Once again, I don't know this. My head just made it up as Effusive Elizabeth's Hypothesis #2.
There was a buzz sometime ago that Josh would die?
Well, what if he did? Other than the fact that I would seriously HATE the KYPH writers for getting rid of such a honey character when this serial can do with more, is that there would be the matter of Josh's wife!
All the props say that he is married: there's a big fat ring on his finger that the cameras capture and show off in all the subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
If Josh should die, the wife will come to KYPH. She will have been an old flame of AK's who had to choose between AK and Josh and chose Josh. Now she will be back in AK's life, she will be miserable, he will be as miserable - if not more so, because he will blame himself like crazy! (Please don't let Josh die!) - and there will be all these soap-situations where they will be thrust at each other to comfort each other and DARN IT! I am beginning to feel sick because I think that the KYPH writers may actually do a good job of all of this! :-( :-( :-(
Of course, there is no doubt that AK and KS will be together forever in the end, but this is so feasible a platform for another woman's entry. Oh, puhleeaase don't let Josh die, KYPH writers!
On the other hand, what if Josh's wife is already dead and HE has a little daughter who AK can then adopt? Hmmmm... No, no, I still wouldn't want Josh to die.
As Ron (of Hary Potter fame) would say: "Bloody hell!"
-E