Sami Brady & Austin Reed

1996
Again, Sami interrupted what should have been a wedding between Austin and Carrie. Carrie and Austin had gone to France for a pre-wedding honeymoon. They planned to wed, and Carrie looked radiant in the gown she bought for the occasion. But dark circumstances created another nuptial upheaval. After Sami and Austin's baby, Will, was kidnapped and nearly sold on the black market in France, that country's social services planned to take Will into foster care. The parents were not married and officials felt it was an unstable relationship. The only way Sami and Austin could return to Salem with their little boy was to marry.

Even in a situation that Sami did not orchestrate, she managed to take full advantage. She even bought a wedding dress just like Carrie's gown. While she knew that Austin planned to get an annulment back in the U.S., Sami became Mrs. Austin Reed in Paris, the City of Love. Her dream come true was Carrie's latest nightmare.