1989 (#15) - Cassandra's betrayals and George's deadly revenge

As the months go by, George's condition gradually seems to improve, even though he is aware that he does not have long to live. His wife Cassandra is obviously by his side and caring for him, convinced that the man doesn't remember anything about his confession; however, she doesn't imagine that her husband is slowly bringing back her memories and that, therefore, he doesn't trust her at all. And being convinced that Cassandra is cheating on him, George rents a room right in front of Paul's apartment, spying from morning to night with binoculars. George's observations always seem to be disappointing, until the man's suspicions materialize: his wife Cassandra and his friend Paul, whom he has always considered as a son, are lovers. The image of the two in each other's arms throws George into a blinding rage that leads him to harbor a desire for revenge. George, thus, begins to put in place an accurate plan that must absolutely be infallible. After painstakingly filing the safety pin on his gun, George asks Paul to have it repaired; later, George himself writes a letter in which he accuses Paul of fraud, creating a series of fake invoices on which Paul allegedly made money in his surveillance work at Ra-Tech. George then skillfully staged an argument in front of an astonished Paul, so that Victor could hear them. When Paul finally returns the repaired gun to George, who thus obtains the man's fingerprints on his gun, the plan can finally be put into action. By hiring a serial killer to kill with George's gun without leaving prints, the man gets himself killed so that Paul can be blamed. It upsets Brittany to find her uncle's body in a pool of blood first. And the upset of everyone, Paul first along with two destroyed Patricia and Ernest, soon turns to disbelief when Paul is accused and arrested for fraud and put on the list of prime suspects in the investigation of George's murder. It is at this moment that Paul, should the police discover that he and Cassandra are having an affair, realizes alarmed that he could be accused of murder.

1988 (#25) - The shock of Cassandra's confession and George's heart attack

More and more passionately and sentimentally involved with Paul, Cassandra begins to be sincerely in love with the man and, realizing she has to find a way out of this increasingly unsustainable situation, she becomes convinced of Paul's thesis of having to confess everything to George before he finds out on his own. On a cold autumn evening, Cassandra finally finds the courage to confess to George that she loves another man and, taking care not to reveal his identity, asks him for a divorce. The man, shocked by the woman's revelations that actually confirm what has always been his suspicions, without even being able to utter a word but a few whispers, falls to the ground suffering from a heart attack. Shocked by what happened, Cassandra immediately calls for help and, thanks also to Brittany's prompt intervention, George is transported to the hospital. Here, all of George's family and friends, including Paul himself, who wonders more and more insistently whether Cassandra may have had an impact on the man's heart attack. When cornered, the woman finally confesses to having actually told George the whole truth, but when she wakes up she shows, or pretends, that she no longer remembers anything. When the doctors warn Cassandra that her husband is particularly weak, the woman postpones the confession to a more suitable moment, deciding to wait for him to get well again. Paul is impressed by Cassandra's choice to put her husband's health first, a gesture that makes him realize that he cares very much about the woman. Despite the passage of weeks, however, George's condition does not seem to improve, and the doctors warn Cassandra and Paul that the man has only a few months to live, having found in him the symptoms of a terminal illness. The news causes a deep shock to the two of them, who decide not to say anything to George and to wait for his death to make their union official; despite, however, between the two continue the moments of strong intimacy.

1988 (#18) - George's impotence, the request to Paul and Brittany's suspicions

Some time after the famous dinner where Paul discovered Cassandra's identity, Paul himself does not expect George to ring his doorbell. Initially convinced that George has found out all about his relationship with Cassandra, before Paul can make a big mistake is George talking, saying he needs the help of the man who realizes that George has chosen him as a friend to vent his marital problems. A worried George confides to Paul that he suffers from impotence and is afraid that because of his problems Cassandra might betray him; in fact, George reveals to suspect that Cassandra sees a man younger than him, not noticing Paul's rather embarrassed expression. Sure at this point that George wants to entrust him with the task of verifying Cassandra's betrayals, George once again amazes Paul by asking him to have a child with his wife. The request puzzles Paul, but George justifies this proposal by saying that a pregnancy would certainly alienate any possible lover and bring him closer to his youngest wife. Paul, convinced that Cassandra wants everything less than a pregnancy, categorically rejects the man's proposal, not hiding a veil of concern about his situation. Brittany, meanwhile, begins to study Cassandra's behavior by going to feed the doubts of her uncle George, who however rejects the niece's thesis that Cassandra would have married him only for his money. The burden of bearing and holding his story with Cassandra, for Paul, becomes even harder when unexpectedly Mary and Carl tell Paul to accept and be happy for his relationship with Cassandra, considered to be a more suitable woman for him than Lauren. All this, of course, until Mary discovers that Cassandra is a married woman, a situation that is unacceptable to Mary and that increasingly convinces Paul to end his relationship with Cassandra, who, however, does not want to hear reasons and manages, with the weapon of seduction, to control every action of Paul.

1988 (#14) - George's party and the discovery of Cassandra's true identity

When Paul was invited by his friend George Rawlins to a family party, he did not expect to receive the biggest shock of his life. George, a wealthy entrepreneur who owns Ra-Tech, a company for which Paul has served as a security guard, is in fact an old friend of Paul's, who is happy to accept the invitation offered to him. However, Paul is shocked when George introduces him to Cassandra, his wife. The evening goes on apparently quietly but with Paul who sees all his certainties broken inside him, unable to imagine that the woman and lover he has been seeing for months is the attractive wife of one of his dearest friends. The situation becomes even more embarrassing when George asks Paul about his love life and introduces her to his beautiful niece Brittany Norman, daughter of his sister Patricia Rawlins and her husband Ernest Norman, who seems interested in Paul. He finds it absurd how Cassandra is comfortable joking about a possible flirtation between Paul and Brittany and, at the same time, trying to get close to Paul to satisfy his desires. Convinced that Cassandra doesn't have all her marbles , Paul leaves determined to end all relations with the woman, also out of respect for his friend George. Cassandra, however, in the following weeks manages to drive Paul completely crazy, who realizes that he can not resist the temptations of Cassandra, able to literally make the man lose his head.