 Karen also reveals Bill threatened to disown and disinherit her, refused to meet Danielle or acknowledge that Karen had a partner, and attempted to marry her to a junior executive at Spencer Publications for show.Bill and Karen agreed to keep her secret from everyone, including his son Bill, Jr. Bill's granddaughter Caroline Spencer reveals to her boyfriend Thomas Forrester that Bill had only met her twice, once on New Year's and once on the Fourth of July.Thomas tells Caroline that he always heard that Bill was a "powerhouse".