Episode 1031
 
Love's on the Line
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: February 28, 2024

Episode Theme song: "Break Up Twice" Lizzo

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy and Nicholas buried Clayton's body after they killed him in self-defense
- Cassie told Isabelle that she will leave town but warned her that she will be back
- Robin and Antonio made love while Cory found a cell phone in the plane crash wreck confirming that Antonio sabotaged the crash
- Donovan, Lukas, and Meggan reunited with Olly
- Victoria told Bryce she was still struggling to trust him
- Tyler wondered if Frederick and Felicia could be alive
- Greg and Madeline were stunned to hear that Robbie and Kim wanted their marriage to work

The Richardson Estate; Meggan, Lukas & Donovan's Home

"Hey buddy, do you need anything? A snack or some juice?" Donovan asks Olly, who is playing on the floor in the living room of the Richardson estate. Donovan looks over at Lukas, who is watching the child play with some of his toys. They are both so happy that they, finally, have their son back. After so many months of having him missing as a result of Jasper kidnapping him, they were reunited with him in Mexico and, then, flew home so they could try to move on with their lives.

"No, I'm fine," Olly responds to Donovan. "I do have a question."

"What's up?" Lukas asks his son as he moves down to the floor to be with his son.

"Where is Jasper? He told me that he was my Daddy now?"

Donovan and Lukas uneasily look at one another as they hadn't realized everything that Jasper was telling Olly when they were together. "Well," Donovan looks back at Olly before he moves some hair out of his eyes. "Jasper was wrong; Papa and I are your parents, we always have been and always will be. Jasper, he took you away from us, but that will never happen again, okay? You're home with us, where you will stay."

"Okay!" Olly smiles back to his father.

"I can't believe Jasper was brainwashing him like that," Lukas says as he grits his teeth to Donovan, while Olly continues to play. "What the hell?"

"Let's no worry about that now," Donovan replies to him. "We have Olly back and with Jasper dead, he can never hurt us again."

"I suppose you're right," Lukas nods back to him as they can hear the doorbell ring.

"I'll go get it," Donovan tells him as he scurries out of the room and heads to the front door. He opens the door and sees Eva and Victoria standing there. "Mom, Vic…"

Eva pulls him into a hug as Victoria comes up to him and rubs his arm. "We came as soon as we heard you were home," Eva tells her son. "And Olly?"

"He's in the living room, we got our son back," Donovan tells them as they exit their embrace. "Come on, you can see him."

As they walk, Eva looks at Victoria and grabs her hand. "See, darling, this is why you should give Bryce another chance. Family, it means everything. Just remember that, okay?"

"I will Mom," Victoria tells her as they move into the living room and rush over to Olly, welcoming him home, which Donovan and Lukas look at one another, thrilled that their family is reunited.

Penny's Farmhouse; Holdenville, Oklahoma

"How did the last auction go?" Penny asks Gordy as they stand in the kitchen of her farmhouse. She and Gordy haven't seen each other in a few days because he was travelling to another auction, where he made some good money. She knows that things have been tense between them lately because he hasn't supported wanting Cory to be staying with her.

"It went real well," Gordy nods back to her. "I was able to sell a couple of pigs and three cows."

"Oh fantastic, that should help with the work load around here," Penny replies to him.

"Until spring when they have their babies," Gordy chuckles to her. "What's new around here? Has Cory had any more memories?"

Penny sighs back to him as she recalls how she took Cory back to the site of the plane crash in hopes of helping him with his memory. While it didn't jog any memories for Cory, they did find a cell phone that had a text from Antonio, who wanted the plane to go down. They are now, trying, to figure out who Antonio is and why he would want Cory to die.

"No, he hasn't had any more memories," Penny finally tells him. "But I think it will happen in time. Speaking of, I should go get him and tell him that lunch will be ready soon. I'll be right back."

"Alright," Gordy tells her as he moves towards the table. He arches his eyebrow when he sees the cell phone on the table. He picks it up and sees the text that proves that Antonio wanted the plane to crash. "What the hell is this?"

"That's what I'd like to know," Cory announces as he opens the door to the farmhouse. "Penny and I, we found that at the site of the plane wreck; it confirms that Antonio, whoever he is, wanted me dead. He wanted my plane to go down."

"Lord have mercy," Gordy shakes his head in shock, suddenly feeling like maybe he has been too hard on Cory. "Someone actually put this all into motion? This is outrageous!"

"Yea, I know," Cory tells him. "Now I have to figure out who this Antonio guy is and why he'd want me dead. I keep thinking that if he, and everyone else, thinks I'm dead, what the hell is he doing with my family? Could he be hurting them some way?"

"Have you spoke to any police officials?"

"Penny did after the crash," Cory reveals to him. "Apparently, there was no flight plan booked on the flight, which is why no one has heard about this crash. Whoever set this up, they wanted it to seem like I never existed."

"I hope that this will start to jog your memory, Cory," Gordy says back to him. "Because then you could piece this all together."

Dominick's Townhouse

The living room of Dominick's lavish townhouse has been transformed into a meeting place for small gathering of the Robertson's as they are having a memorial service for Felicia. Next to the large golden picture frame that has an image of Felicia, Robin stands next to Antonio, who came to support her during the day.

"How are you holding up?" Antonio whispers to her as she looks back into his eyes.

"I am okay," she replies to him. "I am really here to support Leah and Tyler; Felicia, she isn't my mother, but I was still close to her."

"You don't have to be blood to be family," he tells her. "But this is another loss that you're going through."

"You're talking about Cory, aren't you?" Robin asks him as he nods back to her. "I'm doing really well with that, to be honest. And that's because of you, Antonio. You've helped me with my grief of Cory."

Antonio smiles back to her. "I'm glad," he says as he leans in and kisses her on the lips. "Because I am always here for you, never forget that."

***

Meanwhile, Leah and Tyler stand next to one another as they hold glasses of wine. "Your speech about Mom, it was really beautiful Tyler," Leah tells her brother as she thinks about what Tyler said about Felicia earlier in the day.

"Thanks," Tyler replies to her, knowing that he still had to give his speech despite his theory that Frederick and Felicia might still be alive. He doesn't want anyone to know that he has this theory until he has proof because he doesn't want to get anyone's hopes up if it's not true. "I just spoke from my heart. It's still hard to believe that Dad is in a coma and Mom is gone."

"We have been through a lot," Leah nods back to him. "Because we are also coping with the fact that Noah and Ethan are back in our lives."

"Have you made any inroads with the boys yet?"

"No," Leah sighs back to him. "They both claim that they need time to wrap their heads around this, which I get. I … I am just not patient with this."

"They are your sons, it's reasonable that you want them in your lives," Tyler tells her. "I can try to talk to them, if you'd like? I mean, Ethan and I, we went to school together."

"I will keep you posted," Leah says to her brother. "I don't want to rock the boat and make them think that I am using you to get to them."

"Okay, keep me posted," Tyler tells her quickly. "Because we have been through too much for you to lose your children, again."

The Sugarbowl

"I…I don't think I heard you correctly," a stunned Madeline says as she looks back at Robbie and then Kim, who just told her and Greg that they are going to make their marriage work. She knew that this was a possibility but deep down, she thought that Robbie and Kim would annul their marriage and he would come back to her, and Kim would reunite with Greg. "You aren't going to come back to me?"

"I'm sorry," Robbie gulps back to her, hating that he is hurting her but he knows that his heart is with Kim. "The last thing Kim and I want to do is to hurt you and Greg, but we can't deny how we feel."

"You don't want to hurt us?" Greg huffs back to him. "This entire situation was going to end in heartbreak, it's just Madeline and I that are on the receiving end of it."

"Greg, please," Kim pleads with him. "You have to understand that we never meant for any of this to happen."

"You might not have planned it," Greg looks back at her. "But that doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt like hell Kim."

Before Kim can respond, Greg rushes away from the table. Robbie, meanwhile, looks back at Madeline and moves to grab her hand. She quickly pulls it away and slaps him hard across the face.

"I hope you two are very happy together," Madeline hisses back to him. "For the rest of your miserable lives!"

She, like Greg, then rushes away from the table, leaving the married couple alone with one another. Kim lets a tear fall down her cheek as Robbie grabs her hand. "I know that wasn't easy, but we did the right thing," he whispers to his wife.

"It just hurts, seeing them that way," Kim admits to him. "I…I don't know how they will get over this, Robbie or if they will."

***

Cassie, meanwhile, moves into the coffeehouse with Carter next to her. She bends down and tells her son to go sit at the window bar while she gets him a smoothie. She wanted to stop at the coffeehouse before she leaves town. She still hates that Isabelle has blackmailed her into leaving town; she knows that Isabelle only wants her out of town because she wants to stay closer to Jacob. After the miscarriage, there would be nothing keeping Jacob and Isabelle together and he would, likely, reunite with her.

"Cassie, hey," Jacob says as he opens the door to the coffeehouse. "I wasn't expecting to see you here."

Cassie smiles back at the man that she loves. "Carter is here too, so your timing is perfect," she tells him.

"Oh nice," Jacob waves to his son. "Do you mind if I go see him?"

"Of course not," Cassie tells him. "You…you might not see us for a while, but I want you to know that I love you, Jacob. Carter and I, we both do, and we always will."

"Why won't I see you guys for a while?" he asks her in confusion.

"It doesn't matter," she tells him. "Just remember what I said, okay?"

"Uh, sure," he says back to her. "I'm going to give Carter a hug now."

Cassie watches as Jacob goes to Carter and embraces him. "Damn you Isabelle," she whispers to herself as she hears her phone chime. She looks at the screen and reads the notification regarding her flight information. "Your flight to Kelsey Lake is scheduled to leave in an hour," she whispers to herself. "Kelsey Lake, here we come."

The Young Mansion

Nicholas moves to the bar in the living room of the mansion and pours himself a brandy. He doesn't drink often but after everything that has happened the last few days, he feels like he needs one. He takes a long drink of the alcohol as he hears Andy walking down the stairs from their bedroom.

"It's early to be drinking, isn't it?" Andy asks his boyfriend quickly.

"I barely slept last night," Nicholas admits to him. "I kept thinking about Clayton and his body and…"

"I know," Andy replies to him. "I…I had a nightmare about it. I dreamt that Clayton didn't die and that we buried him alive."

Nicholas puts his drink down and grabs Andy's hand. "That is impossible, you know that, right?"

"I know, I know," Andy tells him. "It's just…I don't know why I had this nightmare. I thought I was being strong with all of this but … ugh, this is an impossible situation."

"What are you saying? Do you want to go to the police now?" Nicholas asks him.

"No, it's too late for that," Andy says. "But this is harder than I thought it was going to be."

Nicholas pulls him into a hug and holds Andy for a moment. "We are in this together, Andy. We will get through this, somehow, someway."

"I hope you're right," Andy whispers back to him. "Because right now, I feel like I am losing my mind with this."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Helen and Adam hit a snag with wedding planning
- Will makes a decision regarding Dominick's care
- Bryce has a realization

 
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