Silas and Nina Clay

Dr. Silas Clay and Nina Reeves Clay are fictional characters and a fictional couple on the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital. Silas has been portrayed by Michael Easton since May 2013 and Nina has been portrayed by veteran soap actress, Michelle Stafford, since April 2014.

Storylines
Silas and Nina met when they were 18 years old at Columbia University. Both fresh out of high school, they attended the same college. Silas first saw Nina jogging across campus and when their eyes connected she smiled at him. Silas was enchanted with her from that moment. They began spending lots of time together and eventually fell in love. However, Nina's mother, Madeline Reeves did not approve of their relationship because Nina came from a wealthy family while Silas was from a poor family. Therefore Madeline believed that Silas was only after Nina's money, but that was not the case. Silas genuinely loved Nina and did not care about her money. Despite Madeline's disapproval Silas and Nina stayed together. After graduating from college, Silas and Nina married and she paid his way through medical school to help him achieve his dream of becoming a doctor.
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Two or three years into Silas' practice as a doctor, Silas and Nina began experiencing some problems in their relationship. Silas was unfaithful and had an affair with Ava Jerome, which resulted in the birth of their daughter, Kiki Jerome. Silas was unaware of the fact that while he was cheating with Ava, Nina also found out she was pregnant and his affair was causing her to become depressed. When Madeline learned of the pregnancy she was very unhappy and set out to kill the baby. In order to do so, she had Nina overdose on anti-depressants but her plan backfired when Nina fell into a coma. To cover up her misdeed, Madeline accused Silas of trying to kill Nina so he could be with Ava. She blamed Nina's state on him, all the while never telling him about his child with Nina. She banned Silas from visiting Nina and moved her to a private facility. Silas tried repeatedly to see his wife, but due to the money and power of the Reeves family, he was denied access to her for over 20 years.

For the past 20 years, Silas was a suspect in Nina's attempted murder. Detective Nathan West, who was raised as Nina's brother, took on the case and pursued Silas believing he was guilty. Eventually the truth of Madeline's misdeeds came out and Silas is cleared. But Madeline had one last trick up her sleeve. When Silas demanded to see Nina, she lied and told him that Nina died. She forged a fake death certificate to show to Silas and upon seeing this, he mourned the loss of his wife. However, Madeline later admitted to Nathan that Nina is still alive and soon after Nina wakes up from her coma in a private facility. The first word out of Nina's mouth is "Silas."
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