Episode Theme song: "The Path" Lorde

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Andy worried Clayton being back in town would cause problems for him and Nicholas
- Abby and Ethan kissed
- Dale secretly planned to get everything he wanted after Helen accepted his proposal
- Cheresa thought Traci was familiar to her
- Robbie and Madeline got married
- Robin admitted to Antonio that she had feelings for Cory
- Victoria and Eva escaped the padded cell at Raven's Meadow
- Isabelle admitted to Jacob that she has a crush on him
- Jeff and Leah learned that they had a baby boy together

The Lawson Estate; Greg & Cheresa's Home

"I'm glad we have this time alone right now," Greg tells Cheresa as he pours a cup of coffee from the bar in the living room of the house that he lives in with his daughter. "I spoke to Kim earlier and realized we needed to touch base on something."

Cheresa looks up from her phone screen and arches her eyebrow. "What's going on, Dad?"

Greg looks back at the kitchen and sees the door still closed. He then looks back at Cheresa with intent. "I've been hoping to see where you stand with Traci? From my perspective, things have been better lately."

Cheresa gulps heavily back to him as she thinks about the maid and how they have both seemingly caught her snooping around the mansion and listening to private conversations. While she hasn't seen this lately, she admitted to Dawn that she feels like Traci is familiar, but she can't understand how or why.

"I hate to admit it, but things have been better," Cheresa admits to him quickly. "But I will tell you what I told Dawn, and it is that I feel, somehow, that I know Traci from somewhere but I can't place it."

Greg arches her eyebrow back to her. "Really? Did you maybe go to school with her, or something?"

Cheresa shrugs back to him. "I wish I knew but I can't place it. I haven't been placing too much energy on it, to be honest."

"Well if you think of anything, let me know."

Before Cheresa can respond, the doorbell rings. Cheresa stands up and quickly walks towards the front door, where Simona is waiting on the otherwise.

"Good morning Cheresa," Simona smiles to her as Cheresa lets her into the foyer of the mansion. "I hope this is good a time?"

"Uh, sure?" Cheresa replies to her as Greg moves into the foyer to see what is going on. "What's going on, detective?"

"I come with news about the woman that kidnapped you last year," Simona reveals to her as Cheresa and Greg look at one another with worry. "I have news on Tara."

The Sugarbowl

Jeff looks at the screen of his phone as he sits at the window seat of the coffeehouse with a latte in front of him. He has been racking his brain on what else he, and Leah, could do to track down their long lost son that Leah gave birth to in Santa Barbara all those years ago. He recalls that he went to Frederick and asked him to try to find their son but he hasn't heard back from him. He just wonders if finding his son is a lost cause or if there is anything else he can do.

He turns his head and sees Meggan moving into the coffeehouse. "Hey," he says, which catches her attention. "How are things with Lukas and Donovan? Any word on Olly?"

"No," Meggan moves up to him. "I just came to grab some coffees while we wait to hear from Simona Lopez."

"If I can help with anything, I'm here for you," Jeff replies to her quickly.

"Thanks, I appreciate that. I just hope my nephew is found sooner than later. What are you up too?"

Jeff sighs back to her. "I am just sitting here wondering about my son," he admits to her. "I am starting to lose hope that we will ever find him. I…I don't know what else we can do."

"I know," Meggan puts her hand on his shoulder. "But once Olly is found, I will move forward to try to do anything and everything in my power to find your son with Leah. I promise you that."

***

"I am happy for you Maddie, I am just surprised, that's all," Clayton says into his phone while he talks to his sister as he sits in the back booth of the coffeehouse. Clayton knows that he had to talk to his sister after he read in the Twin Peaks Sun that she married Robbie. "I had no idea that you were even seeing Robbie, let alone ready to marry him."

"Alright, we will talk about this later but congratulations," he tells her as Madeline has informed him that she has to get to work at the hospital.

Clayton hangs up his phone and sighs as he wonders about his sisters new marriage. He only hopes that things work out because he knows that she recently ended her relationship with Will. As he looks up, Clayton sees Andy move into the coffeehouse. He sighs to himself as he realizes that he still wants to get back together with Nicholas, he just has to plan it out perfectly.

"Morning Andy," Clayton says moving up to the news reporter. "How are you?"

"I'm alright, how are you today, Clayton?"

"Doing good," Clayton smiles back to him. "I…I just wanted to say that you have gotten through to me."

Andy arches his eyebrow back to him. "What does that mean?"

"It means," Clayton tells him. "You and Nicholas are in love, so you have nothing to worry about with me. I wish you nothing but the best."

Andy uneasily smiles back to him. "Well thanks Clayton; I'm happy to hear that."

The Tower's, The Penthouse; Cory's Home

Cory opens the front door to his penthouse and is surprised to see a very pregnant Robin standing on the other side. He is surprised because the last time that he saw Robin she told him that she wanted him to stay out of her life because he had told Antonio to stay away from her. Cory, who had been starting to develop feelings for Robin again, thought that it meant they would have some distance from each other again.

"Robin, hey, I'm surprised to see you," Cory says as he lets her into the penthouse. "What brings you by?"

Robin turns and faces him as she puts her hand on her large stomach, as she is going to give birth very soon. "I have been doing a lot of soul searching and had to see you."

"Uh, okay?" Cory uneasily chuckles back to her. "Am I in trouble again?"

"No," Robin shakes her head back to him quickly. "I know that you Antonio to stay away from me because you were starting to have feelings for me. And, I guess I realized that I, too, was starting to have feelings for you again."

Cory looks back at in her in surprise. "Really? You are having feelings for me?"

Robin nods back to him. "Don't act so surprised," she chuckles back to him. "We've been through so much together, Cory. It's so natural and easy being with you."

Cory moves up to her and caresses her face with his hand before he leans in and kisses her. When they part lips, they smile at one another. "That felt good," he tells her.

"So, what do you say? Let's take things slow?"

"I'd like that," Cory smiles back to her before he leans in and kisses her again.

The Black House; Helen & Dawn's Home

"Dale told me that you had a little chat with him the other day," Helen reveals to Dawn as she clears the breakfast plates from the kitchen table in the house that she lives in with her daughter. Dale, her fiancé, told Helen that Dawn had a conversation with him at the coffeehouse, where she told him not to hurt Helen or he would deal with Dawn.

Dawn blushes back to her mother knowing that Dale might not have been too pleased with their conversation. Still, she knows that she has felt uneasy about Dale since Adam revealed that he is really Mallory's father; she just doesn't want to see Helen be hurt by the man.

"I did," Dawn finally replies to her. "And before you say anything, I am not sorry for making my intentions known to him."

"I wish you wouldn't have," Helen admits to her. "Dale and I are very happy together, okay? I need you, and Adam, to understand that I am finally moving on with my life and I want you guys to be happy for me."

"I am happy for you," Dawn replies to her. "I just don't want you to be hurt, that's all Mom."

"Thanks baby, but Dale won't hurt me. You have to trust me on that."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Dale takes a sip of his coffee as he looks over some of the files that he has in front of him on the table. Since being in town, he has gained some more clients with his law firm since he was only working with Natasha on the Roboto lawsuit. He is pleased that he has been able to continue to work in the city since he is making roots with Helen.

"I guess we were bound to run into one another soon than later," a voice calls out at the base of Dale's table. He looks up and sees Adam standing in front of him with his arms folded over his chest.

"Adam, I suppose you're here to congratulate me on my engagement?" Dale chuckles to him.

"Very funny," Adam shakes his head back to him. "The minute I realized that you are Mallory's father, I have thought that you were up to something."

"Like I told Helen…"

"I don't care what you told my ex-wife," Adam cuts him off. "I'm here to tell you that I am watching you, Dale. If you do anything to hurt Helen, you will answer to me."

Dale chuckles back to him. "I'll remind you that she's your ex-wife and about to be my wife, so please, stay the hell out of our business, or you will be the one answering to me."

"Don't threaten me."

"I'm not," Dale glares back to him. "I'm promising you. Mind your business, Adam. Stay out of my relationship with Helen."

***

Ethan sits across from Paige at another table in the restaurant as she is telling him the latest news that she got from Dominick regarding the restraining order that they obtained against Frederick with Felicia. While Paige is going on, however, Ethan is thinking to earlier in the day when Abby kissed him. He wasn't expecting it, but he can't deny that he liked kissing her. They have kissed before but this kiss has just proven to Ethan that he is attracted to the married woman.

"Have you heard a word I've said?" Paige pokes Ethan's arm with a chuckle. "Where what were you just thinking about?"

Ethan blushes back to her, knowing that he can't tell her that he was thinking about Abby because of her tense relationship with her. "Honestly, I was thinking about something you said," he tells her as she arches her eyebrow.

"What did I say?" she asks him.

"That your Mom was hoping we could uncover something about Frederick that might help her find her long lost child," Ethan admits to her, hoping that this is a good enough cover. "What do you think we could do to help her?"

"You were really thinking about that?" Paige asks him in surprise. "I wasn't expecting that."

"Sometimes I do think about other people other than myself sometimes," he winks back to her. "But, yea, I was just wondering what else we could do? Do you have any ideas?"

"I wish I did," Paige admits to him. "I mean, if Frederick hasn't told his own daughter where her child is, why would he tell us?"

"Good point," Ethan nods back to her. "I just thought, we made such a good team with the restraining order, maybe we'd make a good team on this as well?"

Paige smiles back to him and finds herself leaning across the table as their lips get closer to each other. Just then, Abby rushes up to the table, having seen the two of them and clears her throat.

"Hi guys," Abby casually says, knowing that she wanted to stop them from sharing a kiss. "Paige, I'm glad I found you."

Paige rolls her eyes back to her, knowing that this isn't the first time that she stopped her and Ethan from kissing. "What do you want?"

"It's your grandfather," Abby tells her quickly. "He…he underwent hypnosis today and I think he's going to need our support; all of our support."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

The elevator doors open and Will quickly emerges and moves towards the nurses station. He needs to see Madeline because he can't believe that he read in the newspaper that she married Robbie; they had only been broken up recently and so he was left shocked to hear the marriage announcement. When he reaches the nurses station, he happens to see Madeline behind the desk putting some files down on the desk.

"Hi," Will huffs back to her as Madeline looks back at him. "How are you?"

Madeline looks back at him. "I'm okay, what are you doing here? You're not scheduled today."

"I had to see you," Will replies to her quickly. "I read about your marriage in the newspaper! You dumped me and like three days later you marry another man? What the fuck, Maddie?"

Madeline gulps back to him. "You're not going to make me feel bad about this, Will. Robbie and I, we had been growing closer and we ended up getting married. You have no say in this, okay?"

"So, did I ever mean anything to you at all? Or was I just a placeholder?"

"You meant a lot to me," Madeline snaps back at him. "You were the one that continued to be in love with a dead woman! That's on you, not me!"

Will shakes his head back to her, floored that she is justifying her actions. "Well thank goodness I am still in love with Eva because she would never have done this, and that's on you, Madeline."

Roboto

"Thanks for coming to the office with me," Isabelle tells Jacob as they move into the main office at Roboto. They had been at the coffeehouse earlier where Isabelle admitted that she was starting to have feelings for Jacob but she didn't say anything because he had been with Cassie Nova, but she felt like she wanted to tell him to show support while he was dealing with Natasha's pending demise.

"Of course," Jacob tells her. "It was good for us to catch up, and put all of our feelings on the table."

"I don't mean to make things more complicated for you."

"You didn't," Jacob looks back at her. "If I'm honest, you had been on my mind recently."

Isabelle arches her eyebrow back to him. "Really? About what?"

"Well, can I be honest with you?"

"Please do."

"My Mom," Jacob begins to tell her. "She knew that we were flirting when you first joined the company. And, she thought we looked good together."

Isabella uneasily chuckles back to him. "I can't argue with that."

Jacob winks back to her. "There's more," he tells her. "When my Mom found out she was dying from this blood disease, she told me she had a final wish for me."

"And what was that?" Isabelle asks him quickly.

"She wanted to see me happy and with someone that she thought was good for me," Jacob tells her as she purses her lips together. "She…she asked me to be with you before she died."

Isabelle gasps back to him in shock. The last thing she thought Natasha would request is for them to be together, even though that's exactly what she wants. "I…I don't know what to say."

"Neither do I," Jacob admits to her. "But I haven't been able to stop thinking about her request and now, I don't know what I'm going to do."

Raven's Meadow

"How long have we been walking through this vent shaft?" Eva asks her daughter as they continue to walk on their hands and knees through the tight crawl space.

"I'm not sure," Victoria admits to her as she recalls how they found the vent shaft while in the padded cell; they were thrilled to find it because they have escaped the room that Frederick had been holding them hostage. Now, they just hope that they are able to leave the hospital and get back to their families. Victoria is eager for Donovan to be reunited with Eva since they mourned her a lot when they thought she was dead. "Let's see if we can find an exit from this tunnel?"

"I think there's one coming up," Eva tells her, as she is in front of her daughter. "I might need something to loosen the screws though."

Victoria sighs back to her. "Let's hope it's already loose."

Eva puts her hands up to the vent and manages to pull it off with a loud grunt. She looks back and smiles at her daughter. "Let's hope this is the start of us getting out of here," she tells her daughter before she turns back and puts her head out of the opening of the vent shaft. She looks around the empty room, which looks like an office, and then looks back at Victoria.

"I'm not sure where we are, but the room is empty. Should we get down from here?"

Victoria nods back to her. "We can try to assess our location once we are on the ground again. But Mom," Victoria says as Eva looks back at her. "I'm proud of you. We are escaping a monster right now and we won't let Frederick win. We can't."

The Lawson Estate; Greg and Cheresa's Home

"I am curious to know what you information you have on Tara," Greg tells Simona as they move into the living room of the Lawson estate while Cheresa follows them.

Greg immediately notices Traci putting out a fresh pot of coffee on the bar. Traci looks back and sees the three of them moving into the living room. She arches her eyebrow, wondering what police are doing at the Lawson estate.

"I'm curious as well," Cheresa quickly tells Simona. "What is going on?"

Simona sighs back to her and then looks over at Greg. "Well, to be honest, there hasn't been any updates on her location at all," Simona reveals to them. "The money that she was paid by Robbie Calimo, we believe that she used to leave town, likely the state and possibly the country."

"So what are you saying, exactly?" Greg asks her next.

"I'm saying that the case against Tara is going to be closed unless we get another new lead," Simona advises them. "I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it is for the best for now."

"I hate this," Cheresa sighs back to them. "That bitch kidnapped me and held me hostage! She should pay."

Greg moves up to Cheresa and pulls her into a hug. "I'm sorry, if I hear anything else, I will let you know," Simona tells them.

Traci, meanwhile, sneaks around the other side of the sofa and scurries into the kitchen. She makes sure the door is closed behind her before she gets a grin on her face.

"The money that Robbie gave me," Traci whispers to herself. "I was able to pay for a new face. They have no idea that I am really Tara and I will make you all pay for dragging me into this mess. You will all get what you damn well deserve," she says as she gets a wicked grin on her face.

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