It’s hard to imagine a time when Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) wasn’t in Salem.
The two butted heads at first, but eventually became good friends.
Rafe also admitted to Sami that he had a fiancee named Emily Hudson, who had died.
One night when Sami snapped, she shot EJ in the head, perSoap Opera News.
The couple tied the knot, but they didn’t live happily ever after.
Eventually, Sami and EJ reconnected and slept together.
Carrie felt terrible about the situation and offered Rafe a job working for her as a private investigator.
The pair began working closely together, and even started to develop feelings for one another.
One day the two gave into their feelings and kissed (viaSoaps).
Rafe and Sami ended up splitting not long after, and Carrie went back to Austin.
During a drunken night, Rafe and Kate ended up in bed together, and continued their intimate relationship.
Later, Rafe was attacked and brutally beaten.
Rafe and Jordan quickly hit it off, much to Kate Robert’s disapproval.
Rafe developed feelings for Jordan during their time together, but she refused to date one of her patients.
Rafe eventually hired a new therapist and began dating Jordan (viaSoap Central).
So, Jordan stole money from him and the siblings ran away.
Bo reunited with Hope, but was soon diagnosed with a brain tumor (viaSoap Hub).
Hope blamed Stefano for Bo’s death and eventually shot and killed him.
She later called Rafe to help her cover up the murder, perSoap Opera Spy.
The two fell in love and the couple eventually got married (viaIB Times).
However,Rafe was keeping a terrible secret from Hope.
He had betrayed his wife by having aone-night stand with his ex-wife, Sami Brady.
Hope eventually found out that Rafe cheated on her.
Eventually, he began dating again and got romantic with Ava Vitali (Tamara Braun).
The two even lived together.
Ava questioned Rafe about it many times, but he denied having feelings for Nicole.
Rafe and Ava ended their relationship, and Rafe quickly moved on to Nicole.
The couple had a whirlwind romance, and quickly got engaged.
The two even had a quickie wedding at the courthouse (viaSoaps).
