He did appear in a couple episodes. I think there may have been a longer story planned for Wes Ramsey. As I recall, Owen had a twin brother who wasn't seen onscreen except for in a picture (I believe being held by Gordon Thompson's character) which I felt was the next part of the story (Stephanie and the twin falling in love). During this time, the show was trying (several times) to tell a romance where the male romantic lead's family member had a complicated past with his female love interest. The original plan was for a slightly older nuWill (when we got Dylan Patton) who would have been paired with Melanie who would have had issues do to Melanie and Nick's past. Once they dumped Ramsey, the story played out with Melanie and Nathan (again with Nick's past). Had the Owen's twin stayed, I could see the father (Walter?) returning.
When Owen was introduced, they also introduced Felisha Terrell as Ariana, who initially worked for Max and seemed set for a romance with him. Stephanie had also made it clear that, despite being interested in Phillip, that she was still not over Max. They also could have gone a Philip / Stephanie / Max / Ariana quad The show would try out a lot of things in this period and some stuck and some were abandoned. There was definitely multiple directions for Stephanie before they committed to the Stephanie / Nathan / Melanie / Phillip quad.
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