Serene Clarence, the wealthiest person in the city, ended up pregnant after Lawrence Jones set her up, arranging for her to sleep with Harry Dane and then claiming he was the one she had been with. Serene gave up her status as a noble heiress to marry Lawrence. But after she gave birth, Lawrence lied, telling her the baby had died. Later, he even cheated on her. After signing the divorce papers, Serene bumped into her supposedly dead child.