1988 (#23) - The breakup with Chase and Katherine's rethinking of Nina

A few weeks after the agreement between Jill and Chase, the woman's plan to get her son away from Nina seems to be working. After the umpteenth confirmation that Phillip Jr.'s interest is only in winning back Christine, in fact, Nina is tempted by Chase's proposal to leave for Los Angeles and leave the child alone for a few days with his babysitter Erika Finley. All as planned by Jill, who intends to sue the girl for child abandonment. Nina, a caring mother as she is, does not fall into Jill's trap, however, and after thinking about it, she refuses the proposal. This episode particularly strikes Katherine, who is convinced that this whole affair cannot but be the work of a manipulator like Jill. Katherine then, Jill's bitter enemy, begins to feel a certain sympathy for Nina, also convinced by Rex of the genuineness of feelings, spontaneity and simplicity of the girl. It is Katherine, then, who goes to apologize to Nina for all the obstacles so far placed against her; the woman then reveals to Nina that certainly the whole Chase affair is Jill's work, as confirmed by the fact that Chase works side by side with the woman. Nina, then, decides to immediately end all relations with the boy and, extremely disappointed by Jill, informs her that she cannot forbid her in any way to pursue her aims. Aims that at this moment translate into getting the attention of Phillip Jr, who is still interested in the beautiful Christine. Nina and Katherine, however, strengthen their friendship and Katherine promises her that she will help her to conquer Phillip Jr, also because it is their task to raise little Chance, the last descendant of the Chancellors. Helped also by Rex and the reformed couple Christine and Danny, who are starting to reappear and who apparently both have an interest in Phillip Jr. starting to take an interest in Nina, Katherine thus begins to transform the simpleton Nina into a refined classy woman capable of dressing, putting on makeup, talking and entertaining, thus making her the kind of woman Phillip Jr. can fall in love with.