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Gabrielle and Max's romance began in Argentina
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Max Holden showed up in Llanview to ask Maria Roberts, a friend of his late mother, Patricia, for a loan to buy a ranch in Argentina. Maria agreed to give Max a substantial loan on one condition: he must somehow find a way to lure Tina out of town. Max eagerly accepted the mission. When Tina got the news of her pregnancy, she left a message on Cord's answering machine, but Maria got the message first and erased it! Thinking Cord didn't care that she was carrying his child, Tina fled town with Max. Their destination: Argentina!
In Buenos Aires, Max discovered that the ranch's owner, Don Alonzo, had been murdered. Before long, Max and Tina got mixed up in a dangerous drug ring led by Dante Medina, whose daughter, Gabrielle, Max had recently romanced. Dismayed at his involvement with Tina, Gabrielle didn't tell Max the big news: she was pregnant with his child!
When Cord finally discovered that Tina was having his baby, he headed for Buenos Aires to try to convince her to return. Kate (who knew that her brother Jamie was part of the drug ring) journeyed with him. Cord and Kate grew close as they shared a sizzling tango in the streets of Buenos Aires.
In the ensuing melee with the drug ring, Tina was taken hostage, and tumbled over the ferocious Iguazu Falls, and was presumed dead. Max, Gabrielle, Kate, and Cord returned to Llanview.
