Episode 946
 
Fire in your Eyes
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: June 14, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Take My Breath" the Weeknd

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Cheresa told Trenyce that she was worried about Andrew's gambling
- Daisy started to sell her body for money under Antonio's watch at the casino
- Andy and Nicholas were stunned to see Clayton back in town
- Tyler asked Bryce to be Felicia's doctor if they committed her to Raven's Meadow
- With Traci's help, Greg planned to propose to Kim
- Lukas told Donovan he wanted the truth or he would leave their marriage
- Natasha coughed up blood
- Shane's plan to seduce Cassie failed

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

Donovan opens his phone as he stands in the living room of the lavish mansion that he lives in with his husband and sister in law and sighs heavily when he doesn't see any further update from either Bryce or Victoria about his sister's whereabouts. He had told his brother in law to wait and give Victoria time to come home, but the truth is, the longer that she is missing, the more worried he is becoming. He doesn't know what he would do if something happened to his sister, especially since he is still grieving the loss of his mother.

"You're staring at your phone like you're willing it to do something," Lukas observes of his husband as he moves into the living room and sees Donovan looking at his phone screen. "Is everything alright?"

Donovan shrugs his shoulders back to him. "There's still no word on where Victoria is," he admits back to him. "And, I'm starting to get worried."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Lukas replies to him. "If I have learned anything about Victoria over the years, it is that she is a very strong woman. I'm sure, wherever she is, she is okay."

"I hope so," Donovan tells him. "After losing Eva, I don't think I could handle anything happening to Victoria."

"If you want, I can call Meggan and ask her to look for her?" Lukas suggests.

"I thought of that myself. I'll wait another day and then I might take you up on that offer."

Lukas uneasily smiles back to him. "It's funny, isn't it? Here we are having so many problems in our marriage, but we are still a good team."

"We always have been," Donovan uneasily looks back at him. "But that all changed, I guess."

"But why, Donovan? Why did it change? Why did we change?"

"That's something you'll have to answer," Donovan looks back at him. "You're the one… actually never mind."

"No, finish your sentence," Lukas tells him. "It's time Donovan, it's time that you're finally honest with me. What really happened between you and Jasper? And why do I get the feeling that I only know half the story? I don't want to leave our marriage, but like I said, I will if you don't start being honest with me."

Donovan chuckles back to him. "Ironic that you're the one threatening to walk away," he rolls his eyes back to him. "Fine, I'll tell you, Lukas. I'll tell you everything."

The Sugarbowl

Andy looks across the table at Clayton, who is sitting across from him in the back booth of the coffeehouse. Andy and Nicholas had been having dinner at the Pink Flamingo when they saw Madeline and Clayton enter the restaurant; they were stunned to see Clayton as they didn't realize he was back in town. Nicholas, then, had to go to work, so Andy asked Clayton to meet him for coffee once he was done eating with his sister, which Clayton agreed too.

"I am surprised that you're back in town," Andy admits to his former lover. "I hope you had a good time away?"

Clayton nervously smiles back to him. "I needed some time away for sure," he tells him. "After everything that happened with you and Nicholas, I thought it was good for me to get away."

"I hope you know that we, Nicholas and I, we never meant to hurt you, Clayton."

"I know that," Clayton replies to him. "You two had a history before I came into the picture. It still…it hurt, that's all I can say about it."

"I gather that you heard about Nicholas and I getting engaged?"

"I did," Clayton nods back to him. "From Nicholas, actually. I sent him a text and he told me that way. That's why I came back, I guess I wanted to see for myself that you two are happy."

"We are," Andy smiles back to him. "If you're okay with this, then that's great."

"I'll be honest with you," Clayton looks back at him. "I think I'm still in love with Nicholas, but I want him to be happy. That's all I've ever wanted."

Andy gulps heavily hearing that Clayton is still in love with Nicholas. The last thing he wants is for there to be more drama between the three of them. "I hope you can get over your feelings for my fiance," Andy tells him. "Because we are happy and we will be married, Clayton. We deserve this period of happiness."

The Lawson Estate; Greg & Cheresa's Home

The living room of the Lawson estate has been transformed into a romantic setting. There is a table with a three large candles that are illuminating the room; there are white and yellow lilies in the room, as Greg didn't want roses because of Brooke's obsession with the flowers; soft piano based music is playing in the background and the smell of a lobster bisque is coming from the kitchen.

"I can't believe you went to all this trouble just to have dinner with me," Kim smiles back to Greg as he passes her a glass of champagne. She takes a sip and continues to look around the room in amazement at its transformation.

Greg takes a sip of his champagne and looks into her eyes. "I wanted to show you how much you mean to me, Kim," he replies to her. "You and I, we have been through so much together, I thought it was time that I show you much I value you."

Kim feels her cheeks flush. "You're so incredibly sweet, thank you. The last few months haven't been easy on any of us, so this is really nice."

"And Traci is preparing all of your favorites tonight," Greg chuckles to her. "I hope you have an appetite."

"I do," Kim nods back to him. "I'm just in awe of everything you've done tonight."

"You deserve nothing but the best, Kim," Greg tells her. "I want to give you that, today and always."

Kim smiles back to him. "You're so sweet, thank you."

Greg nervously looks back at her. "I'm hoping that you will let me do that for you, give you the best every day."

Kim chuckles back to him. "What do you mean by that?"

Greg pulls out the small black box from his jacket pocket and opens it, revealing the large diamond ring, which causes Kim to gasp out loud. "Marry me, Kim? Let me give you everything that you deserve for the rest of our lives?"

The Calimo Mansion

"Rumor has it, you and Isabelle are becoming closer, is this true?" Natasha asks Jacob, who is pouring himself a glass of water from the bar in the living room of the Calimo mansion. On sofa, Shane sits as he joined his ex-wife and son for dinner earlier in the evening. Natasha knows that she is fishing for information to ensure that Jacob stays far away from Cassie, whom he has been growing closer too.

Jacob looks back at his mother in surprise. "What do you mean, close? We work together, if that's what you mean?"

Shane chuckles back to his son. "Your mother had heard that there was a situation with some paint?"

Jacob shakes his head back to his parents as he recalls how he spilled paint in the workroom at Roboto and Isabelle helped him clean it up. They had flirted together and he does think that she is beautiful, but he also knows that she has been seeing Max. "There was," he nods back to Shane. "I guess we flirted, but that's about it. Besides, I think she's seeing Max Black and I have Carter with Cassie."

"I think you two make a good looking couple," Natasha tells him quickly. "You should pursue Isabelle, that's all I'm saying."

"Mom, please just let me live my life?"

Before Natasha can respond, she starts coughing heavily. Jacob looks over at his mother, as he recalls this isn't the first time that Natasha had a coughing spell. Natasha moves outside of the living room and into the foyer leaving Jacob alone with Shane.

"What was that all about?" Shane asks his son.

Jacob shrugs his shoulders back to him. "I wish I knew, but this isn't the first time that she's had a coughing spell like this. I hope it's nothing to worry about?"

"Me too," Shane looks back at him in concern. "Since you're around her all the time, please let me know if this continues. As a doctor, I want to know if Natasha is sick."

"I'll keep you posted for sure," Jacob nods back to him as he looks over at the door, wondering if his mother is going to be okay or if this cough is something more serious.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

"I can't tell you how pleased I am that you and Isabelle are growing closer," Cassie purses her lips together as she looks over at Max, as they sit across from one another in the restaurant. Max just finished telling his mother that he and Isabelle had another date and have even share a few kisses. Cassie is pleased because she had warned Isabelle to stay away from Jacob and to pursue Max; the last thing Cassie wanted was for the young model to pursue Jacob because she has wanted to be a family with him and Carter.

"She's an interesting one, that's for sure," Max chuckles back to her as he takes a sip of his beer. "She told me that she didn't want anything serious because she was interested in someone else, but then she called me to have another date."

"You suspect that the person she was interested in was Jacob?" Cassie asks him quickly.

"I do," Max nods back to her. "But she must have realized that you were involved with him. In any event, I'm not complaining."

"Just make sure she stays away from Jacob," Cassie tells her son. "I want to be a family with Jacob and Carter and nothing or no one will stop me from doing that."

Max takes another sip of his beer. "Is someone in particular trying to stop you from having that family?"

Cassie purses her lips back to him as she thinks about how Shane invited her over for dinner; she accepted because she had hoped that she could tell Jacob about her and Shane being civil with each other. At the dinner, however, Shane kissed her, which took her by surprise. She stopped him from going any further, and now she is wondering if she should tell Jacob about what happened.

"Shane, actually," she whispers back to him. "He…uh, well there's no easy way to say this, but Shane kissed me the other day."

"What?" Max gasps back to him. "Why would he do that? You two have been over for many, many years."

Cassie nods back to him. "I know," she tells him. "I've been asking myself the same question, why now did Shane try to get me back? I don't know what's going on, but I will find out, mark my words."

***

Chris, Trenyce and Cheresa all move into casino as they have agreed to dine together at the Pink Flamingo so they can further discuss wedding plans. While they are moving towards the restaurant, Trenyce happens to look into the casino and she spots Andrew sitting, once again, at the blackjack table.

"You guys go ahead, okay? I see Andrew at the blackjack table," Trenyce stops just outside of the restaurant. "I'll go see if he wants to join us."

"Okay, sounds good," Chris leans over and kisses her on the cheek.

Chris and Cheresa are about to go into the restaurant when she stops and looks over at Trenyce and Andrew. Cheresa recalls how she told her mother that she was worried about Andrew; the last few times that they have spoken, however, he has been very defensive. She wonders if she should help Trenyce with the conversation.

"I think I'll go see if Trenyce needs any help with Andrew," Cheresa tells her father. "He hasn't been in the best of moods lately, so she might need the help."

"Alright, I'll grab a table," Chris replies to her. "You guys let me know if you need more help."

"Will do," Cheresa nods back to him before she scurries off.

Chris turns to go into the restaurant but he freezes when he sees Daisy coming out of Antonio's office, with him following her. Daisy is wearing a short green dress with high heels on; Chris hasn't seen his ex-wife looking that dressed up in a very long time. He arches his eyebrow, wondering what Daisy and Antonio are up too.

"I'll aks Trey if she knew about Daisy and Antonio, maybe they are seeing one another?" he whispers to himself before he moves into the restaurant.

Meanwhile, Trenyce reaches the blackjack table and looks at Andrew with worry on her face. Andrew looks over and sighs when he sees her approaching him. The last thing that he wants is another lecture about how often he is gambling.

"Hey," Trenyce says as she moves up to him. "I'm here with Chris and Cheresa, we are going to get some food at the Pink Flamingo. I saw you and wanted to know if you'd like to join us?"

Andrew huffs back to her. "I don't think being around you and Chris while you plan your wedding and talk about your baby is good for me right not, Trey."

"We don't have to talk about those things," Trenyce replies to him quickly. "We can talk about you, or Cheresa and Dawn's wedding."

"I said no," Andrew tells her sternly. "I'm trying to forget the fact that you and I slept together, Trey. Being around you and Chris will not do that for me, okay?"

"Okay, okay," Trenyce puts her hands up in surrender. "Just know that we are here for you, if you need us."

Behind her, Cheresa feels the blood drain from her face as she just heard Andrew tell her mother that they slept together. She feels her heart racing; how could this have happened? How could Trenyce have slept with Andrew? And when did this happen?

She finds herself turning around and walking away quickly, not wanting Andrew or Trenyce to realize that she was close enough to them to hear what they were talking about, but she now realizes that she has more questions that need to be answered.

Tyler's Townhouse

"I think that the brainwashing theory makes perfect sense," Leah tells Tyler and Dominick as she pours herself a glass of wine from the bar in her half-brother's home. Leah just finished hearing that Dominick suspects that Frederick might have brainwashed him, which is why he can't remember the events leading up to Felicia's wedding night. Despite knowing what Frederick is capable of, the idea that he might have brainwashed Dominick is still surprising to her. "It would make sense as to why you can't remember that night. But my God, will Frederick stop at nothing to get what he wants?"

"He is ruthless, that is for sure," Dominick agrees with her. "But we have more important things to discuss right now than my memory."

"I just hate that he is my father," Leah admits to her family. "He is causing so many problems and to think that he gave me life."

"You're nothing like him," Tyler tells her. "You have to remember that, Leah."

"I'm trying," she uneasily nods back to him. "How is Felicia doing? What is her state like right now?"

"That's what we are worried about," Dominick admits to her. "She has continued to claim that Eva is alive and was posing as Barbara Mills all those months. Tyler came up with the idea that we check her into Raven's Meadow."

"But I am worried that Frederick will try to be her doctor again," Tyler shakes his head. "However, I might have found a solution to that."

Leah arches her eyebrow back to him quickly. "A solution? What would that be?"

"I ran into Bryce Barty the other day," Tyler reveals to his family. "I asked him if he would consider being Felicia's doctor."

"And? What did he say?" Dominick asks him quickly. "Did he agree to it?"

"He didn't, but I think he will," Tyler tells them. "Bryce just said he needed time to think about it."

"Keep on him," Dominick tells his son. "We need to ensure that Felicia gets the help she needs but that Frederick can't hurt her again."

"Why not get a restraining order against Frederick?" Leah suggests to him. "That way, even if he goes back to work at Raven's Meadow, we have insurance that he won't be the one to help Felicia?"

"That's not a bad idea," Dominick nods back to her as he gets a sly grin on his face. "I'll call a lawyer thing tomorrow morning to discuss that idea."

"I'll tell Ethan that you're calling," Tyler says back to him. "After all the great work he did with the lawsuit at Robertson Enterprises, I'd trust Ethan with this as well."

"Very well," Dominick replies to him. "Let's see if Ethan can help us keep Felicia safe from Frederick.

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

"I'm waiting Donovan," Lukas eagerly looks back at his husband, who just told him that he will finally tell him the truth. "I want to know the truth about you and Jasper. What the hell is really going on?"

Donovan walks to the bar and pours himself a scotch and takes a sip of it immediately. "This all started, Lukas, because I was trying to regain the strength in my legs on my own. I had hoped to surprise you on Christmas Day, but that wasn't meant to be."

"So, when did you regain the feeling in your legs?" Lukas asks him next.

"New Year's Eve," Donovan turns and faces his husband, who feels the blood drain from his face. "I walked to the living room to wish you a Happy New Year, and imagine my surprise when I saw you and our nanny kissing! So, husband dearest, the reason I find it ironic that you are threatening to walk away from this marriage if I didn't tell you the truth is because you already walked out on us the moment you fucked Jasper. You want the truth? The truth is, I have known about your secret boy toy for months and I am going to make both of you pay for what you've done to me!"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Abby & Paige bicker
- Helen reveals that Dale proposed to her
- While Donovan and Lukas hash it out, Jasper breaks into the Richardson mansion

 
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