Joanna was a young widow who lived alone outside of Collinsport. She used to work for Randall Drew before she met Quentin. Quentin and Joanna used to meet secretly, and left notes to one another in an old oak tree on the Collinwood estate (1140). Joanna and Quentin shared a piece of piano music, entitled "Joanna", and this melody became closely associated with the couple's relationship. When Quentin realized that his wife, Samantha Collins, would never leave him, he broke it off with Joanna, devastating the girl and forcing her admittance into an asylum. Enraged and jealous, Samantha pushed Joanna Mills off of a cliff, seemingly killing her (1182).