<P> In 1997, Sharon and Nick's newborn son, Noah Newman (Robert Adamson) becomes ill and it is believed that he may die . As a result, Sharon's best friend Grace Turner (Jennifer Gareis) tracks down the baby Sharon gave up for adoption, Cassie, who had been adopted by a woman named Alice Johnson (Tamara Clatterbuck). However, Alice abandoned Cassie, and her frail, elderly mother Millie ended up caring for her . Millie reluctantly allows Grace to bring Cassie to Genoa City . When Noah survives, Grace decides to keep Cassie, wanting to raise the six - year - old with her boyfriend Tony Viscardi (Nick Scotti). Sharon meets Cassie, unaware that she is her daughter . A year later, Sharon learns the truth about Cassie being her daughter . In the process, Grace attempted to run away with Cassie, but her plans are foiled . Cassie is soon adopted by Sharon and Nick . At age eleven, Cassie almost drowns in a frozen pond . </P> <P> In 2003, Frank Barritt shows up in town, surprising Sharon and Cassie at Fenmore's Boutique, without divulging to Cassie who he is . Cassie and Frank share another encounter at Crimson Lights . Frank, having read about her near - death in the pond, wants to form a relationship with his daughter . Nick warns Frank to stay away, and Sharon simply tells Cassie that Frank is someone from her past . Later, Cameron Kirsten (Linden Ashby) murders Frank and frames Sharon . At the time of his death, Frank had plans to look into his parental rights with Cassie . Nick and Sharon tell Cassie that Frank was her father, and the prospect of never knowing her biological father devastates her . </P> <P> In 2005, Cassie turns fourteen and yearns to be a part of the "popular kids" clique at school . She develops a crush on Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei), who is two years older than her, and socializes with the older teens: Daniel, Lily Winters (Christel Khalil), Colleen Carlton (Lyndsy Fonseca), Devon Hamilton (Bryton James), and Sierra Hoffman (Asia Ray Smith). The five of them laugh behind Cassie's back at her attempts to act mature around them . Cassie begins rebelling, skipping classes and being rude to her parents . One night, Cassie attends a party, despite telling her parents that she was going to see a movie . At the party, she finds a drunken Daniel passed out, and decides to drive him home to the Newman ranch, where he lives with his mother Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford). Cassie, who is under - age and without a license, crashes the car, injuring herself significantly, and Daniel to a lesser extent . Daniel and Cassie are both rushed to the hospital with no memories of the crash, and it is believed that Daniel drove while intoxicated . A severely injured Cassie remembers that she was driving, and staggers out of the hospital to find Daniel and tell him . Nick finds her at Crimson Lights where she collapses, and dies hours later at the hospital with Nick and Sharon by her side; she manages to tell Nick part of the truth, and promises her parents that they will have another daughter . In grief over her death, Nick cheats on Sharon with Phyllis, resulting in the birth of a daughter, Summer Newman (Hunter King), which ends his marriage to Sharon . </P> <P> After her death, Cassie appears on multiple occasions to both Nick and Sharon as a spirit or in a dream . In 2009, she visits Sharon in a dream, while she is pregnant with Nick's child . Sharon gives birth to a daughter, Faith Newman (Alyvia Alyn Lind), who is stolen at birth by Adam Newman (Michael Muhney), and it is believed for six months that she was stillborn . Nick and Sharon are reunited with Faith in 2010 . Before this, Cassie visits Sharon and assures her that she will be reunited with her daughter . In 2013, Cassie made various appearances as an apparition to Sharon while she was off her bipolar disorder meds, and had altered DNA test results between Nick and Summer in order to get closer to Nick . Cassie continued appearing in dreams and visions to Sharon throughout 2014 . </P>

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