I understand that following
Cassie Newman's funeral Nikki Newman assured the family, "Cassie will always
be with us" and when Noah Newman returned home later that day for a bowl of
pudding, he snapped at his Aunt Victoria not to even think about sitting at
the table in what used to be Cassie's chair.
I can understand too how the Little League-playing Noah's mind hasn't caught
up to his chronological age and that explains why he had to be told that
Cassie's doll Cindy wouldn't mind if someone sat in Cassie's chair because
Cassie wouldn't be needing it, but what I can't understand is why, months
later, Noah would notice that a Halloween costume worn by Abby Carlton was
just like one Cassie wore.
Do young boys remember things like this? I can't recall as a ten-year-old
that I took much notice of who was wearing what on Halloween. All I thought
about was how much candy I'd haul in that night. Nor did I hang around with
my sister. Unlike Noah, I had male friends my age to go trick or treating
with.
Maybe it's the generation gap. Maybe nowadays boys like Noah are more
interested in tricking than treats. Not that there's anything wrong with
that, not that Noah often stays overnight with friends named Adam and Gayle
and his parents might want to check to see if he's wearing pink Speedo's,
but isn't Noah a tad young to be showing an interest in feminine attire?
It's not like Noah heard Jack Abbott say he'd like to "rock" Brad Carlton's
world, is it? For those who don't know, when a man - not that Jack is one -
says he wants to rock another man's world it means he wants to have sex with
him.
Without digressing into how Jack and Brad coming out of the closet would be
a good thing, let me just say it: Noah is gay. His sexual orientation came
to light nearly two years ago when he was seen baking cupcakes with his
mother. This act of a girlie-boy reminded me of a time my homophobic father
caught me helping my mother hang laundry out to dry. "Only queers do women's
work," Dad yelled at me along with a warning that if he ever caught me doing
women's work again he'd knock the snot out of me.
Noah's gayness wasn't supposed to be the subject of this report but had to
be mentioned because once again this week the kid was babbling about his
dead sister's garb, Abby was spewing how Halloween was/is Cassie's favorite
day and I'm sick of it!
I'm sick of hearing how Cassie became an angel and flies over Genoa City
each hour of every day keeping watch over selected members of the Newman
family, Noah in particular. I'm sick of spoiled brats
taking part in costume contests at that godforsaken Athletic Club where a
photo of last year's winner just happened to be on display and that winner
just happened to be Cassie. Does any Athletic Club anywhere hold Halloween
contests? This gym/restaurant/motel is not a high school with a glass
display case of the football team's trophies in the hall for all to see.
Just when, exactly, did Cassie participate in the contest last year? Wasn't
she too busy trying to find a way to use the condom in her purse? Wasn't
Cassie too busy horseback riding? Equestrian was, as Nick Newman said,
Cassie's "favorite sport". It did explain why Noah had to tell Cassie's
horse she wouldn't be riding it anymore.
Isn't Valentine's Day Cassie's favorite day? Or, was that Colleen Carlton's
day? How would Abby know what Cassie's favorite day is and why would she
steal it? Abby said today Halloween's her favorite day just like it was
Cassie's day. An amazing statement it was given that Abby wasn't exactly
Cassie's best friend, knew much about her, or that the 14-year-old Cassie
hung out with a 6-year-old.
And how sweet was it for Abby to win this year's contest and, giving the
trophy to Noah, told him she didn't want it and to put it next to Cassie's
trophy as if there's some shrine somewhere so that Cassie might live on in
perpetuity.
Hasn't this dredging up of
Cassie's haunting memory every other month gone on long enough?
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