1989 (#11) - The past between Jim and Jessica, the revelation of Christine's fatherhood

Things between Christine and Scott, meanwhile, are going well. The couple has been well accepted in the family by both John and Jessica, both agreeing that a mature man like Scott is much better suited for a girl like Christine than a rock star like Danny; and their feelings for each other are so genuine and sincere that they think Christine is living in a fairy tale. And when Scott, surprisingly, asks her to become his bride, an enthusiastic Christine accepts happily, already dreaming of crowning her dream of love. However, no one imagines what would soon come to light. One night Christine, while waiting in Scott's hospital room for the end of her shift, starts flipping through Scott's family album, stumbling across a photo that looked very much like the description Jessica made about her father, fantasizing that one day she too would meet him. When Christine asks Scott, on her way home from work, who the man is, Scott answers proudly that it's her father Jim Grainger, and that she would soon meet him since he is planning to move to the city to be with his son. Upon his arrival in town, Scott introduces Christine to Jim, who doesn't hide his curiosity about the girl since she reminds him so much of a woman he had met in Genoa City years before; and when Christine claims to be Jessica's daughter, Jim appears dark in the face and completely shocked. The man expresses his desire to talk to his mother and, as soon as he meets her, everything is clear: Jim is Christine's father. Everyone is shocked to hear these revelations, but Jim explains to Jessica and all the others present that he is the man she had made love to many years before, adding that he was going to propose to her. When Jessica, enraged, denies blaming Jim for abandoning her, the man appears confused, since it was Jessica herself who drove him away, showing her letters she had sent him. Jessica denies ever having sent them to him, and when Jim shows her one, Jessica recognizes in shock, in that letter, the calligraphy of her mother Clara. Jessica thus realizes how her mother had interfered decisively and decisively in her life, probably denying her the love she had always wanted and waited for. In any case, Jim and Jessica are happy to be reunited, although Jim guarantees John that he does not want to interfere in his marriage at all. This whole thing, however, obviously has repercussions on the relationship between Scott and Christine; the two find themselves to be brother and sister, and to their great regret, they are forced to stop all their plans for life together. As it is easy to imagine, this devastates both of them, who will take a long time to overcome and accept it.