Lily Walsh Mason Snyder Grimaldi Snyder
Actor History
Lucy Deakins (June 1984 to May 1985)
Martha Byrne (May 1985 to October 31st, 1989; April 1993 to April 22nd, 2008)
Heather Rattray (December 1989 to January 8th, 1993)
Noelle Beck (May 8th, 2008 to Present)
Lifeline
Born August 19, 1969
Occupation
Former Parter in Carly Tenney's design business
Co-owner of the Lakeview
Former Partner in Rosie's Roller Palace
Co-owner of WOAK-TV
Former Manager of Valetta
Former Exec at Montgomery & Assoc.
Resides At
Currently staying at the Snyder farm
At One Mile High Road in Luther's Corners with her son, Ethan
Her right cheek was deeply wounded when she was by rebels in Montega, while she was searching for the missing Sierra (the cut was infected and for a short time Lily was ill from the infection) [April - May 1989]
Had to have plastic surgery after she almost died in an explosion set by her first husband, Derek Mason. (November - December 1989)
In a coma following a tumble down the stairs. (June 19, 2006 to October 2, 2006)
Addicted to diet pills (Winter to Spring 2007)
Overdosed on pills (January 17, 2008)
Crimes Committed
Sent a letter that Emily Stewart wrote to Hal Munson (without getting consent from Emily and which Emily really didn't want sent) about Barbara Ryan Munson knowing about Adam Hughes's true parentage before Hal and then burnt the letter, therefore destroying evidence of this crime (this provoked Hal to leave Barbara and Barbara falsely accused Emily of sending the letter; September 1990.)
Falsely convicted for Killing Diego Santana on their Wedding night (conviction overturned) [February 14, 1997 to April 16, 1997]
Pretended to kidnap David Stenbeck. [March 4, 1998]
Locked Molly in the ladies' room at the Falcon Club [April 13, 1998]
Threatened to kill David Stenbeck.[September 9, 1998]
Attempted to bribe Julia Larrabee into leaving Oakdale. [January 10, 2005]
Conspired with Carly Tenney Snyder to make it appear as if Julia Larrabee had stolen Carly's compass. [January 14, 2005]
Snooped around Julia's room at the Snyder farm. [January 28, 2005]
Assaulted Julia [February 21, 2005]
Violated a restraining order; Went to Julia's apartment to cover up her son's crime of trashing the place [March 1, 2005]
Shoved Julia, causing her to hit her head against a table [March 1, 2005]
Disrupted a crime scene; wiped any evidence of her being at Julia's apartment the night of her death [March 2, 2005]
Falsified evidence implicating herself in Julia's murder [March 24, 2005]
Arrested for the murder of Julia Larrabee [March 28, 2005 to April 11, 2005]
Hid a gun for Dusty Donovan who was suspected for the murder of Cheri Love [late August 2007]
Posed as a hooker to get info on Col. Mayer [September 2007}
Memorable Quotes
Lily to Lucinda on April 22, 2008 as she's headed out of Oakdale to visit Iva (Martha Byrne's last line):
"I just hope that when I come back it's not too late for Holden and me."
Brief Character History
Lily Walsh first came to town with her mother in 1984. The first person she met in town was a boy her own age, Dusty Donovan. Though Dusty initially saw Lily as a spoiled brat, he became impressed with her knowledge of horses and they became fast friends. However, Lily's high society mother, Lucinda, did not approve, and when she found out that Dusty took her Lily to a rock & roll club, she forbade Lily to see him again. Wanting Lily to be with someone more appropriate, Lucinda forced Lily to attend a party with a preppy named Harrison Blake. Jealous, Dusty crashed the party and started a fight when he overheard Harrison brag about how much of an easy score Lily was. When a confused Lily, who had no idea what was going on, was confronted by Lucinda she denied that Harrison had been bothering her and Dusty was thrown out. Weeks later, a jealous Harrison decided to get back at Dusty by planting marijuana in Lily's backpack (correctly figuring that Dusty would be blamed). Finally fed up with her unreasonable mother, Lily made plans to run away and got as fare as the stables when she decided to call Dusty to tell him where she was. She settled in for a nap and was almost raped by a drunken Hank McPerson, the stablemaster's son. Fortunately, Dusty rescued her in time. Not long after, Lily would meet the Walsh’s new stableboy, the smoldering Holden Snyder. Although they clashed over Holden's assertion that she couldn't handle her mother's new horse, Big Max, he was impressed when she went off with the horse and managed it. As time wore on, Lily and Holden's attraction to each other grew, especially when Dusty went off to England for back surgery. After a period of months, Lily starting spending more and more time with Holden and his family. After spotting Holden at the Snyder pond with a pretty girl, Lily suddenly became jealous and rudely snubbed her. That girl turned out to be Holden's younger sister, Meg, who didn't take to being treated so rudely by Lily and decided to get even. By now, Dusty had returned to town and Meg decided to get back at Lily by pretending to be her friend and then stealing Dusty away. In addition to kissing Dusty when they first met at the farm, Meg also manipulated John into thinking that Lily was distracting Dusty, thus endangering his chances of getting into Harvard. Feeling enormous pressure from John about getting into Harvard, Dusty skipped his high school graduation banquet and ran off to New Mexico, with Meg following. After the pair made love, they returned to Oakdale. However, Meg was anxious to get Dusty for herself and decided to trap him into marriage by claiming to be pregnant. Trying to be noble, Dusty agreed to marry her and then told Lily the story. Lily discovered that Meg was lying about the pregnancy and threatened to tell Meg's mother, Emma, about it unless Meg backed off. Not wanting to hurt her mother, Meg complied.
Despite Meg's schemes, Lily found herself very comfortable with the Snyder family, whose down-home values were a welcome change to Lucinda's controlling nature. In addition to forming a very close friendship with Emma, Lily also became close with Holden's older sister, Iva, who seemed to be very protective of Lily. The reason for Iva's attitude toward Lily became apparent when Lily started befriending the older Rod Landry. Lily and Rod's relationship made Iva very uncomfortable and when she saw the pair innocently horsing around in the pond, a panicked Iva warned him to stay away from Lily because she was his daughter! It was then that Iva was forced to admit her deep dark secret--at the age of 13, she was brutally raped by her cousin Josh Snyder and ran off. She became pregnant and gave birth to a little girl who she gave up for adoption--that girl was Lily. Shocked beyond belief, Lily told Iva she hated her and then ran away. Not knowing what to do once she got out of Oakdale, she called her newfound sister, Sierra, but when Lucinda got on the phone to talk, Lily told her she wasn't her mother and hung up. Meanwhile, Holden and Dusty both went off to look for her with Dusty finding her first. After he called John to tell him that Lily was fine, he and Lily made plans to run off together but were found by Holden. When Lily learned that Dusty sold her out to John, she shunned him and sought comfort with Holden and returned home. Though there were concerns that Lily and Holden were related, Emma put everyone's mind at ease by relating that both Iva and Josh were adopted into the family, thus Holden and Lily aren't biologically related. Free to be together, the pair made plans to marry, however Lucinda disapproved of Holden more than Dusty and decided to put a stop to the relationship by telling Lily that Holden knew the truth of her parentage all along. Angry and hurt, Lily broke off with Holden and turned to Dusty, with whom she lost her virginity. Soon after, Dusty convinced her to return to Oakdale and then left for college himself.
Lily and Holden went their separate ways and pursued different relationships. After his divorce from Emily Stewart, Holden tried getting back together with Lily, but a series of events led him to believe that she was in love with his brother, Caleb. Holden and Caleb had always had a rivalry going on, and Holden was disgusted to learn how Caleb had callously dumped a pregnant Angel Lange, who ended up getting a bad abortion. Disgusted by Caleb's treatment of Angel (who Caleb had tried to hide from the family), Holden befriended her. However, Angel misread Holden's intentions and instigated a kiss, which was seen by Lily. Thinking she lost Holden, she became closer to Caleb, who Holden believed was using Lily for her money. Fed up with the situation, Holden quickly left town to sort out his life. Eventually Lily married Derek Mason. However, unbeknownst to everyone he and his father, Niles, were conspiring to kill Lily to get her money. The almost worked with Derek marrying Lily and getting her to change her will to leave all her money to him. However, Derek started to actually fall in love with Lily and told his father the deal was off. Unfortunately, Derek's father went ahead with it and Derek died saving Lily's life from a bomb explosion. Badly burned, Lily briefly left town.
When Lily returned to town she was very cold and cynical. Shutting herself off emotionally, she decided to concentrate on business and became involved in loveless affairs. However, eventually she softened and Lily and Holden finally married in 1991. Lily was so happy when she got pregnant. Sadly she miscarried and went into a deep depression. Holden then suffered a severe head injury while in New York on business and lost his memory. Even though Lily tried very hard to help Holden regain his memory, he could not remember her or their many years together. So he asked her for a divorce. Lily, devastated, left Oakdale to live in Europe.
While in Europe, she met and married the very sexy Italian Damian Grimaldi. They decided to move to Oakdale together to be close to her family. By this time Holden had started having memory flashes and wanted to renew his friendship with Lily, since most of his memories seemed to be of her. in November 1994, Lily found herself kidnapped by a man named Hans but luckily was rescued by Holden, Damian and his cousin, Eduardo. After this ordeal, Lily decided to give her marriage another try, despite her strong attraction to Holden. Lily then started having problems with Damian's mother Orlena. Orlena was an evil woman who did not think that Lily was worthy of her son, so she did everything that she could to tear them apart. At the same time Damian was very jealous of Holden. Lily became very frightened of Damian's temper and ended up turning to Holden for comfort. However, she and Damian reconciled and months later, Lily was shocked to discover that she was pregnant. Soon after, In early 1995, Lily and Holden took separate sides in the case of Lisa suing John Dixon over malpractice in the death of Eduardo. Holden rightly suspected Orlena as the true culprit (Holden found some discrepancy early on about the whereabouts of Orlena, the night of Eduardo's death and Holden also was the one who found the IV that Orlena had messed with, but Lily was convinced by Lisa and her own past with John that John was guilty of malpractice in Eduardo's death (this even split Lily and Lucinda, in two different camps with Lucinda being very supportive of John) Months later, Holden arrived at the Snyder farm to find Lily alone and in labor and delivered her son, Luciano (Luke). When it was learned that Damian was in fact Luke's father, Holden and Aaron moved to Maryland when Holden decided to go on with his life by entering a special memory recovery program. In the meantime, Lily found herself being drugged and gaslighted by Orlena! Luckily, she was ultimately rescued and she and Damian became closer. Lily was truly devastated when she thought that he died. Later, Lily found evidence that suggested that the plane crash that killed Damian may not have been an accident. Learning that Damian was investigating one of his associates, Umberto Malzone, for conducting illegal business activities, Lily was convinced that Umberto killed him and decided to get information on him. To do that, she became close to a man named Diego Santana, who was an employee of Umberto. Desperate to get information on who killed her husband, Lily got close to Diego and even agreed to marry him. Then one day, she heard an argument between Diego and Pilar Domingo and found out that Diego was Umberto! Sickened, Lily got a gun and made plans to make him pay at their wedding. After the ceremony, the lights went out and a gunshot went off! When the lights came back on, Diego was dead and Lily was holding the gun. Although Lily was found guilty of the crime and convicted, the conviction was overturned when it was learned that the real killer was Kirk Anderson.
Not long after Holden returned to Oakdale, with his memory suddenly returning after he hit his head. His memory completely restored, the pair bonded again and made plans to marry. Making matters complicated was Holden's old lover, Molly Conlan, who Lily met when she was in prison. Having had a child with Holden when they were teens, Molly confessed the truth to Holden, stating that she gave the girl up for adoption. In the course of finding their daughter, Molly attempted to destroy Holden and Lily’s relationship so she and Holden could reunite. However, her plans failed and all she succeeded in doing was alienating herself from Holden and Lily. Meanwhile, Lily learned that Damian did not die, she chose to remain with Holden, her true love and they married. While pregnant with Holden's baby, Lily was kidnapped by David Stenbeck (aka David Allen, the man who prosecuted her when she was convicted of Diego's murder). She gave birth to a girl while being held captive. She and the baby were rescued. Lily would discover 6 months later, that the child she'd been raising, whom she named Hope, was not hers. David switched the babies and kept Lily's baby for himself while giving Denise Maynard's baby to Lily. Lily and Holden searched for their real baby and tried to work things out with Denise so that they could keep baby Hope and raise her as their own. While dealing with her mother's illness and Aunt Samantha's sudden disappearance, Lily learned that she had a cousin, Georgia, whose mother was Samantha. They became very close. Meanwhile, the Snyders finally found their daughter who was being raised by David. Named Melinda, the Snyders renamed the girl Faith. Meanwhile, Understanding how hard it is to be without one's child, Lily returned Hope to her birth mother.
After years of hardship, Lily was finally at peace and had the family she always wanted. Then one night she met a man named Simon. Lily recognized Simon as a good man upon meeting him and asked him to renovate her house after learning he was an architect. Lily soon found her trust in Simon was misplaced when she found an old photo of a woman who looked exactly like her. Realizing that Simon had lied to her all along, she decided to investigate the woman in the picture and learned that the woman was probably her great-great-grandmother. Her search for more information led her to a woman in Atlantic City named Rose. Though Rose claimed to know nothing of her family history, Lily knew they were connected for one reason: they looked almost exactly alike. Unfortunately, Lily's trip was hampered by Simon, who she didn't trust but was sure he wouldn't hurt her. Then Lily learned why Simon was so interested in her; he wanted the diamond that his great-grandfather had given his Beloved before she was shipped off. Putting the pieces together, Lily finally realized that Simon was motivated by greed and the diamond must have been passed on to ROSE'S side of the family. Though Rose insisted that the diamond she got from her dead mother was just paste, Lily wasn't convinced and had it appraised. Lily was right! Deciding that the diamond belonged to Rose and not Simon, and believing that it held the key to how Lily and Rose were connected, Lily decided to keep Simon off the trail by switching places with Rose. The plan almost worked. However when Simon confronted both women shots suddenly rang out. Knowing there was danger, Lily told Rose to escape to Oakdale; she'd meet her there. Then Lily was knocked unconscious and by the time she awoke, she was on a train with Simon. Delirious and weak, Lily refused to tell Simon where the diamond was, then finally miles from Atlantic City, she told him where she hid it, hoping that he'd let her go home.. However, Simon was adamant that she'd stay with him until he found his diamond. But they couldn't go back to Atlantic City because the train had by this time derailed and they were in the middle of nowhere. By the time they reached the nearest town, Lily admitted to Simon that she lied to him; she had no idea where the diamond was. Soon, Lily was kidnapped by the mysterious shooter, who turned out to be Simon's demented sister, Celia. Though Simon found Lily and tried to rescue her, he was too late and they were both held hostage. When Celia learned that Lily knew nothing about the diamond, she decided she was expendable and decided to murder both her and Simon by forcing them to jump out of a plane.
After spending months on the island, Lily and Simon started to grow closer. Just when all hope for a quick rescue seemed lost, the castaways learned that they weren't alone on the island. Unfortunately one inhabitant was a criminal who only wanted to make love to Lily and the other was Simon's sister, who stranded them in the first place! After evading an assassination attempt by Celia, Simon and lily were able to imprison her. It was during the imprisonment that Lily learned that no one knew she was missing since Rose was masquerading as her. Eventually Celia escaped and tried to leave the island on the raft Simon was building. Tragically a large current came and capsized the raft sending Celia and the beloved diamond (which Lily unknowingly had in her pocket all along) to a watery grave. Wanting to comfort Simon at the loss of his sister and uncertain about whether she would ever see home again, Lily kissed Simon. It was at that moment that Holden came to rescue them. Though Holden was upset about seeing the castaways kiss, Lily was more upset about Holden never realizing that Rose was an impostor. Though she was happy to be back in Oakdale, Lily started to feel like her life now belonged to Rose, who turned out to be her very own twin sister! Angry at everyone, Lily looked to Simon for support. But soon she realized that Holden was her true love and she went back to her family. Though her relationship with Rose was strained, Lily found it in her heart to forgive her and the two formed a close sisterly relationship.
Tragedy would strike again when Damian returned asking that Luke go to Malta with him. Suspicious, Holden and Lily refused only to learn that Damian planned to kidnap Luke. Trying to stop it from happening, Holden went to the docks to stop the kidnapping, only to be caught in an explosion. Though both Holden and Luke were presumed dead, Lily refused to give up on them and had the explosion investigated. After receiving a message in a bottle stating that they were alive, Lily followed the lead to Malta where with Simon's help she eventually found Holden and Luke being held prisoner Damian's greedy half-brother, Dante. Luckily Lucinda and Damian came to the rescue and the Snyder family got out of Dante's clutches and returned to Oakdale. Months later at Christmas, Lily and Holden celebrated the birth of their daughter, Natalie.
After a few years of quiet family life, Lily would find herself in danger again, stemming from the return of Dusty Donovan. Though Rose instantly distrusted Dusty, Lily tried to convince her that he was a great guy. However soon the sisters would end up switching sides. When Lily learned that a down on his luck Dusty accepted money from Barbara Ryan in exchange for breaking up Rose's engagement to Paul Ryan, she felt betrayed. Learning of Dusty's involvement with criminal associates in Chicago convinced Lily that her old friend had changed for the worse and she warned Rose to write him off. However by this time, Rose had grown attached to Dusty and was certain that deep down he was a good person. The sisters found themselves in danger when Lily, mistaken for Rose, was kidnapped by Spangler (the man Dusty owed money to) and trapped in a well. Soon after, Rose was taken and trapped also. Luckily Lily was found but Rose, who'd managed to escape, was nowhere to be found. Luckily, Rose was rescued that day unharmed. Reunited with her family, Lily implored Rose to cut her ties to Dusty. But to Lily's chagrin, Rose wouldn't listen and when given an ultimatum by Lily--her family or Dusty, Lily was shocked when Rose picked Dusty! Then came a very confusing and ultimately tragic turn of events. Though Paul initially seemed indifferent to Rose, he soon made a complete turnaround by declaring his love. Though Rose was confused, she couldn't be sure of Dusty's fidelity and left him for Paul. Though Dusty continually tried to warn both Rose and Lily that Paul only wanted revenge on Rose and would end up hurting her, neither one believed him and thought he was just jealous. Encouraged by Lily, who believed that that she and Paul loved each other, Rose accepted his marriage proposal and agreed to move to Paris with him. Dusty, however, still didn't trust Paul, and showed Lily proof--there was no apartment in Paris. However when Lily confronted Paul, he maintained that Dusty was lying and produced a lease. Choosing to believe Paul over Dusty, Lily encouraged Rose to marry Paul, even after he confessed to harassing Rose. Though not condoning his actions, Lily accepted the explanation that Paul gave Rose--he was simply insecure and wanted to test her. Tragically, Lily's faith in Paul would be Rose's undoing. The day of their wedding, Paul maliciously lit into Rose for how she'd hurt him and humiliated her. That day, Rose collapsed; a victim of poison! Rose died that day and though he denied it, a grief stricken Lily was convinced Paul was the culprit.
Totally destroyed by Rose's death, Lily shut herself off from her family and secluded herself in Rose's health. Not knowing how she could live without Rose, Lily started to lose herself and talk and dress like Rose, to the horror of all around her. Not able to handle her grief, and unwilling to confide in anyone, Lily ran off to Atlantic City, impersonating Rose! Although Holden was able to find her, it was obvious that Lily wasn't doing well and after Dusty blasted her for trivializing Rose's memory by acting like her, a distraught Lily ran off and attempted suicide by jumping into the freezing Snyder pond. Luckily, Dusty rescued her and Lily tried to go on with her life. However, she was unclear on how to do that and joined Dusty in his quest to ensure that Paul was arrested for Rose's murder. Even after Barbara Ryan confessed to the crime, Dusty was unconvinced and kept digging into the matter until he found evidence that fingered Paul as the murderer -- computer files from Paul's computer that showed him visiting websites devoted to selling the drug, Methanol. Thinking that it was beyond a doubt that Paul was guilty, Lily was shocked to learn that the killer was actually Paul's thirteen-year old brother, Will, who'd only wanted to make Rose sick, not kill her. Having found no peace in the arrest of a young boy, Lily continued to wallow in her grief and continually shut out Holden and the kids, choosing to spend most of her time at Rose's. Worried about her, Holden talked a reluctant Dusty into helping Lily with their shared loss and so Dusty came up with the idea of opening a foundation for Rose, to honor her memory. Although she remained distant at first, in time, Lily accepted Rose's death and she and Holden bridged the gap between them. Meanwhile. Dusty's past would come back to haunt him when mobsters suddenly came around demanding money that he owed. Seeing no way out, Dusty laundered money out of the Foundation. Although he tried to keep his activities a secret, Molly discovered what was happening and told Holden and Lily.
Although things finally seemed settled between them, they continued to drift apart. Things finally started to come to an impasse that summer when Lily's niece, Lucy, was kidnapped. Not liking how her family was treating Lucy's father, the duplicitous Craig Montgomery, Lily decided to give him a chance and welcomed into him into her home, despite disapproval from Holden and Lucinda. At the same time, Holden seemed to be renewing his friendship with Molly. While Holden was dealing with Molly's kidnapping at the hands of a mobster, and rescuing her, Lily was dealing with Craig's revelation that he believed Sierra's new husband, Alan Drake, was behind the kidnapping. In end, Lucy was found, and Craig became a hero when he rescued Lily from the kidnapper. Meanwhile, Holden was grieving over the apparent death of his cousin, Jack, and attempted to comfort Molly, who was guilt ridden over her part in it. Later, Lily was shocked when Holden confessed that he kissed Molly, but stated that it was stopped before it went too far. Very soon after, Molly left, but the division between Holden and Lily was still there. Wanting to focus on their marriage, Holden told Lily to get Craig out of the guest house and sever ties with him. Although she reluctantly complied, it became obvious that Lily was going to continue to befriend Craig and let herself be insinuated into his problems.
Things finally came to a head when Aaron was critically injured following a boxing accident. With Lily trying to help Craig with his problems, Holden found himself drawn to a woman named Julia Larrabee. The gulf between Holden and Lily widened and he leaned on Julia for support and friendship. The final straw for the Snyder marriage was when Lily stood Holden up on New Year's Eve in order to help rescue a kidnapped Craig. Waiting alone, Holden encountered a lonely Julia and the two continued to bond. Days later, Holden decided to leave Lily. Lily couldn't bear it though and connived with Carly to get Julia out of Oakdale. However, their machinations only served to drive Holden further away and eventually into Julia's arms. Although Lily tried to plead with him to work on their marriage, Holden felt that he'd tried enough and refused. At the same time, Lily's actions toward Julia caused Holden to take out a restraining order against Lily for Julia. That action would have serious consequences. When Luke found out what Holden had done, he went to Julia's apartment and in a fit of anger, trashed her apartment. When he confessed to Lily about what he'd done, Lily went to the apartment to cover Luke's tracks. Unfortunately, Julia caught her in the act and the two argued, collimating into Lily shoving Julia. Unfortunately, Julia struck her head against the mantlepiece. Lily then left, leaving an unconscious, but alive Julia. However, that night when Lily returned, Julia was dead! Scared, Lily called Carly and they cleaned up the apartment to erase any evidence of Lily being there. However, the police suspected foul play. With the investigation focusing on Lily, who had finally confessed to the argument after it was discovered that Luke burned the evidence showing she was there. With Lily in danger of going to jail for manslaughter, Luke made a startling admission to her--he'd gone to Julia's that night after Lily and killed Julia. In order to keep the police from looking into Luke as a suspect, Lily confessed to intentionally murdering Julia. However, things got confusing when Lily suddenly confessed to intentionally murdering Julia. But when new evidence came along implicating Julia's ex-husband, Les, Lily finally admitted that she'd been lying to protect Luke. Meanwhile, Lily was growing closer and closer to Julia's brother, Keith Morrisey.
While Les appeared to be the guilty party, Lucinda started suspecting that it was Julia's brother, Keith who was the murderer. Though things looked suspicious when Lily saw Keith talking to a shady character, when he admitted to her that he was in serious debt from people who were demanding money, Lily decided Lucinda was wrong and decided to help him by giving him a place to stay. Despite himself, Holden started sharing Lucinda's concerns about Keith as well. After, Lucinda finally informed Lily that Keith owed his money to mobsters; Keith confirmed the story and opted to go out of Lily's life. However, by this point, Lily's feelings for him had grown and she told him to stay in town. Later, Lily paid off Keith's debts, despite his reluctance. That same night, the pair made love. Anxious to prove that Lucinda was wrong about Keith, Lily did some investigating and discovered some evidence that suggested Keith could have killed Julia so he'd inherit money. Confronting Keith over his planting evidence in Les's car, Keith confessed that he planted the evidence to make sure the man who murdered his sister was punished. In the end, Les turned out to be guilty after all and Lily bonded even further with Keith when he saved her life in the fire Les set. Several weeks later, the relationship ended when Lily learned that Keith transported Lucinda, who was suffering from cancer, to Mexico for alternative treatment. Distressed by her mother’s decision to end her chemotherapy, Lily was livid that Keith went against her wishes to help her mother. Things got worse soon after when it was learned that Luke secretly boarded Keith’s plane and was lost in Mexico! Keith, Lily, and Holden traveled to Mexico to find him. Meanwhile Lucinda finally told Lily Keith’s secret—he was illegally transporting human organs! While in Mexico searching for Luke, Lily and Holden wound up making love. Luckily, they were able to find Luke. After coming back home, Lily and Holden decided to work on their relationship just as Keith returned to town. Disgusted by what he did for a living, Lily ordered him out of her house and her life. Later Lily and Holden received devastating news—his time in Mexico had damaged Luke’s kidney. He needed a transplant but no one was a match. That’s when Keith stepped in and offered o find a suitable kidney-for a price: Lily’s hand in marriage. Desperate, Lily agreed to the terms. Although she tried to keep the reason for her change of heart a secret, Holden figured out that the kidney came from Keith and that’s why Lily was marrying him. However, a few weeks later, Lily decided that she couldn’t do it and pleaded with Keith to release her from her promise. To her relief, he did and Lily and Holden renewed their wedding vows.
At the same time, a young woman named Jade Taylor entered the Snyders' lives claiming to be the daughter Rose gave up for adoption. Although the Snyders could verify that Rose did have a daughter when she was a teenager, there was no proof that Jade was that daughter. Lily decided to take the girl at her word, despite the objections of her mother and Holden. Later, Jade was caught in a few lies, arousing Lily’s suspicions. Lily did some investigating and discovered that Rose’s daughter was named Theresa; Jade Taylor was someone else. Realizing she’d been conned, Lily was all set to throw Jade out when she and Holden found her in bed with Luke! Luke then shocked his parents by saying that he was in love with Jade. Despite the fact that Jade had betrayed her, Lily let her stay out of fear that Luke would run away with Jade. As the weeks went by, Jade's presence put a certain amount of strain on Lily causing her to have an attack and be hospitalized for the night. Not long after, Luke approached his parents and confessed to his them that he was gay. Though Lily tried to tell Luke that he was simply confused, Holden admitted that he’d suspected it for a while now—Luke was telling the truth. Luke’s revelation prompted Lily to question how she’d raised him. Although both Holden and Lucinda tried to make her realize that all that mattered was that Luke was healthy and happy, Lily was still unnerved. Later, Lily talked to Holden about sending Luke to a therapist. Holden objected that idea. Was the therapist supposed to talk Luke out of being gay? Days later, Lily got an unexpected visit from Damian. Damian informed her that his situation has been fixed and no one was out to get him or his family any longer. When Lily told him she didn’t think it’d be a good idea for him to see Luke, Damian gave her a Grimaldi heirloom to give to Luke to pass on to his son. At that Lily burst into tears. At this point, Luke came home and upon seeing Damian, asked Lily if she called in the big guns to “fix him.” Lily denied it and Luke announced that he wanted no part of his father. When Damian asked why Luke seemed so sad, Lily admitted that their son “thinks he’s gay.” As Damian wondered if maybe Lily and Holden’s parenting drove Luke to question his sexuality, he offered to help Lily with her problem. Damian suggested that Luke go to a special camp where therapists could deduce whether Luke was actually gay or just confused. Although Lily agreed, something didn't seem right and when she checked out the camp she was horrified to learn that it "reprograms" young gay men to be straight. Meanwhile, Luke had met with the head of the camp, Dr. Kreeger, who informed him that he would be going to a camp for young men. Realizing what kind of camp this was, Luke rushed home to confront his mother. Luke, thinking Lily was trying to get him to leave with the doctor (since Kreeger stated it was Lily's idea) angrily lashed out at Lily and rushed upstairs. Lily tried to convince Luke that she was ready to accept him, he didn't believe her and shoved her away from him. Unfortunately, Luke shoved too hard and Lily stumbled down the stairs and lapsed in a coma. Later, the baby moved into the breech position. Holden was told that unless the baby was delivered now, it could die. On the flip side, there was a chance hat Lily could die from the caesarian. Realizing that Lily would never forgive him if he chose her life over their child’s, he told the doctors to go ahead with the caesarian. Luckily, both Lily and their new baby boy (whom Holden named Ethan) came through just fine while Lily would linger in a coma for months. When she finally emerged from her coma, she had no memory of being pregnant, though her memory did gradually return.
In the meantime, Lily became preoccupied with the weight she had gained when pregnant. Terribly insecure about her appearance, Lily started taking diet pills. At the same time, Craig manipulated an already insecure Lily in order to get an “in” at Worldwide. Drawing on their long friendship, Craig offered to help Lily with a business deal with a baby food company she was negotiating. He not only helped to seal the deal, but also helped settle a potentially nasty court battle when the baby food was contaminated. Since Lily was out to prove her worth to her mother, which Craig capitalized on, all this was done in secret and Craig got Lily to sign over WorldWide to him. Since he rushed Lily, she had no idea what she signed until it was too late. Throughout all of this, Lily had developed a dangerous addiction to the diet pills. Realizing that her preoccupation with her weight was having a detrimental effect on Faith--who had developed an eating disorder--Lily sought help. Months later, the already tenuous Snyder marriage came close to a breaking point when Lily got caught up in another man’s problems—Dusty. Soon after Dusty saved Lily from conducting business with a woman named Cheri Love, a madam, Cheri was murdered. When Dusty was arrested for the murder, Lily not only paid his bail but also hid his gun. When she admitted what she’d done to Holden, he demanded that she give the police the gun or they were through. Afterwards, despite Holden’s demands that she stay out of it, Lily took it upon herself to help Dusty prove his innocence. Believing that the madam had to have had enemies, Lily (without Holden’s knowledge) went undercover as a hooker to get information. Finally, Dusty and Lily found the guilty party could very well be Col. Winston Mayer—Cheri’s ex-husband and the father of the man Luke had feelings for. In the end, Mayer (who had murdered Cheri) tried to kill both Dusty and Lily. The homophobic Colonel also attacked Luke but luckily was stopped by Holden. In the end Mayer was arrested and Luke ended up paralyzed due to the attack. Angry over Lily’s secrecy, not only about helping Dusty but also that Col. Mayer might be dangerous, Holden suggested they separate.
Dusty freely lent his support to a lonely Lily. Wanting to help his old friend, one night he took her to their old spot—Mabel’s Red Hots. The place was long abandoned but the juke box was still working and the pair shared a dance. Soon things turned passionate and at that point the old friends became lovers. Though her family disapproved of her running around with Dusty, Lily defied them since Holden was the one who wanted the divorce in the first place. Though she obviously wanted to reunite with Holden, he made it clear that things between them couldn't be fixed. Lily and Dusty continued their affair for weeks and made plans to meet at Metro for New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, Dusty never showed. If that wasn't bad enough; she saw Holden on a date with his lawyer, Bonnie. The next day, Dusty came across Lily who was upset that he stood her up. She got even more upset when he confessed that he and Emily made love. Suddenly, Lily lashed out at his betrayal which seemed over the top to Dusty since he never promised her anything and felt she would eventually reunite with Holden anyway. At that point, Lily went into a downward spiral that would have serious repercussions. Seriously depressed over the state of her marriage and the loss of Dusty, Lily felt she had nothing left and accepted a pill from a total stranger at a bar. The pills knocked her at and when she forgot to pick up Faith, Holden went looking for her and found her unconscious in her room. Luckily he was able to wake her up and gently spoke about how worried he was when she didn't wake up at first. Seeing that Lily was distressed, Holden offered to take her to the farm to take care of her but backed off when Lily misinterpreted that as a sign that their family would be back together. Afterwards, Lily got a prescription for more pills and starting acting erratically. After making scene at the farm upon seeing Bonnie with Holden, Lily had a few drinks at the Lakeview lounge when Emily walked in. Lily angrily confronted Emily about sleeping with Dusty. Later, she happened to meet a woman who worked with Emily. But not at the Intruder. This woman worked for Cheri. That meant Emily had been a hooker! An agitated Lily went to Dusty with this information only to learn that he already knew. Believing that Lily was either drunk or high, Dusty warned Lily to keep quiet and then took her to her room at the Lakeview. Unfortunately, she didn’t stay. Instead, she went to Emily's suite and left anonymous note to Emily's boyfriend, Chris, telling him what Emily had done for a living. Lily then went to the hospital where Evan Walsh IV’s project was being unveiled---a project that Dusty was fighting against being approved. When Emily accused Dusty of telling Chris her secret, Dusty realized who did and confronted Lily. Lily caused a scene and in the course of their argument Dusty stated that their friendship was over. Meanwhile, Lily was popping pills like candy and finally passed out alone in the corridor. Luckily, Holden found her and her stomach was quickly pumped. Hours later, Lily informed Holden that Dusty was dead. This startled Holden since Dusty was in fact found dead. He was found dead--his heart stopped. Lily was quickly released under Holden's supervision but had no memory of what happened that night. In the meantime, Holden was being extremely protective and even tried to keep her from attending Dusty's funeral. After the service, Lily had another run-in with Emily and stated that she was the one who told Chris her secret. Days later, Lily was shocked when Holden was arrested for Dusty's murder! Lily assured Holden that she'd hire the best attorneys but he refused. In fact, he refused to offer any kind of defense at all. Lily went to Bonnie asking her to help Holden and later posted his bail. In the meantime, Holden kept insisting that Lily that she had to take care of herself for the sake of her family. Soon, Lily remembered finding a syringe the night of the overdose and realized that Holden thought she killed Dusty. He was covering for her! Lily asked why and Holden explained that the night Dusty died they argued and Dusty called Holden on pushing Lily away. A regretful, Holden admitted that he had been harsh on Lily and drove her into Dusty's arms. Lily understood. Though Lily knew she didn't kill Dusty that night, she suddenly remembered seeing his dead body close to the syringe. She also remembered seeing Emily rush out. Not long after, Lily got a call from a man claiming to have been working for Dusty. The man told Lily he had information that Dusty wanted. Fearing for his life, the man demanded that Lily come and meet him alone. Despite her objections, Holden followed Lily and the two were shocked to find the man dead. Later, Lily got a strange phone call from Lucinda. While pretending that she was speaking to her chauffeur, Lucinda used coded phrases to alert Lily to the fact that she needed money and was being held hostage. Unfortunately, Lily didn’t understand the message and met Lucinda at Memorial. There, Lily walked right into a trap and both ladies were held hostage by Evan Walsh. During the crisis, Lily learned that Lucinda brought Evan to town to help her get her company from Craig. Unfortunately, all that Evan cared about was his research project and he was willing to kill to see that it went through. It became all too clear that Evan drugged Bob Hughes and murdered Dusty when he was on the verge of finding out. Evan dragged the ladies to the roof but luckily, Lily got the upper hand and stabbed Evan with his own syringe and was killed instantly. Afterwards, Lily blamed Lucinda for Dusty’s death but decided to keep that knowledge a secret. Meanwhile, Holden and Lily decided to try to put their marriage back together. However, this time, there could be no more secrets. When Lily admitted that she had one but it wasn’t hers to tell, Holden surprised Lily by stating that he’d have to trust her enough to not ask for details.
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