In 1984, after Nikki Reed's relationship with Kevin Bancroft ended, she took up with shady Rick Daros while she was pregnant with Victoria Newman. Nikki hooked up with Rick not knowing that he was responsible for the drowning death of his wife, Melissa Daros, and was planning a repeat performance with Nikki. Once again, the men in Nikki's life, Paul Williams, Andy Richards and Victor Newman, were hot on their tail trying to save everyone's favorite fetching blonde. In St. Croix, where Rick had planned to execute the dastardly deed, he tied Nikki up, held her hostage and told her the truth about her daughter's paternity while preparing to kill her in the surf.