When Jack Deveraux moved to Salem in the late 1980s, his father hired then-nurse Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans) to care for him. At the time, Kayla was in love with Steve “Patch” Johnson (Stephen Nichols), but Jack still fell head over heels for her. When Steve spurned Kayla’s advances, she agreed to marry Jack (via Soap Central). However, the feelings between Steve and Kayla were too strong to deny and “Days of Our Lives” viewers watched as the two started an affair. Jack eventually found out about Kayla’s betrayal and lost control of himself. He not only found someone to beat up Steve, but he also raped Kayla.
During a fight, Jack was critically injured and needed a kidney transplant. The only person who was a match ended up being Steve, who was revealed to be Jack’s biological brother, per Soaps in Depth. Steve’s mother asked him to donate a kidney and he agreed. Meanwhile, Kayla pressed charges against Jack, but later dropped them and settled for a divorce instead.
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