Prologue
Natalie's dad had taken off after Jess was born, and it wasn't long after that that her mom had received the divorce papers. The only good thing to come out of that was that her oldest brother Cord, had stood up to Clint Buchanan and told him that if that was the way he was going to treat his children, that he could stay away.
And Natalie couldn't forget how up until she was 12 years old it had been just Viki, Kevin, Joey, Natalie and Jess. Of course Kevin had graduated and started his own life, just like Joey. They had both Stayed in Llanview to help Viki.
When Natalie was 14, her mom had met a doctor by the name of Ben Davidson. Ben was a sweet man, who loved Viki with all he had. About a year later, Viki and Ben got married; with the full blessings of all of the Buchanan children. And Ben had brought his young daughter into the marriage. The entire family loved that little girl. All of Viki's children called Ben dad. And Natalie and Jess had asked Ben and Viki, if they could be adopted by Ben. And Ben and Viki had agreed. Clint no longer had a say in things.
When Natalie was 17 she gave birth to twin girls, Calleigh and Cayleigh Vega. Natalie then married Cristian when she was 18. They moved to California where Cris thought he could work on his art, but he later turned professional boxer. Life was good, for a while. When the twins were 5 years old, Natalie found out that Cris was having an affair with his attorney, Evangeline Williamson, who had moved out from Llanview.
Natalie had tried time and again to leave but, her childhood of knowing that her father was never there spoke volumes. She didn't want the girls to grow up with that. She wanted better for them.
But after 5 more years of the same crap, Natalie filed for divorce. By the time it was final, Natalie had sole custody of her children. And then Natalie packed up herself and the girls and decided to move home to Llanview to be closer to her family. None of her family knew about the affair, she just couldn't face the prospect of her family's pity or scorn. Only Gigi knew of Cris's infidelity, and she hadn't told anyone.
Her grandfather had offered her a job at Buchanan Enterprises, and assumed that she would take it. And Natalie knew that it was time for a fresh start. She knew that her family would be shocked when she dropped the surprises some when she returned home.
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Cristian Vega is an artist. He had known Natalie for quite a few years. After he and Natalie married, he decided that he'd have better chance at selling his art elsewhere. So he moved him and Natalie to CA.
His family was not happy when they found out about his affair. They felt that he was betraying his vows.
Evangeline Williamson is an attorney. She was a part of Nora Buchanan's law firm. A year after Cris and Natalie moved to CA, Evangeline moved her law practice to CA. Not long after that she and Cris started their affair, or so Natalie had thought. An affair, that lasted for 11 years. She and Natalie were friends. Evangeline tried to deny the affair when Natalie found out; she was trying to save her friendship with Natalie.
But Natalie didn't believe her, and ended their friendship. Evangeline tried to stay away from Cris, after Natalie gave her ultimatum, but she just couldn't. And so over the next 3 years they continued their affair.
Viki Davidson is Natalie's mom. Viki loves all of her children, including Clint's son Cord, who calls her mom.
Viki was heartbroken when Clint up and left. And it was even harder on her when Clint sent the divorce papers. If it hadn't been for her children, she would have fallen apart.
She wasn't looking for love after that, she'd been focusing on her children. But love found her, in the form Doctor Ben Davidson, who called her "Blondie".
They courted for 6 months, and then were married.
Dr. Ben Davidson had come from San Francisco to start over. He'd been in Llanview for 5 months when he met Viki at Crossroads Bar one night. And also to find his birth parents. For which he did. He is the son of Adm. AJ Chegwidden and Renee Divine.
He and Viki's relationship was not conventional. Their courtship lasted 6 months. When they were married, Viki's family welcomed him happily, including Asa and Bo Buchanan.
They had a surprise dropped on their doorstep 6 months later, when his previously unknown daughter was left. Her mother was Gina Thatcher. Along with the little girl, were papers stating that Gina was giving him his daughter, DNA tests had proved that Dakota was indeed his daughter; along with official papers stating that Gina had voluntarily had her parental rights terminated. And Viki later adopted Dakota. And Ben later adopted Natalie and Jessica, at their request.
Dakota Davidson is Ben's daughter with Gina. She is a wonderful little girl who loves her parents more than anything. She also loves her older siblings. She is very close to Cord and Natalie.
Clint Buchanan is Natalie and Jess's bio-father, but to Natalie that's all he is. He never came back after he left. It was made clear to him after that time that his presence was not wanted.
Joey Buchanan is Natalie's brother. He runs Lord Enterprises, which the Buchanan family retained after both Victor and Todd's deaths. His wife Kelly works for BE in Public relations. He has a great relationship with his family.
Kelly Buchanan is Joey's wife and the mother of their son, Duke. She works for BE in Public relations. She has a very good at it. She has a wonderful relationship with her in laws.
Cord Buchanan is the oldest child. He is very protective of his family, and his father found that out when he left. When Clint left, Cord moved home to Llanview to help out. He was married to Viki's sister Tina, but they are no longer married. He and Tina have a daughter, Sarah who lives with Him and his family.
He is now married to Shawn. He adopted her two daughters, Marnie and Hayden. They also have a daughter together, Isabella.
Shawn Buchanan is married to Cord. She and Natalie are very close. Shawn works at the Llanview PD as a CSI. She loves her job.
Tina Lord is Cord's ex-wife, Viki's sister and Natalie's aunt. Natalie can't stand her. After her divorce from Cord, she left and hasn't been seen. Her daughter, Sarah, refuses to have anything to do with her.
Roxy Balsom is Rex Balsom's mother. Roxy is the owner of Foxy Roxy's Hair Haven. She has a son, Rex who is a private detective.
Rex Balsom is Natalie's friend. They have been friends for years. He is married to Gigi, and they have a son, Shane. Rex has his own PI firm and he sometimes works for LPD.
Gigi Balsom is Natalie's best friend and Rex's wife. Gigi and Nat talk once a week, and Gigi knows about Cris's affair. Gigi works at Rodi's as the house bartender.
Asa Buchanan is the patriarch of the Buchanan family. He did not approve of his son, Clint walking away from his family. Asa is a family man and he is married to Renee', who owns the Place hotel.
Asa runs Buchanan Enterprises along with his grandchildren; Cord, Kevin and Jess. BE consists of the following; including companies that they have acquired. They have various employees that manage things. He loves Natalie very much and has been trying for years to get Natalie home and working at BE.
Businesses [edit]
Buchanan Enterprises (B. E.) – Conglomerate founded by patriarch CEO Asa Buchanan
Members:
CEO/Chairman Clint Buchanan
Llanview Executive/Board Member Bo Buchanan
London Executive Joey Buchanan
London Executive Cord Roberts
London Executive Kevin Buchanan
London Employee Reed Wagner
Exposed - Lingerie company
Designs by Delila - Small fashion house run by namesake Delila Ralston Buchanan Garretson.
L-Mobile
Melador Cosmetics - Company run by Dorian Lord and her niece Blair Cramer, named after Dorian and her sisters Addie and Melinda Cramer.
B&B United
Lord/Manning Plant
Armitage Enterprises
B&W Trucking
Blue Jay Music
Lone Star Records
Dreamfaces
Jenkins & Friends Industries
Cobb Industries
Webster International
Lord Enterprises, Inc. – legacy media assets of Victor Lord, including The Banner newspaper, WVLE-TV, and life interest of the Llanfair estate
Members:
Chairwoman/CEO: Victoria Lord - publisher of the The Banner, owner of WVLE-TV (daughter of Victor)
Trustee: Jessica Buchanan - journalist for The Banner and The Sun (granddaughter of Victor)
Trustee: Starr Manning (granddaughter of Victor)
Bo Buchanan is the commissioner for LPD. He is Natalie's uncle. He is married to Nora, who is the DA. Bo has a son, David, from a previous relationship. He and Nora also have a son, Matthew. Nora has a daughter, Rachel who is from a previous marriage. Bo's son David works for Rex at his PI firm. He is very close to his younger brother. He is married to Dorian Lord.
Jessica is married to Nash Brennan. They have a little girl named Bree. Jess works at BE in the Media Division. She handles the press, and works alongside Kelly Buchanan. Jess looks up to all of her siblings. She felt abandoned by Clint, and it took her awhile to warm up to Ben. But she has dealt with it.
Nash Brennan is Jess's husband. He works for Rex at Balsom PI. He also owns winery in CA, which he runs from Llanview. He and Natalie didn't get along at first, but then they realized that they both love Jess.
Blair Cramer Delgado is the owner of Capricorn, which is a night club. She is friends with Viki. Blair was Viki's sister in law, as she was married to Viki's brother Todd Manning. When Todd was killed as a result of his own stupidity, Viki still accepted Blair. Blair and Todd have a daughter, Starr. Blair later met and married Tomas Delgado. He adopted Starr.
Tomas Delgado is an agent with the FBI. He works out of the Philly office. He loves Starr as if she was his own. He has been accepted by all who love Blair and Starr.
Kevin Buchanan runs the London division of BE from Llainview, although he often travels to London for meetings and such. He is married to Shannon. Kevin has a son from his previous relationship, Duke.
Theo Price is a cop on the Llanview Police Department. He is married to Nora's daughter Rachel. They are happy.
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John McBain is the oldest child of Thomas and Eve McBain. Growing up John wanted to be like his dad; a cop. For John, growing up was as normal as could be until John was 11. Thomas was shot by a teenager who was high on drugs. The McBain family almost lost Thomas.
Even after that John still wanted to be a cop. 6 months after Thomas came home from the hospital, tragedy struck the McBain family again when Thomas's brother Frankie died; leaving Thomas and Eve to raise his daughter Shannon who was their son Michael's age.
John loves his parents very much. Growing up they instilled in all 3 children the value of truth, love, faith and strength. When John was 18, he went to college; making sure to take all the law enforcement courses he could get. After finishing college, he joined the academy and later graduated at the top of his class. He then went to work for ACPD ( Atlantic City Police Department).
While working with the ACPD he broke several major cases, which got the attention of the FBI. Soon the FBI came calling, and managed to get him to come and work for them.
During his time with the FBI, he met Katiyn Fitzgerald. His partner was Kaitlyn's older sister. He and Kaitlyn had been dating for 2 years when she was killed; she was taken by someone who wanted to use her as leverage against her sister. When Kaitlyn's sister wouldn't give in, they killed her.
John grieved for a while, and then later Met Marty Saybrooke. After a 4 month long courtship, she convinced him to get married. But their marriage didn't last long, as Marty couldn't deal with being the wife of a fed.
While he was away on a case, Marty left and filed for divorce. Because John was undercover, Marty was able to get the divorce without his consent. By the time his case was wrapped up, he was already divorced.
John had been dealing with the ending of his marriage had, and then adding to that , was the fact that he was still grieving for Kaitlyn; he was taking some stupid risks. He even took it so far as to bait the criminals he was after, he wanted to die.
Four months ago, John's family finally got through to him and asked him to come home. And John started making plans to return home, which was Llainview; where his father was a retired cop and Eve was a nurse.
Thomas McBain is the father of John, Michael and Shannon McBain( he adopted Shannon; to give her the best home life possible). He is a retired cop and owner of Rodi's bar. He and his wife Eve moved to Llainview after he retired from the ACPD.
Eve McBain is Thomas's wife and the mother of his children. She loves her children very much. She is a nurse at Llanview Hospital.
Michael McBain is a doctor at Llanview hospital. He is John's younger brother. He is married to Marcie, works for Bo. Michael also volunteers at St. Anne's. They are expecting their first child.
Marcie McBain is Michael's wife and John and Shannon's sister in law. She works at Llainview PD as Commissioner Buchanan's Secretary. And she is friends with Jess.
