Episode 950
 
A Whole Life's Over
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: June 25, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Perfect Way to Die" Alicia Keys

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Dominick asked Ethan and Paige to work together to ensure Frederick can't treat Felicia if she goes to Raven's Meadow
- Cheresa overheard Andrew and Trenyce discuss their affair
- Clayton admitted to Andy that he still loved Nicholas
- Kim and Greg got engaged
- Donovan and Lukas argued after Donovan admitted he knew of Lukas' affair with Jasper
- Natasha collapsed!
- Isabelle longed to be with Jacob

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Oh my God," Sophie groans as she paces back and forth in the waiting room of the hospital with Jacob, Kim and Robbie all standing by with her. "What is taking so long? Why haven't we heard something about Mom?"

Jacob sighs back to his sister as he recalls how earlier he got home from getting some takeout; Natasha was looking rather pale and once she stood up to join the family for breakfast, she collapsed to the ground. Immediately, Kim called 9-1-1, and now they are waiting for an update on her status. He just hopes that his mother is okay; he doesn't know what he will do if something is seriously wrong with Natasha.

"Sometimes these things take time," Jacob replies to her quickly. "We just have to be patient that the doctors are taking the best care of Mom."

"Jacob is right," Robbie tells his niece. "But, I will tell you what? I'll go see if I can find out any news. Does anyone want something while I'm away?"

"I could use a coffee, I'll come with you," she tells her ex-husband. "We'll be back soon with an update."

Robbie and Kim exit the waiting room and they start to look for a doctor or nurse to give him an update. As soon as Robbie leaves, Cassie storms into the waiting room.

"Jacob? Are you okay?" she asks as she moves up to him and pulls him into a hug. "I can't imagine what you're going through with all of this."

"I'm…I'm okay," he replies to her as they exit their embrace. "We are just waiting for an update on my Mom's status."

Before anyone can say anything else, Shane slowly walks into the waiting room and looks at the family.

"Dad," Jacob moves closer to his father. "How is Mom? What's the latest?"

Shane gulps heavily as he looks at Jacob and then over at Sophie. "I'm glad you're here because I have some news, and I'm afraid it's not good."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Robbie and Kim, meanwhile, walk towards the nurses station as they want to see if they can out any information on Natasha's status.

"How are you holding up?" Kim looks over at her former husband. She can tell that he is worried about his sister as they have always been very close, so he must be concerned that she collapsed at home.

Robbie nervously shrugs back to her. "I will feel better once I know that she is stable," he tells her.

They arrive at the nurses station where Greg is standing with Abby and Cheresa. Kim smiles at the sight of her fiancé with his daughters. "Greg, hi," she says as she moves up to him and hugs him. "What's going on?"

"Hello beautiful," he replies to her, which catches Robbie's attention. "I was just about to tell my daughters our news, but since you're here, we can do it together. Has there been any word on Natasha?"

"No, Robbie and I were just coming to get some information on her status."

"Wait, what news are you two talking about?" Abby asks her father before she looks over at Cheresa.

"Yea, what's up guys?" Cheresa asks them next.

Kim blushes as she giggles a little. "Well, your father asked me to marry him," Kim reveals as Robbie feels the blood drain from his face. "And I said yes!"

Kim then flashes the large diamond ring to Greg's daughters, who start to gush over the ring. "It's so pretty," Abby laughs while Cheresa hugs her father.

"Congratulations," Abby says hugging Kim.

"Thank you," Kim replies to them. "We are very happy."

"Yes, we certainly are."

Kim turns around to see if Robbie is still there but he is no where to be found. She gulps quickly, realizing that he would have heard her and Greg's announcement and that it might have hurt his feelings. She hopes that she didn't just make his day worse as he is already going through a lot with Natasha being in jail.

Roboto

"Have there been any update on Natasha?" Isabelle asks Max as she moves into the main office at Roboto and sees the photographer sitting behind the main desk looking over some images that they recently shot together.

Max looks over at Isabelle and shakes his head no to her. "Kim told me that she would all me once they found anything out. We are just playing the waiting game right now."

Isabelle sighs as she hopes that her boss is okay. She can't imagine what her family, in particular Jacob, is going through right now. "This is so scary. Natasha isn't that old, I hope that this is nothing serious."

"Yea, me too," Max stands up from the desk and moves closer to her. "It makes you realize how short life is, huh?"

"Totally, I hope Jacob is handling this well."

Max looks back at her with an arched eyebrow. "Jacob? Can you be honest with me about something?"

"Sure."

"Is Jacob the guy that you're also crushing on?" Max asks her quickly. "You've said that you didn't want anything serious between us because you have feelings for another guy; is Jacob that guy?"

Isabelle gulps before she looks back at him. "Honestly, yes, he is the guy that I am interested in. But like I've been saying, he's with your Mom, so nothing will ever happen between us. But if I could be with him, I would jump at the chance."

Max nods back to her. "I'll keep that in mind going forward."

"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," Isabelle quickly replies to him.

"Nah, it's all good. I wanted to know where I stood and now I do, so thanks for that."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Cheresa moves to the elevator with a huge grin on her face as she is thrilled that Greg and Kim are engaged. She knows that they have been in and out of each other's orbits for years now, so to see them happy is refreshing for her.

She presses the elevator button and waits for it to arrive. When the elevator doors open, however, she freezes when she sees Trenyce emerging. Immediately, Cheresa thinks about how she overheard Trenyce and Andrew admit that they had sex with each other; Cheresa is furious with her mother for telling her that nothing else happened between her and Andrew, after she agreed not to tell Chris that she saw them share a kiss.

"Cheresa!" Trenyce smiles to her daughter. "I didn't know you'd be here. I'm just about to have a checkup with my OBGYN."

"Great, good luck with that," Cheresa snaps at her. "I have to get going."

"Wait, before you go," Trenyce stops Cheresa from entering the elevator. "I was hoping you could come by later to try on the dress for the wedding?"

"Oh about that, I'm not going to stand up for you," Cheresa hisses back to her. "In fact, I don't even want to be at your stupid wedding. Now, if you'll excuse me, I told you that I have to get going."

Trenyce's mouth opens wider in surprise as she has no idea what Cheresa could be so angry with her. She feels her eyes swell with water as she had and Cheresa had seemingly turned over a new leaf and now that has seemingly disappeared.

Bruno's Gym

"It's good to see you out and about man," Chris tells Andrew as he holds the punching bag and Andrew takes another jab at the bag. Chris knows that Andrew has been gambling a lot more recently at the casino, which has caused concern for him, Trenyce and Cheresa. He is just glad that Andrew is not at the blackjack table for once because they can get a good workout together and he can talk to him.

"I needed to blow off some steam today," Andrew replies to him as he grabs his bottle of water and takes a swig.

"I hear you," Chris chuckles back to him. "I'm trying to get in as many workouts as I can before the baby comes, cause I'm not sure if I will have time."

"That's fair," Andrew nods back to him. "You and Trey, you must be excited."

"We are over the moon," Chris replies to him. "One day, you'll have this feeling yourself. I believe in that."

"We'll see," Andrew shrugs his shoulders.

"I mean it, Andrew," Chris tells him as they lock eyes. "You have a bright future in front of you, if you want that. I know that Cheresa and Trey have been worried about you, so I'm not going to lecture you."

"Good, cause I don't need to hear that."

"I get it," Chris nods. "Just remember that you do have a future, so try not to gamble it all away."

The Tower's, Floor Eight; Madeline's Condo


"I've been dying to know how your conversation with Andy went after he saw us at the Pink Flamingo," Madeline tells her brother as she moves into the living room of her condo with two glasses of iced tea. She passes Clayton a glass before she sits on the sofa and looks back at him. She knows that the history between Clayton, Andy and Nicholas is long and sorted, so it must have been somewhat awkward for them to see each other for the first time since Clayton returned to town.

Clayton chuckles back to her before he takes a sip of his iced tea. "He was surprised that I was back in town," he reveals to her. "I had to tell him that Nicholas told me about the engagement."

"How did he take that?"

Clayton shrugs back to him. "He seemed to take it okay," Clayton tells her. "I could sense that he didn't trust me though, and I guess I deserve that."

"Andy will have to get over that," Madeline replies to him. "After all, he is marrying Nicholas. You being back won't change that."

Clayton gets a sly grin on his face. "Maybe or maybe not."

Madeline arches her eyebrow back to him. "Clayton? What does that mean? What are you planning?"

Clayton locks eyes with his sister. "I still love Nicholas," he reveals to her. "And I plan on getting him back. I think Nicholas and I will be together very soon."

One Day House

"Are you sure you're not mad at me for slipping up and telling Clayton that we are engaged?" Nicholas asks his fiancé as they move into the One Day House. They were having breakfast earlier at the Pink Flamingo when Nicholas admitted to Andy that Clayton had texted him and in his response, Nicholas let Clayton know that he was engaged to Andy, and now he is back in town.

Andy sighs back to him as he closes the door to the office. "I mean, I believe you when you say that it was an honest slip," Andy tells him. "But that doesn't mean that I have to trust Clayton, because I don't."

"You don't really think that Clayton is back to do something, do you?"

Andy shrugs back to him. "I have no idea," Andy admits to him. "I just think that it's odd that he finds out about the engagement and then he returns to town, that's all."

"You're not having second thoughts about the wedding, are you?" Nicholas asks him.

"Of course not," Andy smiles back to him as he leans up to him and kisses him on the lips. "I want nothing more than to be your husband, Nicholas."

"Good because I don't want Clayton to ruin our wedding," Nicholas smiles back to him as their lips part. "He can only ruin it if we let him, so let's not let him."

Robertson Enterprises

"How do you feel about working with Ethan on this special project for Dominick?" Leah asks her daughter as they stand in the main office of Robertson Enterprises. Paige just finished telling her mother that Dominick asked Ethan to look into finding a legal way to ensure that Frederick doesn't treat Felicia if they send her back to Raven's Meadow; because Ethan is the company lawyer, Dominick asked Paige to help Ethan as he wanted to ensure that the company's interests were protected.

"Well, you know my history with Ethan," Paige chuckles back to her. "We didn't exactly get off on the right foot, but I will do anything to help Felicia, so I am looking forward to it."

"I just hope that Ethan can get a restraining order against Frederick, or something, that will stop him from hurting Felicia again," Leah sighs back to her. "And, I am so proud of you for helping with this."

"Thanks Mom," Paige smiles back to her. "I want to do anything I can to help the family."

Leah looks back at her quickly, getting an idea. "You mean that, don't you?" Leah asks her as Paige nods back to her. "Because, maybe you could help me with something?"

Paige arches her eyebrow back to her. "I will do anything to help you, you know that. What's going on?"

"Frederick still hasn't given me any details about the child that I had in Santa Barbara," Leah explains to her. "Maybe while you're working with Ethan, you could see if you could uncover something that Frederick is hiding? Like, where my child is."

Paige gulps back to her. "I can't make any promises, Mom, but I will see what Ethan and I can uncover."

"Thanks baby, anything is better than nothing."

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

"Is that coffee fresh? I barely slept last night," Lukas groans as he moves into the living room of the lavish mansion that he lives in with his husband and sister. He can't help but recall the previous night when Donovan finally admitted that he knows about his affair with Jasper, which is why Donovan has been determined to Jasper, and Lukas, pay for what they did.

"Yea, I guess I didn't either," Donovan looks back at his husband. "The nice thing is that Olly is sleeping in today."

"I guess we really got into last night," Lukas tells him as he pours himself a cup of coffee. "I'm glad that you finally told me that you know about my affair with Jasper. I am sorry for hurting you, Donovan, but I still think this plan of revenge has to end. We can't keep going like this."

"You're right, we can't," Donovan replies to him. "But I'm not going to drop it, Lukas. Jasper will pay for what he's done to me."

"I hate to say this," Lukas glares back to him. "But you're acting like your father; you're acting just like Ernesto."

"Yea?" Donovan chuckles back to him. "Then you should be scared, very scared."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Hey, what's going on?" Robbie asks as he moves back into the waiting room at the hospital and sees Shane about to talk to the rest of the family on Natasha's status.

"Shane was just about to give us an update on Mom," Sophie replies to him as Robbie turns to look at the doctor.

"So, Dad, what's going on with Mom? Please tell us," Jacob looks at his father as Cassie grabs his hand and squeezes it to let him know that she is there to support him.

"I'm afraid its not good news," Shane sighs back to everyone. "I've discovered that Natasha has a rare blood disease."

"What? What the hell does that mean?" Robbie asks him in concerned as Sophie covers her mouth in shock. "Can you treat this illness?"

Shane slowly shakes his head back to him. "No, because it's in her blood, it's only a matter of time…"

"A matter of time before what?" Sophie asks him as a tear falls down her cheek.

"Before…" Shane whispers back to everyone as he tries to keep his composure. "She dies. I'm sorry, but Natasha is dying."

Next on One Day at a Time
- Tyler and Dominick take Felicia to Raven's Meadow
- Sophie cries on Cory's shoulder
- Antonio tells Robin about his talk with Cory

 
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