In 1994, Maxie Jones became seriously ill and was given her brain dead cousin B.J. Jones' heart to survive.
Storyline[]
B.J. with her father Tony after her bus accident (1994)
Her family rallied around her, and Mac Scorpio even located her father, Frisco Jones, and took him to be with his daughter.
While Maxie waited for a donor heart, her seven-year-old cousin B.J. is left brain dead after her school van is hit by a drunk driver in May 1994. Although B.J.'s parents are heartbroken over her death, they were grateful that B.J.'s heart could save Maxie's life. Her father makes the decision to donate B.J.'s organs. Her heart is transplanted into her ailing cousin Maxie.
Tony Jones lays his head on Maxie's chest and listens to his daughter's heart beat within his niece. Later, Tony sits beside B.J.'s body, still on the operating table and asks her to take his own broken heart in exchange and keep it safe.
Maxie's Heart Attack[]
In May of 2005, Maxie has a heart attack at a party on The Haunted Star and has to undergo another heart transplant, but she doesn't want to have it because she wants to keep B.J.'s heart.
In June, Maxie has visions of B.J. telling her cousin to live her life for her sake. Maxie later recovers and has her high school graduation.
Heavenly Visit[]
Felicia and Maxie feel B.J.'s heart (2024)
January 10-11, 2024, B.J. makes a ghostly appearance as AP reporter "Angela Brighton" who covered Bobbie's anti-sex trafficking efforts in Amsterdam. She shows up at her funeral, and the next day sits down at Kelly's with Bobbie's friends and family to hear stories about her mother. After, Maxie and Felicia both realize she's actually B.J. when they can't find any proof of her existence. B.J. makes a final appearance to her little brother Lucas, when he exits Kelly's, on his way to catch a flight home. They say farewell, then she calls him "champ" as he turns away. Having been called that by her when she was alive, Lucas freezes, turns back around...but she's gone.