1989 (#25) - Derek's suicide and the marriage between Scott and Lauren

The happiness and tranquility at home of the reunited Grainger and Blair family, unfortunately, lasts only a short time. Jessica, Jim, Scott and Christine, not having a house where everyone can live, their respective apartments being inadequate, decide to move temporarily to the Genoa City Hotel, waiting for final accommodation. Just when Christine finally seems to have found the smile and the joy of living, thanks also to Danny's love, however, here is the threatening Derek again, who just to better keep Christine under observation is hired at the hotel where he lives. For days and days Derek studies the habits of the family and waits for Christine to be alone in the room; and using the second key used by the hotel staff, Derek manages to enter the room. Faced with a terrified Christine, Derek does not break down and orders the woman to withdraw her charges so that the trial against her will be dropped. While a frightened Christine begs Derek not to hurt her, Jim and Scott return to the room, finding Derek shocked to put a gun to Christine's head. While Jim tries to talk some sense into Derek, Scott takes the initiative, kicking the gun and dropping it on the floor, triggering a violent collusion with the man. Derek is in time to pick up the gun and shoot Scott, but in the end he gets the upper hand and points the gun at Derek, while Jim calls the police. Derek, however, not at all intent on ending up in the hands of the authorities, surprisingly throws himself from the hotel, killing himself. Fortunately, the blow suffered by Scott was light and the wound is only marginal. However, very upset by what happened, Scott, having realized that life is too short to postpone his dreams, instinctively asks Lauren, in a rush of love, to become his wife, wanting to plan a future with her from this moment on. The woman, who also finds the closeness of her mother Joanna, who returned to Genoa City specifically to meet Scott, is very happy to marry the man. A few days later, the two celebrate their union before God and the whole family, still upset by Derek's events but determined to put this period behind them. After moving into Lauren's luxurious home, Scott and the woman began to build their life together.

1989 (#16) - Christine's rape and Derek's escape during the investigation

After firing Chase, Jack decides to fill the post left vacant by the man as Jabot's marketing director at Derek Stuart. Derek, an ambitious and capable man thrilled to work under Jack's orders, who seems to appreciate the guy's character, shows an immediate interest in Christine. The girl, still shaken by the forced breakup with Scott, is pleasantly impressed by the man's kindness, who begins to show himself openly with the girl, despite the fact that she has made clear her willingness to do things very calmly, having to metabolize her recent experience. Behind Derek's polite and seemingly sincere ways, however, lies a very dangerous man. One evening, with an excuse, Derek shows up at Christine's with Chinese take-away food; Christine appreciates the idea of having dinner together, and the two of them joke and dance like two boys in love. But when Derek starts laying his hands on the woman, what seemed to be a quiet evening at home turns into a nightmare for Christine. The girl tried to stop Derek but she is overwhelmed by him who, in the grip of alcohol, rapes her all night long. The next day Christine finds the strength to throw the man out of the house and, afterwards, she asks Nina for help who, finding her completely distraught and upset, takes her to the hospital as soon as she informs her about the strupo. Here, the doctors urge Christine to go to the police, where she finds the courage, thanks to the proximity of Jim and Scott as well as the psychologist Beth Conway, to denounce the man. Derek immediately claims that Christine had been willing and now accuses him only of regretting losing her virginity; and Derek's own lawyer, John Silva, tries to discredit Christine hoping to drop the charges against the man. However, Scott and Chase manage to find a witness who confesses before Judge Jeffrey Harris that she was also raped by Derek at school three years earlier, admitting that she did not press charges because the school did not encourage her to do so. Before Derek can be found guilty by the jury, although he continues to claim his innocence and promises to prove it, it is Derek's own lawyer who realizes he is defending a guilty man. John thus decides to propose to Derek to call the prosecutor to confess in order to get a reduced sentence; however, John's reasoning and proposal becomes all useless, since Derek has already escaped.