 It is never revealed why Starr returned to California or why she did not return to Port Charles; it has been speculated that if Cole (and possibly Hope) survived, they would have met up with Starr back in Los Angeles and gone into hiding.No matter what the intentions of the writing staff of "General Hospital" were at the time, the thread of Cole (and possibly Hope) being alive will not be picked up by the new online reboot of "One Life to Live".Executive producer Jennifer Pepperman had the following to say when discussing the opportunity to bring back the characters