Victoria meets the widower and new neighbor David as she and Conrad host Grayson’s 1991 New Year's grand party. The affair soon begins that will culminate in daughter Charlotte. Victoria's mother Marion Harper imprinted on her the need to rise above a mediocre social status. Most of the men she sought out brought her some social or monetary benefit, except David Clarke. This perhaps explains why she was eventually blackmailed by Conrad into framing David for the Flight 197 disaster. This choice comes at a heavy price for Victoria, and she is haunted by the consequences of her actions throughout the series.