Kimberly's fiance! The Bradys are instantly enchanted with Philip when Kimberly introduces her fiance to them. Kimberly plays down her violent headache so that Philip won't be concerned about her. Kimberly's apparently clean bill of health could be a prescription for disaster when she refuses to confide in her family or friends about the persistence of her headaches.

Meanwhile, Shane enjoys a happy reunion with his children after Philip returns to Los Angeles. Beseeched by her children, Andrew and Jeannie, Kimberly moves back into Shane's house. She buys a red lipstick, but when she finds it in her purse later, she doesn't know where it came from. Her mysterious behavior continues when she buys a red wig. Philip arrives in Salem and seduces Kimberly in the garden, unaware that Shane is watching.

Philip takes a business trip to L.A., and Shane and Kimberly fall back into the old comforts of home. Shane grows more confident as he takes a big step with his therapy. Kimberly continues to act strangely. She finds a key in her purse and wonders where it came from. She later goes out and buys red stiletto-heeled shoes.

Bo and Taylor (female police officer) arrive at Casey's Roadhouse to break up a brawl started by a redhead in stiletto heels who slips away before they can catch a glimpse of her. Kimberly is confused when she finds some matches from Casey's Roadhouse in her purse.

Kimberly sends Shane off to Minnesota for a therapy program, drops the kids off at her parents, then gets ready to go out--until Philip walks in the door. After they make love, she hears a voice calling her name and sneaks out to a motel, where she transforms herself into a redhead wearing sexy clothing.

Philip tells Kimberly that he thinks it's best if she and the children stay in Salem until the wedding day. Kim is upset when Shane questions her new drinking habits. Shane follows Kimberly when she sneaks out to Casey's Roadhouse. Kimberly appears at the roadhouse in her provocative outfit and is greeted by the bartender as "Lacey." But Lacey ducks out before Shane can spot her. Later, Lacey warns Shane to stop following her around.

Shane confides to Marlena his fears that Kimberly has returned to her former life as a call girl. Kimberly continues to be haunted by her memory lapses, but her other personality, Lacey, convinces Marlena and Marcus to give her a clean bill of health. In order to get rid of Shane, Lacey calls Tarrington at the ISA and talks him into offering Shane a case overseas. When Philip announces that he's returning to L.A., Lacey is thrilled.

As Kimberly's mental struggle with Lacey builds, Shane realizes that her off behavior may endanger the children. Kimberly has a flashback to her youth when her Uncle Eric, who molested her, held a knife to her. Later, at Casey's Roadhouse, Randy makes his moves on Lacey and attempts to rape her. Lacey tries to fight him off, but during their struggle, he's accidentally stabbed with his own knife! Lacey is stunned. Lacey panics as she stands over Randy's lifeless body. She quickly gathers up the incriminating evidence and flees the scene, accidentally leaving behind Kimberly's pearl necklace. Later, a confused Kimberly has no idea what happened. She is surprised to find strange bruises on her body and a bloody matchbook from Casey's Roadhouse. Meanwhile, Roman is hot on the trail of the killer. Roger Lombard draws a sketch for Roman of the woman he saw with Randy, but it doesn't resemble Kim. Shane is hesitant when Chief Tarrington asks him to take on a special ISA case. Kim is upset when she can't find her necklace.

Philip and Kim decide to check out the hot new bar on the outskirts of town--Casey's Roadhouse! Kimberly is confused when the smoky atmosphere at Casey's Roadhouse has a strange familiarity to her. She is even more alarmed when she learns that a necklace was found near Randy's body, especially since she still hasn't found the pearl necklace that Philip gave her. Her worst fears are confirmed when she finds the bloody dress, the wig and the knife! Shane and Kimberly share an emotional good-bye as he leaves Salem for a daring ISA mission in Europe. He's a bit wary of leaving their children, Andrew and Jeannie, in Kimberly's sole care in light of her recent erratic behavior. Nevertheless, he tries to reassure himself that they'll be well taken care of.

Intrigued by Randy Huston's murder, Philip decides to make a feature film about it.Roman is also obsessed with the unsolved case. He and Taylor go to Lacey's motel room and find Lacey's song, "Somebody to Love." Meanwhile, Lacey tries to burn the wig and the dress, but Philip returns home unexpectedly. In her haste, she accidentally throws the knife in the fire, as well! Lacey works overtime to cover up things. Meanwhile, Kimberly moves closer to discovering the existence of her alternate personality and her connection to the murder of Randy Huston. After a wild night of sex with a stranger, a horrified Kim runs to Philip and confesses her fears. Philip doesn't believe she's capable of murder, and he vows to protect her. Things get a little too close for comfort when Roman and Taylor reenact Randy Huston's murder with Taylor playing "Lacey." Kimberly is nervous when she learns someone has substituted one pearl necklace for another in the evidence room. Faced with mounting evidence of Kimberly's guilt, Philip tells Kim he thinks it's best if they postpone their elopement until the Huston murder is solved.

While leafing through a psychology book, a bewildered Kimberly realizes that her erratic behavior is typical of someone with a multiple personality disorder. Flashing back to scenes of her abusive childhood, Kimberly suddenly remembers telling her Uncle Eric that her name was Lacey! Philip checks out Kimberly's book on multiple personality disorders, and is dismayed to discover that the underlined passages describe Kim's erratic behavior perfectly.

When Philip helps Kim undergo self-hypnosis, he is stunned by emergence of a third personality--Clare. Clare warns Philip that if he tells Kim about her existence, she'll get rid of Kim, just like she did Lacey. A hysterical Kimberly asks Philip to tell her the truth about her condition. He reluctantly begins to open up about her multiple personality disorder, but a furious Clare winds up getting the news instead of Kim and suddenly takes control. Clare warns Philip about spilling the beans. She decides to send Andrew and Jeannie to live with Shane, and Kim is forced to bid them a tearful farewell. Philip breaks down and tries to get psychiatric help for Kimberly, but a calculating Clare overhears and makes good on her threats by taking an overdose of pills. Desperate for Kim to learn the truth, Philip devises a plan and secretly videotapes a seductive Clare in action. His intentions go awry when Roman pays Kim a visit and takes the tape. Realizing that Roman has seen the tape, Philip comes clean and tells him about Kim's split personality and the Lacey/Clare connection. Roman plans to confront Lacey, but his plan backfires when Clare's personality emerges and she pulls a gun in her effort to escape. The gun goes off during the ensuing struggle, and Roman suffers a massive head wound. Philip tries to cover for Kim, but when Kim's personality returns, she insists she must have been responsible. She then makes a full confession, not only to Roman's shooting, but to the murder of Randy Huston.

Kim is booked for the crimes. Roman awakens briefly after delicate surgery, but then slips into a coma. Kimberly is released on bail and rushes to the hospital to see Roman. He awakens from his coma and urges Kimberly to get the proper treatment to make herself whole again. Kimberly and Marlena have their first session together. During Kim's trial, Rebecca, the assistant district attorney who's handling the case, proves to a tough prosecutor. When the court-appointed psychiatrist maintains that the evidence for Kim's multiple personality disorder is inconclusive, the judge revokes Kimberly's bail and recommends placing her in Bayview Sanitarium. Marlena convinces the judge to show some leniency, and he orders Marlena to take sole responsibility for Kim and her psychiatric treatment. Despite her desperate fears that Lacey or Clare will take control for good, Kimberly knows she will go on trial for Randy Huston's murder unless she can get her two demons to emerge in a therapy session with Marlena.

Kim is worried when Clare emerges at the benefit dance. When Marlena hypnotizes Kim in an effort to collect evidence for the hearing nothing happens. Marlena uses sharp tactics to get Kim's alternate personalities to emerge. When a furious Clare appears under hypnosis, Marlena has the documentation she needs for the judge. She is hopeful that Kim can forget about the whole nightmare.

Thanks to Caroline for this storyline. It was compiled from info in Soap Opera Digest.

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