Episode 1034
 
I'll Run Away with You
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: March 10, 2024

Episode Theme song: "Anywhere" Sigma

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Cassie cryptically said goodbye to Jacob before she left town
- Gordy started to have second thoughts about Cory after he learned that someone tried to kill him in the plane crash
- Robin and Antonio made love
- Cheresa continued to lie about Andrew and Trenyce's affair
- Meggan and Lukas returned from Mexico
- Tyler wondered if Frederick and Felicia were alive
- Ethan and Abby kissed
- Will agreed to help Stephanie bring Dominick out of his coma
- Bryce realized that Chantel is the same woman from the baby switch

The Sugarbowl

Jacob ushers his way into the coffeehouse desperate to get an Americano. His mind is racing about the events that have happened over the last few days; he had a run-in with Cassie and Carter, and she revealed that he might not seem them for a while. He wasn't sure what she, exactly, meant, but earlier today, he went to her apartment and realized that she had left town.

After he orders his drink, he wonders why Cassie left town without telling him. He has no idea where she, or Carter, have disappeared too or how long they will be away. He grabs his drink from the barista and takes a sip of it, feeling the caffeine hit him.

"Where the hell did you go, Cassie?" he whispers to himself. "And when is the next time I'm going to see my son?"

He pulls out his phone and sends a message to Cassie via text. "I just realized you left town; what's going on?"

"I will be damned if you're going to keep me from my son," he tells himself as he slides his phone back into his pocket. "Carter is my son too, Cassie. I just need to figure out what game you're playing now."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Bryce slowly moves up to the file room at the hospital; he, together with Cheresa and Chantel, are working on a special project that will re-organize the file room but also digitalize it. What is on his mind, however, is the fact that Chantel has seemingly come back into his life. He hadn't seen her in years, which is a good thing because she was apart of the baby switch that Vinny blackmailed Bryce into carrying out. The fact is, Chantel's baby was stillborn, but he gave her Abby's baby boy and told Abby that her child died. Abby's child, Sonny, is Olly and is being raised by Lukas and Donovan, who adopted Chantel's child.

"You look zoned out," Chantel giggles as Bryce moves into the file room and snaps back into present day. "Everything okay?"

"Yea, sorry, I guess I was just lost in my thoughts," Bryce tells her as he moves closer to the computer station. "You…You look familiar to me?"

Chantel nods back to him. "You might not remember me," Chantel tells him. "But you actually helped me deliver my child a few years ago. He was adopted out by a couple."

Bryce uneasily gulps back to her. "Right, right," he says. "That must have been difficult for you; giving birth and then giving up your child?"

"I was in a pretty bad place after the adoption," she admits to him. "But the fact is, I did the right thing for my son. I wasn't ready to be a mother but that doesn't mean that I don't think about him often."

"Have you thought about reaching out to the couple that adopted him? Maybe they would let you see him?" Bryce suggests to her.

"Maybe," Chantel forces a smile on her face. "Right now, I'm focused on this job because this is a turning point for me to get back on track. Maybe down the road I'll see about reaching out, but I'm not sure that I'm ready for that just yet."

"I get it, sorry I was prying," Bryce tells her.

"Nah, you're fine," Chantel replies to him. "Come on, let's get to these files."

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

"Do you have any idea about what this visit is about?" Lukas asks Meggan as he brings in a coffee tray into the living room and sets it down on the coffee table in the living room of their lavish home. He knows that he, and Meggan, got a call from Tyler asking them to meet this afternoon; he is curious to know what Tyler could have to discuss with them that is so important.

"I have no idea," Meggan admits to him. "We've been out of the country for so long that maybe he just needs to give us an update on something?"

"Yea, but what?" Lukas uneasily chuckles back to her. "Oh, he's here, I'll get the door," he tells his sister after he hears the doorbell ring.

Meggan pours some coffees while she waits for the men to return. "I just poured you a coffee," she tells Tyler as he moves into the living room with Lukas behind him.

"Thanks," Tyler tells her as he sits next to Meggan, while Lukas sits in the armchair across from them. "I hope you two had a good time in Mexico?"

Lukas uneasily chuckles back to him. "It wasn't exactly a vacation, but we got what we were looking for," he tells him. "What is this all about, exactly?"

Tyler sighs to him. "There's no easy way to say this," Tyler begins to tell them. "And, I'm sorry that I haven't reached out sooner, but I didn't want to interrupt your time in Mexico."

"You're starting to scare me," Meggan admits to him. "What is going on?"

"On New Year's Eve," Tyler starts to explain to them. "There was a fire at Raven's Meadow," he says as Lukas and Meggan gasp in horror. "There were no survivors."

"What are you trying to tell us, exactly?" Lukas asks him as he feels the blood drain from his face.

"My mother, Felicia, and your father, Frederick," Tyler looks back at Tyler. "They were in the building when the fire broke out; they are…they are dead."

"No," Meggan shakes her head in horror. "We … we just got our father back! How can he be gone? How can he be dead?"

"I'm…I'm so sorry but I wanted you to hear this from me," Tyler tells them. "If I can do anything, please let me know, but I am so sorry for your loss."

Meggan stands up and moves over to Lukas and they embrace, both rocked by the loss of the father.

The Victors Mansion

Frederick opens the door to the small bedroom where Felicia is resting in. He moves inside and sits on the edge of the small bed where Felicia is sleeping. He moves some of her red hair out of her face before he gets a grin on his face.

"You're sleeping my love," he whispers to her. "I need to keep you asleep until it is time for the plan to come into motion. Until then, you'll continue to get the rest you need."

He opens the draw on the bedside table and pulls out a syringe. He looks at Felicia while he moves the needle closer to her arm. "Now, this is just to ensure you stay asleep and that when you wake up, you will be cooperative, okay?"

He shoots the needle into her arm and then caresses her face. "I'm doing this for you, for us," he tells her. "Soon we will be together, forever, Felicia, the way it was always meant to be."

Penny's Farmhouse; Holdenville, Oklahoma

"I gotta admit, it was nice to see you and Cory gettin' along so well the other day," Penny tells Gordy as she pours him a glass of iced tea that she just made in the kitchen of her farmhouse. Penny knows that Gordy hasn't been supportive of Cory staying with her since she found him at the site of the plane crash, but after he realized that Cory's plane purposely crashed to try to kill him, Gory has been more sympathetic to what Cory has gone through.

"It is scary to think that this Antonio guy wanted Cory dead," Gordy replies to his fiancé before he takes a sip of his iced tea. "To purposely make a plane crash to try to kill a man? That's pretty intense; I feel for Cory, because now, he has no idea who Antonio is and why he would have wanted him dead."

"I am hoping that Cory's memories will continue to come back," she says back to him. "I am just not sure how long that will take, you know?"

Gordy nods back to her. "It's like I told Cory the other day, if I can help, I certainly will. But I'm afraid it will have to wait a few weeks for me."

"You are going to that auction that is out of state, right?"

"That's right," Gordy nods back to her. "I leave first thing in the morning and I am driving to Kanas. So, I'll be away for a couple of weeks."

Penny leans up to him and gives him a kiss on the lips. "Drive safe, you hear me? I love you, so I'll see you when you get back."

"I love you too," Gordy chuckles back to her. "And Pen, when I get back, let's plan our wedding? I'm ready to call you my wife not my fiancé."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Sophie picks up her lemonade and takes a sip of it before she looks across the table that she is sitting at and sees Robin and Natasha next to one another. She asked her mother and Robin to join her for lunch today because she had an idea that she wanted to run by them.

"This was a lovely surprise," Robin tells Sophie before she takes a bit of her poached salmon. "We haven't seen a lot of one another the last few weeks."

"It almost feels like the women that Cory loved most are together right now," Natasha echoes in before she takes a sip of her white wine. "I think he would like all of us being together."

"That's actually why I wanted us to get together today," Sophie reveals to them as the women look back at her with curiosity. "Dad's birthday is coming up, and it is the first birthday without him, I think it would be nice if the three of us could spend the day together? What do you guys think?"

Robin and Natasha look at one another, somewhat surprised by Sophie's suggestion. "I…I can check my schedule, but I think that's a nice idea," Robin replies to her. "Natasha, what do you think?"

Natasha smiles back to Robin before she looks back at her daughter. "I think this is the best idea you've had in a long time darling," Natasha tells Sophie. "I say, let's do it. Let's celebrate Cory's birthday together."

"This is great," Sophie smiles back to them, thrilled that her idea was well received. "I really think that Dad would want us to be together, and now, we will be."

***

Meanwhile, Trenyce urgently rushes into the restaurant and sees Cheresa sitting at the bar by herself. Trenyce was desperate to find her daughter because she just went to see Andrew, who suggested that the truth about their affair comes out so everyone would stop lying. This, of course, came after Chris told her that he was determined to find out why Cheresa has been lying to them. Trenyce knows that if the truth about her sleeping with Andrew comes out, her entire family unit would be destroyed. After everything that she and Chris went through, the last thing she wants is for Chris to learn that she made a one-time mistake.

"I'm glad you're here, we have to talk," Trenyce says as she rushes up to her daughter.

"Hello mother," Cheresa replies to her. "I don't have a lot of time; I have to get back to the hospital."

"This won't take long," Trenyce tells her quickly, unaware that Antonio is behind her and listening into their conversation. "It's about me and Andrew."

"I thought you and Andrew were over?" Cheresa asks her quickly, as Antonio arches his eyebrow.

"We never started," Trenyce waves her hand in the air. "Our affair, it was an one time thing that happened the night of the gala. That's why I don't want the truth to come out; Chris shouldn't be hurt by this mistake that happened one time!"

"I didn't say anything to Chris, so where is this coming from?" Cheresa huffs back to her, annoyed that Trenyce is still causing drama.

"Chris overheard Dawn tell me that you hate lying to us; he's determined to find out what you're lying about, even though I tried to cover," Trenyce explains to her. "And now, Andrew, said that maybe the truth should come out!"

"Mom, look, I have to get back to work," Cheresa stands up from the chair. "But you're going to have to figure this out. I'm not the one that can solve your problems for you."

Trenyce sighs as Cheresa leaves the restaurant. "Ugh, I don't know what I'm going to do," Trenyce sighs to herself, before she leaves the restaurant herself, determined to stop her life from imploding.

Antonio, steps out from behind the large plant, and runs his hand through his hair, wondering what to make of the conversation that he just had. "If Andrew and Trenyce slept together the night of the gala," he whispers to himself. "That means that her little girl…my goodness," he gets a grin on his face. "Andrew is a father. Trenyce's husband didn't father her boy, Andrew did."

***

At the table in the far back corner, Abby and Ethan sit across from one another with some wine on the table as they are catching up with each other. As Ethan looks at her, however, he can't help but think about how they shared a kiss the last time that they saw one another.

"You look beautiful today," Ethan smiles over to her before he takes a sip of his drink.

Abby chuckles back to him. "You're sweet thanks," she replies to him. "I did enjoy our kiss, Ethan, but, I don't know, do you think it's weird that I was married to your grandfather?"

"You weren't married to him," Ethan corrects her. "The marriage was never legal, remember?"

"Do not remind me of that," Abby waves her hand back to him. "I met with Stephanie Clarke the other day."

"The specialist that Eva hired to see if Dominick could come out of his coma?"

"The one and only," Abby nods to him. "She seems to think that her methods could work, and that Dominick could come out of his coma."

Ethan takes another sip of his wine. "Why aren't you happier about that? I would assume that you'd want Dominick to wake up?"

Abby sighs back to him as she knows that if Dominick wakes up, he could remember that she knew that Eva was alive for months and didn't say anything; in fact, Abby was drugging Dominick to make sure he didn't remember that Eva was alive and well.

"I…I guess I am just trying to not get my hopes up," Abby finally responds to him. "We were all told that Dominick might never wake up, so I just tried to brace myself for the fact that it might be true."

"It could be a miracle," Ethan says back to her. "Dominick waking up could be the miracle we have all been waiting for."

Abby uneasily nods back to him. "Indeed, it could be. It could change everything."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Will slowly opens the door to Dominick's hospital room and moves inside after he sees Stephanie checking the patient's vitals. He agreed to help the specialist try to bring Dominick out of his coma after Eva pleaded with him too. Deep down, Will is still nervous about what the future of his relationship with Eva and how it will be impacted if Dominick wakes up; but, he realized that he had to help Dominick because Eva might not forgive him if he didn't.

"Ah, Will, you're here," Stephanie says as she turns from looking at Dominick and sees the nurse moving into the room.

"I'm here," Will chuckles back to her. "How are his vitals?"

"He's in good shape," Stephanie reports to him. "I think we can start doing some of our treatments and see how he reacts."

Will moves closer to the bed where Dominick is laying. "Alright, let's start. What's the first step in bringing Dominick out of his coma?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Andy and Nicholas admit that they are struggling
- Eva and Abby get an update
- Daisy and Andrew get their money

 
Discuss your thoughts here, in the ODaaT Forum!
 

Contact - odaatseries@gmail.com | © 2002-2024 One Day At A Time