1991 (#11) - Leanna's choice and the alliance between Jill and Katherine

Happy with Rex's donation of his sperm, Leanna undergoes the artificial insenination procedure full of hope and desire to become pregnant. Leanna begins to make big plans for her son and his future. Rex, already unhappy about having to conceive a child with such a surrogate procedure, reaches the peak of his endurance when Leanna informs her audience, during her show, that she has lived up to her ideals by refusing to try to make a baby with traditional methods. Feeling mocked by the media for being the only man to become a father to his woman without ever even touching her, Rex feels his bond with Leanna slowly breaking down; a situation in which Katherine fits in perfectly by getting very close to her ex-husband, in the belief that she can have a future with him. Knowing that Rex had no interest in raising a child of his own, and not even being sure of the stability of her relationship with him, Leanna begins to scrutinize the possible alternatives that could father her son. In the end, Leanna comes to the conclusion that Brad, Paul, and Brock all seem to be good candidates, but it is only John who seems to be the perfect one. In fact, John has always been very kind to Leanna, who is strongly convinced that with a great father like John she would certainly have the life she has always wanted for her son. There is only one obstacle, however, to the achievement of his goals, namely the fact that Leanna is not the only woman interested in John, having in fact to win the formidable competition of Jill. Therefore, being halfway between John and Rex, Leanna is simultaneously pitted against two of the most influential and powerful women in Genoa City, Jill and Katherine. Always bitter enemies, in recent times, however, the two women often find themselves united because of the events of Nina. Now, however, there is one more reason to strengthen their alliance: the common hatred towards Leanna. Jill and Katherine, finding themselves in the same situation of having to fight against Leanna in order to conquer the people they love, make a pact to help each other by using their mutual qualities and weapons to achieve their goals. And so, Jill promises to help Katherine conquer Rex on the condition that Katherine, in turn, favors Jill in her attempt to win John's heart.