Episode 941
 
Love Me a Whole Different Way
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: May 28, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Love Goes" Sam Smith

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Daisy agreed to work for Antonio as a sex worker
- Tyler continued to worry about Felicia as she maintained that Eva was alive
- Abby started to drug Dominick to ensure he doesn't remember that Eva is alive
- Adam went to Helen's to tell her who Dale really is. Dale told Adam to mind his own business
- Traci suggested to Greg that he pursue Kim
- Jeff and Meggan realized that Leah gave birth to a baby boy
- Jasper realized he had to stick up to Donovan

MW Investigations

Meggan opens the file that rests on her desk and re-reads the pages inside, even though she has read them many times already. The words are there in black and white: Leah's name with a red circle around it and then the words "baby boy" next to it. Meggan recalls how she and Jeff started looking at the files that they discovered at the winery in Santa Barbara in Frederick's secret study. While they don't have any more information, at least they know that Leah gave birth to a boy all those years ago.

"Meggan," a voice calls out at the doorway of her office door. Meggan looks up and sees Leah standing there with Jeff behind her. "Jeff told me that you two wanted to see me. Have you had the chance to go through the files that we got in Santa Barbara?"

"Yea, we did," Jeff nods to his ex-wife. "That's why we wanted to have this meeting."

"Alright," Leah takes a deep breath. "I guess you should know that I saw Frederick earlier and asked him, again, for more details on my child. He claimed that he had no information on the baby, so I told him that I was going to take matters into my own hands."

"How did he react to that?" Meggan asks her sister, knowing that her father doesn't like to be threatened like that.

"He seemed unfazed," Leah replies to her. "I don't think he has any idea that we were in Santa Barbara."

"I go to the winery at least once a year, so even if he knows that we were there, he might not think anything of it," Meggan informs her.

"So, what did you find out from the files we got from Frederick's study? Do you know where my baby is?"

"No," Jeff replies to her quickly. "But we did find out the sex of the child."

Leah gasps back to him as she feels her eyes swell with water. "The sex?" she says quickly. "What did we have, Jeff? Did we have a little boy or a little girl?"

"We had a boy," Jeff tells her as Meggan notices how close they are becoming. "We have a son out there."

A tear falls down Leah's cheek at the news that she has another son out there. "A baby boy," she whispers as Jeff comes up and hugs her. "We have to find him; we have to find out son."

 

Roboto

"So, what did you think of Natasha's comments earlier about needing to come up with some new lines and products to help Roboto rebound from the lawsuit?" Kim asks Robbie, who is pouring himself a glass of wine from the bar in the main office of the family company. Kim recalls how Natasha told her and Robbie that they would need to start creating some revenue to help offset the money that they are losing with the settlement with Tyler and Robertson Enterprises.

"I agree with her," Robbie turns and looks at his ex-wife. "The sooner you guys can get something new on the shelf, the better off you and Roboto will be."

"I can't help but wonder what Bob would do in this situation," Kim admits to him. "He was the mastermind of getting out of difficult situations."

Robbie chuckles back to her. "That he was," he tells her. "I still miss him every damn day."

"I know you do, so do I," she says. "It's incredible to think about everything that we have been through together."

At the door, Greg stops and sees Robbie and Kim talking. He had come to the office because he hasn't been able to stop thinking about the advice that Traci gave him recently that Kim would want a relationship with him if he made the first move. He knows that deep down he has always had feelings for Kim but there was always something preventing them from having a real relationship; now, that she is divorced from Robbie, he would like nothing more than to be with her.

"We have been to hell and back together," Robbie tells Kim. "And here we are, still able to have a civil conversation."

Kim chuckles back to him. "I'm still hurt by the miscarriage, I can't deny that. But I guess it was foolish of me to think that I would stay mad at you forever."

"I still love you Kim," he admits to her, as Greg takes a deep breath and races off. He believes that Kim is about to admit that she still loves him too and he doesn't want to hear that. "But I do understand why you divorced me."

"I appreciate that," Kim nods back to him. "I know that if you could go back and change things, you would. It's just unfortunate that we can't do that. We can only move forward."

"I'm trying," Robbie sighs back to her. "I just don't know what moving forward without you or Roboto looks like. That's what I'm trying to navigate that right now."

The Davenport House; Trenyce & Chris' Home

"So what do you think of this light pink for dresses for the brides maids?" Trenyce asks Daisy as she passes her Aunt her tablet that has the dress on the screen. After talking with Chris about focusing on their wedding, Trenyce has decided to start planning the big day and the first person that she thought of to help her was Daisy.

Daisy takes the tablet and looks at the dress. While she does think the dress is pretty, she is having a difficult time focusing on the wedding planning because of everything that has happened with her recently. She was feeling rather depressed after she aborted her unborn child; she still thinks that her decision was the right one for her because she doesn't think she could have had Vinny's child after all the horrible things that he put her through. To help her get her mind off things, Antonio whisked her away to Vegas for a weekend and while there, she ended up sleeping with a man in exchange for money. To her own surprise, the entire ordeal helped her with her grief and she has since agreed to do it again for Antonio. She never believed that her life would take her to this place but here she is.

"That great, huh?" Trenyce chuckles back to her, causing Daisy to snap back into reality as she realizes that she hasn't commented on the dress yet.

"Sorry, I guess I just got lost in my thoughts," Daisy replies to her. "The dress is beautiful, Trenyce. If you ask Cheresa to stand up for you, she would look stunning in this one."

"I was thinking about asking Cheresa," Trenyce nods back to her. "But I was also hoping that you'd stand up for me, Daisy. What do you say?"

Daisy uneasily forces a smile on her face. "Oh Trey," she looks back at her niece. "I know this is your day and I want the best for you."

"Why do I get the feeling that there's a but coming?"

"But, I just think I would be better off as a guest, not standing up for you," Daisy gently reveals to her. "I…I am just not feeling like I can stand up for you right now. Please, tell me you understand?"

Trenyce sighs back to her. "I wish I could say that I did," she tells her Aunt. "You have said a few times that you are going through a difficult time but you haven't shared. Now, it's to the point where you won't stand up for me. What's going on, Daisy? And how can I help?"

Daisy looks back at her as she gets tears in her eyes. "It's just…ever since Vinny died, I've been struggling. I promise you, I am getting better … I just need time."

"Okay," Trenyce says as she pulls Daisy into a hug. "Just know that I am here for you if you need me. You don't even have to ask, I'm there."

"I know, thank you for that. Now, let's finish planning this wedding!"

The Pier

Donovan walks down the pier with a steady pace on the warm afternoon. He recalls how he was at home with Lukas when he got a text message from Jasper asking him to meet him on the pier. After he learned that Lukas overheard his last conversation with Jasper, Donovan thought that meeting him on the pier was a good idea since no one would have the ability to hear what they talk about. Donovan just hopes that his plan for revenge doesn't hit another snag; he wants Jasper and Lukas to pay for their affair.

"I'm here, what's going on?" Donovan asks as he approaches the bench that Jasper is sitting on.

Jasper stands up and takes his sun glasses off. He looks at Donovan and knows that he has to stay strong to stand up to the man that is threatening to ruin his life. If he doesn't defend himself, he has no idea who will. "Thanks for coming. I thought we should talk."

"About what?" Donovan asks him quickly. "I have no idea what is left to say, Jasper."

"I've made a decision," Jasper replies to him quickly. "I'm not pleading guilty to sexual assault. I'm not going to say that I did something when we both damn well know that I never assaulted you."

Donovan chuckles back to him. "You will plead guilty, Jasper. And you know why you will, we've been over this."

Jasper shakes his head back to him. "You can threaten me all you want, I am telling you that I am not pleading guilty. It's over, Donovan."

Donovan glares back at him. "Fine, make your decision. But just know that my next call is to immigration. I know that you're in this country illegally. So, I will have you sent back to Japan so quickly your head will spin."

Jasper gulps back to him. "Go ahead," he whispers back to him. "I've been in this country for 15 years and nothing bad has happened. So, you do what you need too and I'll do the same for me."

"You're making a big mistake," Donovan warns him. "You have fucked with the wrong guy, I will destroy you!"

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

"Would someone please tell me what is going on?" a confused Helen asks as she stands in the living room of her home while Adam and Dale glare at each other. Adam arrived at the house earlier to tell Helen that he has figured out who Dale really is; when Dale emerged from upstairs, he told Adam to mind his own business. All Helen wants is for the truth to come out because she hates this going around in circles.

"Tell her," Adam demands from Dale as he glares at him. "Tell Helen the truth!"

Dale chuckles back to her. "We all have pasts, don't we?"

"Helen look at me," Adam tells her, as Helen turns and looks at her ex-husband. "Think of the last name Cunningham. Doesn't that ring a bell?"

Helen shrugs back to him in confusion. "I guess? But obviously not in the way that it has struck a cord with you."

Adam nods back to her. "Mallory Cunningham," he whispers back to her as Helen's eyes open wider in surprise. "She was my student at school; she bullied Trenyce and became obsessed with me. She kidnapped Dawn and we found them in the tree house."

"And my daughter is dead as a result!" Dale's voice echoes in the room.

Helen looks back at Dale in shock as she feels her eyes swell with water. "So, it's true? You're Mallory's father? Please, tell me right now! Tell me the truth, Dale!"

One Day House; The Second Level Offices

"I love that it is early afternoon and you're in my office asking me to pour you a double," Ethan chuckles to Abby as he pours her a scotch from the bar in his office. He was surprised when his friend arrived and asked him for a drink. He had suggested that they go out but Abby claimed that she wanted time alone instead of being in public.

"I hope it's okay," Abby replies to him as he moves closer to her and passes her a scotch. "I am just feeling stressed."

Ethan arches her eyebrow back to her. "Stressed? Has something happened?"

Abby sighs back to him as she thinks about how she went to the Victors mansion to see if Dominick needed help stopping Felicia's wedding to Frederick. When she arrived, she saw Frederick knock her husband out cold because Dominick discovered that Eva is alive and was posing as Barbara Mills; Frederick was using Eva because he knew that Felicia would listen to Barbara because they were so close before she passed away. In the aftermath, Frederick told Abby that she would have to drug Dominick to ensure he didn't remember what he discovered, which she has been doing. Now, she's drugging her husband to ensure he doesn't remember that his wife, Eva, is alive. If the truth came out, Abby's life as she knows it would be drastically different.

"Yes, a lot has happened Ethan," she finally tells him as she takes a sip of her scotch. "I can't get into the details but I feel like I am fighting for my life right now, Ethan."

He pulls her into a hug and holds her tightly. Abby shuts her eyes and embraces the feeling of his muscular arms around her. "You don't have to tell me anything but just know that I am here Abby. You're not alone, okay?"

"Thank you Ethan," she whispers back to him. "Just hold me for a moment longer, please."

"I'll hold you as long as you need me too," he says as he kisses her forehead.

Robertson Enterprises

"Thank you all for coming today," Dominick says as he moves into the main office at Robertson Enterprises and he sees Leah and Tyler all waiting for him to arrive. He knew that he had to get to the bottom of what happened the night of Felicia's wedding to Frederick because his memory is foggy. He knows that he went to the mansion, stopped the wedding but the details of the day are a blur. "I'm hoping that you can all fill in the pieces of what happened the night of Felicia's wedding."

"You mean you still don't remember?" Tyler asks him, trying not to be overly worried about his father.

Dominick shakes his head back to him. "I know that I stopped the ceremony but that's about it. My memory is gone from the rest of the details."

"Well, I was there," Leah replies to him quickly, as she tries to figure out why her father's memory is gone. She is still rattled from her meeting earlier with Meggan and Jeff but she is trying to help Dominick put all the pieces together. "I was standing up for Felicia. You came into the living room and told Frederick that you knew the truth."

"What truth? What did I know?" Dominick asks her quickly.

"I wish I knew," Leah admits to him. "Before anything else happened, Frederick had the room cleared. The only people that were in the room you were, Frederick and Felicia."

"And Felicia is claiming that Eva is alive and that she was posing as Barbara Mills," Tyler reveals to everyone. "But we all know that couldn't be true. Eva is dead."

"But so is Barbara," Dominick sighs back to his children. "So what the hell is going on here? What truth did I know that I could stop the wedding? I don't know what is going on here but I have to figure this out, our entire futures could depend on it."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Tyler has a suggestion on how to handle Felicia
- Helen confronts Dale
- Sophie reconnects with Jacob

 
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