jordan arrived in salem in mid-august 2013, per the request of kate roberts (koslow) to help rehabilitate rafe hernandez (gering), following his being attacked. originally very guarded and off-putting, jordan begins to let down her walls around rafe, much to the chagrin of kate. as a result, kate begins to investigate jordan's past, which does not settle well with her. after sharing her first kiss with rafe, jordan begins to pull herself from rafe once more. at her apartment, she opens a lockbox only to reveal several i.d.'s with different names, all featuring various looks. as jordan begins to develop a relationship with rafe, jordan's old friend sheryl (jade harlow) from birmingham arrives in town in early 2014, and immediately begins to stir up jordan's past by connecting with kate, rafe, sami brady (alison sweeney) and lucas horton (bryan dattilo). jordan and sheryl then enter into a conflict, over sheryl's arrival into town; however both ladies agree to make the best of their rekindled friendship. kate then involves lucas in her scheme against jordan, and during a night out, kate breaks into jordan's apartment and discovers her box of hidden i.d.'s; kate is then caught when jordan arrives back early. following her step-father's arrival into town, rafe and jordan soon separate and she eventually falls for town bad boy, chad dimera (billy flynn). they soon breakup following the belief that chad pursued legal action against her brother and in march 2015, she eventually leaves town following a job offer in new york city. she returned in early 2019 briefly, keeping ciara brady and charlotte dimera hostage to protect them from changed ben and pointing all the evidences to him. she is then admitted to the mental asylum, bayview. during her treatment in bayview, she reveals a secret to rafe about giving birth to a child who she named david ridgeway, giving him the responsibly of looking after her son in her absence.