<P> After running into financial troubles, Regina and her family move into the Kennish's guest house so that the two families might get to know each other better . She is also shown to be a talented artist, indicating that Bay inherited her skills as an artist from her biological mother . </P> <P> At first, there is tension between Regina and Kathryn and John, particularly regarding the way in which their daughters are raised . Despite these personality clashes, Regina and Kathryn become close friends . Regina later assists Kathryn in writing her book . John and Regina are even seen to get along, despite John's longstanding resentment toward Regina over her keeping quiet about Daphne's true parentage . Regina's best friend is Melody Bledsoe, the mother of Daphne's best friend Emmett . Throughout the first season, Regina enters into a short - lived casual relationship with Bruce, the ex-husband of Kathryn's friend and Patrick, an art gallery owner . </P> <P> Angelo, Bay's father, reenters her life after reading an article about the switch, wanting to get to know Bay . He indicates to Regina that he wishes for them to get back together, but she refuses . Later, Angelo flees the Kennish household and it is revealed that he is under threat of being deported for an outstanding warrant for arrest in Italy . When he first returns, Regina wants nothing to do with him, but eventually she relents, even marrying him in order for him to avoid deportation . Her relationship with Patrick is effectively ended by this marriage . She later gets half of Angelo's money as a result of the marriage . </P> <P> In "The Awakening Conscience", Angelo tells Regina that he got a woman named Lana pregnant, and upset, Regina walks out . Even though it happened before they married, Regina goes to tell Kathryn and tries to figure out how to tell Bay . Later however, when she's having lunch with Bay, she finds out Bay already knows and that Bay had gotten into a quarrel with him about it . Regina then realizes that Angelo told her about the pregnancy simply because he was afraid Bay might tell her first . Later, however, Lana decides to give the child up for adoption . </P>

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