Episode 917
 
I Dodged a Bullet
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: March 15, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Another One" Sam Smith

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Robbie asked Leah to get Tyler to drop the lawsuit against Roboto
- Natasha hired Dale Cunningham, the man who slept with Helen in Mexico, to be Roboto's lawyer
- Daisy struggled after she had an abortion
- Bryce wondered if he should tell Donovan & Victoria that Eva is alive
- Lukas asked Donovan what made Jasper quit working for them
- Robin told Adam that Shane is the father of her baby. He dumped her
- Paige saw Ethan and Abby having drinks together

The River Rock Casino

"My beauty, how did it go with your first photoshoot at Roboto?" Antonio asks his daughter as they stand in his office that is at the casino. He recalls how Isabelle was telling him about how, not only did she get the modelling job at Roboto, but she had her first photoshoot with Max.

Isabelle smiles back to her father as she moves a piece of her long hair behind her ear. "It went better than I could have hoped," she reveals to him. "Max, the photographer, is a great guy. He was really complementary to me."

"As he should be," Antonio nods back to her. "You're a beautiful woman; you're going to make that company a lot of money."

Isabelle chuckles back to him. "I just want to do a good job modelling; this could be a huge stepping stone for my career."

"I am so proud of you, Isabelle," Antonio beams back to her. "You've grown up to a lovely young woman."

"Thanks Daddy," she giggles back to him. "Now, what was this message you sent me about my cousins being in Twin Peaks?"

"That's right," Antonio tells her quickly. "Marbella and Donovan live here; they are Ernesto's children."

Isabelle shudders at the sound of her uncle's name. "I don't miss Uncle Ernesto," she admits to him. "He was a wicked man. But I am excited to reconnect with Marbella and Donovan."

"So am I," Antonio nods back to her. "It will be good to have more family around, that is for sure."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Bryce sits at the bar of the new restaurant with a whiskey sour in front of him. His mind is still racing about the fact that he lied to Victoria about the fact that Eva is still alive. He has been trying to think of a way that he could tell Victoria the truth but keep Frederick from retaliating against him but, so far, he hasn't been able to come up with anything. He hates that the lie he is telling Victoria is causing her so much pain; the last thing he wants is for his wife to suffer when she doesn't have too.

"I have to figure this out, I can't keep lying to Victoria about something this important," he whispers to himself before he finishes his drink. "I have to think of a way to keep Frederick from coming after me if and when I tell Victoria the truth."

He stands up to leave and rushes to the exit, not seeing Jeff and Leah walking into the restaurant. He walks right into Jeff, which causes a huge commotion!

"Oh my God," Bryce says as he falls backwards. "I am so sorry."

"Hey buddy," Jeff glares back to him, as Leah rushes to his side. "Watch where you're going!"

"I will, I'm sorry again, are you okay?"

"He should be fine, no thanks to you," Leah hisses back to him. "If you'll excuse us, we are going to get a drink, if you're still feeling up to it, Jeff?"

"I need more than before," Jeff looks back at her before he glares at Bryce. "Try to watch where you're going? The next time, someone could be hurt by you barging into them."

Bryce nervously nods back to him before he exits the restaurant. Leah, then, looks at Jeff.

"Are you sure you're okay?" she asks him. "We can go somewhere else if you want?"

"No, we are here," Jeff nods back to her. "I'll be fine. And we can talk about Frederick and what our next steps should be."

***

"How are you enoying living upstairs in one of the suites?" Trenyce asks Daisy as they sit across from one another with Tyler in the restaurant. Daisy just finished telling her niece and friend that she moved out of Vinny's house and into a suite at the casino.

"So far so good," Daisy replies to her. "I needed to get out of Vinny's house; it was just too much for me to handle."

"You and Vinny went through a lot together," Tyler looks back at Daisy. "I can understand why you needed to break free from the mansion."

"It was just everywhere I looked, I felt like I saw Vinny. It's like he was haunting me."

Trenyce looks over at Tyler uneasily. "Well, then this is a good move for you. I hope you know, you could have come home to my place?"

"No, no, no," Daisy shakes her head back to her. "You and Chris just got engaged, you need your space. I appreciate that offer, though. This time here, alone, will be good for me."

"Why do you want to be alone?" Tyler asks her quickly.

Daisy sighs as she wonders if she has said too much. The fact is, she has been struggling ever since she aborted her unborn child. She still thinks that it was the best decision for her because she can't imagine having Vinny's child, but the time alone will be good for her while she copes with her decision.

"I…I guess I am still struggling with something and the time with myself will be good for reflection."

"This isn't the first time you've mention that to me," Trenyce looks back at her in concern. "I wish you would talk to me, or us, about whatever it is that you're struggling with Daisy. We want to help you."

Daisy nods back to her as water feels her eyes. "Thanks, I'll keep that in mind guys. I really will."

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

"I hope you don't mind me showing up here unannounced," Adam tells Helen as he moves swiftly into the living room of the house that he lived in with Helen for years. "I guess I didn't know where else to go."

Helen smiles back to him as she pours two cups of tea and passes her ex-husband one of them. "It's fine, I don't mind getting a surprise visit from you. This doesn't have anything to do with Dawn, does it?"

"Nah," Adam shakes his head back to her as he sits on the sofa. "Our daughter is fine."

Helen takes a sip of her tea before she looks back at him. "Well then, what's going on? You certainly don't seem like yourself. Is everything okay?"

Adam sets his tea cup down on the coffee table with a heavy sigh. "No, nothing is okay. Robin and I, we are over, Helen. I ended things, for good, this time."

Helen arches her eyebrow back to him. "Really? What happened? If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine."

"You're going to find out sooner than later anyways," he reveals to her. "She's pregnant; Robin is going to have another baby. And, the father of the baby is Shane."

"Oh Adam," Helen gasps back to him. "I can't imagine how hard that must have been to hear from Robin, especially after everything you went through with Dominique."

Adam nods back to her. "That's what I told Robin," he whispers. "I told her if Shane was the father of her child that I would have to walk away from her. I can't go through that again."

"That certainly doesn't make it any less difficult for you," Helen looks back at him. "If I can do anything or say anything, Adam, you know I'm here for you, right?"

Adam nods back to her with a sly grin on his face. "That's why I came here, Helen. I knew that you'd be in my corner. You've never left it."

"And I never will," she replies to him. "Come on, we are going out."

"We are?" Adam asks her with a chuckle as he stands up.

"Yup," she grabs her jacket. "We are going to the Pampa Grill and you're ordering those Mexi-fries that are so tasty but horrible for you. And, you will have a beer or two, my treat. If you can't enjoy some comfort food now, then you never will."

Adam chuckles back to her as he moves to the door. "Thanks Helen, that sounds really great."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Shane opens the door to his office at the hospital and moves inside. He is surprised, however, when he sees Robin standing by his desk, clearly waiting for him.

"Robin, I wasn't expecting you," Shane tells her as he drops some files down on his desk. "Is everything okay?"

Robin looks back at him with red eyes. She hasn't been able to stop crying since Adam kicked her out of his townhouse after she told him the truth about the paternity of her unborn child. She found herself coming to the hospital because the next step is that she has to tell Shane the truth as well.

Robin shrugs back to him. "I guess that depends on your definition of everything," she replies to him quickly. "I'm going to make this quick and easy. I got the paternity test results back. I know who the father of my baby is."

Shane nervously nods back to her. "Okay? So, don't keep me waiting. Am I the father of your baby? Are we going to be parents….again?"

Robin nods to him. "Yes, Shane. You're the father of my baby."

Shane beams back to and rushes up to her and wraps his arms around her. "Oh Robin, this is the best news I've heard in a while. I can't believe this!"

"Neither can I," Robin tells him, unable to match him in excitement as she had hoped, desperately, that Adam was the father of her child. "Neither can I."

Dominick's Townhouse

Abby pours herself a glass of white wine at the bar in the living room of the house that she lives in with Dominick. She is home alone because Dominick is out trying to find Felicia, as he continues to be worried about her because she has claimed to have seen Barbara alive and well. Abby is still annoyed that Dominick is so focused on his ex-wife but she is trying to not let it bother her.

"Drinking at this hour? Do you really have nothing else going on?" a voice calls out from the entrance way of the living room. Abby looks over and rolls her eyes at the sight of Paige moving closer to her.

"Who let you in my house?" Abby asks her quickly.

"This is my grandfather's home," Paige reminds her. "The maid will never turn me away."

"Well, I hate to burst your bubble," Abby sighs back to her. "But Dominick isn't home. So you can leave, okay?"

"Not so fast," Paige looks back at her with intent. "I need to know what's going on between you and Ethan Alexander?"

Abby looks back at her in surprise as she didn't realize that Paige knew that she and Ethan were friends. "What are you talking about?"

"I've seen you and Ethan together a few times now," Paige informs her. "What is going on between the two of you."

"Not that it is any of your business, Paige, but Ethan is my friend," Abby replies to her quickly. "I am allowed to have friends, you know."

Paige arches her eyebrow. "I don't know if you're being honest, but I will keep an eye on you, Abby. The last thing I want is for you to hurt my grandfather."

"Mind your own business," Abby whispers back to her. "You do not want to get on my bad side, Paige. Trust me on that."

Robertson Enterprises

"I am sorry again for interrupting you at the Pink Flamingo but when I saw you I thought it could be good for us to talk," Leah tells Tyler as they move into the main office at Robertson Enterprises. She saw her brother at the restaurant and recalled how Robbie asked her to talk to Tyler about the lawsuit that he filed against Roboto.

"It is fine," Tyler replies to her. "Trenyce, Daisy and I were wrapping up and this seemed important?"

"It is important," Leah nods back to him. "Is it about this lawsuit that you have filed against Roboto."

Tyler arches his eyebrow back to her. "What about it?"

"Do you really think that it is necessary? I mean, what are you trying to accomplish with the lawsuit?"

"I want the Calimo's to pay," Tyler replies to her quickly. "What Robbie did was unacceptable; I want them to pay for what they did, not only to Cheresa, but to Robertson Enterprises."

Leah nervously nods back to her. "I guess I was hoping that this feud between the two families would be put to rest. This lawsuit, Tyler, it will carry the feud on. Is that what you want?"

"That's not even on my mind right now," Tyler tells her. "All I care about is making Robbie pay. Anything else that happens is out of our control."

"You're not changing your mind about this, are you?"

"No," Tyler looks back at her. "Nothing will make me change my mind about this lawsuit. We are going to win and we will bring down Roboto."

Roboto

Dale opens the door to the main office at Roboto and moves inside, which causes Natasha to stand up from behind her desk. Natasha looks at the lawyer and hopes that he has good news for her about the lawsuit.

"Dale, hi," Natasha welcomes him into the office. "Have you had time to review the details of the lawsuit?"

Dale sets his briefcase down and looks back at her. "I have had time to review the lawsuit documents."

"And? You have good news for me, I hope?" she chuckles to him.

Dale forces a smile on his. "I wish I did," he admits to her. "The case is pretty damaging, I have to admit to you."

Natasha loses the smile from her face immediately. "You believe Robertson Enterprises will win?"

Dale sighs back to her. "I think the key factor is Kim, your sister in law. Robertson and their lawyers will likely put her on the stand. If she admits that she blames Robbie for the loss of her baby; that will be very damaging to the case."

Natasha shakes her head back to him. "I can't believe this," she tells him. "My own family will be the downfall of this case? No, we have to do something, Dale. We have to come up with a counter to this lawsuit because failure is not an option."

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

"Well, don't just look back at me with a blank stare on your face," Lukas tells Donovan as they continue their conversation in the living room of the Richardson estate. Lukas just asked Donovan why Jasper would have quit working for them; Lukas recalls how he saw their nanny on the pier and he gave his resignation effective immediately. When Lukas questioned him about it, Jasper told him to talk to Donovan. "Why did Jasper quit working here?"

Donovan looks back at Lukas and can see him trying to put the pieces of all of this together. In his mind, Donovan loves see Lukas squirm over the fact that his dirty secret, his lover, has quit working here. Donovan wishes he could reveal everything to Lukas right now, but he knows that he has play his cards right.

"Because I forced his hand," Donovan finally replies to Lukas. "That son of a bitch got away with it for the last time."

"Got away with what?" Lukas asks him still confused by what Donovan is telling him. "What did Jasper do?"

"He," Donovan glares back at Lukas. "He sexually assaulted me."

Lukas' mouth opens in shock by Donovan's admission. The last thing he expected Donovan to say was that Jasper sexually assaulted him. Furthermore, that doesn't even sound like anything Jasper would do. In his mind, there must be more to this story.

"He did what? How is any of this possible, Donovan?"

"It is possible," Donovan nods back to him. "And I have proof, Lukas. I can prove that Jasper sexually assaulted me."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Helen gets a shock
- Trenyce confesses to Chris
- Nicholas sides with Andy

 
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