Adam Newman’s *wink wink* death, the short version:
Victor and Chloe conspire to forge Sage’s fake diary (and fudge an autopsy), which implicates Adam in the murder of Constance Bingham. To avoid a 30 year sentence, Adam pleads guilty to the charge, and is sentenced to ten years in prison. Feeling guilty for what he has done to his son, Victor breaks Adam out of jail, arranges to have Chelsea take Connor and meet Adam at a cabin in the woods, where they reunite and await a private jet to shuffle them out of the country. Unfortunately, Connor gets sick and is unable to fly, so Chelsea leaves the cabin (with new friend and ally, Nick) to get medical help for her son. She returns to the cabin just as it explodes with Adam presumably inside. Twist: Before Chelsea left Genoa City, Chloe planted a tracking devise inside of Connor’s favorite stuffed toy, so she would know exactly where Chelsea was meeting Adam. Seeking the ultimate revenge on the man who killed her daughter, Chloe sneaks into the cabin as soon as Chelsea leaves, catches Adam totally off guard, shoots him with a tranquilizer dart, blows up the cabin to hide the evidence, and totally gets away with it… until now?
At first I questioned whether Chloe was behind the cabin explosion. Naturally, it seemed too coincidental not to be convinced that after having just tranquilized Adam with the dart gun and the explosion following suit Chloe should be held responsible for both schemes , but I harbored a theory that perhaps the explosion was set up by Adam and Victor to mislead Chloe into believing Adam was dead. Now that they have presented the scene with Chloe removing the dart gun along with a crescent wrench it is clear that the writers intended to leave no doubt as to the… Read more »
When I saw the wrench in Chole’s hand, I thought “oh, ok, that’s how Chole turned on the gas”, ~at the cabin~.
I find your theory not only plausible, but much preferred than pinning it all on Chole. The actress is leaving YR, so having Chole take all the blame seems like what the writers are doing.