Clay Fallmont

Clay Fallmont is a prosperous and handsome young businessman, and also the son of Senator Buck Fallmont. The Fallmonts are a family of politicians.

In Denver, after a dinner party at the Carringtons on the occasion of the Carrington-Colby pipeline settlement, he meets Sammy Jo and they get involved in a passionate love affair which results in marriage. Still, what appears to be a harmony, turns out to be a lack of success in the field of emotions and maturity - because of Clay's inclination towards unfettered way of life, his marriage to Sammy Jo is being greatly distressed, not to mention Amanda's meddling and her efforts to get rid of Sammy Jo to the full.

Finally, even though Clay learns that Sammy Jo ain't pregnant at all, he wants her anyway but it's too late because of Sammy Jo's feeling for the father of her son Danny. Emotionally torn apart and pretty much hurt, particularly on account of mother's death, Clay disassociates himself from the rest of the world until he meets a new business assistant Leslie and they become lovers. Unfortunately, their relationship was too good to last, mostly concerning Ben's possible paternity - Clay could easily be his son from his affair with deceased Emilly, which had Buck already known. Blood analysis won't prove a thing in this case though, so Clay's ancestry turns into a puzzle - he might be a Carrington, then again, he may not. All these events will mature Clay, yet he'll leave Denver and go to Canada.