Episode Theme song: "Outdoor Pool" Maisie Peters


Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy and Nicholas told Madeline about Clayton's schemes
- Greg told Cheresa that Tara shot Kim
- Gordy and Cory met in Holdenville
- Isabelle learned that she is pregnant with Jacob's baby
- Leah fainted when Bryce revealed that his name is Noah and that Ethan is her long-lost son

Dominick's Townhouse

Jeff looks at Leah as she lays on the sofa in the living room of Dominick's townhouse. He hopes that she comes too soon as she fainted after Bryce revealed that his real name is Noah and that their long-lost son's name is Ethan Alexander. Jeff's head is also spinning by this revelation as everyone has believed that Noah died years ago in an accident when Meggan was drunk driving; he has no idea how or why Bryce could be his son, it is all too much to bear for him.

"Leah, can you hear me?" he whispers to his lover. "Please, wake up, tell me that you're okay?"

Leah groans a little as her eyes open and she looks back at Jeff. "What….what happened?"

"You fainted," Jeff replies to Paige as comes up to her mother with a glass of water.

"Have this water Mom," Paige passes her the glass. Her head is also spinning at the revelations as, if it is true, it means that she married her brother, Ethan, in Las Vegas recently. She can't believe that this is happening, but she is thankful that, so far, they haven't made love. "How are you feeling?"

Leah drinks the entire glass of water before she looks back at her family. "I…I remember Bryce saying he found out child," she looks at Jeff. "Ethan is our son? Is that true?"

Jeff shrugs back to her. "I have no idea Leah," he admits to her. "This is all so overwhelming. Do you remember what else Bryce said?"

Leah gulps back to him. "His name is Noah?" she asks as tears fill her eyes. "How is that possible?"

"We need to find out if any of this is true," Paige tells her parents. "But how can we do that? How can we prove that this is true?"

Meanwhile, Victoria looks over at her Bryce and grabs his hand in encouragement. "How are you feeling?"

Bryce looks back at his wife and shrugs his shoulders. "I wish I knew," he admits to her. "This is all so crazy. Frederick…he's fucked with our lives, all of our lives."

"It's time that we get to the bottom of this," Victoria replies to him. "Once and for all, we all need to know the truth."

Over at the bar, Abby pours herself a scotch and takes a large sip of it as she feels like her world is crashing down around her. With the revelation that Eva is alive, she knows that everything she has worked for could be taken away at a moment's notice. She has to come up with a plan, she realizes, to ensure that nothing changes.

"You really are going to need that drink," Tyler says as he approaches his stepmother. "Everything is going to change now, Abby."

Abby turns to him and glares back at him. "What do you want, Tyler?"

Tyler smirks back at her, realizing that she knows everything will change. "I'm here to tell you that you're reign of terror over our family is finally over, Abby. With Eva being alive, she is the true Mrs. Dominick Robertson, and that means you're have nothing over us anymore. My father's will says that his wife will be power of attorney; you're not my father's wife, Eva is."

"How dare you say that to me!" Abby squeals back to him. "I married Dominick and have loved him ever since! I am his wife!"

"We will see what the Judge says," Tyler winks back to her. "Because from where I stand, you're about to be kicked to the curb and I can't wait to see that happen."

The Tower's, Floor Eight; Madeline's Condo

Madeline looks in the mirror as she puts on a fresh layer of lip stick. She feels fresh after spending so much time at the hospital the last few days and weeks. Finally, she decided she needed a breather from seeing Robbie profess his love to Kim and she came home to get some rest and a shower. Since she and Robbie got their marriage annulled, she came to her condo instead of the Calimo mansion, even though a lot of her stuff is still at the mansion.

She exits the washroom and looks at her phone screen as she sent Clayton a message asking him to come see her; she sees that he said he was on his way. She can't help remember that Andy and Nicholas told her that they discovered that Clayton isn't really a Wilkins at all; she can't believe that the man she thought was her twin brother has been defrauding her for months. On top of that, Clayton used a clause in Olivia and Preston's will to blackmail Nicholas into marriage, and since he and Andy reunited, he is now suing her and Andy for their money.

She moves to the door when she hears a knock on the door. She opens the door and sees Clayton standing there. "Thanks for coming," she says as she lets him into the condo.

"Has there been a change with Kim and Robbie?" he asks her as he moves into the living room.

"No," Madeline says following him into the living room. "And that's not why I asked you here. I …I spoke to Andy and Nicholas. You're suing me for all my money? And you're not even my brother? What the hell is this, Clayton?"

Clayton gulps back to her. "Those two are sons of bitches," he spits back to her. "They are so gross. It's bad enough that my husband cheated on me but now they are spreading lies about me. I should add that to my lawsuit."

"So, you're saying it's not true?" she asks him quickly. "You are my brother?"

"Of course, I am," he moves closer to her and grabs her hand. "Andy and Nicholas are the ones lying to you , Madeline. You…you believe me, right?"

"I don't know what to believe," Madeline admits to him. "All I know is that you're trying to take every penny I have, and I don't know how I am supposed to get past that, Clayton. You're greedy and determined to make everyone's life a living hell is not very becoming on you. And for the record, I will do everything in my power to stop you; you won't rob me of my family's inheritance."

Twin Peaks Police Station

Cheresa walks down the hallway of the police station as she moves towards the holding cells. She came to the station with a specific purpose and she won't leave until accomplishes that. She reaches a cell and looks inside, where she sees Tara, still with the face of Traci, sitting on the small cot.

"Tara?" Cheresa calls out as the woman in the cell looks over at her. "It's you, isn't it?"

Tara stands up and grins back to her. "It took you a very long time to realize it was me," she chuckles back to her. "But yes, it's me. Surprised?"

"I knew something was off with you," Cheresa admits to her. "The entire time you were our maid, I had a feeling that you were bad news. And I was. Thank God we have security on our estate because they were able to stop you after you shot Kim."

"That woman is dense," Tara tells her. "It took her a long time to put the pieces together."

"Why? Why did you do this?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Tara asks her back. "You, your father, Robbie and Kim; you all roped me into your schemes and then spat me out like I was nothing. That's not how I roll. You all deserved this and so much more."

Cheresa shakes her head in disgust back to her. "You're going to rot in hell for this," Cheresa replies to her quickly. "You're never going to get out of here and hurt us ever again."

Tara chuckles back to her. "You may think that Cheresa, but I will never leave you. Every time you close your eyes, you will see me. Every time you dream, I will be there. I will never leave you. Ever. Now you deal with that the rest of your pathetic little life."

Holdenville, Oklahoma

"I gotta admit to you Pen, I really don't like this," Gordy tells Penny as they stand in the small kitchen of her farm house in Oklahoma. Gordy is still uneasy about the fact that his fiance has been taking care of Cory and has, now, allowed him to stay in the guestroom of the house, instead of keeping him in the barn. "We don't even know this guy, and now he is staying down the hall from you?"

"He is harmless," Penny replies to him as she takes a sip of her cup of coffee. "Cory is recovering from a plane crash, Gordy! He needs our help. I…I need you to get your jealousy under control."

Gordy sighs heavily as he glares back at her. Deep down, he knows that she is right, he is insecure about another man staying with Penny; but he knows that she is a beautiful woman and that is why he gets insecure.

"So, despite you agreeing to marry me, my feelings on the situation don't matter at all? I don't get a say in this?" he asks her quickly.

At the doorway, Cory freezes when he hears the couple talking. He stands behind the doorway and listens to the conversation unfold.

"I don't know what you want me to say to you Gordy," Penny looks back at her fiance. "I am in love with you; I want to marry you. But that doesn't mean that I can turn my back on another human being that needs help. Cory, he could have died in that crash! He's a miracle!"

Cory smiles at the words that he just heard as he realizes that he thinks of Penny as a miracle as well; he doesn't know why she has helped him so much but he is very grateful for her as he could have died without her.

"I still don't like it," Gordy snaps back to her. "I'll try to support you, but Penny, I got a very bad feeling about this."

Roboto

Sophie opens the door to the main office at Roboto and moves inside. She knows that it is rather late but she wanted to come to the office as a way to get her mind off everything that is going on in her life right now. She still can't believe that Cory is gone; she misses her father so much, especially since her relationship with Natasha is so strained at the moment because of her mother's lies coming to light. She just hopes that work can take her mind off things.

"Sophie," a voice calls out at the doorway. Sophie turns her head and sees Isabelle moving into the office. "I'm surprised to see you here."

"Hi Isabelle," Sophie puts a smile on her face. "I needed a distraction. How are you? I haven't seen you since the truth about my mother's hideous lie came out."

Isabelle sighs back to her friend. "I'm…I don't know how I am, if I am honest. I know that Jacob was marrying me because it was Natasha's wish, but deep down, I really thought it was more than that. We…we were a couple for a few weeks, you know?"

"My brother has a lot to sort out," Sophie nods back to her. "I hate that my mother has hurt so many people."

"I just…I don't know," Isabelle feels her eyes swell with water. "I don't know what I'm going to do."

"What is it?" Sophie asks her friend as she moves closer to her. "You can tell me, we are friends."

A single tear falls down Isabelle's cheek. "I'm pregnant Sophie," Isabelle whispers back to her. "I'm going to have Jacob's baby. But if he goes back to Cassie, that means that I will have this baby all on my own. And that scares me to my very core."

"Oh Isabelle," Sophie pulls her friend into a hug. "Give my brother some time. He will do the right thing; if there's one thing that I know about my brother, it is that he will always try to do the right thing. You just have to believe that."

"I'm trying too," Isabelle replies as they exit their embrace. "I am really trying too."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Jacob sits at the bar with a whiskey in front of him as he continues to ponder what he is going to do. He wanted to honor Natasha's last wish by marrying Isabelle, so he did, and in doing so, he pushed Cassie away. Now that Natasha's lie has been exposed, he has no idea what he should do: stay married to Isabelle or go back to Cassie. The fact that Isabelle has revealed that she is pregnant with his child adds another layer of complication to the situation.

He takes a sip of his drink as Cassie approaches him, as she saw him as soon as she got to the restaurant. "Looks like we had the same idea of needing a drink," she says as she sits next to him.

"I guess I needed something to take the edge off," he replies to her. "And before you ask, I still don't know what I am going to do, Cassie. This situation…It's complicated."

"It doesn't have to be," she tells him before she takes a sip of her vodka martini. "You should come back to me and Carter; you know that we were a family unit before all of this happened. Please, Jacob, let's go back to that? Let's go back to us being together?"

"Cassie," Jacob turns to her and looks at her. "I know what you want and I get it, I really do. But, I need you to do me a favor and just give me some space, okay? I need to figure this out on my own. I don't need the added pressure from you every time you see me."

Cassie sighs back to him. "I hate this," she admits to him. "Your mother did this to us; if you don't come back to me, you're really letting her win and that's not fair."

"Cassie…"

"I won't say another word," Cassie stands up from her chair and looks at him. "Just remember what I said; if we don't have the future we were working towards, then Natasha wins and after all of her lies, she doesn't deserve that."

Raven's Meadow

Frederick paces back and forth in his office at Raven's Meadow as his mind is racing over the fact that he still hasn't been able to track down Bryce, Will, Eva or Victoria. He knows that they stole some of his files from the secret office; some of those files would state that Ethan is the child that Leah gave birth to while she was in Santa Barbara all those years ago and that Bryce's real name is Noah. He knows that, years ago, he did fake Noah's death because he wanted to keep his grandchild close to him and raise him, plus he knew that if Meggan believed that she killed a child, she would get help with her drinking.

"Everything I did, I did because I was trying to help my family," he whispers to himself. "But if anyone learned the truth, all hell would break loose. Damnit, why haven't I been able to find them? What am I going to do?"

He pours himself a brandy at the bar and takes a sip of it as his mind turns to Felicia. He knows that he has been able to be her doctor again because he was able to get Abby to drop the restraining order that Dominick and put in place. He is so happy that he has been able to be closer to her again; that is something he had missed.

"What can I do to ensure that my secrets stay safe and also be with Felicia?" he asks himself as he takes another sip of his brandy. "Wait, that's it! I know exactly what I'm going to do and it is something that no one will see coming," he says as a twinkle in his eyes sparkles at his new idea.

Dominick's Townhouse

"Are you feeling okay Leah?" Bryce asks her as he, Victoria, and Eva all move closer to the sofa.

"I am feeling okay," she nods back to him. "It's just…this is all so overwhelming to piece together."

"We were just talking about that," Victoria replies to her quickly. "We realized that we have to get to the truth, one way or another."

"I was saying the same thing," Paige admits to them. "But we don't know how to prove what was in that file is true or not."

"I have an idea," Victoria admits to the group. "We…we need to run a DNA test. We need to see if Bryce's DNA matches yours Leah; because if it does, it would confirm that he is your son."

Leah looks at Jeff and feels herself get more tears in her eyes. After all these years, could she finally have Noah back? And her other son, Ethan, as well?

"What do you think?" Jeff looks at Leah. "Do you want to do another DNA test?"

Leah nods back to him as she looks over at Bryce. "Let's do it," she forces a smile on her face. "Let's see if this gets us to the truth."

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