Paige Lassiter

Michelle Logan, known as Paige Lassiter in the town of Virgin River, is the mother of Christopher Lassiter and the owner of a bakery truck named "Paige's Bakeaway". Following an abusive marriage with Wes, Paige moved to Virgin River with their son, Christopher, and changed her name to avoid detection.

Paige is eventually found by Wes and, after forming an unlikely friendship with Preacher, is forced to flee Virgin River with Christopher.

History[]

Marriage with Wes[]

Little is known about Paige's early marriage with Wes. She tells Preacher that the two were happy as a couple, but things changed following the birth of Christopher and the marriage between the two. Paige explains that Wes would abuse her regularly, but the two would hide this from Christopher, not wanting Christopher to see the violence or grow up hating his father.

Paige tells Preacher about her marriage with . — Paige tells Preacher about her marriage with Wes.

Eventually, Paige left Wes and moved to Virgin River with Christopher, changing her name from Michelle and adopting the persona of "Paige Lassiter". Paige was careful not to open a bank account or anything that could tie her to her old identity and risk being found by Wes. When Preacher begins asking questions, Paige tells him that she prefers to do things the old way, and eventually she explains to Preacher about Wes and their abusive marriage; he promises to protect her from Wes and his abuse.

Fleeing Virgin River[]

After arriving home and finding Wes playing with Christopher, Paige is thrown back into the abusive relationship with him. Paige is reluctant to abide by his behaviour and demands, however, and refuses to leave Virgin River with him, citing that they should talk like adults. Wes continues to threaten her, however, and when he tries to forcefully remove Christopher, Paige panics and pushes him down the stairs, killing him immediately.^[1]

Wes strangles Paige after she fights back.

Paige calls Preacher for help, asking him to take care of Christopher whilst she turns herself in, but Preacher is reluctant to allow her to suffer for what she has done given it was out of her control. Preacher tells her to take Christopher and leave Virgin River behind forever, cutting all ties to the town, and to him. Paige does flee, but leaves him the bakery truck for the meantime, which he asks Connie to take care of.^[2]

Back to Safety[]

Preacher is taken aback by Paige appearing at his door. She meets Julia, briefly, who decides to ditch so the pair can talk in private.

Alone, Paige admits that she’s phoned Vince and has cut a deal. She’ll give herself up in exchange for him releasing Christopher. Vince is also staying at the mountainside cabin in Trinity County. When Preacher finds out, he gets a hold of the coordinates and scouts out the area.

When he heads back to the cabin later in the episode, Preacher finds Christopher waiting for him. It turns out Paige willingly went with Vince and he handed over the boy without an issue. In a letter, Paige urges Preacher to raise Christopher.

Preacher has Connie look after Christopher and to keep his return a secret while he heads off to get Paige back. With a gun, he drives to the lodge. A big stand-off occurs at the cabin. Vince holds Paige up at gunpoint and decides to make Preacher pay. A scuffle ensues, eventually leading to Preacher clocking the crook in the back of the head with a block of wood. Paige is safe at last.

Paige is hysterical while Preacher tries to figure out what to do next. Mike shows up and arrests Vince who’s incredulous over Preacher admitting to killing his brother. As he’s taken away, Mike admits that there’s no reason to follow up on the lead. More importantly, it means Paige and Preacher no longer need to run.

Preacher makes his choice and heads back home to eat with Paige. When he mentions that they make a good team, she becomes flustered and points out that she just wants some freedom away from everything that reminds her of West. She just wants a home where she can’t see him everywhere and unfortunately, that means she can’t stay anymore. She’s going to have to leave with Christopher. She offers Preacher to come as well but he can’t leave Virgin River.

Personality[]

Paige Lassiter is "a local entrepreneur, and an illustrious baker with a warm smile who has secrets of her own".^[3]

Trivia[]

Her real name is Michelle Logan; she is on the run for assault, however this is a false report created by Wes, her abusive husband.
She does not have a bank account to avoid detection by Wes.