1990 (#3) - The plot against Cassandra, Paul's intervention and Adrian's arrest

Terrified by visions of Paul whom she believes to be dead, and wracked with guilt, Cassandra returns to Genoa City, despite Adrian's opposition and the irrepressible passion they are demonstrating on this trip. However, unlike what Carl and Victor had predicted, Cassandra makes no confession; and through tears, after discovering that Paul is actually alive, she reveals that she did not kill George. Cassandra, moved, assures that she is not a murderer and begs Paul to believe her. Although Carl and Victor are skeptical about it, Paul decides to believe the woman, assuming that it was Adrian himself who did it, although Cassandra is also certain of Adrian's innocence. Adrian, meanwhile, realizing that Cassandra has abandoned him, decides to leave Bermuda and return to the United States, this time to complete the work and kill Cassandra. Upon Adrian's arrival, Cassandra, unaware that Paul is following her to monitor Adrian's movements, asks the man's forgiveness for leaving him alone. This, of course, is no longer enough for the man, who is also convinced that the woman is now collaborating with the police; he decides to devise a plan to kill his wife and come out clean in order to inherit all the Rawlins' possessions. Showing concern and affection, Adrian promises to protect Cassandra and stay close to her even if she is convicted. Adrian's manipulations convince Cassandra to entrust him with her possessions in case she is arrested; having obtained her signature, Adrian can start his diabolical plan to kill her and make it look like a suicide. Drugged and tied to a chair, Cassandra is left unconscious with a gun in front of her that is connected to a mechanism programmed to trigger the gun when the ice that prevents the weapon from being activated has melted. When a terrified Cassandra wakes up and realizes the situation, Adrian has already fled in search of a solid alibi; however, fortunately for her, Paul had followed her and promptly intervenes along with Victor, who replaces Cassandra with a dummy staging the woman's death to make Adrian believe that his plan worked. All of this, of course, in order to make sure that a satisfied Adrian does not flee and brag about the success of his plan to an alleged thug, who is none other than Carl. Having thus recorded the man's confession, Paul immediately goes into action and arrests the man, stunned to see Cassandra alive in front of him, for George's murder. Not much time passes, finally, that a shaken Cassandra asks and obtains a divorce from Adrian.