After he left Mimi, Shawn met a girl named Willow who he told his troubles and admitted he was still in love with Belle.
The lab tech confirmed that Claire was Shawn's.
Belle asked Philip, as next of kin, not to sign the consent form that would hurt the baby.
They decided they wanted Belle to come stay at the Penthouse with them while she was recovering.
Unfortunately, the young couple was separated when Shawn claimed to have fathered classmate ' baby, actually conceived by a rape while on a school trip to.
In the hospital and once at the penthouse Marlena and Belle had a long heart-to-heart and Belle made a decision regarding her marriage to Philip.