Greenlee Smythe Lavery
Actor History
Rebecca Budig (August 11th, 1999 to November 28th, 2005; January 16th, 2008 to Present)
Sabine Singh (April 20th, 2007 to January 15th, 2008)
Lifeline
Born at San Diego Mercy Hospital on February 22, 1977, weighing 6 lb 4 oz.
Birthdate originally February 14, 1977.
Occupation
Founder and co-owner of FUSION cosmetics
Former executive at Revlon/Giavanna Cosmetics [Hired May 2nd, 2002]
Landlord; Owns a loft apartment that she leased to Simone Torres for $1875 per month.
Former Assistant to Kendall Hart [Demoted Apr 4th, 2002; Quit May 2nd, 2002]
Former Employee at Enchantment cosmetics [Fired Nov 12th, 2001; Re-hired Dec 12th, 2001; Quit May 2nd, 2002]
Former business partner/owner in Incredibledreams.com
Former Assistant at WRCW
Resides At
Formerly a loft in Pine Valley with Ryan
Formerly 1421 Plumtree Road, The Penthouse [Also mentioned as 718 Valley Road]
Formerly at her grandparents' mansion
Formerly 800 South Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA
Marital Status
Single/Engaged (Aidan Devane) [Engaged: Apr 11th, 2008]
Past Marriages
Leo du Pres (Engaged: Apr 29th, 2002; Married: Jul 15th, 2002; Deceased)
Ryan Lavery (divorced; 20 May 2004 to 21 May 2007)
Relatives
Jackson Montgomery (father)
Mary Greenlee (mother)
Lily Montgomery (half-sister; via adoption)
Reginald Montgomery (half-brother; via adoption)
Woodruff Greenlee (maternal grandfather)
Millicent Greenlee (maternal grandmother)
Travis Montgomery (paternal uncle; deceased)
Christine Montgomery (paternal aunt)
Bianca Christine Montgomery (paternal cousin)
Molly Montgomery (paternal cousin)
Sean Montgomery (paternal cousin)
Miranda Montgomery (paternal first cousin once removed)
Children
Unnamed Child (miscarriage; with Ryan)
Flings & Affairs
"Lars"
Scott Chandler (While in college)
Scott Chandler (Second time)
Ryan Lavery
Leo du Pres (Engaged)
Jake Martin
Leo du Pres [Engaged: Nov. 28th, 2001]
James "Trey" Kenyon III
Carlos Reyes (Dated)
"Jeremy" (Gave her phone number to him at SOS)
Juan Pablo Renato Ruiz de Vasquez (Dated)
Aidan Devane (engaged)
Joshua Madden
Crimes Committed
Snuck into an "R" rated movie when she was only 15.
Made a videotape of her and Scott Chandler having sex without Scott's consent.
Stole an edited copy of Scott's documentary and replaced it with an unedited version to make it look like Becca edited it incorrectly.
Stole Gillian's journal
Plagarism/Impersonation: Pretended to be one of Ryan Lavery's clients (Cynthia) and wrote a letter to Ryan by copying every word from several passages in Gillian's journal to make Gillian jealous. (June 1, 2000)
Lied about having a love affair with Ryan so that Gillian wouldn't pursue him.
Impersonated Opal in a phone call to Becca.
Disorderly conduct/Assault: fought with Becca before a taping of "Wave" [Aug 1st 2000]
Destruction of property: nearly destroyed the "Wave" set from her catfight with Becca Tyree (August 1, 2000)
Agreed to a loan from loan shark Wade Randall.
Lied about her dog, Happy, having run away.
Pushed Laura overboard while partying on The Fidelity, a yacht.
Blackmailed Bianca into silence about the Laura incident by threatening to expose Bianca's lesbianism.
Arrested for attempted murder of Laura English (she pushed Laura overboard on Ryan's yacht) [December 28, 2000: Charges dropped]
Leaked news of Bianca's homosexuality to reporter Donald Steele in a private conversation at the Crystal Ball (Jan 2, 2001)
Faked a suicide attempt: tried to make it look like that she was dying of hypothermia by splashing cold water all over herself in a desperate effort to win Leo back. [Jan 3rd, 2001]
Poked through Laura English's medical file at Pine Valley Hospital. [Sep. 26th, 2001]
Impersonated Laura Kirk English in a psychiatrist's office. [October 9, 2001]
Violated a restraining order to steer clear of Leo and Laura. [2001]
Arrested for crashing Leo and Laura's engagement party [Nov 7th, 2001]
Bribery; Offered a police officer a gift bag from Enchantment to help Leo elude capture. [Mar 29, 2002]
Aided and abetted Leo's parole violation; Travel to Paris with him when he wasn't allowed to leave Pine Valley. [Jun 2002]
Disorderly conduct/Assault; fought with Kendall at a bridal show. [Jun 19th, 2002]
Held a knife to Vanessa's throat [Jul 22nd ,2002]
Aided and abetted Leo's parole violation: traveled with him on their honeymoon when he wasn't supposed to leave Pine Valley. [Jul 25th, 2002]
Breaking and entering; Snooped around Trey Kenyon's apartment [Aug 12th, 2002]
Assaulted reporter Donald Steele (October 28, 2002)
Held Donald Steele at gunpoint. (November 6, 2002)
Destroyed Kendall Hart's ad campaign presentation [Nov 2002]
Disorderly conduct: assaulted a bar patron and threw a drink at him. [Nov 20th, 2002)
Destruction of property; Trashed an Enchantment display at Lacey's [Jun 16th, 2003]
Breaking and entering into Kendall's condo. [Jan 26th, 2004]
Destruction of property/Disorderly contact; Ripped Kendall's dress off in open court. [Feb 4th, 2004]
Lied to the SEC, saying that her marriage to Ryan was out of love and not a business deal [Jun 7th, 2004]
Breaking and entering and burglary; Broke into a fertility clinic and stole Ryan's sperm specimen. [Jun 17th, 2004]
Planned to kidnap Spike Lavery. [Summer 2007]
Held Richie Novak hostage at knifepoint. [Jul 1st, 2008]
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Hospitalized for hypothermia after a faked suicide attempt [Jan 2001]
Hospitalized overnight after being hit in the head by a basketball [Mar 2001]
Hospitalized after being held hostage by Vanessa and nearly falling off a cliff [Oct 2002]
Suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs and other injuries after being struck by an elderly motorist. [Oct 17th, 2003]
Suffered a miscarriage that left her unable to carry a baby to term. [Aug 8th, 2005]
Received hormone treatment in preparation of having her eggs harvested for surrogacy. [Summer 2005]
Hospitalized after ingesting toxins from a wild plant (tanis root). [Jan to Feb 2008]
Miscellaneous Information
Blood type is Rh - (revealed 28 November 2005).
Brief Character History
Greenlee, named after her mother's maiden name, is a rich debutante from one of Pine Valley's most prominent families. She had an affair with Scott Chandler at college, and wanted to resume it when they returned home to Pine Valley. Scott had eyes for Becca at this point, but that didn't stop Greenlee from trying to take her competition out of the picture. She made snide comments and insinuations about Becca, and made sure that she saw an incriminating videotape of her and Scott having sex. The tape was made at college without Scott's knowledge, and Greenlee mixed it in with tapes from work that were at Scott's apartment, so it looked like he made it and liked to watch it. Becca broke off ties with Scott, but his father convinced her to go see him at the Chandler cabin. Greenlee got there first, and talked Scott into sex. Once the thrill of seducing Scott had subsided, Greenlee moved on to her next male conquest.
Greenlee was crazy for Ryan almost from the first time she laid eyes upon him. Greenlee buddied up to Ryan with a claim that she could help him find his new calling in life --- an Internet venture. Greenlee had her grandfather set up an elaborate cover so that he could fund Ryan's fledgling Internet company. Greenlee hoped that this would endear herself to Ryan, but Ryan had eyes for only one person --- Gillian. Yes, Greenlee and Ryan were intimate on many occasions, but Ryan insisted that they were only having sex and not making love. As it became clearer and clearer that Ryan wasn't going to fall for Greenlee, Greenlee developed a relationship with Leo du Pres. The two fooled around, but neither one put much thought into the fact that they could have a relationship with each other. The pair even teamed up on a bet as to whether or not Leo could seduce Becca Tyree into giving her virginity to him.
Greenlee covered for Ryan when he "borrowed" $2,000,000 from his Internet company's tills. She got involved with a sleazy loan shark with ties to the underworld named Wade Randall. Wade loaned Greenlee the money to cover Ryan's debt (so that Ryan would not be arrested for embezzlement), but Wade immediately took Greenlee to task by demanding that she introduce him to her grandfather. Greenlee feared that Wade would kill her grandfather. She was bought some extra time to honor Wade's deadline by a unlucky turn of events --- Woodruff Greenlee suffered a mild heart attack. During this time, Greenlee learned that Ryan had borrowed the money to run off with Gillian and rescue Jake Martin in war-torn Chechnya. Greenlee went to the police and told them of Ryan's dipping into his company's money. In the process, she cleared herself of any possible connection. When Ryan returned to the US, he was promptly arrested. This ordeal seemed to help Greenlee get Ryan out of her system for good.
Greenlee's trouble with Wade, though, was anything but over. Wade somehow managed to regain his freedom and he immediately went after Greenlee for turning him in to the cops. He held Greenlee and gunpoint and demanded that she get him a sizeable chunk of cash and a passport out of the country. Greenlee tried her best to get Leo out of the way by telling him that she didn't care about him and wanted nothing more to do with him. Nevertheless, Leo continued hanging around and almost got shot in the process. Wade later collared Greenlee and held her hostage for $1,000,000 in ransom. Woodruff agreed to drop off the money at the boathouse in order to win his granddaughter's freedom. Leo happened upon the scene and tried to muscle Wade into submission. He failed and Wade locked Leo and Greenlee in a faulty elevator. Leo helped Greenlee escape the elevator before its cable snapped; Leo wasn't as lucky, though he did managed to escape before the elevator totally bottomed out.
Afterwards, Leo and Greenlee were closer than ever. Leo took Greenlee to the tropics to toast their new relationship. What Greenlee didn't know was that Leo was using her grandfather's ransom money to fund the getaway. When Greenlee learned the truth, she and Leo returned to Pine Valley and Leo was subsequently arrested for theft. Greenlee asked her grandfather to have the charges against Leo dropped. Woodruff said only that he'd talk to Leo. Woodruff visited Leo in his jail cell and told him that he'd drop the charges against him if he agreed to take the rest of the ransom money and fly to Europe --- and never see Greenlee again. Leo refused and won Woodruff's respect in the process. Greenlee, however, thought that Leo had accepted the offer and severed her ties to Leo. She later learned from her grandfather that Leo hadn't accepted the offer, but by then Leo was furious with Greenlee and was questioning whether or not he really wanted Greenlee in his life. Greenlee remained persistent and determined to win over Leo. In the process, she accidentally learned that Bianca was harboring a deep secret --- she was gay.
Greenlee's 2001 was filled with more lows than highs. Greenlee landed a job at Enchantment, but she didn't know that Erica had hired her only to get her out of Pine Valley. Erica's plot was to avenge Greenlee's poor treatment of Bianca. Greenlee, however, proved she was quite valuable --- and was subsequently fired and rehired several times. Greenlee was determined to win back Leo, who had agreed to marry a dying Laura English. Laura lived and Leo found himself trapped in a loveless marriage. Greenlee was tossed in jail after violating a restraining order to steer clear of the married couple. During Leo's married days, Greenlee became very close with Jake, but in her heart she knew that she really loved Leo. After Leo refused to renew his wedding vows to Laura, he freed himself to return to Greenlee. Greenlee went to bat for Erica during Erica's trial for Mary Frances "Frankie" Stone; she helped keep things running, though she did offend the Lacey's chairman. As the year came to a close, Greenlee was desperately trying to rid Leo of another troublemaking woman in his life - his mother, Vanessa.
Greenlee became torn between two men -- Jake Martin and Leo. And neither man wanted to be "the other man." Leo proposed to Greenlee and she accepted, but the engagement was later broken when Greenlee admitted to have feelings for Jake. Greenlee would end up trapped on an island with Jake after she was drugged and left for dead on a sinking boat by Vanessa Cortlandt. Greenlee and and also-drugged Jake escaped their near-watery grave, but Greenlee's unwillingness to commit to Jake resulted in Jake walking away.
In March 2002, Revlon showed interest in luring Greenlee away from her job at Enchantment after a trade publication touted her as the "next big thing." Erica refused to let Greenlee get away and arranged for some trickery to hold on the Greenlee.
As Greenlee tried to deal with Leo's need to stay in Vanessa's life and the constant revolving door of his newfound relatives, she and Leo finally managed to marry in July 2002. Greenlee's father, Roger, who had continued to worm his way back into her life even after disappointing her countless times, was shot by drug operatives. A few hours before he died, he accidentally slipped out to Greenlee that he was sleeping with her roommate and close friend, Simone Torres. After he died, Greenlee's pain was intensified when she overheard her grandfather telling her mother, Mary, who had recently come back into her life claiming to want a reconciliation, that he knew she was only interested in Greenlee because she wanted to be put back in his will. Greenlee's dependency on Leo was magnified and they went off on a brief honeymoon. The happiness was not to last.
When they returned to town, the couple became embroiled with Kendall Hart and Leo's heretofore unknown brother Trey, both of whom Greenlee despised, in a quest to track down the missing Proteus drug money. The paper trail ended in worthless stocks, and with Vanessa being shipped off to a federal location and Greenlee seized the opportunity to convince Leo to move to Paris with her. Even though Vanessa had supposedly given way to a kindler, gentler split personality, Greenlee didn't trust her for a second. She was proven right as Vanessa kidnapped her immediately before she and Leo were planning to leave the country. Leo obeyed Vanessa's demands to find her diamonds in order to free Greenlee, but realized Vanessa had no plans to leave her longtime enemy alive. Greenlee struggled for control of the gun, was knocked aside, and as she began to fall off the cliffside, Vanessa shot a few rounds at her. Mother and son struggled for control of the gun and both fell into the raging river. Trey managed to pull Greenlee to safety, but she was beyond despondent when she realized her beloved Leo was gone forever. The only silver lining was that she and her mother managed to mend fences, or at least made the attempt.
While mourning, Greenlee decided to form a new cosmetics company to rival Enchantment. Enlisting the partnership of Simone, Kendall, Liza, and Mia, she created FUSION cosmetics. As she tried to get the company off the ground, her behavior, which had always been abrasive and hostile at best, became downright abusive and cruel. Greenlee realized that she was close to being all alone for the rest of her life, and entered therapy in an attempt to bring closure to her many demons. While Greenlee worked through her pain and grief, her friends tried to push her back into romance. Although Trey was interested and kissed her, she did not share those feelings. Only when Greenlee began receiving anonymous poems through her e-mail account did she start to open up. Around this time Fusion's quiet, hunky handyman, Carlos, declared his passion for her. At first put off by his lowly job status, Greenlee warmed to him when she learned he had sent her the e-mails. His tenderness and gentle manner helped her move beyond Leo. Soon after, on a night of romance, he confessed that he had NOT sent the e-mails, that his sister had put the words together for him. Although Greenlee was furious, she had grown to care about Carlos for himself, not the poetry, and she welcomed his attempts to show her more about his life and what made him who he was. However, Greenlee's romance with Carlos went sour when she used his relationship with Diane Lacey, owner of Lacey's department store, to score Fusion points for herself. She manipulated Diane and made her think that Carlos had spilled her secret to Greenlee. Worried that her secret would leak out, she took the Enchantment display off the front counter at Lacey's and replaced with Fusion. When Simone accidentally blurted out what Greenlee did, Carlos became furious! He stomped up the hotel room he rented for a romantic night with Greenlee and barged in. He confronted her about her scheme and she admitted to it, but told Carlos that she never betrayed him. She did it to make Fusion better and knock Enchantment out of the water. Carlos didn't listen to her excuses-he told her that their relationship was over. Soon after their break up, he quit working at Fusion and went to work from Stuart Chandler at his art gallery.
Greenlee also came to befriend, Juan Pablo, a handsome, wealthy man who came to Pine Valley looking to invest in Fusion. She wasn't sure if she could trust him because he seemed to be wiggling his way into all of the Fusion girl's lives.
Greenlee became suspicious when her mother started sneaking back into her life and trying to become close with Jackson. When Jackson was hospitalized for a heart condition, Mary rushed her and Greenlee to the hospital to donate blood. Fortunately, Jackson found a donor and his life was saved, but not from the hands and obsession of Mary. She made it very clear to Jackson's fiancée, Erica, that she wanted him for herself. She asked Greenlee to deliver a special note to Jackson because Erica wouldn't let her get near him. Greenlee took the note to Jackson the day before the wedding, but his friends told him not to read it. Jackson gave the note back to her. She decided to read it for herself and got the shock of her life.
The note was dated to Jackson before she was even born. The note revealed that Jackson was her real father, not Roger! Greenlee couldn't believe her mother had lied to her again and let her grow up with a man who despised her. She took the crumpled note and fled to her mother's room at The Valley Inn only hours before the wedding. Mary admitted that Jackson was her father and she lied because he was poor, and Roger was rich. Greenlee noticed the stationary the note was written on and discovered it was the same as The Valley Inn. Knowing she was caught, Mary said she did forge the note, but the words were true. Then she showed Greenlee a journal entry written exactly nine months before she was conceived and the last time her and Jackson made love. Mary told her that Greenlee's blood type matched Jackson's and she was the one who saved his life. Realizing her mother's twisted lies were true, she decided she never wanted to speak to her mother again. Before she could leave, Mary begged her to stop the wedding and tell Jackson the truth. She pleaded with Greenlee not to let him marry Erica because Erica had been blackmailing her. She used Erica's blackmail as an excuse to keep Greenlee from the truth. Mary manipulated Greenlee enough to get her to go the wedding, just as Mary wanted, hoping to get Jackson back into her arms and out of Erica's life.
Greenlee stormed into the wedding and told Jackson the truth. At first, he didn't believe it-he thought it was a scheme and Mary had used Greenlee to get her way. Then Greenlee read the portion of the journal her mother had shared with her. Jackson, Erica, and the guests were in shock. Greenlee told him she didn't want him to be her father and to leave her alone before storming out of the room. She got into her car, ready to drive away from Pine Valley, when Juan Pablo stepped inside. She told him to get out but he wouldn't listen. They drove off to Atlantic City, where Greenlee could play the casinos and forget about her problems.
Back in Pine Valley, Jackson discovered from Dr. Joe Martin's files, that Greenlee was the donor who saved his life. Joe said that only family have the same rare blood type as he does, and Greenlee would have to be his daughter. Jackson and Erica's engagement fizzled, and he went looking for Greenlee. Using Tad, he managed to find Greenlee at Atlantic City. When he showed up at Juan Pablo's hotel room, Juan Pablo denied knowing her. Jackson stepped inside and saw the dress she was wearing on his wedding day lying on a chair. He demanded to know where she was. Juan Pablo said he didn't know and that she went for a walk. Jackson stalked out and found her on the rainy beach, with her ankle stuck in a rock, and her tongue lashing out at God. He managed to remove her ankle and she pretended like she could walk, but she didn't get very far. Jackson picked her up and they found a closed restaurant to hide in, until the storm went away.
While they shared some coffee and bowls of soup, Jackson tried to make a connection with Greenlee. She realized that he wasn't such a bad guy and it wasn't his fault he was left out of her life. They decided to give a relationship a chance and to spend more time together. Greenlee's broken heart slowly started mending and healing that night.
She returned to Pine Valley, ready to tackle Fusion. The Fusion girls expected her to be distraught and angry at the news, but she was just the opposite. She wanted to start over and decided to even give Juan Pablo a fair chance. Tad discovered that Juan Pablo and Carlos were actually brothers! When Greenlee confronted both of them, they admitted it was true. Juan Pablo told her that Carlos killed a rapist in Argentina and they came to the U.S. to hide. Carlos said he killed the rapist in self-defense. Carlos realized that he scoffed at Greenlee for her lies, when in fact, he had been keeping secrets from her as well. They agreed to forgive each other and try to start over. Greenlee forgave Juan Pablo also, but she was not interested in another romantic fling with Carlos.
When Mary's father, Woodruff, found out about her latest scheme, he disinherited her from his will and gave it all to Greenlee. This left Greenlee a very rich woman and her mother broke, homeless, and all alone. She begged from Greenlee to forgive her and let her borrow some money. Greenlee didn't listen to her and told her she would never forgive her. In an act of desperation, Mary told Greenlee that Jackson always knew she was his child. She said she never told Greenlee because she didn't want her to think badly of Jackson. Greenlee wasn't sure if she should believe her mother. After all, she was probably lying just so she could use her for her new wealth. Greenlee wanted to believe her mother, but decided she could only get the truth if she created a test for her pass. With the help of Juan Pablo, Greenlee's test would either prove that her mother was lying or Jackson was scum. Juan Pablo was to seduce Mary into going away with him and Greenlee was to act as though she really needed Mary to stay and comfort her. As expected, Mary failed the test miserably. As soon as Juan Pablo took Mary on his personal jet and asked her to go away with him forever, she said yes. Greenlee stepped out from behind the jet's curtain and was outraged that her mother would choose a man over her. Greenlee begged for her to stay because she didn't have anyone now, especially since Jackson always knew about her. On that note, Mary admitted she was really lying about Jackson and she could go away with Juan Pablo, now that everything was cleared up. With a smug smile, Greenlee and Juan Pablo told her she wasn't going anywhere with him. After Mary learned about the test, she told both of them that she would get them back and left.
Greenlee found comfort in the arms of smooth and wealthy Juan Pablo Ruiz de Vasquez, Carlos' brother and a newcomer to Pine Valley. Juan Pablo supported Greenlee in further manipulations by her mother as well as Michael Cambias's hostile takeover of Fusion. Greenlee found herself falling in love with Pablo.
Greenlee was shocked and hurt when Juan Pablo began to treat her cruelly. Unbeknownst to her, Pablo was trying to alienate Greenlee in an effort to keep her away from the Calatravas, an Argentinean gang that was trying to kill Pablo and his brother. Pablo hoped that by driving Greenlee away, the Calatravas wouldn't target her. A hurt Greenlee began to turn to old friend and former lover Ryan Lavery for emotional comfort. This helped to fuel the animosity between Kendall and Greenlee, which had been reignited when Kendall had claimed that she had married the now-deceased Michael, and thus controlled Fusion. Unwilling to accept that Kendall had married a rapist, Greenlee and her former friend immediately clashed.
After Carlos's death, Greenlee and Pablo were almost killed by the Calatravas. With Ryan's help, they managed to overcome the evildoers and Pablo confessed why he had driven Greenlee away. Relieved, Greenlee was horrified shortly afterwards when she thought Pablo was killed in a car explosion set by the Calatravas. Despite her strong feelings for Pablo, Greenlee's fears of losing a man she loved led to the two parting amicably. Ryan was supportive and Greenlee came to lean on him more and more, only deepening the bond between them. Greenlee felt that Kendall was mistreating Ryan. Coupled with Greenlee's distrust of Kendall and anger over what she felt was deplorable favoritism of Kendall (despite the latter's horrific actions of marrying a rapist), Greenlee set out to prove that Kendall was not pregnant with Michael's child as the latter claimed. She exposed Kendall in court (she ripped off her dress), proving Kendall's pregnancy a lie. Ostracized by the town, Greenlee discovered that Kendall's duplicitous actions were all to protect Bianca. Guilt ridden, Greenlee fell down a mineshaft. Ryan found her near death and nursed her back to health. Greenlee vowed to repair the damaged relationships in her life, all the meanwhile growing closer to Ryan.
Greenlee's friendship with Ryan continued to be a source of conflict in Ryan's relationship with Kendall. Not wanting Greenlee to have any part of Fusion (now a Cambias owned company), Kendall revealed at a Cambias board meeting that she had her sister Bianca (at the time, the head of Cambias Industries) insert a specific clause barring Greenlee from working at any Cambias owned company--namely, Fusion. Furious with Kendall for her latest manipulation, Ryan broke up with her and asked Greenlee to marry him. Ryan (then head of Cambias Industries) explained that as his wife, Greenlee would be able to work at Fusion because she would be co-owner. Touched by Ryan's gesture of friendship, Greenlee agreed. Greenlee had begun to develop feelings for Ryan, but did not want to jeopardize their friendship by revealing them, for fear Ryan did not feel the same. After a last minute scheme of Kendall's to stop the union was thwarted, Ryan and Greenlee were wed.
Ryan and Greenlee moved in together to quell any suspicions of Cambias board members who thought the marriage was in name only. Greenlee's feelings blossomed into love, but she still kept them to herself for fear of Ryan's reaction. Kendall tried to interfere in their relationship by blackmailing Bobby Warner into seducing Greenlee, but Bobby was unsuccessful. Greenlee realized Kendall's scheme, only building the enmity between the women. Eventually Greenlee was honest with Ryan and thrilled to learn that he also loved her. Blissful, the two made preparations for the future and began talking of children.
At a fundraiser for the Miranda Montgomery Center hosted by Zach Slater, Ryan was shot by an unknown assailant. Greenlee, fearful that she would lose another husband, kept a vigil at Ryan's side. Ryan recovered, but he and Greenlee worried that someone was trying to kill him. Some time later Ryan and Greenlee were shot at, only sealing their conviction that someone was trying to kill Ryan. They suspected Zach, who had been revealed to be the presumed dead Alexander Cambias Junior.
Greenlee began experiencing blurry vision, states of catatonia and lack of impulse control. Her behavior increasingly erratic, Greenlee sought medical treatment but nothing could be determined. Ryan stood by her and vowed to find the cause of her problems. Greenlee's condition worsened, culminating in a near nosedive off the Fusion roof as part of an imagined trapeze act. Kendall saved Greenlee, who experienced a total break from reality. Ryan was forced to commit Greenlee, and it was revealed she had an excess of anti-psychotic drugs in her system. Ryan realized his wife had been poisoned and vowed to find the person responsible. Ryan managed to bring Greenlee out of her psychotic state and she quickly recovered. Ryan suspected that Kendall, with her history of unstable behavior, may be the party responsible for Greenlee's condition. Greenlee recalled Kendall saving her on the Fusion roof, and vouched for Kendall's innocence. Kendall and Greenlee slowly began to repair their damaged friendship.
Greenlee began to suspect that Ryan's brother Jonathan was responsible for poisoning her. She shared her theory with Kendall, and the two teamed up to expose Jonathan. Fearful of Ryan's reaction, Greenlee kept her suspicions quiet. Eventually Greenlee confessed to Ryan that she thought Jonathan guilty, but Ryan insisted on his brother's innocence. Unconvinced, Greenlee and Kendall slipped Jonathan truth serum to get him to confess, but Ryan stopped their plan.
Jonathan revealed that the eldest Lavery brother, Braden, was responsible for poisoning Greenlee, as well as shooting Ryan and murdering Edmund Grey. Ryan swore to find Braden and bring him to the authorities, so he could never hurt Greenlee or anyone else. Despite her fear that Ryan could be killed by Braden, Greenlee promised to support him in his quest to find his brother. Jonathan kidnapped Greenlee, Kendall and Lily Montgomery and revealed himself as the true party behind Edmund's death, Ryan's shooting and Greenlee's poisoning. Before Jonathan could kill the women in a twisted attempt to "save" Ryan, Ryan was forced to shoot his brother.
Ryan was devastated after killing his own brother, and his behavior grew more volatile. Greenlee believed that a baby might give Ryan hope and revitalize him, so she suggested getting pregnant. Ryan adamantly refused, telling Greenlee that his family stock was littered with rage filled abusers: Ryan's own angry behavior and capability of shooting his brother proved that he had that within him. He would not risk hurting a child. Greenlee refused to believe Ryan could hurt her or their child, and remained determined to get pregnant. Ryan had a vasectomy to insure that never happened, and when Greenlee found out, she was furious.
Greenlee learned that Ryan had made a sperm donation years earlier to a local fertility clinic. Greenlee attempted to get Ryan's sperm from the owner, Greg Madden. Her attempts failed, so she enlisted Simone's help to break into the clinic and steal the sperm. Greenlee learned that Ryan had been participating in fight clubs at night to release his aggression, which only convinced her more that a baby was the key to making Ryan realize what a good person he was. After stealing the sperm from the clinic, Greenlee was inseminated by David Hayward. Tests soon confirmed she was pregnant.
Greenlee was confident that Ryan would feel differently about being a parent once he learned about the baby, and drop any notions that he was tainted or dangerous. She broke the news and Ryan went on a rampage. He nearly hit Greenlee and once again raged about how he would be a parent that could potentially hurt the child. A furious Ryan sped off on his motorcycle and went careening off a cliff. His body was never recovered, and Greenlee was told her husband was dead.
Devastated, Greenlee held onto her unborn child as the link she still shared with Ryan. Soon after, she miscarried. Greenlee asked Greg to use Ryan's remaining sperm so she could try again. Greg informed her that she could conceive, but would never be able to carry a child to term. Greenlee sank into depression. Kendall, hurting for her friend and upset herself at Greenlee's loss, offered to act as a surrogate to Greenlee and Ryan's fertilized egg. Touched by Kendall's gesture and hopeful for the future, Greenlee agreed. The two decided to keep the surrogacy a secret from their family, particularly Jack, who felt that Greenlee needed to move on from any reminders of Ryan. Greenlee remained unaware that Ryan had faked his death, as he was convinced that he was saving his wife from a dangerous man by walking away.
Kendall was implanted and soon discovered that she was pregnant. Greenlee was ecstatic at the thought of bringing Ryan's baby into the world. She held a memorial service for Ryan, and was shocked when he showed up to it, very much alive! Ryan explained to Greenlee how he had faked his death in order to protect her, but he realized what a mistake it was. Greenlee, devastated and furious that the man she loved would let her mourn him, walked out. Kendall urged Greenlee to try to work out her problems with Ryan, but Greenlee was too hurt. She planned to keep the surrogacy from him and get Ryan out of town, convinced that he would have no reason to remain in Pine Valley were she to give them no hope of a future.
Greenlee and Ryan slowly made inroads with each other, but any progress was thwarted when she learned that Jonathan was really alive, and that Ryan had been caring for him. Hurt at another lie, let alone Ryan continuing to protect the man that had nearly killed her, Greenlee kept quiet about Kendall's surrogacy. The truth finally came out when Greenlee and Kendall nearly died at a fire in the Roadside bar, but shortly after, Greenlee learned the shocking truth that the baby Kendall was carrying wasn't Greenlee's and Ryan's, but Kendall's and Ryan's. She washed her hands of both of them and left Pine Valley.
Greenlee returned to Pine Valley some time later, ready to reconcile with Kendall and Ryan. She was shocked to see Ryan had married Annie McDermott. Greenlee dropped the bomb that she never legally divorced Ryan. Ryan told Greenlee he had no interest in reconciling with her, and the two officially divorced.
It was difficult for Greenlee to be around Spike, Kendall's son--the son that was supposed to be her child with Ryan. When Greenlee learned that Zach was responsible for the blackout which began the domino effect resulting in Kendall carrying Spike as her own, she freaked. Slowly Kendall and Greenlee began to repair their relationship, but the Spike issue gnawed at Greenlee. She felt the child belonged with her. On a road trip to New York, Kendall went into premature labor. Babe Carey drove Kendall to the hospital, with Kendall asking Greenlee to follow in her car with Spike. On the road, Greenlee's torment over wanting to mother Spike reached a boiling point. In an impulsive moment, Greenlee turned the car around and prepared to run with Spike. A clear head prevailed some minutes later and Greenlee planned to bring Spike to Kendall, but got into a car accident. Spike was gravely injured and Greenlee cared for him. When Spike and Greenlee were rushed to the hospital, the resulting stress caused Kendall to give birth to a dangerously premature son. Soon after, Spike was diagnosed as deaf, a result of the accident.
With no evidence, Greenlee was not charged with kidnapping, but Kendall wanted revenge. Aidan Devane was charged with keeping Greenlee away from Kendall. What started as an antagonistic relationship quickly blossomed to affection, as Aidan saw how sorry Greenlee was for her actions. The two fell in love. Meanwhile, Kendall hatched a scheme to make Greenlee pay: She'd pretend to want to reconcile with Greenlee, only to get close enough to frame Greenlee for a kidnapping attempt. Zach, worried about Kendall's obsession with revenge, used JR Chandler to make Greenlee believe that her fertilized eggs had survived the blackout, and that Zach was holding them. Tempted to have the baby she should have had years earlier, Greenlee considered JR's offer of her eggs for her shares in Fusion (and thus her only continued contact with Kendall).
Kendall went through with her plan and framed Greenlee for kidnapping. In short order Greenlee was arrested and learned the embryo ruse was all a ploy by Zach. Angry, Greenlee swore revenge. Aidan broke her out of prison to prove her innocence. On the run from the cops, Greenlee and Aidan were separated. Greenlee came upon an injured Zach, near dead from being hit by a car, and started to drag him to safety despite her hatred. The two fell in an underground bomb shelter and were soon after sealed in by Richie Novak, the man who hit Zach. Trapped together with the man she hated most, Greenlee was shocked to learn that Kendall was guilt ridden after Greenlee's arrest. She was furious to learn Zach stopped Kendall from confessing. As their time together lengthened, Greenlee and Zach began to see each other in a new light. The two were near death when they were finally found by Kendall and Aidan. While recovering in the hospital, Zach apologized to Greenlee for all his actions against her. Kendall confessed to setting up Greenlee for kidnapping. Greenlee told the judge she drove Kendall to it, and Kendall got off with community service.
