In September 1987 Jennifer's father Bill Horton returns to Salem with news that Jennifer's mother Laura Horton is in a mental hospital. Fearing she will inherit her mother's illness, Jennifer breaks up with Frankie without explanation. Frankie begins volunteering at the college's teenage help line run by Paula Carson. During this time, Frankie often receives phone calls from a girl who calls herself "Emily," who is really Eve Donovan, which Frankie later discovers. Frankie continues to reach out to Eve, even though at the time her main intentions are to invoke pity from him.
