1993 (#31) - The rent strike and the closeness between Paul and Christine

Returning to Genoa City hurt and disconsolate, Christine decides to put her feelings aside and focus all her energy and efforts on her work. And so, she soon finds herself taking to heart the cause of a group of elderly residents of the Rainbow Garden Apartments complex, who are claiming from owner Tina Hammer the renovation of the buildings and the repair of the endless breakdowns and breakages. Miles Dugan is the one who turns to Christine, who comes to the woman for legal advice; and indeed Christine has the opportunity to verify the inhuman conditions and degradation with which the elderly tenants are forced to live. Miles then informs Christine that he is now ready to start a rent strike, which provokes the anger of Tina, ready to carry out a mass eviction. Paul also comes into the picture, and rather than carrying out the eviction orders, he prefers to try to reach an agreement between Tina and Miles, who is leading the revolt. In the end, it is Christine who prevents the clash from taking on the characteristics of a civil war; the woman, in fact, discovers that the complex is very old and even dates back to the time of the hero Garfield Dandrige, the historic chancellor who drew up the first Charter or Statute of Genoa City and who had commissioned the work of building the complex to a world-famous architect. Since the building is therefore of historical interest, Christine manages to find the public funds to renovate the complex, bringing back the riot. The affair leads Miles to make the acquaintance of another elderly lady, Margaret Altman, always in the forefront of the revolt. The two, both widowed, fall in love and, under the emotional eyes of Christine and Paul, decide to marry, turning the wedding day into a real party for the whole city. The whole affair, as well as April's, also brings Christine and Paul very close. Paul confesses to the woman that he is starting to have feelings for her, while respecting her bond with Danny. Christine, however, despite still being officially married, admits to having mixed feelings towards him as well, then informing him that she sees nothing wrong with continuing to live her life, thus agreeing to hang out with the man, to whom she becomes increasingly attached.