Daniel Lester is a carpenter who works for Granville Developers, a company that is run by his girlfriend's mother, Rose Granville. Daniel was engaged to marry Melinda Granville, when it became clear that his future mother-in-law didn't want one of his ex-girlfriends to ruin their happiness. Annika Bergeron became pregnant with their child, but decided not to inform Daniel after the break-up. Annika did mention her pregnancy to Melinda, who in turn told her mother. Rose became convinced that Daniel would leave Melinda for Annika and the baby, and that they would take the Granville's family capital with them. She set up an elaborate plan to frame Daniel for Annika's kidnapping. She hired an ex-con named Greg Jezic to kidnap her. Jezic had shared a cell with Sam Marlett during his time in Sin