Episode 948
 
Troubled By My Circumstance
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: June 21, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Dance Til We Die" Lana Del Rey

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Cheresa was stunned to overhear Andrew and Trenyce discuss their affair
- Andrew and Daisy shared a drink after she slept with another man for money
- Dominick called Ethan to have him draw up a restraining order against Frederick
- Abby and Paige got into a fight, which Ethan broke up
- Greg proposed to Kim
- Madeline dumped Will
- Donovan revealed to Lukas that he knows about his affair with Jasper, who broke into the mansion
- Cory admitted to Robin that he has feelings for her while she admitted she had a good time with Antonio

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Madeline has a sly grin on face as she continues to sit at the bar with a martini in front of her. She can't help but recall how earlier in the evening she ended up having a great conversation with Robbie as they both realized that they were in the same boat with their personal lives. She can't stop thinking about how handsome Robbie looked when he flashed his smile at her.

"Maybe the best way to get over Will is to have a rebound," she whispers to herself before she takes another sip of her drink, as she wonders if Robbie was also flirting with her. She has no idea if she and Robbie will have a future but she enjoys that she is letting her imagination run wild with it. She picks up her glass and finishes her martini, before she realizes that she should get home as she has to work the following morning.

She throws some money down on the bar before she stands up from her stool and grabs her purse. As she starts to move to the exit, the door opens and Will emerges inside the bar.

"Maddie, hey," he says coming up to her. "Are you just leaving? I'm just about to grab a drink; I just left a shift at Raven's Meadow."

"I am leaving," Madeline nods back to him. "I have to work tomorrow, so I can't stay out too late."

"That's too bad, I was hoping we can talk."

"We can talk one day," Madeline replies to him. "But right now, I need you to focus on accepting that we are just friends, Will. Nothing more will ever happen between us again."

Robin's Townhouse

"Just because I can't drink, doesn't mean you shouldn't, especially with everything you're going through," Robin chuckles to Leah as she passes her sister a glass of red wine before she moves to the other side of the sofa. She slowly sits down as her growing belly makes it more difficult for Robin to move around.

"Thanks sis," Leah replies to her. "I do feel like I am dealing with a lot right now. Between Frederick confirming that he is my father, trying to find my missing child, and now Felicia having another break down, I am running on empty."

"I guess I shouldn't remind you that you and Cory also ended your relationship recently," Robin reminds her. "How are you doing with that?"

Leah takes another sip of her wine before she looks over at her sister. "To be honest, with everything that has happened, I haven't had much time to process it. I guess the fact that I haven't been overly upset is rather telling, isn't it?"

Robin nods back to her. "I think you and Cory cared for each other but it is pretty evident that it wasn't meant to be a long term relationship."

"I agree and that's too bad because he is a great guy, at the end of the day."

"He really is," Robin smiles back to her. "You know, if I am honest with you, Cory and I have been spending a lot of time together lately. He's been a great support after everything went down between Adam, Shane and myself."

"You and Cory are growing closer?" Leah arches her eyebrow back to her. "You two have a long history together, does that mean you two are getting back together?"

Robin chuckles back to her. "In my condition? I am not in a position to be with anyone, Cory or anyone else."

"Anyone else?" Leah asks her next. "Is there another man pursuing you, Robin?"

Robin blushes as she thinks about her romantic dinner with Antonio the other night. While she is still getting to know him, he made it very clear that he was interested in her, despite her being pregnant with another man's baby.

"There is but I don't know, Leah, in my current state, to have men chasing after me?" she chuckles back to her. "It seems surreal."

"You should own this," Leah winks back to her. "Not every pregnant woman can say that, especially from a guy like Cory. I say go for it!"

"Really? You wouldn't be upset if Cory and I got back together?"

"Not at all," Leah tells her sister. "Like I said, it is clear that we weren't meant to be, so if it is meant for you two, you have my blessing."

"Thanks Leah," Robin pulls her into a hug. "I really appreciate that."


The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Cory sits at the bar of the restaurant with a double scotch in front of him. He was at home but he found himself going stir crazy so he came to the restaurant to have a drink as he recalls how he admitted to Robin that he has been starting to have feelings for her again and that he wasn't overly happy with the news that she was going to have dinner with Antonio. He takes a sip of his drink as he recalls how Robin admitted that she did have a good time at her dinner with Antonio; he just hopes that he hasn't blown his chance to reunite with her by revealing that he is starting to have feelings for her again.

He finishes his drink and realizes that he should get home because it is starting to get late. He pays his tab before he stands up to leave, but just as he is doing that, Antonio moves into the restaurant.

"Antonio, I'm glad I ran into you," Cory says as he moves up to the owner of the establishment. "I think we have to get a few things straight."

Antonio arches his eyebrow back to him. "Was something not great with your service tonight?"

"No, it's not that," Cory shakes his head back to him. "It's about Robin Navy."

"Ah," Antonio smiles back to him. "I take it she told you about your evening together?"

"She did," Cory replies to him quickly. "I don't want any trouble, Antonio, I just want you to stay away from her. Robin, she's been through enough, and the last thing that I want is for her to get hurt again."

Antonio chuckles back to him. "Don't you worry about that, I have no intention of hurting her. And as for staying away from her, I won't do that. If she asks me to leave her alone, I will do so. Until then, I am going to pursue her because she is a woman that has caught my interest, so you'd best get used to that, Mr. Calvin."

***

Upstairs, Daisy slowly walks through the hallway as she moves towards her suite. She just left the suite of another anonymous man, who paid her in exchange for sex. Daisy has been using the sexual experience to get over the fact that she had an abortion; the pain of taking her own child's life has been extremely difficult on her. Add in the fact that Frederick is back in town and causing more grief, she feels like this is an outlet that she needed right now in her life, even though she does have mixed feelings about it.

"At least the cash is good," she whispers to herself as she opens her purse and sees many bills inside.

She stops outside Andrew's hotel suite as she quickly recalls how he helped her after the last time she slept with someone. She smiles at the thought that he was supportive of her, despite not knowing exactly what she was up too. She finds herself moving up to his door and knocking softly.

He opens the door only wearing a pair of grey sweat pants. Daisy can't help but look at his toned chest. "Daisy, hey, this is a surprise."

"I hope it's not too late?" she asks him. "I was just down in the casino and, uh, I guess, not ready for bed yet."

"I was just drowning my sorrows in some whiskey, want to come in and join?" he asks her as he moves to let her enter.

"Sure, that sounds nice," Daisy says as she moves into the suite. "But why are you drowning your sorrows?"

Andrew uneasily chuckles back to her as he pours her a drink. "I didn't have the best night at the blackjack table," he admits to her as he passes her a whiskey. "I lost, big time. I didn't want to leave until I got more money back but I didn't have anymore money to play with."

"Ah," Daisy nods back to him. "Well, if I have learned anything, it is that there is always another day. Tomorrow will be better and you will win your money back."

"I'll drink to that," he says as he lifts his glass and they each take a drink, their eyes never leaving one another.

The Davenport House; Trenyce & Chris' Home

"I am always amazed at how well BJ falls asleep," Trenyce announces to Chris as she moves into the living room of the house that they live in. She moves over to the sofa and sits down as she puts her hand on her stomach, which is getting larger. "We got very lucky with that boy of ours."

"I'm glad that you think of him as ours," Chris says as he moves over to the sofa and sits next to her.

"I mean, you're the only father he will ever know because of Brad dying," Trenyce replies to him. "I still like that he has a connection to the Lawsons, but he will never get the chance to know his biological father."

"We are so lucky that we have each other Trey, and that we are about to expand our family."

"I agree we are lucky," she smiles back to him. "And, it seems like we are finished with our wedding plans! You know what that means, don't you?"

"That you're about to make me the happiest man in the world by becoming by wife?" he asks her with a slight chuckle.

"I can't wait, Chris. I really can't."

"Neither can I," he leans down and kisses her on the lips. "Nothing will stop us from getting married, absolutely nothing."

The Pier

"It is a beautiful night for a walk but you're walking super fast," Dawn tells Cheresa as she struggles to keep up with her girlfriend. She can tell that something is going on with Cheresa because she always gets hyper to try to help her with her racing mind. "What's going on with you?"

Cheresa stops and uneasily chuckles back to her as she thinks back to being at the casino earlier in the evening with Chris and Trenyce. She and Trenyce had spotted Andrew gambling, again, so they went to talk to him to see if he would join them for dinner. When Cheresa approached her mother and Andrew, however, she heard them admit that they slept together. Cheresa's head has been racing ever since; after all, she agreed not to tell Chris that she knew that they had shared kisses because both Trenyce and Andrew indicated that nothing was happening between them; now knows that a hell of a lot more has been happening between them.

"It's my mother, what else could get my blood boiling this much?" Cheresa rolls her eyes back to her girlfriend.

"Trenyce? What has she done now? I thought you were growing closer as you helped her plan her wedding to Chris?"

"I was helping her," Cheresa sighs back to her. "But, Dawn, she has gone too far this time. Trenyce has really outdone herself and I don't think there's anything that we can do to stop this train from having a huge wreckage."

The Lawson Estate; Greg & Cheresa's Home

"You're not saying anything," Greg nervously says as he continues to stand in his living room, which has been transformed into a romantic setting for him and Kim. After giving her a glass of champagne, he told her that he wanted to ensure that she had nothing but the best for the rest of her life; that's when he pulled out the large diamond ring that he bought Kim and asked her to marry him. "Does that mean that you to marry me?"

Kim forces a smile on her face as she takes her eyes off the large diamond ring and into Greg's eyes. "I'm…I … I just didn't expect this tonight, Greg."

"I know," he tells her quickly. "I got some advice recently from someone telling me that I should take more action if I wanted something. I've wanted to be with you for as long as I can remember, Kim. Hell, we were flirting when Bob was still alive!"

"We have been in each other's lives for many years," Kim nods back to him. "And we were even lovers once upon a time."

"Those were the best days of my life," Greg whispers back to her. "I never stopped wanting to be with you."

"Oh Greg," Kim gasps as she turns back to look at him. "After everything that has happened to the last few months, I wasn't expecting to find another marriage proposal in my future."

"I know and I can appreciate that," Greg tells her. "But, I want to give you everything you've ever wanted, Kim. I can be the man that you deserve."

"I believe you," Kim nods to him. "So, yes, Greg, yes, I will marry you!"

"You mean that?" Greg smiles back to her as Kim giggles with him. He pulls out the ring and slides it on to her finger before he picks her and twirls her around. Once she is back on the floor, he kisses her passionately.

At the kitchen door, Traci watches the engagement unfold with a sly grin on her face. "Perfect, this will make sure that Greg is distracted from my looking around the mansion. It's like I planned this or something."

Dominick's Townhouse

"Dominick, are you here?" Abby calls out as she opens the door to the house that she lives in with her husband as Ethan and Paige follow her. She was having some drinks with Ethan earlier when Paige approached them and lashed out at Abby for not supporting Dominick while he goes through this memory loss that he is suffering. Of course, Abby knows that she is drugging Dominick to ensure that he doesn't remember the fact that Eva is alive. While Ethan stopped her and Paige from having any more of a heated confrontation, they all received text messages from Dominick asking them to come to the townhouse for an important conversation.

"Yes, darling, in here," Dominick calls out as Abby, Ethan and Paige move into the living room and see him pouring a night cap. Abby moves up to him and gives him a quick kiss, which Ethan and Paige witness.

"We got your messages, what's so important at this hour?" Abby asks him.

Dominick sighs back to them. "First, thank you for all coming. I do know that it's late."

"Like Abby said, it sounded important Granddad," Paige tells him. "We are curious as to what this is about."

"I'm going to need your help," Dominick looks over at Paige and Ethan. "I want to file some legal documents to ensure Frederick Richardson can not be Felicia's medical caregiver. I don't care whether or not that is a restraining order or something else, but I need these documents completed as soon as possible."

"I can get on that first thing in the morning," Ethan nods back to him quickly.

"Good," Dominick smiles back to him. "Tyler gave you very high praise for helping with the lawsuit, so I am hoping you can do the same for me. And Paige, because we are using our corporate lawyer, I want you to work with Ethan to ensure that the business needs are not being compromised."

Abby rolls her eyes at the idea of Paige and Ethan having to work together. She can't help but think back to when she prevented them from kissing at the coffeehouse. She knows that she and Ethan have been flirting but she has been faithful to her marriage but she still doesn't want Paige to be around Ethan.

"Great," Paige looks over at Ethan. "Looks like we are working together now."

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

"So, you think you hold all the cards, do you?" Lukas grits his teeth back to Donovan, as they continue to fight over their crumbling marriage in the living room of the lavish estate that they live in. "You are really outdoing yourself, aren't you, Donovan?"

Donovan shakes his head back to him. "I am holding all the cards, Lukas," Donovan replies to him quickly. "You're the one that strayed on our marriage with our nanny. I've just taken matters into my own hands. You and Jasper, you will pay for what you've done, mark my words."

"The man that is standing in front of me is someone that I don't even recognize anymore," Lukas shakes his head back to him as he moves to the bar to pour himself a drink. "The man I married would never have gone to this length to get revenge."

"The man you married hadn't been cheated on by his husband time and time again!" Donovan yells at him. "Have I changed? Your damn right, I have. But I've changed because of your actions, Lukas. So if you want someone to blame for everything that has happened, you should take a long, hard look in the mirror."

Meanwhile, Jasper, who broke into the mansion, slowly creeps up the stairs to the second level of the mansion. He looks around and realizes that he is alone. He breathes a sigh of relief as he continues to move down the hallway. He knows that he has to do something to ensure Donovan doesn't turn him into immigration or make him plead guilty to the sexual assault charges. He refuses to let Donovan ruin his life.

He slowly opens the door to one of the bedroom's and moves inside, where he sees Olly sleeping in his small bed. A sly grin comes over Jasper's face as he looks at the little boy that he was helping raise for weeks.

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- Will gets an eyeful
- Helen gives Dale an answer
- Natasha collapses!

 
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