Episode 1006
 
Send Me Straight to Heaven
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: December 13, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Living Legend" Lana Del Rey


Previously on One Day at a Time
- Nicholas and Andy realized that they had to tell Madeline what they have uncovered about Clayton
- Greg learned that Tara was posing as Traci and that she was the one who shot Kim
- Trenyce gave birth to a baby girl
- Cory remembered his name. Penny told her fiancé Gordy, that she was helping Cory recover
- Isabelle told Jacob that she deserved to know where they stood since the truth came out
- Sophie and Natasha fought after she admitted to her mother that showed Cassie the video of her and Shane making love
- Leah, Robin, Jeff, Tyler & Paige all got cryptic texts asking them to meet at Dominick's townhouse


Roboto

"Well, don't just stand there," Isabelle sternly says as she looks at Jacob while they face one another in the main office of Roboto. Isabelle just asked her husband where they stand now that the truth about Natasha's plan to push them together so he wouldn't be with Cassie has been exposed. She has no idea what her husband is thinking about where their future goes from here. "You have to tell me where you think we stand now."

Jacob gulps back to her as he feels his head spinning still about everything that has happened. He still can't believe that Natasha was faking her illness and as a result he married Isabelle, despite trying to make a family unit with Cassie and Carter.

"I wish I knew," he sighs back to her finally. "The truth is, Isabelle, I was in a relationship with Cassie when my mother put this plan into motion. I…I don't know what would have happened if my mother didn't lie to me."

"Does that mean that you regret marrying me?" she asks with tears in her eyes. "Because for me, it meant something Jacob! I meant the vows I said to you!"

"I know you did," Jacob tells her. "And I was committed to making us work; I am just not sure what my feelings for Cassie are right now. I…I was falling in love with her; I was set on making a family with her and my son."

"I see," Isabelle bites her lower lip. "So, what? I am just supposed to wait here in limbo while you figure this out?"

"I'm just asking for some time."

"Okay," Isabelle replies to him as they lock eyes. "But I have to tell you something that might help you make your decision."

Jacob looks back at her in surprise. "What? What do you have to tell me?"

The Cascade Apartments; Cassie, Max & Carter's Home

"I heard about the wedding," Max tells his mother as he pulls a can of beer out of the small fridge and cracks it open. "I can't believe that Natasha was lying about this blood disease. Who the hell does that?"

Cassie sighs back to him heavily as she continues to feel like her blood is boiling over Natasha's deceit. Because of her lie, Cassie feels like she has lost Jacob, maybe forever, even though she still wants nothing more than to be with him.

"That bitch has crossed the line this time," Cassie tells him. "She has hated me for years and she might have finally gotten her revenge on me."

"So, you think it is over for you and Jacob?"

"I don't know," Cassie shrugs her shoulders. "He married Isabelle, I don't know if he wants to stay married to her or what. I guess he must decide what he wants to do, stay married, despite him only marrying Isabelle because of Natasha's lie, or come back to me. At this point, I have no idea what he's going to do."

"His head must be spinning," Max nods back to her. "Give him some time; he just needs to get this sorted. The last thing that he thought was that Natasha was lying to him."

"I know but if I have lost him because of Natasha, I will never forgive her. I will make her pay for what she's done to me."

"You never did tell me," Max looks back at his mother. "How did you piece the lie together?"

"It was Sophie," Cassie reveals to him as Max arches his eyebrow as he thinks about the younger girl that has been flirting with him at Roboto the last few weeks. "She was the one that helped me put together Natasha's lie," she chuckles. "Can you believe it? Natasha's own daughter is the reason that her lie was exposed. If there is a silver lining in all of this mess, it is that."

Holdenville, Oklahoma

Penny opens the door to the barn and moves inside as her fiancé, Gordy, follows her. She looks around and sees Cory near the back of the barn, shoveling some hay into another crate. Penny immediately gets a smile on her face as she believes that Cory could be a huge help around the house and yard.

"Cory, good evening," she says as she moves up to him. "I'm glad you're up, there's someone I'd like you to meet."

Cory puts the shovel down and looks over at the couple moving closer. "Ah, this must be your fiancé that you've been telling me about?"

"Gordon Roberts, but my friends call me Gordy," he extends his hand out to Cory and they shake hands. "You must be Cory?"

"Yea, Cory," he replies to him with a nervous nod. "Sorry, I feel like a jackass since I can't remember my last name."

"Don't worry about it," Gordy tells him. "Penny, she told me that you're struggling with your memory since the plane crash."

"I am, yea," Cory replies to him quickly. "But I did have a memory flash early. It wasn't anything much, but something is better than nothing right?"

"A memory flash? What was it of?" Penny asks him in curiosity.

"I don't know, exactly," Cory admits to her. "I just saw the face of a beautiful, young, blonde girl. We were hugging. Maybe she's my daughter? I…I don't know."

"Well, I was just tellin' Gordy that it's time you get out of the barn," Penny informs him. "You're coming up to the main house; I have an extra bed and you can stay there."

"I don't want to impose."

"You're not, tell him Gordy."

Gordy gulps as he still has reservations about letting a stranger into their home, but he knows that Penny is determined to help him. "Yea, it's fine. We have more than enough space. And who knows, maybe a good nights sleep in a bed and a hot shower will help with the memory loss."

"Well thank you, I don't know how I will ever thank you," Cory smiles back to him, thrilled that he has met such nice people that want to help him.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Shane looks up from his desk when he hears a soft knock on his office door at the hospital. He hopes that Cassie is not back as he recalls how earlier, and Natasha were talking about Jacob when she arrived and raked them over the coals for their plan to keep her away from Jacob. He has too much work to do to deal with Cassie again.

"Come in," he says as the door opens, and he sees Sophie appear. "Sophie, this is a surprise. What brings you by?"

"I…I was here and I ended up at your office," she replies to him. "I guess, I guess I need to know where things stand between you and my mother. And before you say anything, I know that you two have been involved again. I … I saw it with my own eyes."

Shane gulps as he slowly stands up from behind his desk. "I know, your mother told me about the video. You should know that you shouldn't tape people when they don't know that they are being filmed."

"Don't lecture me Shane," Sophie spits back to him. "I want to know why you and my mother are sleeping together again!"

Shane chuckles back to her. "Well, it's not any of your business, but Natasha and I, we are grown close again. In fact, I asked her to marry me."

"You did what?" Sophie gasps back to him. "No, you can't marry my mother, not after everything she has done!"

"That's not for you to decide, Sophie," Shane tells her, as he stays calm as he can tell that she is worked up. "I think you have been through a lot these last few weeks; why don't I take you home and you can get some rest."

"No," Sophie yells back to him as tears flood her eyes. "I don't want or need anything from you, Shane! You've, you've done enough! Just make sure you don't marry my mother, it would be the biggest mistake of your life!"

***

Meanwhile, in Trenyce's hospital room, she rests in her bed while she holds her newborn daughter while Chris, Andrew, Daisy and Cheresa all hover around. Trenyce looks at her new child and already feels like her heart is so full of love already, even though she is just meeting her since she had an emergency c-section.

"Alright, we've been gushing over her long enough," Cheresa looks at her mother before she looks at Chris. "What name have you guys decided to give her? We can't keep calling her baby girl forever."

Trenyce looks over at Chris and arches her eyebrow. "Well, we had been talking about a name, Chris are you sure you want to go with it?"

"I am more than sure," Chris smiles back to his wife. "We … want to call her Albertinah. I miss my Sister each and every day and I thought this would be the perfect way to honor her; and we could call her Tinah for short."

Andrew looks over at Chris and then Trenyce and feels his eyes swell with water at the idea of the baby being named after his former lover. Deep down he knows that he loved Albertinah very much, so this is very fitting. "I…I think that's beautiful," he says.

"Do you want to hold her?" Trenyce looks at Andrew, who gulps again as she passes him the baby.

Cheresa's eyes open wider in surprise and horror at the sight. She still doesn't know if Andrew is the father of the baby because she knows that they slept together; when she told Trenyce that Chris deserved to know the truth, she went into labour, so they never got to finish their conversation. But seeing Andrew hold the baby, it's almost too much to bear for her.

"You did well Trey," Daisy smiles to her niece. "I am so proud of you."

"Thank you," Trenyce wipes a tear away from her eye. "I have my three children, my husband; my life is perfect right now, and I never want it to go away."

"It never will," Chris tells her as he kisses her forehead. "This what our life was meant to look like."

Cheresa clears her throat causing Trenyce look at her with worry. "Sorry," Cheresa uneasily says. "I…I should get going. I want to check in on Greg and Dawn. I'll be back soon?"

"You're always welcome here," Chris tells his daughter. "See you soon."

Trenyce uneasily watches Cheresa leave the room before she returns her focus to her family, as she tries to put the notion that Cheresa will reveal her affair out of her mind.

***

Cheresa, meanwhile, rushes down the hall as he head spins. She can't deny that her parents look happy now that they gave birth to Tinah, but the fact is, she knows that her mother is lying to Chris, and even Andrew. And deep down, she knows that they need to know the truth.

She turns the corner and sees Greg pacing outside of Kim's hospital room. She takes a deep breath as she knows that her adoptive father isn't having such a joyous time as Kim is still on her death bed and she married Robbie, in a shocking move.

"Dad, has there been any update on Kim's status?" she asks as she moves up to him and pulls him into a hug.

"I'm afraid not," Greg replies to her as they exit their embrace. "Congratulations, by the way, I heard that Dawn is going home and that Trenyce gave birth. I am happy that you have some good news."

"Thanks," she forces a smile on her face. "I am praying that things work out for Kim, Dad. I really am."

"I know you are, and I appreciate it. I do have some news for you though."

Cheresa arches her eyebrow back to him. "Really? What is it?"

"I went to see Simona Lopez," Greg reveals to her. "And she caught the person who shot Kim."

"That's great! Hopefully they get locked away for a very long time. Who was it?"

"Remember when you said that Traci reminded you of Tara?" Greg asks her as Cheresa nods back to him. "It's because, Traci is Tara. She just altered her face and was posing as Traci."

"What? How is that possible?" Cheresa gasps back to him. "The woman that kidnapped me was living with us for months and we had no idea?"

"I guess Kim figured it out and Tara snapped," Greg tells his daughter. "She's the one that shot Kim. Tara is the reason my fiancé might die," he explains as Cheresa feels the blood drain from her face.

***

"I am really glad to see you guys," Madeline tells Andy and Nicholas as they stand together in one of the waiting rooms of the hospital. She is happy to see them because she needed a break from the mess that her life is right now; not only did she agree to give Robbie an annulment because he wanted to marry Kim before she died, but she has since heard him profess his love to his wife, so she has no idea where she stands with her husband. "I needed a break from this situation with Kim and Robbie."

"I don't want my sister to die," Andy replies to her as he tries not to get choked up. "But based on the doctors test results, I am surprised that she is still with us."

"But we are here for another reason," Nicholas tells her as he puts his hand on Andy's shoulder. "It's about Clayton."

"Clayton? What about him? Please tell me he's okay? I don't think I can handle any more bad news right now."

"He's fine," Andy tells her quickly. "Nicholas has uncovered some information about him."

"What did uncover?" Madeline asks him.

"Well, for starters, the only reason I married him is because he blackmailed me," Nicholas stuns Madeline as she gasps. "He told me that he had found a clause in Olivia and Preston's will that said if he ever returned that he would inherit all of their money because he was missing for so long."

"That's crazy," Madeline shakes her head back to him. "That would leave Andy and I penniless, basically."

"Right," Andy tells her. "Which is why Nicholas married him."

"But I knew that I had to get the upper hand on him," Nicholas continues to tell her. "Which is why when I saw his phone, I looked at it and he had called my mother. So, I went to see Melissa"

"And what did Melissa say?"

"She told me that Clayton isn't really a Wilkins at all," Nicholas further shocks her. "I don't know if it's true, but I have stolen a toothbrush and we are running another DNA test."

"My God," Madeline feels her eyes swell with water. "He's been playing us, he's been playing me all this time? How…how could he?"

"I wish I knew," Andy tells her. "But it gets worse. He believes the DNA test will prove he's a Wilkins and as such, he has filed a lawsuit against us. He's trying to take our money away from us."

Madeline shakes her head as a tear falls down her cheek as she pulls Andy into a hug. "I…I can't handle this right now. With everything else going on, this is the last thing I needed. To find out my brother isn't my brother and is trying to take everything away from me? Oh no, I won't let him. I refuse to let him do this!"

Dominick's Townhouse

"Alright, we are here, what is this all about?" Abby asks Tyler, Leah, Jeff, Robin and Paige as they stand in the living room of Dominick's townhouse and await for the mysterious person who sent them all text messages asking them to meet at the townhouse.

"I wish I knew but the waiting is killing me," Tyler admits to his family. "Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?"

"No, none," Leah tells her brother, as Jeff and Paige shrug their shoulders.

"It must be important if they wanted the entire family here," Paige tells them.

"I agree," Robin chimes in. "It must be something to do with Dad, or maybe his medical issues?"

"Well whatever it is, we better find out soon," Abby sneers at them. "I have so much to do at Robertson Enterprises."

"You mean, like ruin the company?" Tyler spits back to her.

"Don't start you two," Robin cuts them off. "We have to be here for Daddy; we can't be fighting with each other right now."

Abby and Tyler glare at one another as they hear the door open and people shuffle into the house. They are stunned to see Bryce, Victoria and Will emerge.

"Oh good, you're all here," Will says to everyone. "You got my message then?"

"Will? What the hell is this all about?" Leah asks him quickly.

"We have news about Frederick and Dominick," Victoria tells them. "Something that you all need to know and hear."

"What is it?" Jeff asks them. "What's going on?"

"First," Victoria uneasily tells them. "I can show you something. Something that will change your lives forever."

"Oh God, what are you going on about?" Abby hisses back to her. "Just spit it out. What the hell is going on?"

"I don't have to say anything," Victoria replies to her. "I told you, I'll show you."

Victoria moves and Eva emerges in the living room, causing the room to gasp, including Abby, who gets tears in her eyes.

"No," Abby whispers to herself.

"Eva?" Leah asks in shock. "Is…is that you?"

"It is," Eva purses her lips together. "I'm alive. Dominick's wife is back and I'm here to stay," she announces as the room reels from the revelation.

Roboto

"You have something to say?" Jacob asks Isabelle as they continue to stand in the main office of Roboto. "Something that might help me decide what to do?"

"Do you remember the days leading up to our wedding?" Isabelle asks him as he nods back to her. "We acted like a couple; a real couple, Jacob."

"I know," he replies to her. "What does that have to do my headspace?"

"I'm…" Isabelle starts as she bites her lower lip back to him. "I'm pregnant, Jacob. I'm going to have your baby."

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