Will Billy Come to Realize He May Be Bella’s Dad?

By Janet Di Lauro Oct 12, 2016 9:18 a.m. ET

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The paternity of Chloe’s daughter Bella remains a mystery on The Young and the Restless.

Since returning to town with Bella, Chloe (Elizabeth Hendrickson) has sidestepped questions about her little girl’s paternity. Longtime fans remember Chloe’s attempt to get Billy drunk to conceive a child with her a few years back. When that didn’t work, she stole his sperm sample from the hospital lab. Yet, there’s no proof that he’s actually her baby daddy. Soap Hub asked fans if you thought Billy might come to realize he could be Bella’s dad.

Daddy’s Girl
Billy (Jason Thompson) might start to wonder about Bella, once he spends some significant time with the girl, according to 67% of you. He’s already commented on how much she resembles Delia at her age. Couple that with his memories of how desperate Chloe was to conceive a child with him after Delia’s death, and it could stir up his suspicions.

Nothing to Suspect
There’s no reason for Billy to be suspicious, say 26% of you. While he remembers Chloe’s attempts to get him drunk and seduce him, he also recalls giving her the heave ho before anything happened between them. As far as he’s concerned, Chloe’s claim that Bella’s father is another man sounds legitimate. So, he has no reason to doubt her story.

Time Will Tell
Some 7% of you don’t expect Billy to consider the possibility that he might be Bella’s dad, now. However, if Chloe continues to dodge questions and remain cryptic about the child’s father, he could start to put the pieces of this paternity puzzle together.

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Janet Di Lauro

Oct 12, 2016 9:18 a.m. ET 3,631 articles

Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.