 He was thrilled with the attention of this attractive young brunette and genuinely developed a bond to her teen-age son, Andrew, who Palmer envisioned as the heir to Cortlandt Electronics.However Cynthia fell into an affair with Ross and thus out of Palmer's good graces, and Andrew was sent to jail for participating in the death of Alexander Hunter.When Palmer was shot by a thug hired by Adam Chandler, he hired nurse Natalie Marlowe to look after him.