1987 (#22) - Jill and David's relationship, Katherine's encounter with the homeless Rex

While both Jill and Katherine are busy mothering young Phillip Jr., struggling with his alcohol abuse problems, tensions between the two women have certainly not lessened. As mentioned before, Jill harshly criticizes Katherine's lifestyle, which led to Phillip Jr. entering the alcohol tunnell. However, Jill's hatred for Katherine has many other motivations, certainly much more deeply rooted in the past. In the meantime, after Michael's relationship with Jill has ended, it's not long before Jill finds herself back. This time the woman's eyes are focused on her personal assistant at Jabot, David Kimble, a very smart and far-sighted businessman who starts flirting with the woman in the hope of obtaining financial as well as sentimental benefits. The always beautiful and attractive Jill, after all, is an interesting woman for David in every way and, thanks also to his muscles, Jill doesn't take long to fall in love with him. Jill is also attracted by David's mysterious and charming character, who tries to take on all the problems of his new girlfriend. Among them, there is certainly Katherine, to whom Jill would like to give a good lesson, after she tried to approach her to Skip with the sole purpose of making her separate from Michael and have judicial advantages. It is David, at this point, who takes the initiative, suggesting to Jill to repay Katherine with the same coin by introducing an absolutely unpresentable man to her in order to make her lose credibility and get discredit in her exclusive environment. David and Jill, thus, design a plan as sneaky as it is cruel to get Katherine to fall in love with a tramp. The opportunity presents itself when the two meet a tramp sleeping on a bench in the Genoa City park, a man named Rex Sterling, whom Jill finds perfect for the plan. Even with David's help, Jill turns Rex into a presentable man with the prospect of getting a hot meal back, and arranges a date with Katherine for him. The date initially seems pleasant until Katherine, realizing she is having dinner with a homeless man, leaves the table disgusted and horrified. The man, left at the restaurant without being able to pay, becomes furious with Katherine and the next day shows up at the estate to complain about it. After some hesitation, Katherine lets him in and begins to glimpse in him a man who is anything but unwise. The prospect of getting into the good graces of such a rich woman, in fact, entices Rex, who in a few weeks manages to get into the good graces of the woman, with whom he undertakes a relationship full of passion.