youngandtherestless

The daily battles with Jill drove Katherine to untold levels of desperation.  Instead of falling back into the bottle again, she made her way to a bridge and considered suicide. 
Instead of jumping off the bridge, she was mugged.  She found herself lost, disoriented and alone with no car keys or identification.  Having been mugged, she looked like she had been on the streets for some time.  A homeless girl names Mac brought her to the Genoa City Shelter. 
Katherine blended, as she always does, and made friends at the shelter.  Mac became her daily companion as well as Birdie, another homeless woman who was also an alcoholic.   

Katherine’s drunken crossing out of the property settlement in her and Phillip’s divorce papers finally came back to bite her in the butt.  Jill took it to court and the judge granted them equal halves of the Chancellor Estate and Jill and Kay became permanent roommates.  Jill entered the estate with an air of entitlement that included demanding round the clock service from Esther, the maid.  The stress level at the Chancellor Estate, once a calm and restful environment in which to live, went through the roof.  The constant, daily stress nearly pushed Katherine back to the bottle again after years of sobriety. 

Jill managed to mess up her marriages to John Abbott and found herself homeless.  Never one to spend a night out in the cold, Jill managed to stay at the Chancellor Estate.  Fond memories of her love affair with Phillip got the better of her and she began snooping around in the attic for memorabilia.  While rummaging around in one box, she found a love letter to her from Phillip and a deed granting her the Chancellor Estate.  Jill took these along with Phillip and Kay’s divorce decree (with the crossed out property settlement) to a good lawyer and sued Kay for the estate. 

Norman Peterson wanted to get Kay’s money so he asked Esther to marry him.  Rex and Kay were wise to his scam and staged a fake wedding, fully intending to keep an eye on the guy.  One day Rex caught Esther’s boyfriend/husband, the con man Norman Peterson, breaking into the estate safe.  Norman then shot Rex who died of his injuries.  Peterson was arrested and went to prison for murdering Rex.  Katherine and the Romalottis mourned Rex’s death.  Esther was eventually forgiven for bringing a murderer into the Chancellor estate.  Esther’s daughter, from her one-night stand with Tiny attended the best boarding schools, courtesy of Katherine Chancellor.  

When Brock popped in unexpectedly to visit his mother, he quickly discovered what was going on and rescued Kay and Esther.  Clint, Robert/Morey and Shirley/Lil all went to prison for their crimes but Katherine believed Marge was just a dupe in the scam and saw to it she went free.  Esther went back to work at the mansion and when her child, a daughter, was born, she named her Kate in honor of Katherine Chancellor.  Rex returned and he and Kay remarried.  Unfortunately, Esther was feeling a need for a mate, answered a personal ad and met con man, Norman Peterson. 

When Marge was ready to pass for Kay, Clint and his team moved on to phase two of their plan and kidnapped Kay as well as the person who knew her best, Esther.  They held them captive well away from the mansion while Marge went to work.  Marge took over Kay’s life and did her best to alienate Rex.  She sold Chancellor Industries and was so effective at driving Rex away that he filed for divorce.  As men do, Rex fell into another’s arms on the rebound.  It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out whose arms were wide open.  Yes, Jill.  Rex fell into Jill’s arms on the rebound and even intended to marry her.

When Esther left Kay’s to work for Nina, Kay and Rex hired a houseman, Robert, and a maid, Shirley, to replace her.  What they didn’t know was that Rex’s former cellmate, Clint Radison, had found a Kay Chancellor look-alike and Robert (real name Morey) and Shirley (real name Lil) were in on a grand plan to fleece Katherine of everything she owned.  The look-alike was a waitress at a diner outside of town.  Her name was Marge Catrooke.  Robert and Shirley paid close attention to everything that went on at the mansion and coached Marge on how to play Kay believably.

Nina Webster Chancellor (more on her later) managed to lure Esther away from Kay’s employ with promises that Esther would never have to wear a maid’s uniform and Nina would help Esther find a man.  One night, they went out on the town and Esther managed to pick up a guy at a bar.  The facts that his nickname was Tiny and he was a plumber were all that Esther knew about him.  They had a one night stand but Esther convinced herself it was love.  After their night of passion, Tiny never called Esther again.  It wouldn’t have been such a big deal if not for the fact that Esther was pregnant by Tiny.

For years, Jill and Kay stewed in their hatred for each other but kept the scams and manipulations on the back burner as life moved on.  Jill was the first one to start.  She recruited a park bench bum, cleaned and classed him up and then paid him to sweep Katherine off her feet.  Even though Rex was really Brian Romalotti, the father of Danny and Gina, this plan blew up in Jill’s face.  He and Kay fell in love and Kay didn’t care who he really was.  Rex offered to and signed a prenup and he and Kay got married.

Derek, now a widower and free of Suzanne as well, found himself the sole heir to the Chancellor fortune.  He and Jill planned to be married and it would have happened if Kay hadn’t shown up at the wedding.  Instead of tossing Derek to the curb, Kay kept him and her money too, once again leaving Jill out in the cold.  Kay also named the hairdresser head of Chancellor Industries.  They went on a cruise to celebrate but, after a fight, Kay jumped overboard.  She was rescued by (and held captive by) one Felipe Ramirez. 
During their time together, they somehow fell in love and Felipe let Kay return to Genoa City for a divorce.