1990 (#7) - The relationship with Clint and the sale of Chancellor Industries

As the weeks go by, the change in "Katherine", actually Marge, becomes more and more evident. So much so that Rex struggles to recognize his wife and to glimpse in her the woman he married only a few months earlier. Convinced that the woman has been influenced by Clint, Rex is furious when Robert and Shirley admit to Rex that they know Clint and have been pushed by him to be hired by Katherine. This is in fact Clint's ingenious plan, as he realizes that the only way to get Rex to accept that the woman he lives with is really Katherine is to give him a reason as to why she has changed so dramatically. Marge and Clint, thus, begin to make Rex believe that there is a secret relationship between them, which would justify the man's constant presence in the house and the change in Katherine's lifestyle. Clint, playing along and acting his part, denies Rex's alleged accusations, instructing him to stay away from his wife and get back with Gina, before Rex convinces his own daughter to kick Clint out of the house. Giving indirect support to Clint is then Jill, who doesn't miss a chance to accuse Katherine of having returned to the selfish, alcoholic and bawdy woman she once was; Jill thus confesses to Rex about the woman's past, which incredibly looks a lot like her present. All of this convinces Rex that Katherine's current behavior is not strange at all; strange, rather, was that the woman had been kind and generous to him. Satisfied with the way things are working out, Clint informs Marge that it is time to get to work, and start making money from their plan. It isn't until a few days later that the bombshell news reported in all the newspapers arrives: Chancellor Industries has been sold for 100 million dollars! The news leaves Victor, John, Jill and especially Rex stunned. They can't believe that the woman has sold out to the highest bidder, a wealthy French tycoon named Jacques Troullier, actually a front man for Clint, a real empire like the one built by her husband many years before. She is even more speechless when the woman dismisses the matter with a few words, justifying herself that it wasn't that important and that she was tired of thinking about her companies all day long.