Episode Theme song: "Good Job" Alicia Keys

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Daisy agreed to be a sex worker for Antonio
- Andrew continued to gamble in hopes of forgetting Trenyce
- Bryce demanded to know what Frederick did with Victoria, unaware he locked her in a padded cell at Raven's Meadow
- Adam told Helen that Dale is Mallory Cunningham's father
- Madeline heard Will call out for Eva's name in his sleep again
- Jeff and Meggan told Leah that she had a baby boy
- Shane invited Cassie to his place and kissed her in hopes of seducing her
- Jacob and Sophie caught up

The Tower's, Floor Three; Madeline & Will's Condo

"I can't believe that Clayton is back in town," Will tells Madeline as she pours himself a cup of coffee as a new day as started in Twin Peaks. He, recently, got home from a night shift at Raven's Meadow and Madeline immediately told him that Clayton returned to Twin Peaks the previous night because he had heard that Andy and Nicholas were getting married and he didn't to miss the wedding. Neither Will or Madeline can truly believe that Clayton is excited for their wedding, however, they have to take his word for it. "Is he home now?"

"He left a little while ago," Madeline explains to him. "He wanted to go for a run. I was pretty much in shock when he arrived last night too. I haven't had much time to talk to him."

"You'll have to let me know what he says about the engagement," Will chuckles back to him. "I would have thought he would have been upset considering how everything played out before he left town."

"Yea, me too," Madeline uneasily looks back at him. "I'm glad we have this time alone though, Will. I…I think we have to talk."

Will arches his eyebrow as he sits next to her at the small table that is in the dining room. "Sure, what's up?"

"The other day, when we made love again, it was incredible," Madeline tells him. "I felt like we really crossed a bridge and grew closer."

"I agree with you," Will nods back to her. "It was great to feel that connected again."

"Yea," she forces a smile on her face. "But the next day," she says as she feels her eyes swell with water. "I…I heard you while you were sleeping."

Will arches his eyebrow. "You heard me? I don't understand."

"You were dreaming, Will," she explains to him. "And the dream was about Eva. You kept calling out her name over and over again."

"Ah, I'm sorry," Will shakes his head back to her. "I…I wish I knew why I was always having these visions or dreams of her. But, I can't explain it."

"I know you can't," she says as a tear falls down her cheek. "But Will, I … I think I need space from this. I can't keep feeling like I am competing with a ghost. It's driving me crazy!"

"What are you saying?" Will asks her quickly. "You're not saying that you want me to move out, are you? Come on, Maddie, don't say that."

"I'm sorry," she whispers back to him. "I just need time, please understand Will. I…I love you but I can't compete with a dead woman. I just can't."

The Sugarbowl

"I feel like I need I really need this coffee this morning," Leah uneasily chuckles to Jeff as they sit across from one another in the back booth of the coffeehouse. She feels like she barely slept the previous night as she had a long day; first, she had confronted Frederick, again, about her missing child and he informed her that while he knows she gave birth in Santa Barbara, he has no information about where the child is now. Then, Jeff and Meggan informed Leah that they discovered that Leah had a baby boy. She feels like, at every turn, her emotions are being put to the test.

Jeff chuckles back to her. "Well you came to the right place, right? Look, I know that this has been a lot to handle, but yesterday, I feel like we made some good inroads."

"Because now we know that we had a boy?" Leah asks him as he nods back to her. "As soon as I heard that we had a boy, Jeff, my mind went to Noah. We should have two boys and a daughter. It's crazy to think that, isn't it?"

"There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about our son," Jeff admits to her quickly. "I wonder what he would be doing with his life."

"Me too," Leah forces a smile on her face. "And it's hard now knowing that we have another son out there that we can't be around, get to know, watch him grow up, you know? Damn it, this entire situation is a fucking mess! I'm…I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lose my temper."

"It's fine," Jeff reaches over and grabs her hand. "You're allowed to be upset. This isn't easy for anyone, including me. But, I'm choosing to believe that we will find out boy, Leah. It's the only thing that is keeping me going right now."

Leah nods back to him and forces a smile on her face. "I guess I am just trying to hold on to that hope as well."

At the doorway, Meggan freezes at the sight of Jeff holding her sister's, his ex-wife's, hand and looking into her eyes. She had come into for a coffee before she went to MW Investigations, but seeing this scene unfold in front of her, she turns around and quickly leaves the coffeehouse, needing some fresh air in her lungs more than ever.

***

At the window seats, Chris sets a breakfast sandwich down in front of Trenyce before he sits next to her with a coffee and a muffin for himself.

"That coffee smells so good," Trenyce chuckles back to him. "One of things that I miss while being pregnant is drinking coffee. And wine, let's not forget wine."

Chris laughs back to her. "Soon enough you will be able to enjoy those things again, once you have our beautiful baby."

"I know," Trenyce nods back to him. "Even BJ was excited to see my growing belly this morning. He's going to be the best big brother."

"That he is," Chris agrees with her. "He was so excited to go to his play date this morning too."

"He loves interacting with other people," Trenyce says before she takes a bite of her breakfast. "I wish Daisy was feeling that way."

"Daisy? What does she have to do with this?"

Trenyce arches her eyebrow back to him. "I met with her yesterday to help me with the wedding plans," Trenyce reveals to him as she recalls her previous day with her Aunt. "I asked her to stand up for me."

"Oh that's awesome," Chris nods back to her. "The wedding can be a real family affair."

"That's the thing," Trenyce looks back at him. "She turned me down saying she doesn't feel like she's in the right head space right now."

"What?" Chris asks her in surprise. "That doesn't seem like Daisy at all."

"I know," Trenyce agrees with him. "It's not the first time that she has indicated that she is going through something. But whenever I ask her what it is, she clams up. I don't know Chris, I am worried about my Aunt and I don't know what I can do about it."

"You're already doing it Trey," Chris suggests back to her. "By telling her that you're there for her and that you're ready whenever she is ready to talk. That's all you can do until she's ready to open up."

"I guess so," Trenyce sighs back to him. "I just hope it is sooner rather than later."

The River Rock Casino

"You look absolutely stunning," Antonio smiles as Daisy walks into his office wearing a short, sparkling red dress. She has matching red lip stick and red pumps to complete the outfit. He, still, can't believe that Daisy is standing in his office, about to start her day as a sex worker at the casino. He knows that every casino has girls that will offer services in-exchange for money; when he first saw Daisy, he was taken by her beauty and thought she would be perfect. He had no idea that she would agree once they went to Vegas together and she got so drunk that she ended up sleeping with someone for money. To his surprise, she has agreed to come on board.

"Thank you," Daisy takes a deep breath back to him. She doesn't know why she is nervous as she has been with her share of men over the years; but something about the fact that she is now going to sell her body for money makes it feel very different. "I have a couple of rules before I do this."

Antonio chuckles back to her. "Alright, let's hear them."

"One, every encounter has to be protected," she tells him. "I won't have unprotected sex with anyone."

"That's completely fair and understandable."

"And two, no one can know about this. My family can't know that I am making money by having sex with men."

"Also understood," Antonio nods back to her. "The girls that are working with you, they stay at the back of the casino, far away from the entry way, and certainly no where near the Pink Flamingo. You family will never know, unless you tell them. Now, are you ready to your first round?"

Daisy uneasily nods back to him as she takes another deep breath. "I'm as ready as I will ever be."

Antonio opens the door to his office and Daisy steps into the main casino. Antonio immediately points to the far back wall, where Daisy can see three other girls standing around, waiting to catch a man's attention. They start walking together.

At the blackjack table, Andrew happens to look up from his hand and sees Daisy, looking stunning in her dress, move to the back wall with Antonio. He arches his eyebrow, wondering what they are doing, and why Daisy is dressed like a million dollars.

***

Meanwhile, at a table in the Pink Flamingo, Adam sits across from Dawn with some breakfast in front of them. After the previous days events, Adam knew that he had to see his daughter to bring her up to speed on what has happened.

"Your message last night made it seem incredibly important that we meet this morning," Dawn says before takes a bite of her French toast. "What's going on?"

Adam takes a long sip of his coffee before he looks back at his daughter. "Do you remember when I told you a few days ago that I thought Dale, your Mom's new boyfriend, looked familiar to me?"

"Yea, I do," Dawn nods back to him. "You didn't know how you thought you knew him; I thought it was just because of your history with Mom."

"I kept thinking about it and then it dawned on me," Adam reveals to her. "When you a baby, there was a girl that I taught at school; she became obsessed with me and she kidnapped you when I rejected her."

"Mallory Cunningham?" Dawn gasps back to him. "I remember you and Mom telling me that she kidnapped me and took me to the treehouse in the backyard and when you saved me, she fell and died."

"Exactly," Adam nods back to her. "And now, Mallory's father, Dale, is dating your mother."

Dawn feels the blood drain from her face at the news of her mother's new lover. "I…I don't believe this! Did he purposely target Mom? What does he want with us?"

"I wish I knew, but I sure hope Helen gets to the bottom of this."

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

"Thanks for coming by this morning," Helen says as she lets Dale into her home. After the previous days revelation, Helen asked Dale to leave so she could try to wrap her head around the fact that Adam exposed him as being Mallory's father. She has so many questions for the man that she has been seeing, she almost doesn't know where to begin.

"I would have stayed last night to talk; I hadn't realized how late it had gotten," he replies to her as he moves into the living room of her house. "But I do agree with you, Helen, we need to talk."

"I barely slept last night," Helen admits to him. "I kept thinking over and over in my head what Adam said: that you are Mallory's father. Is that true?"

Dale puts his head down and nods to her. "It's true," he whispers back to her. "Mallory is…was…my daughter."

Helen shakes her head in disbelief. "My God, so it's true! I…I don't believe this."

"I never realized the connection until I got back into Twin Peaks," Dale reveals to her. "I had no idea your connection to my daughter when we met in Cancun."

"But…" Helen feels her eyes swell with water. "You had a wife?"

"Yes, I was married to May," Dale replies to her. "We grew apart after Mallory's death and we divorced a few years later."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Helen tells him. "You have to understand, Dale, that this is all so…jarring. I never imagined that this would happen."

"I know," Dale nods to her. "And you have to believe me Helen, I didn't seek you or your family out on purpose. Like I said, I had no idea who you were when we met in Cancun."

Helen looks into his eyes trying to see if she can determine if he is lying or not. She can't tell so she finds herself licking her lips a little. "Do you mean that, Dale? You had no idea who I was?"

"Of course I mean that," he nods to her. "And I can prove it."

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

"So, I haven't heard a peep from Victoria and this is, like, the second full day," Bryce explains to Donovan as they stand next to one another in the lavish living room of the Richardson mansion. Bryce is visiting his brother in law to express how concerned he is about Victoria's disappearance; he is hoping that she has contacted her brother as he knows that they are close. Still, in the back of his mind, he can't help but recall how Frederick told him that if he didn't keep Victoria from learning the truth that Eva is alive, he would ensure she didn't have the chance to tell anyone else. He just hopes that Frederick hasn't done something to his wife.

"I can tell that you're worried about my sister," Donovan nods back to him. "And hearing your story, I have to admit, I am also worried."

"Does that mean you haven't heard from her?" Bryce asks him. "I had hoped that she had reached out to you."

"I wish I could tell you that she had reached out to me, but I haven't heard from her in days."

"Is that normal for you two?" Bryce asks next. "I know you two are close, but how often did you actually communicate?"

"Every couple days for sure," Donovan nods back to him. "So, the fact that it's been this long is a little worrisome."

Bryce sighs heavily. "Damnit," he whispers back to Donovan. "What am I going to do? How can I make sure nothing bad has happened to my wife?"

"I think we should give it a couple more days," Donovan tells him. "Technically, the police won't file a missing persons report until she's been gone for 72 hours."

"I don't know that I can wait that long!"

"I know, but let's try to stay calm and think about where Vic could have gone," Donovan says. "And if we haven't heard from her after 72 hours, we can go to the police."

"I'm just worried," Bryce looks him in the eyes. "That after 72 hours it might be too late."

The Glubbs House; Shane's Home

Shane slowly pours himself a cup of coffee as he stands shirtless in his kitchen. His mind is thinking about the previous evening when he had Cassie over for dinner as a part of his plan to seduce her. He knows that Natasha's idea was for Shane to seduce Cassie in hopes of keeping her away from Jacob; when Cassie was here, he leaned in and kissed her.

He closes his eyes and recalls the previous evening.

[FLASH]

Shane leans forward and kisses Cassie on her lips. The kiss is soft and tender but it quickly becomes more passionate when he slides his tongue into her mouth. Immediately, Cassie recoils and pulls back from her former lover.

"What are you doing?" Cassie gasps back to him. "Shane, we have been over for a very, very long time!"

Shane looks into her eyes, his own eyes full of lust. "I know we have," he licks his lips back to her. "But you can't deny that we still have a spark between us, Cassie. We have a heat, an energy between us that is undeniable."

Cassie stands up from the sofa and grabs her purse. "I don't know what I did to make you think that I was interested in this, but I am not, Shane. Not even remotely. Thanks for the dinner invite, but I have to go."

Before Shane can say anything, he hears the front door slam shut and Cassie left his home.

[FLASH]

He opens his eyes coming back to the present. He takes a sip of his coffee as he wonders what he is going to do now, because Cassie rejected him.

"This will not be a fun conversation to have with Natasha," he whispers to himself. "But we will have to come up with something else to keep Jacob away from Cassie. The question is, what?"


The Calimo Mansion

"This is a sight for sore eyes, my beautiful children surprising me with breakfast," Natasha has a huge smile on her face as she moves into the living room of the Calimo mansion and sees Jacob and Sophie pouring some coffees while Rosario finishes putting the final touches on their breakfast. "I didn't even know you spent the night last night, Sophie."

Sophie moves a piece of her hair behind her ear. "Yea, Jacob invited me over so we could get caught up. By the time we were done talking, it was pretty late and Dad agreed to let me stay over."

Natasha chuckles back to her. "I'm surprised he did that. Cory seems to want to keep you on a short leash right now, not that I can blame him."

"I don't know why," Sophie rolls her eyes back to her mother. "This place is more of a home to me than the penthouse. In fact, I was hoping that you'd talk to Dad on my behalf; I want to move home, Mom. I want to live here again."

Natasha arches her eyebrow. "Before you say anything," Jacob looks at his mother. "This was my idea. I think it would be good for Sophie to be here; she can be around the two of us, Kim, Uncle Robbie…she has a lot more chance to be social and prove that she has learned her lesson from the college scandal."

Before anyone can say anything else, Natasha bursts into a coughing fit. She puts her hand up as she grabs a napkin and covers her mouth. The coughing continues, so she quickly walks out of the room and into the foyer.

Jacob and Sophie, meanwhile, look at one another in worry. "What was that all about?" Sophie asks him quickly.

Jacob shrugs back to her. "She must have just swallowed funny or something," he replies to her. "She certainly did seem like she had a cold or anything."

"I hope that's all it is," Sophie replies to him.

Meanwhile, in the foyer, Natasha finally gets her coughing under control. She takes a deep breath and tries to control herself. She finally removes the napkin from her mouth and freezes when she looks at the white fabric: red blood is visible on the napkin.

Next on One Day at a Time
- Daisy and Andrew have a conversation
- Greg confronts Kim
- Robin and Antonio have dinner