Episode 975
 
Don't Make Me Choose
Written by: Dallas Walsh | Originally Released: September 13, 2023

Episode Theme song: "Fallen Fruit" Lorde

Previously on One Day at a Time
- Abby asked Shane for a second opinion on Dominick as Madeline told her that he would likely never wake up. Paige, meanwhile, blamed Abby for Dominick's health crisis
- Cheresa and Dawn agreed to elope. Cheresa caught Tara, who is still posing as Traci, trying to go through Kim's phone
- Daisy gave Andrew the money she got from selling her body to help pay off his loan to Antonio
- Cory delivered Robin's baby
- Sophie saw Shane and Natasha making love, again, and took a video of it
- Cassie remained furious that Jacob proposed to Isabelle

Twin Peaks General Hospital

"Well, I haven't seen a baby this cute in a very long time," Cory chuckles to Robin as he looks at Oscar, who is fast asleep in his crib, which is next to Robin's bed. "And, I love the name of Oscar."

Robin smiles back at the man that delivered her baby in the hospital elevator a few days earlier. "Thanks, since I named Dominique after my father, I thought it would be fitting to name my son after Shane's father."

"He must have loved that," Cory looks back at the woman he is falling for all over again.

"I did indeed," Shane announces as he moves into the hospital room and sees Cory and Robin talking. He had been at the Calimo mansion earlier, with Natasha, but he wanted to come back and see his new son. "Robin naming our child after my father was a beautiful gesture."

"Congratulations," Cory turns and looks at the doctor. "How does it feel to be a father again?"

Shane chuckles back to him. "I mean, I never thought that at this stage of my life, I would be in this position again. But I wouldn't change it for the world."

"I can't say that I blame you," Cory admits to him.

"While you're here," Shane moves closer to Cory. "I really want to thank you. Without you, Robin would have been alone in that elevator and I don't even want to know what would have happened. But you were there, and as a result, you helped bring Oscar into this world. So, thank you Cory. We owe you so much."

"He's right," Robin purses her lips together. "We owe you so much, Cory."

Cory feels his face flush. "I just did what anyone would have done," he admits to them. "But you're welcome, you're both welcome. I'm just glad I could help."

At the doorway, Sophie freezes as she sees the warm moment unfolding. She can't help but recall how, earlier, she saw Shane and Natasha making love again, but this time, she got video footage of the act. She was going to tell Cory, but now that he is busy with Robin, Shane and Oscar, she realizes that this isn't the best time.

She closes the door and sighs to herself. "I don't know why this is bothering me so much, but something about Mom and Shane being together again doesn't add up. I just don't know what it is."

The Pink Flamingo at the River Rock Casino

Cassie sits at the bar of the restaurant with a martini in front of her. She is trying to think of something, anything, to think of a way to get through to Jacob about marrying Isabelle. She is furious that Natasha told her son to marry Isabelle before she dies; because Jacob wants to honor his mother's last wish, he has agreed and proposed to the model, despite the fact that Cassie had proposed to Jacob.

"You won't get away with this Natasha," she whispers to herself as she picks up her glass and takes a sip of the martini. "I can't believe that you did this to me! Just when Jacob and I were about to have it all, you came up with this desire to have Jacob with Isabelle? No, something doesn't add up."

She takes another sip of her drink. "And you, Jacob, how could you do this? I have to find a way to stop this marriage from happening, but how? What can I do to get you back?"

***

At another table, Chris and Trenyce sit across from one another with some sparkling water on the table. While Chris wanted to have a drink, he is trying to be supportive since Trenyce is still very pregnant with their child.

"So, how did it go with Cheresa?" Trenyce asks her husband before she takes a sip of her water. She knows that Chris was meeting with their daughter; Trenyce can't help but recall how before their wedding, Cheresa suddenly gave her a cold shoulder and they don't know why.

Chris puts his water glass down and looks back at her. "Surprisingly, she was very receptive with me," he admits to her. "Whatever was causing her to be cold with you, it didn't impact our conversation."

Trenyce gulps heavily back to him, wondering what could have happened for Cheresa to turn on her. She just hopes it has nothing to do with her and Andrew, but Andrew has ensured her that he hasn't revealed anything to Cheresa about their affair.

"Maybe now that we are back from our honeymoon, whatever bee she had in her bonnet with has left and she will be fine with me too?"

"I am hoping for that too," Chris smiles back to her. "We are getting so close to your delivery date, I just want all our family together and in peace."

"I want the same thing," Trenyce admits back to him. "So, did Cheresa say anything of interest?"

"She did," Chris nods. "She and Dawn are planning to elope."

"What?" Trenyce gasps back to him. "Why eloping? I was hoping…"

"For a big wedding?" Chris chuckles back to her. "That's what I asked her too but this is what our daughter wants, so we should respect that decision."

"You're right," Trenyce sighs back to him. "We have to respect Cheresa; that will be the best way to get her back into our lives."

The Lawson Estate; Greg, Kim & Cheresa's Home

"I support your decision to elope, even though I will miss walking you down the aisle," Greg smiles to Cheresa as they stand in the living room of the Lawson estate with Kim next to them. He just heard from his daughter that she and Dawn are going to elope; he can't help but feel emotional knowing that his daughter is about to be married.

Cheresa chuckles back to him. "I just don't want a big hoopla of a wedding," she tells him. "But once Dawn and I are back, we can celebrate?"

"We wouldn't want it any other way," Kim smiles back to her. "Do you have everything? Can we help you pack at all?"

"No, I think I'm good," Cheresa admits to them. "But, since you're both here, something else has happened that you both should know about."

Greg and Kim look at one another in surprise before they return their attention to Cheresa. "What happened?" Greg asks his daughter.

"It was the other night," Cheresa explains to them. "I caught Traci trying to gain access to your phone, Kim. She said that a call was coming through, but I don't know, it was odd. She had been so good lately but…there's something very familiar about her that I can't place."

"My phone? What on earth would she want with my phone?" Kim asks in confusion.

"I wish I knew," Cheresa replies to her. "But, something is off with that woman. We just have to figure out what it is."

One Day House; Second Level Offices

Dawn slowly moves up the stairs in the One Day House as she is moving towards the offices that are on the second level. She knows that, recently, she and Cheresa broke into Dale's office in hopes of them uncovering something to prevent Helen from marrying Dale. Ever since Adam realized that Dale is Mallory Cunningham's father, she hasn't been able to stop thinking that Dale is up to something, and she doesn't want her mother to be hurt by anything.

She takes a deep breath and looks over her shoulder to ensure no one has been following her before she uses a bobby pin to unlock the office door.

She moves inside quickly and breathes a sigh of relief to see that Dale's office is empty.

"Okay, I have a little bit of time before I am meeting Cheresa at the airport," she whispers to herself. "Just enough time to find some information that will make Helen change her mind about marrying Dale."

The Pier

Andrew sits on a bench that looks at the flowing river and he takes a deep breath. Next to him is a bag, which has the money that Daisy gave him the other day. He still doesn't know where Daisy got the money, but he is going to use it to pay back Antonio. He just hopes that it will be enough to settle the loan with Antonio once and for all so he can try to end this gambling part of his life.

He looks to his left and sees Antonio quickly approaching him. "Here it goes," Andrew tells himself as he stands up to face the casino owner.

"Thanks for meeting me today," Andrew says as Antonio arrives at the younger man.

"You made it sound important," Antonio replies to him. "I'm not sure why we couldn't have met at the casino, though."

"I'm trying to avoid that place," Andrew reveals to him. "But, that's not why I asked you here. I asked you here to give you this."

Antonio takes the bag that Andrew hands him and arches his eyebrow. "What's this?"

"Money, to pay back that loan that you gave me," Andrew reveals to him as Antonio looks back at him in surprise.

"The full loan payment?" Antonio asks him back as Andrew nods. "Where did you get this kind of money?"

"That doesn't matter," Andrew replies to him quickly. "But it's all there, you can count it."

Antonio opens the bag and quickly counts the money. "I must admit that I am surprised," he looks back at Andrew. "The full loan payment is here, I'm not sure how you did it, but you did Andrew. There's just one small thing missing."

Andrew arches his eyebrow back to him. "What's that?"

"The interest owed," Antonio grins back to him. "You still have to pay me the interest on the loan. Then, we will be done."

Twin Peaks General Hospital

Abby slowly moves towards the waiting room in the hospital, where she stops when she sees Leah, Paige and Tyler standing waiting for another update on Dominick. She knows that Paige has been blaming her for Dominick's stroke and she doesn't want to fight with the family anymore, but she has to tell them the latest news that she has on Dominick.

"Hi everyone," she enters the waiting room, causing the family to turn and see her. "What's going on?"

"We were just trying to decide when to tell Robin about Dominick," Leah replies to her. "She had her baby so we haven't told her yet."

Abby moves a piece of hair behind her ear. "I won't say anything, I'll leave that with you, if you don't mind," she tells them as Paige rolls her eyes back to her. "I did come with some news, though."

"What is it?" Tyler asks her quickly.

"I got a second opinion on Dominick," she reveals to the family. "I didn't like Madeline told us that he might never wake up from this coma."

"And?" Paige asks her eagerly. "What the new doctor say?"

"I spoke to Shane Glubbs," Abby tells them. "And he agreed with Madeline; he doesn't think Dominick will wake up," she fights tears in her eyes. "I…I don't know what to do."

Leah and Tyler immediately pull each other into a hug while Paige looks at her and fumes. "You bitch," Paige spits to her. "You did this to Dominick! This is all your fault!"

Abby lets a tear fall down her cheek. "No…"

"Don't even try to explain yourself," Paige squeals back to her. "We might never have Dominick back and you're the one who took him away from us! I will not let you get away with this, Abby! You won't!"

Next on One Day at a Time
- Ethan offers Abby legal support
- What will Dawn find in Dale's office?
- Antonio visits Robin

 
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