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Robertson Enterprises; The Studio
 
Robin
moves up to the large communal table in the studio and opens a folio with some
of the large prints that she is working on for an upcoming Robertson Enterprises
ad-campaign. She, and the rest of the Robertson team, has been thrilled by the
RELax numbers of the Christmas season, so she is putting together a small re-launch
for the spring because they want to keep the momentum going with the line.
As she looks at the images in front of her, she can't help but put her hand
to the necklace that is around her neck. The necklace that Cory
gave her for Christmas, which has the birthstone of the daughter that they lost
all those years ago. She smiles thinking about how thoughtful Cory was with the
gift, as she was supportive of Sophie after her miscarriage. They had been distant
after Cory admitted that he and Penny
slept together before she went back to her farm; but the gift, and the ordeal
with Sophie, has made Robin remember why she and Cory fell in love with one another
in the first place.
"I hope I'm not interrupting," Cory chuckles
from behind Robin as he moves into he studio.
Robin turns to face her
former lover. "Cory, what brings you by?"
"I was at the
Sugarbowl and thought you might want your favorite drink," Cory reveals to
her as he passes her a cup.
"White chocolate mocha with raspberry
drizzle?" Robin asks him as Cory chuckles back to her with a nod. "Thank
you, that's very sweet of you."
"I guess you're always on my
mind," Cory replies to her quickly. "I know you probably have a million
things to do today with the holiday season being over but…but I was hoping
I could see you again."
"What do you mean?" Robin asks
shim quickly. "You're seeing me right now."
Cory chuckles again.
"I know, but I was hoping for a more private setting. Like… maybe the
two of us could get dinner?"
"Cory Calvin," Robin looks
back at him with intent. "Are you asking me out on a date?"
Cory
winks back at her. "I guess I am," he nods back to her. "So, what
do you say, Robin, will you have dinner with me? On a date?"
***
 
Meanwhile, downstairs, Donovan
sits behind his desk in his office reviewing the latest sales figures from RELax
over the holiday season. He can't believe how successful the holiday season was;
he is proud that the company was able to pull this launch off, mostly Victoria
and Jeff.
He shakes his head at the idea of his sister being involved with Jeff; it was
the last thing that he expected, especially since Jeff had been living with Leah
for the last few years and they have children together. That being said, he knows
that, sometimes, the heart can't control what it wants, and Victoria and Jeff
clearly have a connection to one another.
He sighs when he thinks about
his own romantic life and how Sergio
had advised him that he thinks that they need a break. He realizes that Sergio
is still reeling from the fact that he and Lukas
slept together the previous year during their heated custody battle with Abby,
but it was just a one-time fling between two men fighting for their son. Now,
he has no idea if he will ever be able to regain the trust he and Sergio once
had.
"Knock, knock," Jarrod
says as he opens the door to his friends office and moves inside. "I found
you!"
"Jarrod?" Donovan stands up with an arched eyebrow.
"What…what are you doing here?"
"To be honest, I don't
have many friends in this town yet, and I was hoping we could continue to get
to one another; the couple times we've met, you seemed cool and chill."
Donovan chuckles back to him. "I can say the same for you," he admits
to him. "I don't have a lot of time, but we can chat for a bit."
"Or I can schedule something that works with your day? I know you're
probably busy af around here."
Donovan nods back to him. "Never
a dull moment, that's for sure," he replies to him. "How about you and
I get lunch? Say 12:30 at the Pink Flamingo?"
"I'll be there,"
Jarrod laughs at him. "And Donovan, I meant just friends; I'm back with the
man I love and won't want anything to come between us."
"I also
have a man in my life, or it's complicated, so I am good with friends," Donovan
winks back at him. "See you at 12:30!"
The Sugarbowl
 
Despite sitting in the back booth
of the coffeehouse, the clinks and clanks of glasses that baristas are working
with can be heard as Simona
and Sergio sit across from one another, each with a hot latte in front of them.
The chilly winter air makes it continue to be desired to have a hot beverage,
which the siblings do.
"I really had wished we could have escaped
to Mexico over the holiday season," Simona sighs to her brother before she
takes a sip of her latte. "It's has been too long since we've been home."
Sergio finds himself nodding back to her. For years, he and Simona spent Christmas
with their parents. Five years earlier, however, there was a horrific car accident
that took the lives of their parents, and they have never had the same experience
at the holidays. Still, he finds himself longing to be back in his home country
during the season; if anything, as another way to feel close to his parents.
"Me too," Sergio admits to her. "It's been too long, Simona.
Maybe we should ask for sometime off work and go there together? You know los
padres would have loved that."
"I suppose I could try to escape
from the police station for a while," Simona chuckles back to him. "For
once, I don't have a million cases on the go. How about you? Do you think Donovan
would mind if you left town for awhile?"
"I…I guess I haven't
told you," Sergio says before he takes another sip of his latte. "I
told Donovan that we are on a break; I…I don't know where we stand right
now."
"I am guessing this has to do with his fling with Lukas
last year?"
"How'd you guess?" Sergio chuckles back to
her uneasily.
"I know you're upset with him," Simona tells her
brother. "And I can't believe I'm saying this because I was against the idea
of you and Donovan in the first place, but I saw firsthand how happy you two were
together. So, I have to ask, are you sure you want to throw Donovan away over
one night with his ex-husband? Especially considering what they were going through
at the time? Maybe, just maybe, they got caught up in the custody trial and it…just
happened?"
"That's what Donovan has tried to tell me over and
over again," Sergio tells her quickly. "And I don't deny that it could
have happened that way; the piece that I am struggling with is that he lied to
me about it for months. If there wasn't more to their fling, why would he lie
to me repeatedly over and over again?"
"Maybe this trip is coming
at the right time? You could clear your head and try to figure out where your
heart really lies?" Simona suggests to him. "Think about it Sergio;
we could both get what we want from this trip."
Rome, Italy
Frederick
sits at an Italian café in Rome, which is overlooking the Coliseum. It
has been years since he's been in Rome, and he has found himself getting caught
up in the sights, the food, and the wine. Of course, he knows that he is there
on a mission: he is determined to find Felicia,
as he believes that Dominick
has whisked her away to keep them away from one another. The thought of Dominick
having his wife continues to make his blood boil, which is why he is determined
to find her.
He picks up a glass of merlot and takes a sip of it while
he looks at the screen of his phone. He reads the latest email from his private
investigator, which has no new information. He sighs heavily and sets his phone
back down on the table.
"This is beginning to feel hopeless,"
he whispers to himself. "Rome is a huge city, I have no leads as to where
Dominick or Felicia could be; and for all I know, they aren't even in Rome."
He takes another glass of his wine. "Perhaps I will go home and hope
that my PI can uncover something? It would beat me looking around this city without
justification and save me money on the hotel that I am staying at. Yes, that's
what I will do, I will head home and press my PI to uncover something concrete
to Felicia's whereabouts before I come back to Italy."
He picks up
his phone and starts to respond to the email. "I'm heading back to Twin Peaks,
do not stop searching for my wife, and let me know the minute you have a concrete
lead," he writes into the email.
"I won't let you win, Dominick,"
Frederick grits his teeth together. "Now when it comes to my wife!"
One Day House; Second Level Offices
 
Paige
slowly steps off the elevator into the hallway of the second level of the One
Day House. She knows that Ethan
has his office here and she is desperate to see her brother. She is still reeling
from the fact that
Will had her served with lawsuit papers in an attempt to prevent her from
giving their unborn child up for adoption. Paige can't believe that he would try
to take her decision away from her; in her mind, this is her body, and so, it
is her decision to make.
She knocks on the door and hears Ethan reply
with, "Come in." So, she opens the door and moves into the office, as
Ethan looks up from some of the paperwork that he is looking at. "Paige,
hi."
"Hi," she says moving closer to the desk. "I
didn't get to see you over the holiday's; I hope you had a nice Christmas?"
"Georgina didn't really grasp the season this year," Ethan chuckles
to her. "I'm already looking forward to this year, I think it will be a great
time."
"I bet," Paige nods back to her. "I still can't
believe that you have a child with Abby, of all people."
"I
know you and Abby have never seen eye to eye, but she does make me happy, Paige."
"I hope it stays that way," Paige tells him. "But I came here
today because I need to see you and it's important."
Ethan arches
his eyebrow back to her. "Alright, what's going on?"
"This,"
she passes him an envelope that she pulls out of her large Chanel purse. "Will
Coutts is suing me; he is trying to prevent me from giving my baby up for adoption."
Ethan reads the papers and then looks back at her. "I can't believe he
would do this," he tells her quickly. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I need a strong lawyer to fight the son of a bitch," Paige
glares back at him. "This is my body, it's my choice. I don't want anyone,
especially a man, tell me what I can and can't do with my child or my body."
"I hear you. Are you asking me to take this case?"
"Please
Ethan," Paige nods back to him. "I know we have a history, but I'm hoping
you'll help me with this case."
"You're my sister," Ethan
looks back at her. "Of course, I will help you, Paige. I'll do everything
in my power to help you keep your power."
"Thank you,"
Paige smiles back to him. "I appreciate this so much. Now, what is our first
step?"
Roboto
 
Natasha sits behind the large desk in the CEO office of Roboto as she is reading
some emails on her laptop. She can't believe that Robertson Enterprises had such
a strong holidays season due to the RELax launch; she knows that her and her team
will have to counter something to help get Roboto back on top.
What is
also on her mind is that Sophie was rather cold to her on Christmas Day; she realizes
that her daughter is still struggling to get over her miscarriage, but she had
hoped that she and Sophie would have been able to have a nice Christmas together.
What is the positive, though, is that Shane stopped by the mansion on Christmas
and she and her estranged fiancé shared a close moment. After everything
that has happened, she hopes that she and Shane can put their relationship back
together. She shuts her eyes for a moment and can't help but think about the night
she and Max
slept together; she knows that if she and Shane reunite, she will have to keep
that a secret from him. At the time, she needed comfort from a man, and Max was
also in need of a connection, so the sex just happened. She has told Max that
it meant nothing, which he agreed and they are going to move on, which is exactly
what Natasha wants.
"I called the mansion and Rosario told me that
you already came into the office," Shane announces as he opens the door to
her office door.
"Shane, I wasn't expecting to see you today. I thought
you'd be at the hospital?" Natasha stands up and moves closer to him.
"I wanted to see you before my shift starts," Shane admits to her
as they lock eyes with one another. "I…I had a really great time at
Christmas with you and the family, Nat."
Natasha smiles back to him
as she feels her heart flutter in her chest. "I…I had a nice time too,
Shane. It felt like we were able to mend some of our fences that day."
"We did," Shane nods back to her. "I've just realized that
I still love you, Natasha. Despite everything, I love you and I want us to be
together."
Natasha pulls Shane into a hug and feels her eyes swell
with water. "I love you too," she whispers back to him. "More than
you'll ever know."
They exit their embrace and Shane pulls Natasha
into a passionate kiss, both of them thrilled that they are finally back on good
terms.
The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino
 
Sophie sits at a table in the restaurant with a martini in front of her. Her
mind is racing over the fact that she went to talk to Max before Christmas and
she saw him in bed with Natasha. She can't believe that her mother would sleep
with her boyfriend, but then again, she knows that Natasha can be incredibly selfish.
On top of that, she knows that Max was upset with her for sleeping with Logan,
even though that was a drunken mistake.
"I…I have to get myself
together," she whispers to herself before she takes a sip of her drink. "I
was pretty harsh to Natasha on Christmas Day; she's going to start to suspect
something is going on with me, which there is. I mean…how the hell could
she sleep with my boyfriend after I just lost my baby? Ugh, she never ceases to
amaze me."
She takes another long sip of her drink before she sets
the glass down. "What I'd really like to do is get back at her," Sophie
continues to whisper to herself. "I'll be damned if I let my mother treat
me this way and just expect me to take it."
Before she can say anything
else, she feels a shadow over her table. She looks up and sees Max standing in
front of her. "Hey Soph," he says with an uneasy smile on his face.
"I'm glad I ran into you because I think we need to talk."
***
 
Andy'
sits at the bar with a whiskey in front of him. He has continued to drink since
Nicholas
made the decision to go back to Jarrod; since that evening in Nicholas' office,
Andy has felt completely numb. Just a few short weeks earlier, Andy and Nicholas
were sheer moments away from being married, only to have Melissa
stop the ceremony with the revelation that Jarrod is alive and well. For Nicholas
to, now, want to give his relationship a try because he thought that had Melissa
not faked his death, they would still be together, has rocked Andy's entire world.
On Christmas Day, Andy was alone, and he found a bottle of whiskey in his cupboard.
He knows that it was Nicholas' bottle, but Andy certainly celebrated the holiday
by sinking the rest of the bottle himself. Since that night, he has continued
to drink, even though, no one knows that he is drinking yet.
"I suppose
everyone will find out soon enough that I am drinking, and to be honest, I don't
fucking care," he chuckles to himself before he picks up his drink and finishes
it quickly. The bartender asks if he wants another, and he shakes his head no,
knowing that he has to drive home safely still. However, behind him, Kim stands
in shock, as she just realized that Andy might have finished a drink.
"No,"
she whispers to herself in shock. "Please tell me you're not drinking, Andy.
Please tell me that I am seeing things."
The Calimo Mansion
"Well, alright, when you put it that way, I guess you're right, we do
have somethings to talk about," Madeline uneasily looks back at Robbie, who
just told her that they have to talk. "What's on your mind?"
"New
Year's Eve, for starters," Robbie puts his hand on his waist. "You claimed
everything was a lie, Madeline. What are you talking about? What is a lie?"
Madeline gulps back to him heavily. She knew that her lashing out would cause
issues with Robbie, but she was trying to cope with the grief of her taking Kim's
baby.
"You have to understand," Madeline uneasily looks back
at him quickly. "I've been struggling with this postpartum; I was in the
midst of an episode, Robbie. I'm…I'm really sorry about what happened."
"You have to understand how concerned I am about you," Robbie tells
her. "This isn't the first time you've seemingly had an episode, or pushed
me, or Bobby, away."
"I know all of that," Madeline lies
to him quickly. "The fact is, my behaviour on New Year's Eve really startled
me, and that's why I've made an appointment with a doctor."
Robbie
arches his eyebrow back to her in surprise. "You have?"
"I
have," Madeline nods back to him. "I want to get better so I can be
the best mother possible to our little boy, Robbie. He needs me, and I need him,
so I am taking the steps to get healthy. Please…please tell me that you believe
me and that you will support me?"
Robbie pulls her into a hug and
holds her for a minute. "That's all I want," Robbie tells her as they
exit their embrace. "I want you to be healthy again, Madeline."
"I will be, Robbie. I promise you, I will be."
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