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Furious, Phillip accused Rick of doing this purposely to hurt him ( out of revenge for what happened with Meredith Reade ) and refused to forgive him.

Not long after, Beth ran to Mexico to get a quickie divorce.

Edmund caught up with her and again begged her to go back to him.

But Beth refused and ran off.

While trying to get away from Edmund, Beth was caught in a flash flood and presumed dead.

That fall, Phillip was able to get testimony from two witnesses that Edmund had been chasing after Beth when she died, however, the point became moot when Beth suddenly turned up in Springfield alive!

Though she claimed to be suffering from memory lapses, Phillip was increasingly suspicious of her strange behavior and personality change.

Not long after Beth's return, Phillip learned Harley had Rick's baby, but refused to see the child.

However, around Thanksgiving, when the pair was looking for a lost Lizzie and James, Phillip and Rick talked things over and resumed their friendship.

Meanwhile, after doing some digging, in early 2002, Phillip learned the woman in town was an imposter named Lorelei Hills.

Though Alan wanted her arrested, Phillip was afraid that would traumatize Lizzie and simply asked Lorelei to leave.

Though Alan went against Phillip's wishes and had her arrested anyway, when she became ill, Phillip, against his better judgment, allowed her to be cared for at the mansion.

The trouble was, she was now insisting she was Beth!

Skeptical at first, the more time he spent with her the more he realized this was truly Beth Raines.

Beth was the imposter!

By the time Phillip realized this, Beth had left Springfield with Edmund!

Tracking her down at an old silver mine, Phillip became trapped.

Though Beth reasserted herself and raced to the mine to free Phillip, the mine entrance shut while she was inside, trapping them both.

Edmund arrived, causing another split between Beth / Lorelei.

Edmund accidentally trapped them in the mine a second time, but Beth managed to free Phillip and they found another exit.

After getting Beth, who'd taken on the Lorelei personality to deal with her trauma, the help she needed, the pair reunited.