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Soon after Simon agreed to help locate Rose and Joe D'Angelo and Paul Ryan in the war-torn country of Avannya with Katie later following to look for him. Upon arriving, Simon was captured and held hostage by a man named Donovan Curry who had himself surgically altered to look like Simon. Fortunately, Donovan was caught before any harm came to Katie and everyone escaped from the island unharmed. Back in Oakdale, Simon opened a detective agency with Katie and Henry Coleman.
Simon was all set to make a happy life for himself when trouble came around in the form of his old "friend" from Australia, Bartleby. An unsavory character, Bartelby threatened to kill Katie unless Simon agreed to carry out a sting for him. (and told Simon that he had friends who'd do it for him if anything bad happened to him) Knowing that Bartleby was dangerous enough to carry out the threat, Simon agreed and set out to break Katie's heart so that she'd hate him and not follow him out of Oakdale. Distancing himself from Katie, Simon arranged for her to find him with another woman. Unfortuantely, that didn't quite work and so Simon told her that he was suffocating in Oakdale and was going abroad to work on a con. Unfortunately, again Katie caught on and figured out that he was purposely pushing her away because Bartleby was threatening him. Though he was perfectly willing to go away with Bartleby to protect Katie, Katie got Bartleby angry by having him arrested. Seeing Bartleby outside the house ready to murder Katie, Simon struggled for the gun and murdered Bartleby in the process. Though now free of Bartleby, Simon remembered his threats that if anything should happen to him, his friends would go after the Frasiers. Afraid that Bartleby's goons would go after Katie, Simon left Oakdale with Henry's help.
Unfortunately, Katie finally learned the truth about Simon's disappearence--he was on the run after killing Bartleby in self defense! Despite pleas from Henry to not look for Simon since her life would be in danger, Katie decided to set out for Australia. Though she initially accepted Mike's offer to go with her, she changed her mind after realizing that he was developing romantic feelings toward her and tried to sneak out of Oakdale without him. However, due to a delay at the airport, she was unsuccessful and despite her objections, Mike went with her. Unfortunately, upon arriving at the Frasier ranch, the pair was captured by Mordecai, Bartleby's brother, and held hostage. Mordecai, then told them his plan--he was using them as bait to lure Simon out of hiding so he could get revenge for Simon killing his brother. Though they tried to escape, with Katie even trying to send a message to Margo, all their attempts were fruitless and finally Mordecai took Katie away to be rescued by Simon. Tied to a chair that had a bomb tied to it, Katie suddenly heard Simon's voice and tried to warn him that it was a trap. Then came Katie's rescuer--but this time, it wasn't Simon; it was Mike! Having freed himself from the basement where they had been held captive, Mike suceeded in untying Katie, but ended up engaging the bomb's timer. Though Katie insisted that they look for Simon, Mike knew they only had a few minutes left and dragged Katie out of the building seconds before the bomb went off! Soon after, Katie was told that the remains of a man were found in the rubble; the DNA was a match for Simon.
Months later, who else but Simon would return to Oakdale alive! Pleading his undying love for Katie, simon tried to get her to leave with him, but by now Katie was engaged to another man, Mike Kasnoff. Telling Katie that he couldn't live without her, Simon warned her that his life was still in danger (a claim substansiated when some goons shot at him and Katie) and he wanted them to go on the run together. Though confused as to whether to stay in Oakdale or go on the run with Simon, Simon needed an immediate answer and so Katie let her loyalty to her husband win out and after telling Mike that she loved him, she set out to leave with Simon. Hiding out at the docks, before setting out to leave everything behind, Simon confessed that he set up the gunfire incident in order to prove that the danger was real and time was of the essance. Even though Simon's feelings for Katie hadn't changed, it was clear that Katie wasn't the same person Simon left behind, yet she was determined to stick by her husband. Before they set out though, Mike found them and again tried to persuade Katie that she should stay in Oakdale where it was safe. Though Katie rejected him, Simon would later overhear her say that although Katie loved Mike, she needed to be with Simon. Realizing that Katie had changed in the year that he'd been gone, and recognizing that she was going away with him out of a sense of loyalty, Simon went to Mike and made plans to leave without Katie. Knowing that Katie would follow Simon to the ends of the earth, thus endangering her life, they locked the gate to the harbor and Simon changed his itinerary. After saying a heartfelt goodbye to Katie, who told Simon she'd hate him forever if he abandoned her again, Simon left for parts unknown.