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by Brent Kellogg
July 4, 2008

This being Friday and the 4th of July and some folks off on vacation, it being that I could use a break from writing about the mundane 2008 4th in Genoa City, which you can read about in the newsbrief, and given that I'm somewhat intrigued by going back into GC history, I thought what better day than to recall what happened on the 4th of July three years ago.

There was no flag-waving patriotic speech that year at what we used to call the Abbott Hotel where annual 4th of July parties had been held in the past. But there was plenty of disjointed discussion and mind boggling items of interest the most laughable of which was the patronizing of the long forgotten Diane Jenkins and her baby, Kyle Abbott.

For all the trouble Jack Abbott and his then wife Phyllis Summers went through to force Diane into giving up Kyle, damn but what they turned the kid over to Diane who had taken the boy long ago to Florida. Now, suddenly, on the 4th of July, Jack had his sad face on when it became apparent Diane wasn't going to show up for the party.

Not that Diane had been invited, there was no mention that she had. It was taken for granted that each year the Abbott's throw a party and she's expected to bring Kyle. Incredibly, Ashley Carlton thought Diane was going to be there too and when Jack said it wasn't to be, quipped, "I know how much it meant to you to have Kyle here."

Not to be upstaged, 9-year-old Noah Newman asked if he could go swimming in the pool and was told he could so long as mommy watched over him. Noah, a little league baseball all-star, didn't understand the logic so Sharon Newman explained. Noah is "not a strong swimmer yet." Noah still didn't get it. Doesn't mommy know that his half-sister is watching over him? Had Sharon forgotten Cassie Newman went into the sky so she could become a Guardian Angel and she's watching over him and won't let anything bad happen to him?

Sharon's ears might have been burning for at that moment, in the dark and dangerous at night park, which is so safe in the daytime the squirrels come out to watch the nuts, Victor and Nikki Newman were strolling along and reminiscing when Victor's radar went off. Was Nikki thinking about Cassie again?

Nikki said it was true. In fact, she was especially thinking of Cassie because the 4th of July "was her [Cassie's] favorite holiday" much the way Valentine's Day is Colleen Carlton's favorite and don't forget Paul 'Clueless' Williams' favorite meal sauerkraut and spare ribs. From there the elderly Newmans rehashed their angry son and whether Nick would ever get over Cassie's death.

Victor confirmed Nick is "stricken with grief" and "rage", but he made no mention of how quickly Nick forgot all about the death of his own biological son. Victor did say too that in time of Sharon's grief they are "being there" for the slut yet not only hadn't they seen Sharon in days they had no knowledge or intention of being with her at the Abbott party because Victor had made special arrangements with Athletic Supporter manager Gina Roma to keep the club open this holiday just for him much the way Roma had kept the club open during inventory for Bobby Marsino.

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