Episode 914
 
Just Tell Me Your Secrets
sWritten by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: March 05, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Dirty Laundry" Parson James & Jojo

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Leah was worried Frederick wasn't going to tell her where her missing child was or about her paternity
- "Barbara" reappeared to Felicia again and encouraged her to see Frederick
- Andy heard Melissa tell Nicholas to leave Andy
- Donovan revealed to Jasper that he could walk again
- Robin learned that her paternity test results were back. Helen, meanwhile, came home from Mexico on cloud nine
- Cheresa thought something was off with Traci, the new maid

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


The fire in the fireplace that is in the living room of the Richardson estate illuminates Donovan's face as he gets a wicked grin over his mouth. He looks back at Jasper, who is in shock that Donovan is standing in front of him. For months, everyone has believed that Donovan has been confined to his wheelchair. Now, he is standing in front of him, telling him he knows what Jasper did. Jasper can't help but wonder if Donovan found out about his affair with Lukas.

"Does that mean that I forgot to do Olly's laundry in cold water again?" Jasper tires to chuckle back to Donovan, who just told him that he knows everything.

Donovan laughs back to him. "You'd love it if this was that simple," Donovan glares back at him. "But no, this has nothing to do with my son's laundry, Jasper. This has everything to do with you and my husband."

Jasper gulps back to him. "Have you ever heard of Ernesto Moretti?" Donovan asks him as a sparkle gets in his eye.

"I have," Jasper admits to him quietly. "But I heard he died years ago? What does he have to do this?"

"Then you know how ruthless he was," Donovan smiles back to him. "He was my father."

Jasper looks back at him in surprise. "What are you saying, Donovan? What is this all about?"

"It means," Donovan grins back to him. "I know that you fucked my husband Jasper, and I'm going to make you pay."

The Lawson Estate; Greg & Cheresa's Home

Cheresa puts her earbuds into her ears before she answers her cellphone, which is ringing. She gets a sly smile on her face when she sees Dawn's name on the screen as she hadn't heard from her fiancé for a while.

"Hey you," Cheresa says into her phone. "What's up?"

As Cheresa listens to Dawn's response, Traci creeps up to the bedroom door and listens to the conversation unfolding. She arches her eyebrow as Cheresa continues to tell Dawn about her day.

As Cheresa hangs up the phone, she sees part of Traci's outfit on the side of the door. She moves closer to the door and looks at the maid.

"Traci? What are you doing?" Cheresa asks her, as the maid gulps and looks back at her. Cheresa has felt like something was off with the maid and now she has caught her listening to her conversation. "Were you listening to me talk to Dawn on the phone?"

"I…" Traci begins to say as she tries to come up with an excuse. "I was going to see if you needed anything but I didn't want to interrupt you. I'm so sorry."

Cheresa arches her eyebrow back to her wondering if Traci is being honest. "I don't need anything," Cheresa tells her. "And in the future, please don't listen to my private conversations; especially if you want to keep your job."

Traci nods back to her. "I understand. It won't happen again."

The Tower's; Floor One; Andy & Nicholas's Condo

Andy feels his blood start to boil as he stands outside the front door of his condo that he lives in with Nicholas as he just heard Melissa tell her son that she thinks he should be as far away from Andy as possible. Andy has no idea what he has ever done to Melissa that makes her want Nicholas to be away from him but he has had enough of her interfering in their relationship.

"You have a hell of a lot of nerve," he announces as he opens the front door and glares at Melissa.

Nicholas looks back at Andy in surprise as he believed that he was alone with his mother. "Andy, I didn't know you were home."

"I just got here," Andy replies to him quickly. "And I heard Melissa's voice, so I waited to hear what she was saying."

Andy, then, looks at his boyfriend's mother with intent. "You haven't changed one bit, you know that?"

"I see you still have a temper," Melissa purses her lips together as she looks back at Andy. "This is one of the reasons why I stand by my beliefs."

"Get the hell out of my house," Andy grits his teeth back to her. "And while you're leaving, do me a favor and stay the hell out of my relationship with Nicholas!"

Melissa chuckles back to Andy before she looks at Nicholas. "I will see myself out," she tells the men. "But Nicholas, we will pick this up tomorrow. Okay? I love you darling, good night."

Andy watches Melissa leaves the condo and then he looks at Nicholas. "What the hell was that about?"

Nicholas shrugs back to her. "I know she's not your favorite person, but try to not let her get to you, okay?"

"She wants us to break up for crying out loud!" Andy huffs back to his lover. "Your mother has to stay out of lives, Nicholas. Nothing good will come from her being here. Nothing."

Adam's Townhouse

"Sorry that I had to make that phone call quickly," Dawn tells Adam as she moves back into the living room of the house that Adam lives in. She wanted to come see her father to see how he is doing since she knows that Helen recently went to Cancun to try to get over him.

"It's no worries," Adam smiles back to his daughter. "It's cute that you and Cheresa are so close to each other. Young love is a beautiful thing."

Dawn chuckles back to him. "Your young love was with Mom, wasn't it?"

Adam sighs back to her. "She was my first love," he nods back to her. "I was married to Natasha before your mom but Helen holds a special place in my heart."

"Does that mean that you've realized that you still have feelings for Mom?" Dawn asks him quickly. "Because you know, she's trying to move on, Dad. She went to Mexico to put you behind her."

"I will always have feelings for her Dawn," Adam admits to her. "But, I do think that time has passed."

Dawn sighs back to him. "Well, I guess we all have to realize that our family will never be the same again then. Because, if Mom has moved on, it won't take her long to find a new man."

Adam gulps back to her, knowing that he could reunite with Helen if Robin's baby is revealed to be Shane's but he can't cross that bridge until they get the paternity test results back. And by then, it might be too late. But that is something that he will have to learn to deal with.

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"I came as soon as I got your phone call," Robin tells Madeline as they sit across from one another in the doctor's office at the hospital. Robin recalls how she was doing some work when Madeline called her and advised that the paternity test results were back. Robin dropped everything and rushed to the hospital because she is eager to find out who fathered her baby as she knows that her, Adam and Shane's future are all at stake by the outcome of the test results.

"I put a rush on the results for you because I knew you needed answers," Madeline replies to her as she picks up the envelope.

"I really appreciate that," Robin nods back to her. "I just need to know who fathered my baby."

"So if you remember," Madeline informs her quickly. "We took a sample from the baby and compared it to your husband, Shane's DNA. So, if the results are a match it will mean that Shane fathered your child. If it not a match, then your husband is not the father of the baby."

Robin gulps back to her. "Okay," she says. "Is it a match?"

Madeline opens the envelope and pulls out the test results before she looks back at Robin.

"Well? Don't keep me in suspense…" Robin moves to the edge of her seat.

"Yes," Madeline tells her. "It's a match, Shane is the father of your baby."

The Park

Helen slowly walks down the path in the middle of the park as she thinks about her recent trip to Cancun where she was able to hook up with a good looking man, Dale Cunningham. She can't help but get a sly grin on her face as she thinks about good of a lover Dale was; he gave her everything that she needed and more.

"It was exactly what I needed," she whispers to herself as she thinks about their time together in bed. "Now, I can put Adam behind me and start to move on with my life."

She freezes when she sees Felicia sitting on one of the park benches that look out at the river. She takes a deep breath as she recalls how right before she left for Cancun, she overheard Felicia tell Dominick and Abby that Barbara was alive; Helen confronted her about her claims because she knows that her mother couldn't possibly be alive since she passed away years ago.

She finds herself moving towards Felicia and sits next to her on the bench. "Beautiful day to sit in the park, isn't it?" she asks as the red-headed woman looks over at Helen.

"Oh Helen," Felicia replies to her. "I didn't see you sit down. I must have been lost in thought."

"I haven't seen you since the night of the ball," Helen tells her. "I went to Mexico to escape for a while."

"I wish I could do that," Felicia admits to her. "An escape, I mean."

"When I saw you at the ball, you said my mother was alive. You have to know that Barbara being alive is impossible, right?"

"I thought that too," Felicia tells her quickly. "Until I saw her again."

Helen arches her eyebrow back to her. "You saw Barbara, my mother, again?"

"Yes," Felicia says. "I went to see your mother's grave and she appeared to me. She hugged me, Helen. For everyone telling me that this is impossible, I have touched Barbara. And that scares me to my very core. How can I be hugging a dead woman? How is any of this possible?"

Helen reaches over and grabs Felicia's hand. "I don't know exactly," she tells her. "But I want to help you figure this out."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"So, have you heard from Felicia since the night of the gala?" Abby asks her husband as they sit across from one another in the restaurant. Abby knows that she was rather annoyed by Dominick's concern over his ex-wife after Felicia claimed to have seen Barbara Mills alive and well; in Abby's mind, Felicia has other support systems and Dominick should be focused on their marriage.

"I haven't seen her but Tyler has seen her and apparently she is fine," Dominick replies to her quickly. "I am also concerned about Leah, however."

Abby sighs back to him thinking that Dominick has another person he is focusing on; her mind, immediately, thinks about Ethan, who has become her friend, even though she has an attraction to him. When she is with him, he gives her his full attention, which is how it should be, she thinks.

"What's going on with Leah?"

"With Frederick Richardson back," Dominick begins to explain to her. "It means Leah could get some answers about her past and Leah is just struggling with the fact that Frederick is her biological father."

"How are you doing, Dominick?" Abby asks him quickly. "You also must be going through something now that Frederick is back?"

"I have never liked Frederick," Dominick reveals to her. "So I am not happy that he is back but I can handle that. I am more concerned about Leah. I don't know what she is going to do if Frederick doesn't give her the answers she desperately needs."

"Well then, let's hope that Frederick gives Leah what she needs so we can all try to move on from this," Abby says before she takes a sip of her glass of wine that is in front of her.

The Victors Mansion; Frederick's Lair

"Good, you're here," Leah announces to Frederick as she storms into living room of the Victors mansion. She showed up, unannounced, because she is determined to get answers from him about her long lost child and about her paternity. She can't continue to go on without Frederick giving her some information that she desperately needs. The longer she goes without answers, the more desperate she feels like she becomes. "We have to talk and you're not going to get away from me today."

Frederick turns his head from looking out the window to face Leah. He purposely moves in front of the window so Leah won't be able to see Eva, who is walking outside in the garden. He knows that no one can know that Eva is alive because she has to continue to pretend to be Barbara until Felicia is back in his life.

"Leah, this is a surprise! Can I get you a drink?"

"Save it," Leah snaps back to him. "I'm here because I need answers and I am not leaving until I do!"

Frederick chuckles back to her. "I did promise you that I would give you the answers you need, didn't I? Well, I can tell you for certain that it is true. I am your father. Felicia and I made love years ago and it resulted in you."

Leah feels the wind get knocked out of her by his words. She grabs a table to hold herself up and she takes a couple of deep breathes.

"Are you okay? Come sit down," Frederick moves up to her and helps her to the sofa. Once Leah is sitting down, she pushes him off her.

"Don't touch me!" she hisses back to him as she takes another deep breath. "I need proof, Frederick! I want a DNA test."

Frederick smiles back to her as he passes a glass of water. "Then you'll have one," he tells her as she takes a sip of water. "But I already know the truth, Leah. You are my daughter. You are a Richardson."

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

Jasper gulps heavily as Donovan just revealed to him that he knows about Jasper's affair with Lukas and he wants to get revenge on him. Jasper has no idea what Donovan is going to do but he is scared since Donovan just told him that Ernesto is his father.

"What are you going to do, exactly?" Jasper asks him trying to not let his voice crack. "How are you going to make me pay?"

Donovan grins back to him. "I never thought you'd ask," he tells him. "Because, it's time for you to play by my rules and this is a game I'm going to win."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Natasha meets with her lawyer
- Lukas runs into a rattled Jasper
- Max and Jacob work at Roboto

 
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