Episode 960
 
Lost all my Fortune
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: August 02, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Oceans" Charlotte Cardin

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Trenyce told Chris she didn't care if Cheresa was upset with anymore, she just wanted to focus on their wedding
- Daisy saw a heated moment between Antonio and Andrew
- Lukas and Donovan were horrified when Simona admitted she hadn't tracked down Olly or Jasper
- Max learned that Isabelle was crushing on Jacob
- Jacob rejected Cassie's marriage proposal as he was thinking about Natasha's "dying" request for him to be with Isabelle
- Shane and Natasha grew closer
- Jeff admitted to Meggan that he was losing hope in finding his child

MW Investigations

"You look like you had another night with little to no sleep," Meggan observes of Lukas as she passes him a cup of coffee from the small counter in her office. She can tell that Lukas is still having a difficult time with the fact that Olly has been missing, not that she can blame him. She would be terrified if Logan was missing, she only hopes that they find her nephew sooner than later.

"Donovan and I met with Simona Lopez late last night," Lukas tells her as he grabs the coffee and takes a sip. "And before you ask, there have been no updates. She is as incompetent as ever! And meanwhile, my son is God knows where."

Meggan shakes her head back to him. "I wish I could say or do something to help but I know that anything I say will fall on deaf ears."

"There is something you can do," Lukas looks over at his sister. "And I am hoping that you will agree to it."

Meggan arches her eyebrows back to him. "I'll do anything I can to help, Lukas. What is it?"

"I want to hire you," Lukas reveals to her. "I want you to use this company to help track down Olly, and possibly Jasper. What do you say, Meggan? Help me find my son?"

Meggan uneasily nods back to him with an uneasily grin on her face. "Of course, I'll do anything I can to help bring my nephew home, Lukas. I'll get right on the case."

The River Rock Casino

Andrew paces back and forth in his suite of the casino's hotel as his mind is racing about the threat that Antonio seemingly gave him the previous day. Antonio had, once again, approached him and offered him another loan so he could continue to play blackjack. Andrew, realizing that he couldn't even afford to pay back the first loan that Anotnio gave him, rejected his offer for another loan. Antonio, clearly, wasn't happy with this and told Andrew that the first payment on the first loan was now due. When Andrew got worried about the payment, Antonio seemingly threatened Trenyce, as he witnessed her at Andrew's suite the previous day. Andrew doesn't know what he will do if Antonio actually hurts Trenyce but he realizes that he has to do something to ensure that Trenyce isn't dragged into this mess that he has created.

He looks over at his door when he hears a faint knock and takes a deep breath as he wonders if it could be Antonio looking for the payment. He slowly moves to the door and opens it, seeing Daisy standing on the other side.

"Hey, it's been a few days since we spoke, how are you?" Daisy asks as she moves into the suite and Andrew closes the door behind her.

"I'm…alright," Andrew replies to her. "How are you? I see you all the time looking like a million dollars around here."

Daisy nervously chuckles back to him as she knows that she has been working for Antonio in an unconventional way; she has been selling her body for sex in-exchange for money. She has been doing this for a few weeks now and it is the only thing that she feels like helps her escape the pain she is going through as a result of her abortion.

"A girl likes to dress up every now and then, what can I say?"

"Is that all it is?" Andrew asks quickly. "I know we both said that we were running from pain, but I'm beginning to think that we are, or at least I am, in over my head."

"What is it? What has happened?"

Andrew sighs back to her. "I can't get into it, but Daisy, I know you're close to Antonio, but I think we should start to distance ourselves from him. I…I can't explain it, I'm just worried."

"Hey," Daisy comes up to him and pulls him into a hug. "You're okay, you're going to be fine. Whatever this is, I promise you it's not that bad, okay?"

They slowly exit their embrace and Andrew looks into her eyes. Before he knows what he's doing, he leans in and kisses Daisy on the lips passionately. They part ways for a moment. "Thanks Daisy, I guess I needed that," he whispers to her, as she is left reeling from the kiss that they just shared.

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Downstairs of the casino in the restaurant, Dawn sits across from Cheresa and picks up her coffee before she looks back at her fiancé.

"Did you get any sleep last night after learning that the search for Tara was being called off?" Dawn finally asks Cheresa, as she recalls how Simona advised that the search for the woman that kidnapped Cheresa last year was being called off due to no new leads. She was worried that the news might sent Cheresa backwards as she struggled with PTSD after the kidnapping.

Cheresa sighs back to her a little. "I didn't have the best night, if I'm honest with you," she tells Dawn. "Between learning Tara is still out there and will likely never be caught and the fact that today is my mother's wedding day…it was rough."

Dawn arches her eyebrow back to her. "I can tell that you're set with Trenyce but you haven't really told me why. I don't want to pry, but I am here to listen if you want to talk about it."

"Nah, I don't really," Cheresa admits to her. "The fewer people that know about this, the better."

"Well, alright," Dawn nervously replies to her. "Does that mean that you're not going to the wedding today?"

"I don't think so…"

"These are your birth parents," Dawn reminds her quickly. "Think of all the time you spent wondering who they are, where they were…and now you know, Cheresa. Don't let some misunderstanding stop you from missing the day that will unite Chris and Trenyce forever. You might live to regret it."

St. Joseph's Church

"I almost can't believe this day has finally arrived," Andy beams over to Trenyce as he helps his friend get ready for her wedding. After both Daisy and Cheresa decided not to be her maid of honor, Trenyce asked her long time friend to be her best-person, and Andy agreed, of course. "You and Chris have been through so much together."

Trenyce chuckles back to him. "That we have," she nods to him. "I can't thank you enough for agreeing to stand up for me, Andy. I don't know what I would do without you."

Andy smiles back to her. "You don't have to thank me, you have been there for me when I was in the depths of hell. I would do anything for you."

Trenyce gets tears in her eyes as she thinks about all the times she and Andy have been there for each other, good and bad. He gets up and pulls her into a hug. "You're pregnant, getting married and full of emotion," he chuckles to her.

"I know, I'm sorry…I'm just blessed."

"Come on," Andy tells her with a giggle. "Let's get you into your dress. You have a man to marry!"

MW Investigations

Jeff opens the door to the investigation firm and moves inside. He has plans to take Meggan to Chris and Trenyce's wedding, so he hopes that she is ready to go so they aren't late. He moves to her office and opens the door and then gasps at the sight in front of him.

"My goodness you look beautiful," Jeff announces to his girlfriend.

Meggan turns to him and smiles. "You flatter me," she giggles back to him ."You look pretty dashing in your tux yourself."

Jeff moves up to her and kisses her passionately. "Is it wrong that I might want to be late for the wedding now that I'm seeing you," he winks back to her.

"You're so bad," she wraps her arms around him.

"Can you blame me for wanting you?"

Before she can respond, someone clears their throat at the door. Jeff and Meggan turn and see Leah standing there.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt," an uneasy Leah tells them. "I can come back…"

"You're here now," Jeff tells his ex-wife. "And Meggan and I, we need to get going to Trenyce and Chris' wedding."

"I forgot about that," Leah admits to them as Meggan looks at her half-sister. "I was just hoping to get an update, of some kind, on finding my son, our son."

"I was telling Jeff that there isn't an update yet," Meggan admits to her. "But, I can follow up with my father. We are dealing with Olly missing right now."

"I am sorry to hear that," Leah tells her. "But any news would be great. I'm feeling like I'm losing hope and I need something, anything, to grab on too."

The Sugarbowl

Max opens the door to the coffeehouse and quickly moves up to the cashier to order a large coffee. He has a million things to do at Roboto since Natasha gave him her blessing to proceed with the new campaign that features Isabelle. He also mentioned to Natasha how impressed he has been with Sophie's contributions at the office, since he knows she had asked her mother for a position at the family company.

After he grabs his coffee, he turns to leave when he sees Antonio moving into the Sugarbowl. Max arches his eyebrow and quickly wonders how Isabelle's father feels about her having feelings for Jacob. He knows that she recently ended their dating relationship because of her feelings for Jacob.

"Mr. Moretti, how are you?" Max says as he moves up to him. "I hope I'm not overstepping."

Antonio chuckles back to him. "Max Black, the man that has been seeing my daughter. How are you?"

Max shrugs back to him. "Well, I've been better. I don't know if you know, but Isabelle has put the brakes on us."

"I hadn't heard that," Antonio tells him. "I hope you didn't do something to hurt her?"

"Not in the least," Max admits to Antonio. "She has feelings for someone else. It sucks cause I was really into her, you know?"

Antonio nods back to him as he recalls Isabelle telling him about her feelings for Jacob. Still, he didn't realize she ended things with Max as a result. "I thought you two made a good looking couple Max, I am sorry to hear that."

Max nods to him. "Thanks, I mean…if you could put in a good word for me, I'd appreciate that."

Antonio chuckles back to him. "I'm not sure that will work but I'll see what I can do."

"Thanks Mr. Morretti, I'd really appreciate it."

The Calimo Mansion

Natasha pulls a robe over her naked body when she hears the door to her bedroom open. She looks over her shoulder and sees Shane move into the room, only with a towel wrapped around his waist. She licks her lips slightly at the sight of her ex-husband's toned chest.

"Have a good shower?" she asks him casually as he looks over at her.

"I did, yea," he chuckles back to her. "Having me stay here just supports the idea that I am taking care of you while you're sick."

"It was a good idea, wasn't it?" Natasha purses her lips together as she moves to the bed and sits on the edge. "Why don't you come sit with me for a minute?"

"I'm still a bit damp?"

"I'm about to go shower myself?" she giggles back to him. "I just want to tell you how much I appreciate everything that you've done for me with this plan that I came up with."

"You know that I would do anything for you… and Jacob, of course," Shane tells her as he moves closer to her.

"I know you'd do anything for me," Natasha replies to him. "I feel the same about you. We've always been a good team, Shane."

"Yes, we have."

Natasha slides off the bed and up to him, running her finger over his chest in the process. "And, you're still sexy as ever," she purrs to him.

"What's gotten into you?" he asks her as she starts kissing his neck.

"A dying woman still has her needs," she says as she drops his towel to the ground. "And you kissed me the other day, so I know you feel the same way."

"I do," he admits to her as their lips lock and they kiss passionately. "I want you."

"Then have me," she says as she pulls him towards the bed and he crawls on top of her, kissing her passionately the entire time.

Roboto

Jacob paces back and forth in the main office of Roboto as his mind recalls the previous evening when he went to Cassie's and she had surprised him with a romantic dinner; she further stunned him by asking him to marry her so they could be a family with Carter. Jacob, still thinking about Natasha's dying request to be with Isabelle before she passes, turned Cassie down. Of course, she was devastated and he left for the night, but he knows that he is going to have to explain to her what happened.

"There you are," Cassie announces as she opens the door to the office and moves inside. "I think we have to talk, don't you?"

Jacob turns and looks at the mother of his child. "Cassie, hi. I was expecting to see you at some point today."

"After last night, do you think that I could stay away? Here I had put together the setting of romantic evening and I even proposed to you, and you turned me down flat. I think you owe me an explanation."

"You're right, I do," he gulps back to her. "And before you say anything, you have to know that I have loved every minute of our time as a family with Carter. If things were different, I would have accepted your proposal last night."

Cassie arches her eyebrow back to him. "If things were different? How could they be different, Jacob? Please, tell me, I will do anything."

"It's not that simple," Jacob replies to her quickly. "It's about my mother."

Cassie feels the blood drain from her face. "Natasha? What does your mother have to do this? And why is she interfering in our relationship when she's dying?"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Will Cheresa go to the wedding?
- Clayton continues to plot against Nicholas and Andy
- Jacob confesses all to Cassie!

 
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