With the talk again that we'll soon be seeing "on
the edge of your seat drama", and many of us asking,
"how many times have we heard this before?", I was
wondering if this week that shouldn't be this
column's theme.
For example, was Chloe Mitchell and Cane Ashby
running out of gas supposed to be dramatic? As they
waited to flag down a car for a ride to the nearest
gas station, did strange things happen to them? Did
Chloe find herself climbing a telephone pole hoping
to find a way to plug her cellphone in so she could
call for help? Did a police officer come to their
aid and then try to kill them? That, would have been
drama. This, is what we got.
One of the first to leave the Abbott "mansion" -
where a 4th of July party had been thrown for top
advertisers of what Jack Abbott pretty much
considers his magazine - Cane was about to bailout
when Chloe feigned a sprained ankle and needed Cane
to drive her home. Instead of suggesting she call a
taxi, Cane not only agreed to give Chloe a lift, he
drove her car which promptly ran out of gas.
As the story goes, the gas gauge on Chloe's car is
faulty, and yet as most men would do getting into a
strange vehicle, Cane apparently didn't check the
gauge. Despite Chloe's recent history of trapping
him in compromising situations, Cane took her word
that there was plenty of gas. A real man would have
said "we're taking my car", but not Cane.
Keeping in mind that when Cane left the party other
guests were still arriving, what route did he take
back to the city? Is there a back road he would have
taken that it turned out left him stranded three
miles from the nearest gas station? Considering that
earlier Chloe was concerned about the high cost of
gasoline, does that explain why she didn't fill her
tank? If the gauge was broken, how did she know
there was enough gas to get her to the mansion? Was
it dumb luck that the gas ran out once she had Cane
trapped?
Admittedly, I've been known to forget little details
like this, but isn't Chloe a famous fashion model
mentor? Isn't she paid big bucks to work at Jabot
Cosmetics? Wouldn't she then be driving around in a
fancy new car? My 2002 Ford Ranger is old, but the
gas gauge has never not worked, and if it had broke,
poor boy that I am, the truck would have gone
straight away to a mechanic. Like you probably do, I
never drive long distances without my cellphone and
auto club card. Like Cane, whose cellphone is always
ringing, what was wrong with Chloe's phone today of
all days? Or should we say night.
Yes, it was so late that the nearest gas station was
closed by the time Cane reached it on foot. He had
to wait until it opened and then walk the three
miles back to the stranded car. If you're a regular
walker, I bet you would have paid good money to see
fat bellied Cane walked two miles let alone six.
Cane never walks anywhere, except maybe up the
Athletic Supporter stairs when he's on the way to
pork Lily Winters.
Never mind that Genoa City is supposed to be a city
that doesn't sleep, where restaurants and businesses
are open around the clock, why was there no other
cars on the highway? Did all those guests at the
mansion stay overnight too? And where exactly is the
Abbott mansion? When Wally Wallingford can walk to
it with ease, are you seeing Cane and Chloe stranded
on a deserted highway? Did they take the same
shortcut Skye Lockhart took from Chicago to New York
which explains how she wound up today in Genoa City?
