1989 (#18) - Stephanie's discovery, murderous madness and Deveney's escape

Increasingly struck by the misfortune but also by the strength of mind that Deveney shows, Thorne takes her case to heart and decides to help her live a better life. In agreement with Stephanie, therefore, he decides to give her happiness again by paying for a plastic surgery operation able to reconstruct a new face for the girl, who is happy to remove from her face the scars that she also bears within herself. What Deveney doesn't suspect, however, is that this gesture of benevolence will also turn into her ruin. In fact, just when Deveney is beginning to appreciate the Forrester family, and to change his mind about them, Stephanie accidentally discovers the whole truth. During a meeting with Dr. Bernard Schnell, who will perform the surgery, he asks Stephanie for a current photo of Deveney, so that he can simulate his face without the after-effects of the accident through a photographic reconstruction procedure and, therefore, try to stick as closely as possible to recreate a familiar face in Deveney. However, neither Thorne nor Stephanie can imagine what they are about to see: the reconstruction of Deveney's face is identical in every way to the face of the con artist Angela! Meanwhile, Deveney, feeling that they could expose her at any moment, decides to put her plan into action despite her infatuation with Thorne. Deveney begins drugging the man with the intention of recreating the exact same scene in which Thorne shot his brother, this time with the intent of fatally wounding him. Determined to put her plan into action, Deveney then begins pouring drugs into his drinks and repeating in his head that Ridge slept with Caroline. And so, while Ridge runs to Thorne to warn him of the danger, Deveney puts a gun in the hands of the man, now completely out of touch with reality. As soon as he enters Thorne's house, a frightened Ridge watches helplessly as his brother waves the gun at him uncontrollably; however, Ridge manages to bring the man back to his senses by getting him to remember his actions and revealing that it was he who shot him. Suddenly back to reality, a repentant and shocked Thorne immediately throws away the gun and hugs his brother, tearfully apologizing for what he had done. Unfortunately, when the police accompanied by Stephanie arrive, Deveney has already lost track of him again. Stephanie and Eric are, however, happy to have regained family unity and the reacquaintance between Ridge and Thorne. In spite of this, however, with the passing of time, the aftermath of Deveney does not fail to make itself felt and between the two brothers grows more and more a deep rift that will never really heal.